Новости за 30.04.2024

Jessica Le Masurier reports from Columbia University in New York, where a group of protesters has occupied a building on campus, after the school began suspending students who refused to leave an encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters. Monte Francis speaks to Aldon D. Morris, a Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Black Studies at Northwestern University, about the fine line schools must tread between safeguarding students and guaranteeing the right to protest against Israel's response in Gaza.

Stoinis top-scored in Lucknow's modest chase of 145 against Mumbai Indians as the home team achieved their target with four wickets and four balls to spare. Australia's T20 team will be announced Wednesday morning and Stoinis, after one of his previous IPL matches, said, "I'd like to play and contribute". Lucknow moved to third spot in the 10-team table led by Rajasthan Royals. Five-time winners Mumbai remained ninth above wooden spooners Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Lucknow skipper KL Rahul fell for 28... Читать дальше...

Argentine lawmakers gave approval in principle Tuesday for a swath of liberalizing reforms eyed by President Javier Milei in a rare legislative boost for his budget-slashing agenda.

A diplomatic tour de force is underway in the Middle East as negotiators push for a truce in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas have put demands on the table. James Vasina has more on what a potential ceasefire deal could look like.

With the war roiling the region, international outrage mounting over the human toll, and mediators ramping up diplomatic efforts to ease the crisis and reach a truce, Guterres implored Israel not to go ahead with its operation. "A military assault on Rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee," the secretary-general told reporters. Such an operation "would have a devastating impact on Palestinians in Gaza, with serious repercussions... Читать дальше...

Haiti's transitional ruling council, which is leading the Caribbean nation following the resignation of its prime minister amid a wave of gang violence, chose politician Edgard Leblanc Fils as its head on Tuesday.

The 54-hole tournament, the 13th event of the LIV Golf campaign, will be played at 7,104-yards Bolingbrook Golf Club. In addition to deciding the final placings for the individual crown, the event will determine seedings for the LIV Team Championship. "It will be an incredible setting for a high-stakes event as players battle it out for the individual title and a roster spot for 2025," said LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman. Players who finish in the top 24 of the season standings will secure... Читать дальше...

A new “council of experts” set up in Russia is leveraging a decade-old law against gay “propaganda” to censure books. The move marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s control of information by targeting a broad array of literature, a cultural domain that has long enjoyed a special latitude in the country.

Players unions the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and FIFPRO have joined forces with Nike and Leeds Beckett University to provide funding. Research suggests such injuries are two to six times more likely to occur in women than men but there is little understanding about how to reduce their frequency in professional women footballers. The WSL clubs participating in the three-year study will be assessed on a number of factors including their facilities, number of staff compared to squad size, travel and playing schedules. Читать дальше...

Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and withdraw its troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

In Kenya each new day of an extreme rainy season is adding to the devastation faced by communities. Many parts of the country have been dealing with weeks of torrential rain. At least 71 people died overnight from Sunday to Monday after a dam exploded near the town of Mai Maihu, triggering an emergency order for all reservoirs to be inspected within a day. FRANCE 24’s Olivia Bizot reports from Mathare, a flood-stricken area in Nairobi.

Video posted on social media showed Italian consul general Domenico Bellato hurrying away from the Palestinian Museum near the city of Ramallah followed by a crowd of demonstrators. "The student's movement refused those visitors to come to the museum because of their position on the genocide in Gaza. For that we asked them to leave," student representative Omar Kayed told AFP. A source present at the scene said the crowd had been looking for a diplomat from Germany, which is among European states... Читать дальше...

The Mediterranean island nation hopes to be a hub for a "maritime corridor" to ship relief goods to the 2.4 million people of Gaza, who have been under Israeli bombardment and siege since Hamas launched their October 7 attack. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters that the United States had informed his government that the floating dock would be ready by Thursday, roughly in line with earlier US timelines. US President Joe Biden first announced the plan for the temporary pier on March 7. Читать дальше...

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial fined the former president on Tuesday for defying a gag order and warned that further violations could result in jail time.

Though little known to most sports fans, many stadiums around the world rely on diesel generators for the power that runs their lighting, broadcast facilities and computer systems. Seen as more reliable than regular connections to the electricity grid, the generators are also highly polluting, emitting dirty particulate matter and carbon dioxide that leads to global heating. "An evening of (French Ligue 1) football is around 4,000 litres of diesel burned and the equivalent of 12 tonnes of carbon... Читать дальше...

The US and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. The relief is desperately needed, with the UN saying people in Gaza are on the brink of famine. But there are still widespread security concerns, and some aid groups say the focus should instead be on pushing Israel to ease obstacles to the delivery of aid on land routes.

The US Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts that receives federal funding, previously said that women in their 40s should make an individual decision about when to start mammograms based on their health history and reserved its mandatory recommendation for people turning 50. Its new guidance was based on a review of evidence and a modeling study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and finalizes a draft recommendation proposed last year. "More... Читать дальше...

British police said a 14-year-old boy had died after a stabbing incident in east London earlier on Tuesday where a man armed with a sword was arrested. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot tells us more.

Officials from Hamas have left Cairo after talks with Egyptian officials on a new proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, Egypt’s state-owned Al-Qahera News satellite channel said Tuesday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit Israel on his latest trip to the region, which began Monday in Saudi Arabia. He said Israel needs to do more to allow aid to enter Gaza, but that the best way to alleviate the humanitarian crisis is for the two sides to agree to a cease-fire.

The public will be able to admire Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" in its full glory at the Louvre museum from Thursday. "We're the first generation to rediscover the colour" of the work, said an enthusiastic Sebastien Allard, director of paintings at the Paris museum. Delacroix painted the artwork to commemorate France's July Revolution of 1830. He depicted a woman personifying Liberty brandishing the French flag and leading armed men over the bodies of the fallen. The image has since become iconic... Читать дальше...

Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.

Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and withdraw its troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

The French language is one of the prides and joys of the French people. So, when the major French dictionaries add new words it creates quite a dictionnabuzz. Le Petit Larousse has added 150 words to its 2025 edition and some of its choices are surprising. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin tells us more.

The retired 73-year-old led La Roja to the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship titles, as well as taking Real Madrid to two Champions League triumphs. "I'm proud to announce that the person presiding over the committee and representing it... is Vicente del Bosque," said Pilar Alegria, the minister for Education and Sports. "Del Bosque will be the face and representation of Spanish football." Last week Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) created a committee to "oversee" the federation (RFEF) and try to pull it out of crisis. Читать дальше...

The occupation of Hamilton Hall at the prestigious university in New York came hours after administrators said they had begun suspending students for failing to comply with an order to disperse. Masked individuals smashed windows and moved metal tables to block the building's entrances, images shared overnight on social media showed. "After 206 days of genocide and over 34,000 Palestinian martyrs, Columbia community members took back Hamilton Hall just after midnight," the group said in a statement citing Israel's war in Gaza. Читать дальше...