Новости за 10.10.2017

Nearly 50 years after the Kerner Commission studied the causes of deadly riots in America's cities, its last surviving member says he remains haunted that its recommendations on U.S. race relations and poverty were never adopted. But former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma also said he's hopeful those ideas will be embraced one day, and he's encouraged by Black Lives Matter and other social movements. In an interview with The Associated Press, the 86-year-old Harris said he still feels strongly... Читать дальше...

An Egyptian has been honored with one of the most prestigious awards granted to human rights defenders but was unable to accept the prize in person because his government has banned him from travel over his work documenting abuses. Mohamed Zaree is one of several prominent Egyptian activists and human rights workers who are banned from travel over allegations of harming national security, part of a wide-scale crackdown on dissent that has stamped out much of the country's once-vibrant civil society. Читать дальше...

Indian women over the age of 45 and traveling in groups of four will be able to go for the Islamic haj pilgrimage without a male guardian next year, if the government adopts proposed reforms. Women meeting these criteria will no longer have to be accompanied by a mahram, or close male relative, such as a father, husband, brother or son, a government-appointment panel recommended in the country’s first haj policy review. “The mahram rule was there from the very beginning for women — in case they face any difficulty while traveling... Читать дальше...

Polls have closed in Liberia, where voters Tuesday cast ballots in a presidential election that marks the West African nation's first fully democratic transition of power in more than 70 years. The country's 2.1 million registered voters were choosing the successor to Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female elected head of state, who is stepping down after serving two six-year terms, as mandated by Liberia's constitution. The officials results are expected in two weeks. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Bob Corker as "Liddle' Bob Corker'' on Tuesday, escalating a feud with the Tennessee Republican who's dubbed the White House an "adult day care center'' and charged that Trump could be setting the nation on the path toward World War III. Fellow GOP senators, treading carefully, avoided siding with Trump or with Corker. But leading lawmakers called on both men to end a quarrel that could imperil the Republican agenda on Capitol Hill. Trump will need Corker... Читать дальше...

More than 1,000 Brazilian police and soldiers are searching Rio de Janeiro's largest slum for weapons and ammunition amid a crackdown on drug gangs. In recent weeks, a series of intense shootouts led Brazilian authorities to ask the military for help patrolling the perimeter of Rocinha. The press office of the police said there was one confrontation during Tuesday's operation, but it did not have additional details. Rio, which has long struggled with crime, is experiencing its worst wave of... Читать дальше...

The Italian government on Tuesday called for confidence votes in the lower house of parliament to try to force through an electoral law that is likely to penalize the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. The new voting law, which would be used in a national election due by next May, is backed by the ruling Democratic Party (PD), former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Go Italy!) and the anti-migrant Northern League. Unlike the current rules, the new system, known as the Rosatellum... Читать дальше...

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The U.N. special envoy for Yemen accused the country's warring leaders on Tuesday of refusing to end the fighting and liberate the people "from the scourge of famine and conflict" because they stand to lose wealth and power. With the civil war entering its fourth year and heavy fighting continuing, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed warned that "the situation will continue worsening as well as the terrorist threat" if the parties don't listen to the people and display flexibility. "In Yemen there are no... Читать дальше...

Miroslav Lajcak, president of the 72nd session of the U.N. General Assembly, has an ambitious agenda of global issues he wishes to focus on in the coming year, and moving the implementation of the Paris climate change agreement forward is one of his top priorities. The Slovak diplomat told VOA the U.S. government's decision to withdraw from the agreement was regrettable, but he noted that the resolution had energized other U.N. member states to press harder for the accord's enactment. He said... Читать дальше...

What will become of the now-notorious Las Vegas hotel suite that a 64-year-old retiree used to stage the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history? That is the difficult decision facing the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino a week after Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd at an outdoor concert from room 135 on the hotel's 32nd floor, killing 58 and injuring more than 500. The suite's shattered gold-tinted windows are now discreetly covered over. The resort, owned by MGM Resorts International... Читать дальше...

The Pentagon says a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States has not affected military operations or personnel out of Turkey, including efforts to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. "I can confirm that these developments have not impacted our operations or personnel," Pentagon spokesman Army Colonel Robert Manning told reporters on Tuesday. “Coalition counter-IS operations out of Incirlik and other Turkish facilities are closely coordinated with and have the full support... Читать дальше...

In this Shaka: Extra Time, Shaka discusses with Paul Ndiho the elections in Liberia and the electoral commission challenges in Kenya, he also answers your questions about politics in Africa.

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is accused of raping three women in a report published Tuesday by the New Yorker. The accusation comes as Weinstein is engulfed in a scandal involving his decades-long sexual harassment of women in the film industry. Actresses Asia Argento and Lucia Evans went on-the-record in the New Yorker story to accuse Weinstein of raping them, while another woman chose to remain anonymous. According to the report, 13 women accused Weinstein of sexually harassing or assaulting them. Читать дальше...

The global economy is expected to expand to a 3.6 percent annual rate this year, up from last year's rate of 3.2 percent.    Tuesday's assessment comes from the International Monetary Fund as economic officials from the World Bank and nations around the world gather to discuss growth, jobs, worries, ideas, and pleas for action this week in Washington. The global lender's experts say improving investment, industrial production, business and consumer confidence are helping economic expansion. The IMF says advanced nations... Читать дальше...

Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission has released the total number of registered Voters with Identification Cards to vote in the upcoming November election. The data which was released at a news conference Tuesday put the total number of registered and eligible voters in Somaliland at 704,089. Speaking to VOA Somali, NEC spokesman, Sa’id Ali Muse said the commission has completed the distribution and the cleaning up of voter registration identification cards and released the list to Somaland’s... Читать дальше...

Leaders of the rival Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions were meeting in Cairo Tuesday under the auspices of the Egyptian government amid high hopes that both sides would finally reach a reconciliation deal after a 10-year schism Top officials from the two Palestinian factions have been mulling the details of an Egyptian draft reconciliation deal, as both sides appear to be inching closer to an agreement that would bring the Hamas-run Gaza Strip back under the control of a Palestinian unity government. Читать дальше...

Computer hackers from North Korea are believed to have stolen a large number of classified military documents from South Korea, including plans to “decapitate” the North’s leadership. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday authorities believe hackers broke into a South Korean military data center in September 2016 and made off with the secret documents. Among the stolen files is believed to be Operational Plan 5015, which Yonhap calls "the latest Seoul-Washington plan to handle an... Читать дальше...

Firefighters in the western U.S. state of California are battling more than a dozen wildfires that have killed at least 11 people and sent thousands fleeing their homes. Anaheim Fire and Rescue spokesman Daron Wyatt said Tuesday, "We don't expect a very good turn for our favor until tomorrow," adding that current weather conditions could lead to more fires. Wyatt said the fires were at "zero percent containment", noting that the "massive" perimeters of the fires and strapped resources in the... Читать дальше...

Some U.S. workers for one of China’s biggest glass manufacturers are trying to organize a labor union at their factory in the Midwest state of Ohio. VOA’s Calla Yu reports on how one Chinese investor is adjusting to doing business in the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the country's most popular sports league, the National Football League, on Tuesday for "getting massive tax breaks," even though the league gave up its federal tax-exempt status two years ago. Trump has been waging a verbal war against more than 200 NFL players, most of them African-American, who at recent games have knelt during the playing of the national anthem in protest against racism in the U.S. and what they see as law enforcement agencies' disparate... Читать дальше...

Few jobs on Earth are less secure than that of Pakistani prime ministers. The seven decades since the country’s creation have seen a revolving door at the top, with military coups, court-ordered evictions and at least one execution. Nawaz Sharif knows it all too well. He has held and lost the job three times, benefiting and suffering from the instability that must feel like a bad case of deja vu. Is he corrupt, as cases against him have claimed? Maybe. But his history of antagonizing the country’s army chiefs... Читать дальше...

A mass oral cholera vaccination campaign for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and host communities is taking place in Bangladesh. The campaign is led by the Ministry of Health and supported by the World Health Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund. In the last week, nearly 10,300 cases of diarrhea have been reported in the makeshift settlements and camps for more than one-half-million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. So far, no case of cholera has been discovered and U.N. Читать дальше...

A Japanese court has ordered millions of dollars in payments to thousands of residents living near the Fukushima nuclear plant after they lost their homes and livelihoods during the 2011 radiation crisis caused by a tsunami. The court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which ran the Fukushima plant, to pay $4.5 million to 3,800 plaintiffs after it said the company failed to make safety improvements, even though leaders there knew the risk a massive tsunami would pose to the plant. Читать дальше...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is defending the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee, accusing him of being a spy. "How did these spies infiltrate the American consulate?  If they didn't infiltrate the American consulate, who put them there?'' Erdogan said, speaking Tuesday alongside Serbia's president in Belgrade.  "No state would allow such spies that pose an internal threat.'' Last week, Turkey arrested Metin Topuz, a U.S. consulate employee and Turkish national, accusing him of regular... Читать дальше...