Obama has allowed to extract oil in the Chukchi Sea
US President Barack Obama authorized oil production in the Chukchi Sea by issuing the appropriate permit to the Shell concern. Drilling work in the Arctic Ocean in the area between Kamchatka and Alaska will begin next summer. Environmentalists have already called the decision of the head of the White House “another...
They want to call the first payment card in Russia “Empire”
The National Payment Card System (NSPK) has launched a vote for the best name and logo for a Russian bank card. In total, almost 5,5 thousand applications were submitted for the competition, 20 options were shortlisted. Among them - "Mir", "Comet", "Empire", "Imperial", "Patriot", "Willow" ...
The child needed a wheelchair after visiting Disneyland
A trip to California Disneyland ended for 8-year-old Ethan Ramirez with hospitalization after the child was hugged too much by an animator in a Pluto costume. Doctors diagnosed the boy with severe muscle strain. The child also said that he felt suffocated due to the rough hug. The boy's mother ...
Ukraine is asked to deal with the priests because of disrespect for the dead heroes
A number of people's deputies appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Justice with a demand to evaluate the behavior of the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, who refused to stand in the Rada as a sign of respect for the Heroes of Ukraine who died in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone. “In the session hall there are 8...
Lavrov overshadowed a meeting with Kerry with his gifts
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sochi, presented him with Krasnodar tomatoes and potatoes as a gift, said Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova. “Lavrov gave Kerry Krasnodar tomatoes and potatoes, located...
In Moscow, a pensioner was killed by a chair
A law enforcement source said that a teenager is suspected in the death of a pensioner in Moscow. “It was established that a group of teenagers was playing around on the common balcony of one of the houses on Teply Stan Street. Presumably, one of them, a 12-year-old boy, threw a chair from the balcony...
Nemtsov's report: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine
At least 220 Russian soldiers were killed in battles in eastern Ukraine last August and early this year, according to a report prepared by politician Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February. Report “Putin. The war" ended with his comrades and...
Seven-year-old Israeli rescued four patients after his death
After his death, he saved four patients, the youngest of whom was only 2,5 years old. 7-year-old Alexei Eliseev from Rishon Lezion was admitted to the Assaf Harofeh hospital with a serious diagnosis: a tumor had formed in his head, which was pressing on the brain stem. The parents brought the boy...
The number of atheists is increasing in the USA
The number of non-religious Americans has increased in recent years, reaching 56 million, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Tuesday. In terms of its size, this social group is second only to the Evangelical Christians. Christianity is still the dominant religion in ...
Swedes want to scare Russian submarines gay advertising
The Swedish Society for Peace and Conflict Resolution activists lowered a neon billboard with a gay sailor on it into the Baltic Sea to scare off Russian submarines, the organization's website said. On a shield made of metal and plastic, which activists call a system ...