Новости за 16.08.2017

Dressé au milieu d'un carrefour fréquenté de la ville d'Alexandria, tournant le dos à la capitale fédérale Washington, il regarde vers le sud où se trouvent les champs de bataille de la guerre de Sécession sur lesquels sont tombés ses camarades.

President Juan Manuel Santos declared Colombia's 50-year conflict with FARC guerrillas finally over on Tuesday, as the last truckloads of decommissioned weapons rolled away to be melted down.

L'armée israélienne a détruit la maison d'un Palestinien qui a tué trois Israéliens en juillet dans une colonie de Cisjordanie occupée, a annoncé mercredi une porte-parole militaire, une mesure dont Israël défend l'effet dissuasif sur ceux qui seraient tentés de passer à l'acte.

Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the United States open the first round of talks Wednesday to revamp the 23-year-old regional free trade agreement some see as a demon and others as a savior.

Le président sierra-léonais a lancé un appel à l''aide internationale après les inondations et les glissements de terrain qui ont fait plus de 300 morts et des centaines de disparus à Freetown, où les autorités ont commencé à enterrer les victimes.

Riding the slipstream of the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four, "The Defenders" is promising to bring a more tortured and cerebral superhero vibe to Netflix's ever-growing repertoire of Marvel series.

Fifty years ago in California, Jimi Hendrix poured lighter fluid on his Fender Stratocaster and, in a scene seared into music iconography, knelt and watched as the guitar -- from American rock 'n' roll's most cherished brand -- burned.

Australian publishing giant Fairfax Media on Wednesday posted a return to profit following a cost-cutting drive, although advertising revenue for its major newspapers weakened further.

Australian vice-captain David Warner is expected to be fit for the upcoming Bangladesh tour after retiring hurt when he was struck in the neck by a bouncer during a warm-up match.

"Nous sommes là pour rester, nous sommes là pour nous battre!": plusieurs centaines de personnes ont manifesté à nouveau mardi soir sous les fenêtres de Donald Trump à New York, pour notamment dénoncer le racisme après les violences de Charlottesville samedi.

Le processus de désarmement des Farc a officiellement pris fin mardi. Le président Juan Manuel Santos a déclaré à cette occasion le conflit avec la guérilla marxiste terminée. Le combat des guérilleros devrait désormais se poursuivre au Congrès.

Japan on Wednesday launched a study into whether precious coral was being illegally poached by Chinese fishermen off its shores to be sold for use in jewellery.

Sizzling property prices, a groaning debt load, wealthy tourists and tycoons willing to slap down eye-popping sums for art: China is starting to look like Japan before its economic bubble burst in the early 90s.

Mexican prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the former chief executive of state oil company Pemex to answer questions about allegations he took $10 million in bribes from scandal-stained Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long stand-off between the two armies.

Revving up his engine as the monsoon clouds begin to open, Nopadol Choihirun steers his weathered boat under a two-lane bridge to keep his pile of envelopes and parcels dry.

The foreigners yell "fire, fire, fire" before shooting their automatic weapons as Israeli instructors look on -- but this is no military training.

A kerosene lamp flickers beside a Macbook in a jungle camp as ageing Philippine communist leader Jaime Padilla plots the next step in one of Asia's oldest insurgencies with a new generation of fighters.

Calm returned to Asian markets Wednesday, with equities stabilising after a two-day rally, as the dollar strengthened on encouraging US economic data.

Australia's opposition Labor Party on Wednesday rejected extraordinary claims from the country's top diplomat that it conspired with New Zealand leftists to try to topple the government.

Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the United States open the first round of talks on Wednesday to revamp the 23-year-old regional free trade agreement some see as a demon and others as a savior.

Shanghai Shenhua denied suggestions that Carlos Tevez's career in China was over and said Wednesday they expected him to return after the Argentine went home for treatment on a muscle injury.

Standing in a warehouse in a Moscow suburb, Dmitry Marinichev tries to speak over the deafening hum of hundreds of computers stacked on shelves hard at work mining for crypto money.

Princess Diana revolutionised the royal dress code with the help of some of the world's greatest designers during a glamorous life that came to a tragic end 20 years ago this month.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to unveil his next move Wednesday to contest a presidential poll he claims was rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta.