So he took two months off to backpack through Asia, he said, landing in Beijing in January 2019. “On the first day … I meet her,” he said, gesturing to Darina Karpitskaya, who is sitting next to him. The couple, speaking to CNBC via video from Dubai, said they met through the travel app Couchsurfing, which connects single travelers. Karpitskaya, 31, and a flight attendant at the time, had been grounded in Beijing for two days due to mechanical problems with her return flight....

Even for a state-of-the-art spacecraft like the James Webb Space Telescope. His journey from Earth to a parallel orbit outside our planet required extremely precise calculations, decades of planning and almost perfect execution, at every step. But even now, with NASA’s flagship Lagrange 2 point (L2) space telescope in motion, Webb has more work to do than astronomy alone – with maneuvering propellers needed to counteract the Sun’s constant thrust....

In addition to the walled-off Croatian tourist resort of Dubrovnik, the aircraft flew over government headquarters in Skopje, North Macedonia, Skanderbeg Square in the center of the Albanian capital, Tirana, and over Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. The Balkans and the Adriatic Sea have recently seen increased military, covert and propaganda activity from Moscow, which considers the region of strategic interest due to its access to the Mediterranean. “The purpose of each flight is to demonstrate US commitment and reassurance to NATO allies and partners located in Southeast Europe,” the US Air Force said in a statement....

Friederike Böge Politischer Korrespondent für China, Nordkorea und die Mongolei. Ab Freitag werden Teile der Stadt westlich des Flusses für fünf Tage gesperrt. Autobahnen und Brücken in den betroffenen Gebieten wurden von der Polizei gesperrt. Nach Bekanntwerden der Maßnahmen am Sonntagnachmittag herrschte vielerorts Panik. Videos mit leeren Supermarktregalen und Streitereien zwischen Kunden wurden im Internet millionenfach angeklickt. Kurz zuvor waren zwei Personen wegen angeblicher Verbreitung von “Gerüchten” über einen bevorstehenden Lockdown von der Polizei bestraft worden....

The wave is moving three times faster than previously thought, according to new research. Scientists describe the waves as a “true mystery” suggesting that there may be other, unknown physical processes at work. They could also offer a unique image of the interior of the Sun, which is usually not observable. The findings come after scientists looked at 25-year-old data collected about the Sun from both space and Earth. They discovered that the new set of waves – known as high frequency retro waves or HFR – appear as swirls on the surface....

“It is obvious that there is a regional direction that is in conjunction with the Saudi movement,” Mohammed Baharoun, director general of the Dubai Center for Public Policy Research, told CNN. The decision to return the ambassador “is part of the UAE’s regional orientation to rebuild bridges, strengthen relations, maximize what we share and build on it to create an atmosphere of trust, understanding and cooperation,” Anwar tweeted Gargash, adviser to the president of the UAE....

IRPIN, Ukraine — This suburb northeast of Kiev has become one of the most controversial and symbolic battlefields of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. It was claimed this week that Ukrainian forces had managed to defeat the invaders after slaughtering hundreds of civilians in the Russian advance on the capital. A few days after the mayor announced that Irpin had been released, we began to see for ourselves. After a 20-minute drive from Kyiv on Thursday, a French colleague, my driver Sasha and I arrive in Stoyanka, at the western end of the capital....

There were no immediate comments from Palestinian officials. Israeli police said the men were armed and “killed in an exchange of gunfire” in the incident before dawn on Saturday. “This is a terrorist cell that has been involved in terrorist activity against the security forces recently and was apparently on the road to another attack,” the police statement said. Tensions have risen in the past week following a series of deadly Arab attacks in Israel....

The source said that West did not want to go on stage in the middle of his divorce battle with Kim Kardashian and in the aftermath of his one-sided feud with the presenter of “Daily Show” Trevor Noah. In recent weeks, West has been using social media to voice his grievances over issues with Kardashian. He was fired from Instagram for 24 hours for posting racial defamation targeting Noah, after the presenter expressed his concern about West’s dispute with Kardashian....

Article écrit par Publié le 26/03/2022 08:22 Mis à jour le 26/03/2022 08:31 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. “En raison de graves dysfonctionnements qui ont été validés par Igas [l’Inspection générale des Affaires sociales] et l’IGF [l’Inspection générale des Finances]nous sommes en mesure aujourd’hui de vous dire que l’Etat porte plainte [contre Orpéa] et interpellé le procureur en vertu de l’article 40, comme l’a annoncé samedi 26 mars en France Inter Brigitte Bourguignon, représentante du ministre chargé de l’autonomie des personnes âgées, après réception des procès-verbaux d’enquêtes administratives....

“C’était un bon client, il venait deux, trois fois par semaine. Ce n’est pas un étranger », a déclaré le propriétaire du restaurant Vincenzo Montuori à TVA Nouvelles peu après l’événement. M. Montuori était dans son restaurant lorsque l’homme a été abattu sur la terrasse mais n’a rien vu. Cependant, il a affirmé avoir entendu deux coups de feu. “Ma nièce était là-dedans en train de jouer aux cartes et elle a entendu ‘boum, boum’, c’est tout”, a-t-il ajouté....

Pour ceux qui se lèvent tôt, il y aura aussi des planètes à admirer. Vénus, la plus brillante sera visible à l’aube, une heure et demie avant le Soleil au début du mois. Elle sera basse sur l’horizon est-sud-est mais facilement repérable grâce à sa luminosité. Elle participera également à de merveilleux rendez-vous célestes tout au long du mois. Au moment de l’observation de Vénus, il sera possible d’observer Mars, au moins en début de mois....

Il a été placé en garde à vue hier par les services de l’Inspection générale de la police nationale (IGPN). Son audition a été retardée en raison de son hospitalisation alors qu’il était “en état de choc”. Le policier a été entendu par la “police de police” peu après 2 heures de l’après-midi. “A ce stade de l’enquête de l’IGPN, il est placé en garde à vue pour violences préméditées ayant entraîné sa mort involontaire”, a indiqué le procureur Eric Matisse dans un communiqué....

Le chacal doré (Canis aureus) est un mammifère qui appartient à la famille des canidés, comme le loup, le chien ou le renard. Présent en Grèce, en Croatie, et même en Bulgarie, et maintenant en France, l’animal est pourtant originaire d’Arabie, d’Inde, du Moyen-Orient et de Turquie. Ce chasseur opportuniste se nourrit de rongeurs, de lièvres, d’oiseaux et de leurs œufs, de reptiles, d’amphibiens, voire d’insectes et de fruits, et même de cadavres....

Les mercenaires russes de Wagner ont été déployés dans l’est de l’Ukraine, a annoncé lundi le ministère britannique de la Défense, ajoutant que plus de 1 000 combattants paramilitaires pourraient venir combattre dans le pays. “La société militaire privée russe du groupe Wagner a été déployée dans l’est de l’Ukraine”, a indiqué le ministère dans un communiqué publié sur son compte Twitter. “Plus de 1 000 mercenaires devraient être déployés, y compris des responsables de l’Etat islamique, pour mener des opérations de combat....

Brendan Aaronson had a goal brutally taken away on his Leeds debut but there was no doubting the American today. The 21-year-old was a constant threat all over the pitch, falling for Edouard Mendy’s mistake to score the first goal and then teasing Kalidou Koulibaly for the foul that earned the defender his first yellow card. And in breaking the deadlock, Aaronson made history by becoming the first American player to score a Premier League goal for an American manager....

The new Leica M11 digital rangefinder camera may also come from a completely different era. Do not misunderstand me. The technology inside makes it feel very modern. The M11 features a high-resolution sensor (to be precise, a 60-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor), sophisticated measuring tools, and even some of the most common digital camera components of our time. But in many ways, it works like the movie cameras your parents had....