Новости за 20.05.2024

Washington — Search crews reported finding no signs of life Monday after locating a helicopter that crashed while carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials in the country’s northwest, according to state media. The helicopter crashed Sunday in bad weather near Varzaqan in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State media said the helicopter was flying President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two other officials back to Iran from an event just across the border with Azerbaijan... Читать дальше...

Accra, Ghana — Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana's capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant orders lit up apps on her phone. "I don't think I could work without a phone in my line of business," she said, as requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling. Internet-enabled phones have transformed many lives, but they can play a unique role in sub-Saharan Africa, where infrastructure and public services are among the world's least developed... Читать дальше...

Anaheim, California — Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life at the Southern California resort chose to unionize following a three-day vote culminating Saturday. The Actors' Equity Association labor union said in a statement Saturday that cast members for the parades and characters departments at Disney's theme parks near Los Angeles voted by a wide margin for the union to become the bargaining agent for the group of roughly 1,700 workers. Читать дальше...

Houston, Texas — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news as officials said they expected power to be restored by Sunday evening to most of the hundreds of thousands still in the dark and without air conditioning amid hot and humid weather. The widespread destruction of Thursday's storms brought much of Houston to a standstill. Thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds tore through the city — reducing businesses and other structures to piles of debris... Читать дальше...

Mexico City — Tens of thousands of mostly opposition supporters protested Sunday against Mexico's president in the capital's vast colonial-era main plaza ahead of the June presidential election. The protesters in Mexico City carried signs saying, "We are Mexicans," referring to what they claim are attempts by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to divide the country. Mexico is extremely polarized ahead of the June 2 presidential election. Lopez Obrador regularly rails against reporters, the middle class... Читать дальше...

London — The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest to afflict Britain's state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948, with around 3,000 people believed to have died as a result of being infected with HIV and hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver. Читать дальше...

Tehran. Iran — Fear and worry weighed on Iran Sunday as the Islamic Republic waited for news on the fate of President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter went missing in a foggy mountain area. Thousands of Muslim faithful prayed for his safe return in mosques nationwide — including amid the minarets of 63-year-old Raisi's hometown, the shrine city of Mashhad. Tearful Iranians fearing the worst were also praying for Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who was with him on the helicopter, in Valiasr Square in central Tehran. Читать дальше...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — Two Chinese warships docked Sunday at a commercial port in Cambodia, in preparation for joint naval exercises between the two countries. The Jingangshan amphibious warfare ship and the Qi Jiguang training ship sailed into the Sihanoukville Port as onlookers waved Cambodian and Chinese flags from the piers. The port is north of the Ream Naval Base, where China has funded a broad expansion project that has been carefully watched by the United States and others over concerns... Читать дальше...