Fire in the legendary Cathedral of Notre Dame: the building is almost completely destroyed. PHOTO, VIDEO
Notre Dame cathedral is on fire, emergency services are trying to cope with the fire. The cathedral was under reconstruction, but it continued to receive tourists. The fire in the cathedral was confirmed by the fire department of Paris, AFP reports. A video posted on social media shows a column of smoke and ...
The plane sat down to refuel and eventually flew off without passengers
Passengers who departed from London to Lisbon on 12 April arrived in the Portuguese capital with a long delay. Instead of a direct flight from Gatwick Airport to the capital of Portugal, they had to travel from Porto by bus. The plane of EasyJet airline, flying on Friday, April 12, ...
Plane crash in Nepal: people died in the most dangerous airport in the world. VIDEO
Three were killed and four injured in a plane crash at Tenzing Hillary airport in the Nepalese city of Lukla, writes the BBC Russian Service. A small Let-410 aircraft from Summit Air, heading to Kathmandu, crashed into a Manang Air helicopter during takeoff and left the runway, reported ...
Shooting near the Ukrainian Embassy in London: an unknown person attacked the ambassador's car. A PHOTO
In London, police arrested a driver who crashed into the car of the Ukrainian ambassador with shooting. London police cordoned off the Holland Park area in the Kensington area after shooting near the embassies of several countries. According to users of social networks, about 10 shots were fired in the area, writes Meduza. ...
'Became a problem': Assange was arrested at the request of the United States. What threatens him
The US authorities have charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with conspiracy to hack into a computer. On Thursday, he was arrested in London, after Ecuador, in whose embassy Assange has been hiding since 2012, decided to deny him asylum, writes the BBC. ...
Astrophysicists first showed what a black hole looks like. VIDEO
Astrophysicists have shown the first ever image of the event horizon - the visible boundary of a black hole. They were able to "photograph" a black hole in the M87 galaxy in the constellation Virgo; this galaxy is more than 50 million light years distant from Earth. Press conferences on the first image ...
The explosion in Afghanistan killed four US soldiers, three more were wounded.
Three US military personnel and one contract worker were killed on April 8 when a bomb exploded near the main US base in Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident. The US and NATO Resolute Support mission said four Americans were killed near...
Robbery live: the criminals robbed the presenters and guests of the radio station. VIDEO
In São Paulo, Brazil, a group of people broke into the studio of the SOT radio station and robbed the hosts and guests of the program on the air. The robbery took place on April 2 at about 21:00 local time. At least five people burst into the building, posing as food delivery men. ...
April Fool's Day: 10 similar to the joke of news that turned out to be true
On April Fools' Day (or April Fools' Day), many media outlets deliberately publish fake news to prank readers, so it can be difficult to determine what information is true and what is actually a hoax. Sometimes reality can be something that is really hard to believe...
American tourist arrested for stealing Auschwitz 'souvenir'
He faces up to 10 years in prison. A 37-year-old tourist from the United States tried to steal from the Auschwitz museum a historical artifact in the form of a railway crutch that attaches a rail to a railroad tie, but he was detained by museum keepers and handed over to the police, writes TJournal. The offender is temporarily ...