Новости за 26.07.2016

La ministre du Logement Emmanuelle Cosse a affirmé mardi que l'encadrement des loyers, en vigueur depuis près d'un an à Paris, ne serait pas étendu ailleurs "contre l'avis des agglomérations et des communes", car "une démarche autoritaire ne fonctionnerait pas".

Un migrant éthiopien a été tué lors de rixes dans la nuit de lundi à mardi aux abords de la "Jungle" de Calais, une première, a-t-on appris auprès de la préfecture du Pas-de-Calais.

Solar Impulse 2 vient d'achever son tour du monde, 483 jours après son départ d'Abou Dhabi. "Le défi est autant humain que technique", a déclaré l'un des deux pilotes.

French police have arrested two men in connection with the Bastille Day massacre in Nice which left 84 people dead, a source close to the investigation said Tuesday.

French telecommunications group Orange said Tuesday its net profit nearly tripled in the first half of the year to 3.2 billion euros ($3.5 billion), due primarily to the sale of British operator EE.

Le secrétaire d'État chargé du Commerce extérieur et du Tourisme Matthias Fekl a dénoncé mardi "les polémiques" sur le dispositif de sécurité déployé le 14 juillet à Nice au soir de l'attentat ayant fait 84 morts, les jugeant nuisibles pour le tourisme.

Un peu plus d’une heure. C’est le temps que les Nigérians peuvent désormais mettre pour rejoindre en train la grande ville du nord Kaduna depuis Abuja, la capitale. La nouvelle ligne ferroviaire reliant les deux agglomérations est en service depuis quelques semaines mais doit être officiellement inaugurée par le président du Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, ce mardi 26 juillet.

The Turkish government is ready to work with all the main opposition parties in drafting a new constitution, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday, after months of deadlock on the issue.

International sports federations and Russia's Olympic Committee on Monday began to announce the Russian competitors who will be sidelined from the Rio Games over past doping offences.

Shotputter Inderjeet Singh on Tuesday became the second Indian athlete to fail a drugs test in recent days, embroiling the nation's Olympic squad in a doping scandal before next month's Rio Games.

Whether in aircraft or hot-air balloons, with or without stop-offs, and sometimes solo: round-the-world trips by air have produced several records since 1924.

At least eight people were killed on Tuesday when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu's airport, including one close to the UN's political office in the Somali capital, a security source told AFP.

Des scientifiques américains se sont donnés pour objectif de faire renaître de ses cendres l'orchidée fantôme. Une espèce si rare qu'elle a suscité la convoitise de plusieurs générations de braconniers.

Rights groups on Tuesday called for Chinese authorities to stop forced demolitions at one of the world's biggest Tibetan Buddhist institutes, saying the move was an attempt to "severely restrict" religious freedoms.

The world's top brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev raised its offer for rival SAB Miller on Tuesday after a major slump by the British pound due to the Brexit vote threw the blockbuster deal into doubt.

Currency swings and slumping sales in emerging markets took a further toll on South Korea's Hyundai Motor, which reported Tuesday a drop in net profit for the 10th consecutive quarter.

India is home to the world's largest number of stunted children due to a lack of toilets, dirty water and poor hygiene, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

BP faced fresh losses in the second quarter on new charges arising from the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, the British energy giant said on Tuesday.

Alors que le témoignage de la policière de Nice, qui dit avoir subi des pressions du ministère de l'Intérieur après l’attentat du 14-Juillet, est remis en cause, son avocat a déposé un signalement des "faits" au procureur de la République.

American whistleblower Edward Snowden has teamed up with hacker Andrew “Bunnie” Huang to design a modified iPhone 6 case that warns users when information is being monitored or stolen.

Former Grand Slam champions Petra Kvitova and Samantha Stosur were unfazed by opening-day weather delays, cruising into the second round of the WTA hardcourt tournament in Montreal.

Thousands of firefighters battled to contain a blaze tearing through suburban Los Angeles, destroying homes and a popular filming location and threatening actress Tippi Hedren's animal sanctuary.

Germany's number two bank, Commerzbank, said late on Monday its capital position weakened in the second quarter while its profits over the period slumped almost a third.

À Philadelphie, la convention démocrate s'est ouverte mardi sous le signe de divisions du parti. Sur fond de scandales, Bernie Sanders a pourtant appelé ses partisans à voter pour Hillary Clinton.

The Chinese army garrisoned in Hong Kong has warned people searching for Pikachu and other virtual monsters to stay off their premises, as Pokemon Go mania sweeps the smartphone-obsessed city.