Новости за 15.11.2017

The Somali government has released the names and the photos of the suspects behind last month's deadly truck bombing that killed more than 350 people and injured more than 400 others in Mogadishu. Security Minister Mohamed Abukar Islow named seven suspects, including Husein Aden Madey, identified as the suicide bomber who drove the truck that blew up in the middle of busy intersection on October 14, and Mukhtar Mohamud Hassan aka (Gardhuub), who is accused of masterminding the attack. Other suspects include... Читать дальше...

For 37 years, Robert Mugabe withstood challenges to his rule from former allies, from sanctions, from the opposition that nearly toppled him in the 2008 election. Today, it appears he has finally lost his grip on power, undone in part by the actions of his wife, first lady Grace Mugabe. While Zimbabwe's military said Wednesday it is not taking control of the government, its move to detain the Mugabes marks the first time since 1980 the president is clearly not in charge of the southern African nation. Читать дальше...

Voice of America is investigating media reports that a staff writer published racist, sexist and homophobic comments online under an alias. The journalist has been placed on administrative leave while the agency investigates the matter. In response to media inquiries, VOA Director Amanda Bennett said, “Voice of America has zero tolerance for public or personal racist, sexist, or politically biased social media communications. Our policies make it very clear that such behavior is prohibited.” ... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump is shifting his focus back to domestic issues after returning late Tuesday from a 12-day trip to Asia. This week, Trump will resume pressing congressional Republicans to pass a tax reform measure to follow through on one of his key campaign promises. Trump appears to be working closely with Republican congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan. "We ran in 2016 on doing this tax reform," Ryan told reporters at the Capitol. "The president ran on doing this tax cut and tax reform. Читать дальше...

Flash floods caused by heavy rain in Greece killed at least 15 people in three rural towns west of the capital Athens on Wednesday. The towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara are home to many factories and warehouses on the rural outskirts of the city. Officials have compared the flooding overnight to a waterfall, coming down the mountains of the western Attica region. “The situation is very difficult; the Niagara Falls came down and could not be stopped,” the deputy regional governor, Yiannis Vassileiou, told state-run TV network ERT. Читать дальше...

A new Quinnipiac University public opinion poll shows U.S. voters who support universal background checks for gun purchases has reached a new high since Quinnipiac first started asking the question in 2013. The poll released Wednesday found 95 percent of voters favor uniform background checks for gun purchases. Most voters continue to believe it is too easy to purchase a firearm in the United States, but a majority doubt that more stringent gun control laws would help avert mass shootings, the poll said. Читать дальше...

The Bureau of International Expositions, based in Paris, picked Buenos Aires over rivals Bloomington, Minnesota, and Lodz, Poland, to host a specialized World Expo in 2022-23. It will be the first expo in Latin America under the auspices of the BIE, which began operations in 1931. Minnesota was seeking to host the first world's fair on U.S. soil in almost 40 years. The Trump administration has sought to boost American interest in world's fairs, events that introduced the world to the Eiffel Tower... Читать дальше...

The Bureau of International Expositions, based in Paris, picked Buenos Aires over rivals Bloomington, Minnesota, and Lodz, Poland, to host a specialized World Expo in 2022-23. It will be the first expo in Latin America under the auspices of the BIE, which began operations in 1931. Minnesota was seeking to host the first world's fair on U.S. soil in almost 40 years. The Trump administration has sought to boost American interest in world's fairs, events that introduced the world to the Eiffel Tower... Читать дальше...

Zimbabwe’s former colonial power, Britain, has urged restraint following the apparent ouster of the country’s president, Robert Mugabe. A former leader in Zimbabwe’s fight for independence in the 1970s, Mugabe has had an increasingly fraught relationship with Britain, which along with U.S. and European allies accuses him of directing widespread human rights abuses. Outside the Zimbabwean embassy in London, celebrations began early Wednesday among some opposition supporters as the Mugabe era appeared to be nearing its end. Читать дальше...

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NOTE TO READERS: This is the first of a three-part series on Houston's recovery. HOUSTON — Beside a black spore-infested mobile home in east Houston, Valerie Van Note lays the seats flat in the back of a Lincoln Navigator — one lent to her by a friend — and pats the bags of blankets and pillows she keeps neatly folded. "These are some of my dog beds I got to save," Van Note's gray eyes fill with tears as she remembers her three dogs that drowned in Hurricane Harvey's record floods in August. "I washed them... Читать дальше...

What increasingly appears to be a military-backed effort to oust Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe, has triggered joyful demonstrations in London. VOA's Jonathan Spier has this report.

Shaka Ssali discusses Zimbabwe’s politics with Blessing Zulu, VOA, Zimbabwe Reporter, Kenneth Mwenda, Professor of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Godwin Mangudya, a VOA Reporter.

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A global human rights advocacy group says the Chinese government should prevent medical facilities from forcing people to undergo conversion therapy designed to change a person's sexuality from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual. The New York-based Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday based on interviews with 17 LGBT people who were subjected to widely-criticized conversion procedures that sometimes involved involuntary confinement, electroshock and forced medication. Homosexuality... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a political maelstrom over Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore, whether to join prominent Republicans in trying to force him to end his candidacy in the wake of sexual misconduct accusations from four decades ago. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan and two former Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Senator John McCain, have all said that the 70-year-old Moore should drop out of the December 12 election in the southern state... Читать дальше...

U.S. airstrikes coordinated with local government killed "several" al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command said in a statement released Wednesday. The operation, conducted Tuesday, was carried out some 97 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, the U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. Somali officials say an ongoing operation against the extremist group is paving the way for a large-scale offensive against al-Shabab — an al-Qaida-linked Islamist insurgency. Somali leaders... Читать дальше...

The United Nations is helping Cameroon register thousands of births on its northern border with Nigeria that have gone unreported over the past four years amid the Boko Haram conflict. The first phase of the initiative has just wrapped up in Maroua, the capital of the Far North region. Hundreds of school children cue up at the Government High School in Mozogo in northern Cameroon to receive their birth certificates. Among them is 13-year-old Mohamadou Dani who was sent home from the entrance... Читать дальше...

Border Crossings host Larry London talked with Kenny Rogers via satellite from Tennessee about his distinguished career and his "All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration."

Zimbabwe hovers in a state of uncertainty after the nation’s army moved on the capital Tuesday. After nearly four decades in office, President Robert Mugabe appears to have finally gone too far in firing his vice president and positioning his wife to succeed him. No one saw it coming, and yet, everyone saw it coming. For at least a decade, Zimbabwe’s standards of living have been sliding — its economy is in shambles, its health system in tatters, its elections discredited, its infrastructure... Читать дальше...

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.

Dolly Parton releases her first children's album "I Believe In You." She talked with Border Crossings host Larry London about this project and her extensive career via satellite from Tennessee.

1889: Britain's Cecil Rhodes is granted mining rights by King Lobengula of the Ndebele people and he establishes the British South Africa Company with a mandate to colonize the area. 1895: The BSAC adopts the name Rhodesia, in honor of Cecil Rhodes. 1898: The region south of the Zambezi River becomes Southern Rhodesia and while the region to the north becomes Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). 1922: The white minority in Southern Rhodesia votes to end BSAC rule and becomes a self-governing British colony. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump is asking whether three American college basketball players will thank him for helping secure their release from custody in China after being accused of shoplifting. In a tweet Wednesday, Trump said the players "were headed for 10 years in jail!" Trump asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to personally intervene in the case when the two leaders met during his visit to Beijing last week. The players, LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were questioned for... Читать дальше...

Lebanon’s president has sharply upped his rhetoric against Saudi Arabia in the war of words that’s been waged between the two countries since the shock resignation earlier this month of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The Lebanese prime minister announced his resignation abruptly while visiting the Gulf kingdom, his longtime patron, in a pre-recorded  television address.   In a tweet, President Michel Aoun said he is sure Hariri is being detained against his will in Saudi Arabia and accused... Читать дальше...