Новости за 25.11.2023

At least four people were killed and dozens injured Saturday evening in a stampede at a university in southern India, local officials and media reported. The stampede occurred at an outdoor auditorium in the Cochin University of Science and Technology, or CUSAT, in southwest Kerala state, where a concert had been planned. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Kerala state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said he was "deeply shocked and grieved to know about the sad demise of four students" at CUSAT. Читать дальше...

Democratic Republic of Congo's Denis Mukwege, a Nobel-winning gynecologist, staged a rally in his hometown Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and conflict if elected president next month. Addressing supporters in the eastern city of Bukavu, the renowned doctor said he would use political power to "put an end to war, put an end to famine" and to fight graft. "Today it is normal to steal in the Congo, it is normal to corrupt," said the 68-year-old in Swahili. Mukwege founded the Panzi... Читать дальше...

Seventy more aid trucks entered Gaza from Egypt's Rafah border crossing Saturday, day two of a truce between Israel and the Hamas militia group that controls Gaza. Observers along Egypt's Rafah border crossing leading to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip say that more than 70 fuel and aid supply trucks had entered Gaza from Egypt by midafternoon Saturday. A Hamas spokesman told Qatar's Al Jazeera TV that food, fuel, water and medical supplies were among the main items entering Gaza. The second... Читать дальше...

Authorities on Friday identified those missing or killed in a southeast Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot bid for the state's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives last year. Timothy Heller, 44, and Beth Heller, 36 — plus their children Mara, 16; Derek, 12; and Kara, 11 — were at home Monday night when the landslide struck near the island community of Wrangell. Search crews found the bodies of the parents and the... Читать дальше...

A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 10 people and injuring 22 others, police and local officials said Saturday. The multistory RJ Mall is in a commercial high-rise that also houses call centers and software firms. The fire department dispatched eight fire trucks to the scene after being alerted at 6:30 a.m. Chief fire officer, Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, said the fourth floor of the building was the most affected. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui said on X... Читать дальше...

An avalanche killed five mountain climbers and injured four others from an all-Iranian climbing team in west Iran, state media reported on Saturday. A report by the state-owned IRNA news agency said rescue teams recovered the bodies of five climbers from San Boran peak, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran. The injured climbers were taken to hospital. The report said the nine-member team of climbers began their journey on Thursday despite a warning by local authorities about possible risk. Читать дальше...

Syrian government forces' shelling of a northwestern village Saturday killed at least nine people, including six children, as they picked olives, opposition activists said. The shelling of the village of Qawqafeen, in Idlib province, is the latest violation of a truce reached in March 2020 between Russia and Turkey, who back rival sides in Syria’s 12-year conflict that has killed half a million people. Hundreds of people have been killed or wounded over the past years in violations of the truce... Читать дальше...

A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday. The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict — even as a truce has halted fighting and Hamas exchanges hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The defense official... Читать дальше...

Pope Francis canceled his morning audiences on Saturday because of mild flu, the Vatican said in a statement. The 86-year-old pontiff holds regular meetings with Vatican officials on Saturdays as well as private audiences. Earlier this month, the pope skipped reading a prepared speech for a meeting with European rabbis as he was suffering from a cold, but he appeared to be in good health during a meeting with children just hours later. In June, he had surgery on an abdominal hernia. He spent... Читать дальше...

Attempts to reach 41 construction workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for two weeks were again stymied Saturday. Rescuers had been working by hand to remove debris after the drilling machine they were using broke down a day earlier while making its way through the debris of rock, stones and metal, but the operation was halted on Saturday. Arnold Dix, an international expert assisting the rescue team at the accident site in Uttarakhand state, said it is unclear when the drilling will be able to start again. Читать дальше...

Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just a few days, and already Argentina's unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies. Milei, who famously campaigned with a revving chainsaw to demonstrate what he would do to public spending, says radical measures are needed to get the South American country's moribund economy back to life and reduce annual inflation of 140%. Читать дальше...

About 200 wild horses roam free in a western North Dakota national park, but that number could shrink as the National Park Service is expected to decide next year whether it will eliminate that population. Advocates fear a predetermined outcome that will remove the beloved animals from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. An extended public comment period ends Friday on the recent environmental assessment of the park's three proposals: reduce the horse population quickly, reduce it gradually or take no immediate action. Читать дальше...

Japan detected the first case of highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu this season at a poultry farm in the south of the country, public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday. The local government in Saga prefecture will cull about 40,000 birds on the farm, NHK said, citing agriculture ministry officials it did not name. Ministry officials were not immediately available for comment outside of business hours. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will convene relevant Cabinet ministers to discuss measures to prevent spreading of the virus, NHK said. Читать дальше...

Though it's no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation's capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them. And for families of the victims, the issue of unsolved killings cuts deep. Asiyah Timimi's husband, Aqueel, was stabbed in a dispute in January 2021 and died several days later. "You just don't feel safe until they're caught," Timimi said. "I could be walking past the person that killed my husband." Natalia Mitchell wants justice for her son Morris... Читать дальше...

A climate change protest off the coast of Australia's New South Wales state disrupted operations at the country's biggest coal export port on Saturday, the port operator said.  Climate activist group Rising Tide, which claimed responsibility for the action, said more than 200 protesters were in the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle, as part of a 30-hour blockade set to run until 4 p.m. Sunday.  The Port of Newcastle, some 170 kilometers from the state capital, Sydney, is the largest... Читать дальше...

China's military will begin "combat training activities" from Saturday on its side of the border with Myanmar, it said on social media, a day after a convoy of trucks carrying goods into the neighboring Southeast Asian nation went up in flames. The incident, which Myanmar state media called an insurgent attack, came amid insecurity concerns in China, whose envoy met top officials in Myanmar's capital for talks on border stability after recent signs of rare strain in their ties. The training aims to "test the rapid maneuverability... Читать дальше...

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. Читать дальше...

Shoppers took to stores across the nation on a Black Friday that appeared subdued compared with those of prior years, looking for discounted electronics, clothing and household goods in the kickoff to the holiday shopping season crucial to big retailers.  Brokerage TD Cowen lowered its U.S. holiday spending estimate to 2% to 3% growth, from 4% to 5%, as it forecast flat Black Friday traffic. Discounts in October and November removed the excitement and urgency of Black Friday.   "People have already got what they want," said David Klink... Читать дальше...

Film industry leaders in Marrakech attending one of the Arab world's largest film festivals emphasized Friday the importance of elevating cinema and artistic expression amid a shadow cast by Israel's war with Hamas and an earthquake that struck Morocco less than three months ago. "In the weeks leading up to the festival, we were not sure that we would even be able to be here. The world we share is shattered and devoured," said American actor Jessica Chastain, serving as the president of the festival's jury... Читать дальше...

What happens next and what would make peace possible. The World Health Organization warns of rising threat of disease and epidemic given the collapse of Gaza’s medical system. And another worrisome UN climate report ahead of a meeting of world leaders at next week’s COP28 conference

The Israeli government said Friday that it would summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following remarks by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo on the war between Israel and Hamas.  The announcement came after the two leaders criticized Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in Gaza. Sanchez also called for European Union recognition of a Palestinian state, saying Spain might do so on its own.  Speaking... Читать дальше...

On the eve of international climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally important Antarctica, where ice that's been frozen for millions of years is melting because of human-caused climate change, to send the message that "we absolutely need to act immediately."  "What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica," Guterres said. In addition to reflecting lots of sunlight away from the Earth, Antarctica regulates the planet's climate because its ice and cold waters drive major ocean currents. Читать дальше...

The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, who was arrested Wednesday, had ordered a 2019 attack on an unguarded apartment complex where soldiers’ families lived. “He was the one who ordered the attack ... against our dependents, our families,” Sandoval said. The Oct. Читать дальше...

Authorities in the southwest U.S. state of Arizona are canceling land leases that are being used to grow alfalfa for livestock raised in Saudi Arabia. From Vicksburg, Arizona, Levi Stallings reports on a dispute over groundwater.

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest outbreak, a worrying development that African scientists warn could make it more difficult to stop the disease. In a statement issued late Thursday, the U.N. health agency said a resident of Belgium traveled to Congo in March and tested positive for mpox, or monkeypox, shortly afterward. The WHO said the individual "identified... Читать дальше...