Новости за 21.08.2017

Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday for a wondrous couple of minutes in the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 99 years.

Des millions de passionnés, d'amateurs et de simples curieux ont pu observer l'éclipse totale de soleil qui a traversé, ce lundi, les États-Unis d'ouest en est. Pareil phénomène ne s'était pas produit dans le pays depuis 1918.

Chile's Constitutional Court on Monday approved a bill to decriminalize abortion in certain cases, a move decried by conservative opponents but hailed by Socialist President Michelle Bachelet as a victory for women's rights.

The alleged Barcelona attacker who was killed Monday grew up in a small Catalan town where he seemed "nicely integrated" like his younger brother who also died as part of the same terror cell, residents said.

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel said Monday his US tour with Venezuela's government-backed National Youth Orchestra has been canceled.

England's 2003 World Cup-winning scrum-half Matt Dawson revealed Monday he has undergone heart surgery due to being bitten by a tick in a park in London last year.

Six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker will be named as the German Tennis Federation's (DTB) first 'head of tennis', according to AFP subsidiary SID on Monday.

L'auteur présumé de l'attentat meurtrier de Barcelone, Younès Abouyaaqoub, abattu lundi par la police, avait grandi à Ripoll, une petite ville de Catalogne où ce Marocain de 22 ans semblait "bien intégré".

Le principal suspect de l'attaque au couteau de Turku, en Finlande, avait été signalé pour radicalisation aux services de renseignements finlandais. L'attaque a fait deux morts et huit blessés vendredi.

Al Ain and Al Hilal have it all to play for after an absorbing goalless draw in their Asian Champions League quarter-final first leg here on Monday.

The booing that resounded around the London Stadium when Justin Gatlin mounted the podium to receive his gold medal as 100 metres world champion hurt the American, he admitted Monday.

Wayne Rooney chalked up another career milestone on Monday when he scored his 200th Premier League goal to put Everton 1-0 up at Manchester City.

Wayne Rooney a inscrit son 200e but en Premier League, son deuxième en autant de matches depuis son retour à Everton cet été, lundi, face à Manchester City, pour le compte de la 2e journée du championnat d'Angleterre

A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.

Colombia offered asylum and government protection Monday to Venezuela's sacked chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who fled her country after defying President Nicolas Maduro over a deadly political crisis.

Top seed Son Wan Ho didn't have it easy against Finland's Kalle Koljonen in his first round of the men's singles at the World Championships in Glasgow on Monday.

Barcelona, a world-renowned tourist destination, has also been an attraction for jihadists on a trail linking European countries such as France and Belgium to Moroccan criminal networks.

A rocket landed in the heavily fortified diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul late Monday, police said, hours before US President Donald Trump was due to announce his long-awaited strategy for the war-weary country.

Le Tribunal constitutionnel du Chili a donné lundi son feu vert à la loi dépénalisant l'avortement thérapeutique, ultime étape mettant fin à près de 30 ans d'interdiction totale de l'IVG, comme c'est encore le cas dans 18 pays à travers le monde.

The onetime attorney of late pop icon Michael Jackson will now defend disgraced television icon Bill Cosby in his upcoming re-trial for sexual assault, the actor's spokesman said Monday.

A rocket landed in the heavily fortified diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul late Monday, police said.

A une semaine de l'US Open, Kristina Mladenovic, N.1 française, a été éliminée du tournoi WTA de New Haven dès le premier tour par la Hongroise Tímea Babos, 66e du classement WTA, vainqueur en 1h44 et deux manches 7-5, 7-5.

La légende du tennis allemand Boris Becker, 49 ans, en proie à de grandes difficultés financières, va diriger l'ensemble du tennis masculin au sein de la fédération allemande (DTB) et chapeauter l'équipe de Coupe Davis, affirment lundi des médias allemands.

Chile's Constitutional Court Monday approved a measure to ease the country's strict abortion ban by decriminalizing the procedure in certain cases.

An emotionally-charged Giannis Antetokounmpo bid farewell and good luck to his Greece teammates on Monday, putting aside the controversy behind his decision to miss the Eurobasket tournament.