Poliovirus of wild (natural) origin is officially considered to be defeated on the African continent. These lands have been declared free from the disease that has killed thousands of children. This disease causes paralysis and a number of other complications. Writes about this BBC. Despite the huge success, rare cases of polio in Africa ...

Evgeny Kryuchkov, 27, a Russian citizen, was arrested on August 22 in Los Angeles, California. He was charged with offering $ 1 million to an employee of a large American company for complicity in a hacker attack. Writes about this "Voice of America". In documents,…

On August 24, 2020, the German Charite clinic, where Alexei Navalny was taken from Russia for treatment, reported that the oppositionist was diagnosed with poisoning with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. The specific name of the substance has not yet been determined, but the peculiarities of the group's effect on the body are known. ...

The Coast Guard near the Spanish city of Marbella rescued a man who fell from a cruise ship and drifted on the high seas for three days. Writes about this Lenta.ru. On Monday, August 24, the crew of the yacht "Estelar" noticed a man on the high seas, who of the last ...

Mass protests, provoked by the injury of the 29-year-old African American by police, swept Chicago (Illinois), Portland (Oregon), as well as Madison (Wisconsin). In the town of Kenosha, where the incident occurred on Sunday, August 23, active clashes with the police continued. Writes about this BBC. Due to the growing ...

The current President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been officially nominated for a second term. The National Convention of the Republican Party was held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The US leader made a speech to the participants. Writes about this "Voice of America". “These are the most important elections in history ...

Joseph DeAngelo - 74-year-old murderer, sadist and rapist, who was nicknamed "The Assassin of the Golden State", was sentenced to life in prison. This verdict is the result of a 40-year investigation that has riveted the world's attention. Writes about this BBC. DeAngelo started his criminal ...

The Charité clinic, where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was taken on August 22, has confirmed allegations of his poisoning. Clinical studies have indicated a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. The exact name of the poison is still unknown. Writes about this Meduza. As of 24 August ...

Tehran (Iran) published the first results of the analysis of "black boxes" of the downed Ukrainian passenger airliner of the UIA airline. So, we managed to find out that two missiles hit the plane with an interval of 25 seconds. After the first hit, most of the passengers were still alive, representatives of the Iranian ...

Regulatory authorities in the United States have decided to use the blood plasma of recovered patients in the treatment of patients with COVID-19, despite the lack of clinical trials confirming the effectiveness of this therapy. Writes about this BBC. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has adopted ...