Новости за 16.09.2021

The head of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, who was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers, has been killed in an operation by French troops. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was "neutralised by French forces", President Emmanuel Macron tweeted early Thursday. "This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel," Macron said, without giving the location or details of the operation. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Sahrawi died following a strike by France's Barkhane force... Читать дальше...

He may have died 700 years ago this week but Dante remains our contemporary. Everybody has his Dante and sometimes he comes knocking when you least expect it. All the anniversary accolades mention T.S. Eliot’s praise, who was predisposed to champion a poet with a universal Christian vision. But the bleak Samuel Beckett, author of funny atheistic tragedies, loved Dante too, identifying with Belacqua, a minor character in the Purgatorio. Jorge Luis Borges wrote short stories because writing novels... Читать дальше...

Jack Grealish scored a superb first Champions League goal as Manchester City survived Christopher Nkunku’s hat-trick to beat RB Leipzig 6-3 in a pulsating Group A opener on Wednesday. Grealish admits the lure of playing on the Champions League stage convinced him to leave his boyhood club Aston Villa to join City in a club record £100 million ($138 million) move in the close-season. The England winger made the most of his first taste of the tournament’s bright lights with a brilliant solo effort in the second half at the Etihad Stadium. Читать дальше...