Новости за 04.02.2025

Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto its popular mobile devices. But the company loosened its grip in Europe last year, after the EU said the terms prevented app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative ways to pay, and began allowing users to use other stores to purchase apps. The App Store does not allow porn -- but the Hot Tub app is offered on AltStore PAL, one such alternative marketplace. AltStore billed Hot... Читать дальше...

The US president's comments that he would hold last-minute talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to pause levies on goods from the world's number-two economy provided extra optimism. Markets from Japan to New York were sent tumbling Monday after news at the weekend that Trump had signed off 25 percent duties against Mexico and Canada, fanning concerns for the stuttering global economy. However, hours before the tariffs were due to take effect, Trump said he had struck deals with Canadian Prime... Читать дальше...

Players from across the sector and representatives from 80 nations will gather in the French capital on February 10 and 11 in the sumptuous Grand Palais, built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition. In the run-up, President Emmanuel Macron will on February 4 visit research centres applying AI to science and health, before hosting scientists and Nobel Prize winners at his Elysee Palace residence on Wednesday. A wider science conference will be held at the Polytechnique engineering school on Thursday and Friday. Читать дальше...

A noisy crowd packed into Manhattan's St. Vartan park, in sight of a campus of NYU Langone Health which The New York Times reports cancelled appointments of two trans children following Trump's decree. "Protect trans futures," "don't capitulate to hate" and "break the silence" read the slogans on some of the banners brandished by the crowds of protesters, at least one of whom was detained by police, an AFP correspondent saw. Last month, Trump issued a sweeping executive order requiring institutions... Читать дальше...

An eight-time world championship medallist, the 40-year-old first hung up her ski boots after snatching downhill bronze at the 2019 Are championships, becoming the oldest female ski racer to medal at a worlds. That could realistically be under threat in Saalbach, where Vonn described the course on the Zwolferkogel mountain as "pretty easy". Here, AFP Sport chronicles Vonn's performances at previous world championships: 2005 Bormio Races: downhill (4); super-G (9); giant slalom (DNF); combined (4) An Olympian at age 17 in 2002... Читать дальше...

Last week, 12 years on, he returned to first club Santos -– Neymar the celebrity with unimaginable wealth, but a footballer whose fragile body has been badly diminished by injuries. Neymar has been one of the finest players in the world when at the top of his game, a forward with dazzling skill who "understands football as art", as his former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique once said. It is equally true that he never managed to fulfil his potential, a player who dreamt of winning the Ballon d'Or but... Читать дальше...

The 62-year-old president of the International Ski Federation (FIS) was the surprise candidate when seven declared their desire to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), probably the most powerful person in global sport. The Anglo-Swedish billionaire businessman and noted environmentalist says the campaign is likely his "last hurrah" and he will learn if he has been successful when the 100-plus IOC members vote on March 20 in Greece. While he hopes for a... Читать дальше...

Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent, has also been charged separately by a federal court on suspicion of terrorism for allegedly conducting the 2022 stabbing attack on behalf of militant group Hezbollah. In August 2022 Rushdie, now 77, lost vision in his right eye after the attack by a knife-wielding assailant, who jumped on stage at an arts gathering in New York state and stabbed the author about 10 times. The Indian-born writer, a naturalized American based in New York, has faced death... Читать дальше...

The South African born billionaire has taken control over the US Treasury's payments system that manages trillions of dollars. He single-handedly announced the demise of the USAID humanitarian agency. He has helped drive out top officials. For a man who likes to rail against unelected bureaucrats, the unelected Space X and Tesla tycoon has been subject to little accountability as he pushes Trump's drive to shrink the US government. Trump sought to play down the issue Monday when asked about it in the Oval Office... Читать дальше...

The eerie statue of a skeleton shrouded in a cape -- a scythe in her right hand and a globe of Earth in her left -- is the latest in a fast-growing number of Santa Muerte shrines found in criminal hideouts in the western city of Duran. Offerings of money, tobacco, alcohol, figurines and religious paraphernalia were piled up at her feet by gangsters seeking the saint's protection. "The belief is that when they entrust themselves to this Santa Muerte, they will not be caught or they will achieve... Читать дальше...

"It's going to be a very difficult rebuild process ... and it's going to take a long time," said Jim Tobin, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders. "Fire is very unique: we're talking about total loss." Even when there is still a foundation or a chimney, "fire wreaks havoc with those materials and they all have to be knocked down," said Tobin, describing what is often a more complete annihilation compared with a flood or hurricane. Before new work can begin, the old properties must be... Читать дальше...

"The first time I was given a stick, I fell in love with this sport," said Soheila Khosravi, a member of the Iranian women's league, which played its inaugural round just three years ago. Khosravi left her family home two years ago to dedicate herself fully to ice hockey in Tehran, where Iran's only Olympic ice rink is located. "It's hard to live alone here, but it's for the love of hockey," said the 17-year-old athlete from the central province of Isfahan. Many of the players often face difficult odds... Читать дальше...

The US government's humanitarian agency, USAID, closed its headquarters to staff Monday amid moves by Elon Musk, the world's richest man and President Donald Trump's controversial aide, to seize control in actions decried by critics as illegal.

Highway patrol officers in Los Angeles scrambled to control traffic as it backed up following the pre-dawn accident. Aerial pictures showed the top of the big rig appeared to have been sheared off by an underpass, with sodden boxes of eggs spilling onto the road. The crash, which happened on the I-5, a major route that runs the length of the US West Coast, came with the price of eggs in supermarkets soaring. Internet users were quick to pounce. "Million dollar load" quipped rosiebsosodef on Instagram. Читать дальше...

AFP Sport rounds up some of the key moves: All quiet in Spain Spanish clubs do not tend to splash their cash in the winter transfer windows and this season's was even quieter than usual. Real Betis loaned Manchester United winger Antony until the end of the season, with the Brazilian aiming to reignite his career in Seville after it stagnated at Old Trafford. Elsewhere, former Barcelona midfielder Arthur moved on loan to Girona from Juventus, also hoping to find form back in Catalonia, and Liverpool... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at curbing the flow of fentanyl into the United States, where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 deaths annually. So how do those countries play a role in the trafficking of the drug?  Plus, we take a closer look at how global car companies are particularly vulnerable to tariffs. Editors' note: Since this update, the US has also agreed to pause tariffs on Canadian imports.

In tonight's edition: As tensions continue to spiral over the rebel conflict in eastern DR Congo, the country's leader and his Rwandan counterpart who's accused of pulling the strings of the M23 Congolese insurgents, agree to attend an emergency regional summit over the deadly fighting. And a South African Minister accuses Donald Trump of bullying after the US threatens to cut funding over alleged land confiscations.

After a military helicopter crashed into an American Airlines passenger plane killing 67 people in Washington DC, pro-Trump users started accusing a transgender helicopter pilot of causing the deadly crash. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Monday to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas with the Trump administration. The fragile ceasefire is currently holding in the Gaza Strip with the next stage of negotiations expected to cover the release of the remaining captives and a more permanent end to the conflict.