Women's Mosque of America opens in Los Angeles
Once a month, Muslim women gather in this mosque for a unique prayer meeting. There is no other place like this in the United States. “I came here two months ago. There is a unique atmosphere here - women of various races and nationalities are praying next to me ”, ...
A veteran called 911 to help him buy food
Although 911 dispatchers usually have nothing to do with the food delivery business, they made an exception for the 81-year-old Army veteran from North Carolina. Clarence Blackmon from Fayetteville, North Carolina called 911 after returning home ...
Los Angeles Times: present Russian-Chinese relations
Neither Russia nor China has an inch of the Mediterranean coast - and this makes their idea of holding the first joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea unexpected and even provocative. The ten-day maneuvers, which began on Monday, will include combat ...
Belarusians lead Europe by number of marriages
“Last year, we had 8,9 marriages registered per thousand people. This is one of the highest indicators in Europe,” said Marina Artemenko, Deputy Head of the Department of Population, Gender and Family Policy of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus. Belarusians...
Vakarchuk turned 40 years, and he became an honorary citizen of Kiev
The legendary Ukrainian cultural figure, leader of the rock group “Okean Elzy” Svyatoslav Vakarchuk celebrates his 14th anniversary on May 40. We published a recording of Okean Elsa's first performance on television, filmed 20 years ago, as well as the group's first video, dating back to 1998. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was born...
Azerbaijani company wanted to bribe congressmen for exclusion from sanctions regime
In 2013, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) secretly financed all expenses related to the travel to a conference in Baku of ten members of Congress and 32 employees of its staff. The Washington Post reported this, citing a confidential report from the Congressional Ethics Department ...
A “flying tram” is being created in St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg, the development of a magnetic levitation tram project is underway. On Thursday, designers of the Aleksandrovsky plant in Pushkin presented the city governor Georgy Poltavchenko with a prototype - a platform that freely “hangs” and moves in space, lifting off the platform by 25 millimeters. How do they plan...
Every fourth Israeli is ready to cede part of Jerusalem
In a public opinion poll conducted on the eve of “Jerusalem Day” among religious Zionists, it turned out that 28% of “knitted kippers” have no idea why such a holiday is celebrated. In addition, as stated in the message published by the portal “Kipa”, 15% of representatives of the religious-Zionist…
Russia sent to Ukraine the next humanitarian convoy with auto parts, tires and literature
The trucks of the 26th so-called “humanitarian convoy”, which today entered the territory of Donbass occupied by militants from the Russian Federation, transported auto parts and tires for off-road vehicles. Assistant to the Chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine Oleg announced this today at a briefing in Kyiv...
Interesting and unexpected events at the Cannes Film Festival
Yesterday, the 68th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on the Cote d'Azur, which will run until May 24. The largest international film festival is the most prestigious and highly publicized event in the world of film art. Annually, at least four thousand journalists gather in Cannes and the whole ...