Новости за 04.08.2017

2017-08-04 06:41 FR NW GRAB Q3 CASTILLO 7H

The world faces a shortage of prized Darjeeling tea because of deadly unrest in the idyllic Indian Himalayan foothills where it is grown.

The arrival of Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain in a 222 million-euro ($263.5 million, £200.6 million) world record move will have a significant knock-on effect on an already unbridled transfer market.

South Korea's spy agency has admitted that it had engaged in a far-reaching attempt to manipulate voters as it sought to help conservatives win parliamentary and presidential elections.

Uber announced Friday it had taken action to repair faulty cars in Singapore after a report said the ride-hailing giant rented them out to drivers despite being aware of a recall and after one caught fire.

The beleaguered dollar slumped again Friday after a new report on the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US election sparked fresh turmoil, even as Wall Street eked out a new record.

Pakistani high school student Noman Afzal knows "traitorous" Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that erupted when British India split into two nations 70 years ago. His history textbook tells him so.

Having lost their heads, been pulled from their plinths, smashed and even buried, things are at last looking up for some of the unluckiest statues in Christendom.

NBA star Stephen Curry got off to a rocky start but then held his own Thursday in his professional golf debut, shooting a four-over 74 in the first round of the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko at the WTA Stanford tournament Thursday, setting up a quarter-final clash with American teenager CiCi Bellis.

Australian cricket must never again embark on such an acrimonious pay row, the players' union says, after a bruising months-long dispute that rattled the sport was finally resolved.

To check the beehives he has set up on the roof of the sprawling Monnaie de Paris on the banks of the River Seine, Audric de Campeau slips on a harness over tan-coloured trousers.

LL Cool J sera le premier rappeur récompensé par les Honneurs du Kennedy Center, le prix culturel le plus prestigieux de Washington qui fête cette année sa 40e édition, a annoncé jeudi la grande salle de spectacles de la capitale américaine.

Brazilian superstar Neymar has pledged to spark a trophy glut at Paris Saint Germain after agreeing a five-year deal on a world record 222 million euro ($264 million) transfer from Barcelona.

Pour Donald Trump qui n'a de cesse de dénoncer les fuites, massives et à répétition, qui donnent une image chaotique de sa présidence, c'est presque une question de trahison.

Murielle Bolle va-t-elle retrouver la liberté? La demande de ce témoin clé de l'affaire Grégory en 1984, aujourd'hui écroué, est examinée vendredi par la chambre de l'instruction de la cour d'appel de Dijon.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury to investigate Russia's interference with the 2016 presidential election, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday -- a step toward possible criminal indictments.

Usain Bolt kicks off the defence of his world 100m on Friday in his swansong season, the first step to bringing down the curtain on his glittering career.

Rwandans vote in a presidential election Friday widely expected to return strongman Paul Kagame to office for a third seven-year term at the helm of the small east African nation.

Toyota said Friday it would discuss strengthening its partnership with Mazda as reports said they were close to a deal on a capital tie-up and building a $1.6 billion factory in the United States.

Transcripts of President Donald Trump's conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in January offer new details on how the president parried with the leaders over the politics of the border wall and refugee policy.

World number two Simona Halep rallied to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP and WTA Citi Open while Canada's Eugenie Bouchard was ousted Thursday by Germany's Andrea Petkovic.

La Fédération sud-africaine de rugby (SAR) a reçu jeudi une aide financière de 2,7 milliards de rands (170 M EUR) du gouvernement sud-africain en vue du Mondial-2023 que le pays souhaite accueillir.

Le procureur spécial Robert Mueller a constitué un grand jury à Washington dans le cadre de son enquête sur l'ingérence russe dans l'élection présidentielle américaine, a révélé jeudi le Wall Street Journal, signe que l'investigation pourrait déboucher sur des poursuites pénales.

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Thursday stripped his vice president, Jorge Glas, of all his functions after his deputy delivered a stinging critique of the new leftist leader.