Новости за 28.04.2023

The general director of Exxon Mobil Mozambique says his company needs long-term stability in Cabo Delgado province before it can think of restarting a $30 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique. Suspected Islamist insurgents forced the suspension of the project in 2021, when they attacked a town near gas projects managed by French company TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil. “The key question is security risks," said Arne Gibbs, the general director. "We are working with the government to mitigate... Читать дальше...

The Kenyan commander of the East African Community regional force mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has resigned, citing threats to his security. In his resignation letter, dated April 27, General Jeff Nyagah said he was exiting the mission because of what he termed as an aggravated threat to his safety and a systematic plan to frustrate efforts of the force. According to Nyagah, in early January, he was forced to relocate after what he believed to have been monitoring devices placed by mercenaries... Читать дальше...

U.S. Army officials say three soldiers are dead and a fourth was injured when two army Apache helicopters collided as they were returning from a training mission near Healy, Alaska, late Thursday. The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, at Fort Wainwright, outside Fairbanks, Alaska. The crash occurred about 128 kilometers southwest of there. The Army statement said two of the soldiers were pronounced dead at the scene and the third died en route to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Читать дальше...

After more than two weeks of fighting between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, civilians in Khartoum have little choice but to run for their lives. Some 70 people - a mix of foreign nationals, including women and children, and this reporter - took the risky road Thursday from Khartoum to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, a journey that takes more than 10 hours by bus. As our bus made progress, passengers could see the destruction in neighborhoods. Rapid Support Forces... Читать дальше...

Brazil President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva officially recognized six Indigenous reservations Friday, reversing the policies of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who opened the land to farming and other industries. Lula signed the official decrees on the final day of a five-day gathering of Indigenous people from around the country — known as The Free Land Camp — in the capital Brasilia. Designating the land fulfills a campaign promise he made to stop the deforestation of the land ... Читать дальше...

Human rights organizations are calling on Burundi’s government to give former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni a fair trial. Bunyoni faces charges ranging from abuse of office to undermining internal security of the state. The charges were read to him Thursday at the office of the country’s chief prosecutor. The former prime minister was arrested last week, following reports that he was on the run, and his arrest was confirmed in a short statement released by the chief prosecutor. “Alain... Читать дальше...

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

The U.S. and Philippines Friday concluded nearly three weeks of annual military drills known as Balikatan in the south Pacific Ocean near the island chain nation. In a news release, the U.S. military said nearly 18,000 soldiers from both nations took part in the drills, making them the largest in the 38-year history of the military exercises. Balikatan means “shoulder-to-shoulder” or “sharing the load together,” in Philippine Tagalog dialect, a term becoming more appropriate in the past year... Читать дальше...

A popular cartoonist in Uganda has launched a social media campaign to highlight the poor state of the country's health care system. #UgandaHealthExhibition on Twitter is telling stories about the poor conditions in hospitals and clinics. Uganda's Ministry of Health has disputed the allegations. Pictures of Ugandan doctors treating patients on the floors of hospitals, because of a lack of beds, have this week been circulating on social media. One photo showed a doctor and health worker stitching a patient’s head injury on a floor mat. Читать дальше...

In Cameroon, hundreds of singers are using their voices to call for a cease-fire between the military and separatist forces in restive western regions. The conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced 750,000 since 2017. In the courtyard of the Yaounde city council, the singers performed songs calling for an end to the killing and destruction of property in the restive Northwest and Southwest regions. Among the several hundred civilians listening to the singers is Dieudonne Bitam, a 24-year-old university student. Читать дальше...

The world record for the least sleep in a day among mammals goes to elephant seals, according to new research.

Pakistan's Chief of the Army, General Asim Munir, is in China on a four-day official visit where he is holding meetings with the leadership of the People's Liberation Army to discuss military cooperation between the two countries. Munir met with Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, where the Chinese official described the relationship between the two countries as consistent. “No matter how the international situation changes, China always gives Pakistan priority in its neighborhood diplomacy,” Zhang said... Читать дальше...

India and China disagreed during a meeting of their defense ministers Thursday on the importance of restoring peace along their disputed border to developing bilateral ties. India called such restoration key to developing the ties, while China sees the border situation as largely stable, the respective governments said in statements issued after the meeting. The meeting, between Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, was held in New Delhi on the sidelines... Читать дальше...

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Friday 38 Chinese fighter jets and one TB-001 drone aircraft have circled the island. Nineteen of the aircraft flew across the midline that separates the island of Taiwan from mainland China, according to the ministry. The TB-001 is one of China’s largest drones. The display of China’s aircraft might be one of the largest it has mounted. China’s aircraft displays are widely thought to be China’s way of attempting to intimidate Taiwan. In April, China launched... Читать дальше...

Ahead of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on a pair of affirmative action cases this spring, students at the University of North Carolina are divided on the issue of affirmative action — the practice of factoring race in admissions to boost minority enrollment — and the role it should play in creating a diverse student body, Reuters reports. (April 2023)

A vessel came under attack in the waters in the waters south of Yemen, a British maritime agency said Friday.   United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which provides security alerts for the shipping trade, said it had received reports that the unidentified vessel came under fire in the Gulf of Aden.   UKMTO said in a statement Friday that three boats were involved in the attack and each boat had three to four people on board.   No other details were given. Attacks in the Gulf of Aden were once blamed on Somali pirates... Читать дальше...

Snake experts in South Africa say an energy crisis is partly to blame for a shortage of antivenom in sub-Saharan Africa that has left at least three people dead in the past three weeks. South Africa supplies antivenom to the region, but frequent power cuts have made it harder to store the refrigerated supplies. Vicky Stark reports from Cape Town, South Africa. Camera: Shadley Lombard

Militants in northwest Pakistan set off a bomb while targeting a temporary military camp with rockets and guns, in an incident that killed at least three troops, security officials said Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The violence comes after Pakistan declared a new offensive against militants following a resurgence of attacks in recent months, such as a February mosque bombing that killed more than 100. Troops engaged the attackers for several hours from Thursday night in the district of Lakki Marwat... Читать дальше...

Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal. In the final hours of a repeatedly broken three-day cease-fire, due to end at midnight (2200 GMT), the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced a 72-hour extension following pressure from Saudi Arabia and the United States. There have been multiple truce efforts since fighting broke out... Читать дальше...

With the looming expiration next month of the pandemic-era Title 42 restriction on immigration into the United States along its southern border, the FBI is bracing for the fallout from an influx of border crossings. The FBI processes DNA samples collected from migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border. FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Thursday he expects a "dramatic increase" in samples because of more border crossings. In the first three months of fiscal 2023, the FBI handled more than 130,000 such samples... Читать дальше...

The White House and a newspaper are denying there was collusion this week when a reporter asked U.S. President Joe Biden a question very similar to what was written on a card Biden held while facing journalists in the White House Rose Garden. "We do not have specific questions in advance. That's not something that we do," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded when asked at Thursday's briefing about the president's pocket card, titled "Question # 1," which contained the name and... Читать дальше...

After days of speculation about the whereabouts of a Taiwan-based book publisher, Beijing revealed that authorities arrested the China critic for allegedly "endangering national security." Shanghai security officers arrested Li Yanhe, a book publisher and radio host for the Taiwanese public broadcaster Radio Taiwan International, while he was visiting relatives in the city. Li traveled to China last month. Reports that he was missing emerged about a week ago. China's Taiwan Affairs Office announced... Читать дальше...

This month a widely watched lawsuit over how U.S. cable network Fox News covered former President Donald Trump’s false allegations of election rigging in 2020 resulted in the network paying a near-record $787.5 million settlement to avoid a trial. VOA’s Laurel Bowman reports.

The Biden administration on Thursday announced new measures to manage the flow of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border as the end of a pandemic-era policy known as Title 42 nears. In a briefing with reporters, administration officials said they are opening immigration processing centers in Latin America to provide migrants easier access to legal pathways to the U.S., including the refugee admissions resettlement program, and prescreening for other programs such as parole, family reunification or existing labor pathways. Читать дальше...