Новости за 03.08.2024

Team USA gymnastics gave mixed reviews to the food at the Olympic Village, but Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen is a big fan of the chocolate muffins.

Annual meeting of the Forum of Former Police Generals organised

1. 10 Best Video Games Of 2024 You're NOT Playing  WhatCulture
2. Here’s what gaming and esports industry leaders are playing in 2024  Digiday

Watch as Rhys McClenaghan wins men's pommel horse gold for Team Ireland after a "spectacular" routine in the final at Paris 2024.

i24 News – The Shiite jihadists of Hezbollah began evacuating headquarters and military equipment from the Dahieh district in Beirut...

Under-siege boxer Imane Khelif breaks down crying after winning her boxing quarter-final. © International Olympic Committee

This is the text of an article requested by the Yorkshire Post and published this morning. I wrote it before the latest violence in English cities.

B.C.’s Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the best-case scenario for a landslide blocking the Chilcotin River is a gentle clearing that doesn’t take debris down the river.

Two people were taken to hospital following a two-car head-on collision Saturday morning on Leitrim Road near Hawthorne Road in the city’s south end. Ottawa paramedics confirmed a woman, 29, was taken to hospital with serious injuries,  while a man of about the same age was transported to hospital in stable condition. A man in […]

1. Long Johns, Forensics and a Bound Russian Killer: Inside the Big Prisoner Swap  The New York Times
2. After emotional family reunions, the 3 Americans freed in a historic prisoner swap face a challenging road ahead  CNN
3. Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says  Reuters.com
4. They were in prison in the West. Now they’re celebrities in Russia.  The Washington Post

The complex choreography caught some prisoners being freed in their robes and slippers, unaware of their fates, and required forensic experts to make positive identifications.

Mzuzu University (MZUNI) management has confirmed the tragic death of two fresh graduates, Harliet Nkhoma and Wongani Nsona, who were killed in a car accident on Friday. The two had just attended their 26th congregation ceremony, marking their graduation from the university, and were returning to their respective homes when the accident occurred.

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The added training will begin in October and comes as the Army tries to reverse years of dismal recruiting when it failed to meet its enlistment goals. New units in Oklahoma and Missouri will train as many as 4,000 recruits every year.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Former President Donald Trump returns Saturday to Georgia, which he lost four years ago, to campaign in a state that Democrats and Republicans see as up for grabs yet again. Trump's 5 p.m. event alongside his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, comes just days after Vice President Kamala Harris rallied thousands in the same basketball arena at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Both parties are focusing on Georgia, a Sun Belt battleground that Democrats had signaled just... Читать дальше...

Chelsea Clinton, the only child of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, is eyeing a potential ambassadorship if Kamala Harris ascends to the presidency, according to insiders.

Kalki 2898 AD continues to captivate audiences nearly a month after its theatrical release on June 27, 2024. Interestingly, the film has become the highest-grossing Indian movie of 2024, thanks to its substantial box office collections. Moreover, recent reports have confirmed that the movie will be available on OTT platforms in the second half of August.

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack the government blamed on al Shabaab group.

Qinwen Zheng claimed a gold medal for China in her debut at the Olympics.

I Wrote The Book On It: Siddarth Shrikanth, author of The Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for A Planetary Crisis, takes us to a scuba paradise where sensitive sustainable travel is helping island communities