Новости за 21.05.2024

Slovakia's Parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to condemn politically motivated violence following an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is recovering from multiple wounds from last week's shooting, hospital officials said.

French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, signaling French authorities' growing confidence that reinforced security and emergency measures are bringing deadly unrest on the French Pacific territory under control.

Much of the American tech industry is lining up with the federal government to develop a comprehensive U.S. response to China's military-civil fusion, a policy that has forced cooperation between businesses and the communist government in Beijing.

A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network Monday included references to a "unified Reich" among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.

Morphy's first chess teacher was his uncle -- a weak player -- and Capablanca picked up the game from his father -- who was likely even worse, but modern players from Bobby Fischer on were far more likely to rely on a competent and inspiring coach to set them on the path to greatness.

Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.

The International Criminal Court signed arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas for atrocities against the Jewish people, and then, in what should be seen as a sick joke but is not, issued the same for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Take a warning, ICC.

President Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to detail the impact of a law that helps veterans get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.

The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched will move closer to their end Tuesday.

Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday.

Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday his administration would keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song, days after YouTube blocked access to dozens of videos of the tune in the city.

The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it.

Former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and at least 11 other people are set to be arraigned in a Phoenix courtroom on conspiracy, forgery and fraud charges stemming from their roles in an effort to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden.

The National Rifle Association, which has had its image sullied by former leader Wayne LaPierre's spending excesses, elected Doug Hamlin as executive vice president and CEO on Monday.

OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that "Her" actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds "eerily similar" to her own.

The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia.

Luis Garcia Jr. homered and drove in three runs, Eddie Rosario also had three RBIs and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game slide with a 12-3 victory over the struggling Minnesota Twins on Monday night.

Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin.

Pope Francis declared in an interview broadcast on Monday that every person on earth is "fundamentally good," a teaching in line with Catholic doctrine but also sure to ruffle feathers in other churches.

After a breakthrough regular season, Alexis Lafreniere has continued to be a solid contributor for the New York Rangers in their run to the Eastern Conference final.

President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said Monday that they raised more than $51 million in April, falling well short of the $76 million that Donald Trump and the Republican Party reported taking in for the month.

Caitlin Clark returned to the Indiana Fever's starting lineup for the second half against the Connecticut Sun on Monday night after missing the final 5 1/2 minutes of the first half with appeared to be a lower left leg injury.

Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever's game against the Connecticut Sun midway through the second quarter Monday night with what appeared to be an injured lower left leg.

Three Americans involved in a brazen weekend attack on Congo's presidential palace formed an unlikely band under the leadership of eccentric opposition figure Christian Malanga, who dabbled in gold mining and used cars before persuading his Utah-born son to join in the foiled coup, according to officials' description of events.

A federal report said Mexico's two largest cartels are operating in every U.S. state, and are driving the nation's deadly overdose epidemic from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.