Новости за 20.02.2023

New Orleans police say one person died and four were wounded in a shooting during a Mardi Gras parade. Police say one suspect was taken into custody shortly after the Sunday night shooting. One male victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police say the other victims were hospitalized and stable. The shooting happened during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in a neighborhood outside the tourist-packed French Quarter. The route was filled with parents and children who ran to take cover. Two guns were recovered. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a new health hazard: online misinformation. Under FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf the agency has begun using Instagram memes, YouTube videos and other online tools to try and debunk myths about COVID vaccines and other medical products. It’s an unlikely role for the 100-year old bureaucratic agency, which has never been known for its communication skills. But Califf says the growing tide of health misinformation demands a response from his regulators. Читать дальше...

Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant wants to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. The movement is getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community. Proponents of the ordinance say caste discrimination crosses national and religious boundaries and that without such laws... Читать дальше...

A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as “dangerous” by the United Nation’s weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall. Cyclone Freddy is projected to reach Madagascar on Tuesday evening and hurtle toward Mozambique by the end of the week. The tropical cyclone is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to dump heavy rain and bring strong winds.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles in its second weapons test in three days. Monday's firings drew quick condemnation from its rivals and prompted Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the U.N Security Council. North Korea also fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday and has threatened an unprecedented response to U.S.-South Korean military drills. South Korea said the two missiles were launched from a western coastal town, and Japan said the missiles fell into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO “as quickly as possible." But Blinken's Turkish counterpart dismissed the possibility of any link between their accession and Turkey’s request for F-16 fighter jets. Turkey has delayed the Nordic countries admission to the trans-Atlantic defense alliance, citing concerns over terrorism. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday repeated Turkey’s stance that it would be willing to approve Finland joining NATO before Sweden. Читать дальше...

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week marked by uneasiness over the outlook for inflation and interest rates. Oil prices also advanced. China left its benchmark lending rate, the loan prime rate, unchanged as expected. On Friday, the S&P fell 0.3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose modestly and the Nasdaq fell 0.6%. U.S. markets are closed Monday for a holiday. Recent data have revived worries that inflation is not cooling as quickly as hoped. Читать дальше...

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon. The delegation includes Reps. Ro Khanna of California, Tony Gonzales of Texas, Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois. They are expected to meet President Tsai Ing-wen as well as business people. Khanna, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley... Читать дальше...

About 50,000 utility customers in the east San Francisco Bay Area were without power on Sunday afternoon. Oakland fire officials say a fire at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation caused the outages. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the Oakland International Airport temporarily lost power but restored it after about two hours. The power outages are affecting customers in Oakland and Alameda. The utility says it expects to restore electricity by mid-evening. A spokesperson for the utility did... Читать дальше...

Phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ant-Man is bigger than ever at the box office. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” opened with $104 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily surpassing the box-office debuts of the previous two Ant-Man films. It’s easily the largest opening of the year so far, even though critics and audiences have given the film low scores. With $2.243 billion globally, James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel “Avatar... Читать дальше...

Tunisian President Kais Saied has accused Europe's top trade union official of interfering with the North African country's “internal affairs” and ordered her to leave the country within 24 hours. Esther Lynch, the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation was in Tunisia over the weekend in solidarity with the country's influential General Labor Union, whose leaders have been arrested and harassed in a crackdown on those opposed to the increasingly authoritarian president. Lynch... Читать дальше...

Well-wishes and fond remembrances for former President Jimmy Carter were pouring in a day after he entered hospice care at his home in Georgia. Among those paying homage Sunday was his niece, who noted the legacy of the 39th president at the small Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, where Carter taught Sunday school for decades. Kim Fuller says she doesn't know who will continue his legacy. In Atlanta, people arrived at The Carter Center to reflect on Carter's life. James Culbertson drove his sons an hour to pay their respects. Читать дальше...

Richard Belzer, who played one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died.

Michigan State University is set to return to classes Monday, with officials saying they hope a return to familiarity may help the community heal. Three students were killed and five more were wounded during shootings on Feb. 13. The dead included two who were in professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz's class at Berkey Hall. Díaz-Muñoz tells The Associated Press that he plans to return to teach because he needs to help his students “pick up the pieces.” Thomas Jeitschko, executive vice president for academic affairs... Читать дальше...