Новости за 05.07.2024

Iran opens presidential runoff between hard-liner Jalili and reformist Pezeshkian after record-low first round turnout

Prominent activist Joshua Wong has asked for a lesser sentence in court after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

The indictment of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store

June 28-July 4, 2024 Hurricane Beryl powered through the Caribbean on its way to Mexico. Guatemala marked its army's 153rd anniversary. Campaigns opened in Venezuela with political rallies ahead of the July 28 election. Brazil soccer fans watched their team play in the Copa America tournament from Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection... Читать дальше...

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases have multiplied since his failed reelection campaign in 2022

The Labour Party has officially won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament as vote counting continues

A South Korean court says a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison

Man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says opposition Labour Party has won the UK election as his Conservatives face a rout

New Zealand's housing minister says the country will drastically ease restrictions on land use in a bid to “flood the market” with land for homes and override the powers of local councils to curb development

Anti-immigration party leader Nigel Farage wins a seat in UK Parliament on his eighth attempt

Hurricane Beryl regains strength and grows into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before

Labour's Keir Starmer says voters ‘have spoken and they are ready for change’ as exit poll points to landslide win

Vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left undeveloped for years after they're felled

The Swifties are about to take over the German city formerly known as Gelsenkirchen, where American superstar Taylor Swift is set to give three Eras Tour concerts later this month

Authorities in France say a film director accused of sexual assault and violent, controlling behavior has been handed preliminary charges of rape, sexual assault and violence by a judge investigating the case

Cambodia’s culture minister says the return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors

Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with kn...

The Peruvian Congress has approved a law establishing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that human rights organizations have warned could encourage impunity and thwart investigations into serious abuses

Brazil's federal police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, source confirms

Exit poll suggests Conservatives face historic defeat in British election, leaving the party in disarray

Exit poll suggests Labour wins huge majority in UK election, riding wave of frustration with Conservatives’ 14-year rule

Polls close in British election where voters will deliver their verdict on 14 years of Conservative government