Day: April 13, 2017

Secretary General: NATO must build up our forces in the East, but we can not allow a new cold war

Politics

Secretary General: NATO must build up our forces in the East, but we can not allow a new cold war According to Jens Stoltenberg, the only way to avoid an arms race and increasing tensions to continue to engage Russia in political dialogue. WASHINGTON, April 13. /Offset. TASS Anton Cranks/. NATO should build up our forces on the Eastern flank, but cannot prevent a new cold war and arms race. This was stated on Wednesday by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the joint press conference with US President Donald trump at the White house. “I firmly believe that the only way to contain Russia is to be strong. But the only way to avoid a new cold war, to avoid an arms race and to avoid tensions is to continue to engage Russia in political dialogue,” he said. “We are placing more troops on the Eastern flank of the

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Trump gave his assessment of the work of Tillerson at the talks in Moscow

Politics

Trump gave his assessment of the work of Tillerson at the talks in Moscow WASHINGTON, April 12 — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump said that the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has done a “tremendous job” at the talks in Italy and in Russia in the last days. Tillerson in recent days held talks in the Italian Pisa with colleagues in the G7 and in Moscow, where he met with President Vladimir Putin and foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “I want to note the remarkable work done by the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson to strengthen the unity of NATO, as well as his visit to Moscow to promote U.S. security interests and our allies. He did a great job, just saw part of this tremendous work!”, said trump at a press conference after talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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The interior Minister of Poland made the construction of camps for migrants

World

Mariusz Blashak The interior Ministry of Poland is considering the construction of camps for migrants. About it reports Reuters with reference to the head of the interior Ministry Mariusz Blaschka. “My goal is to ensure the safety of poles, said Blashek in one of the shows. — We also need to prepare for the worst, which I hope will not happen. The worst is the crowd of migrants, which can flood Poland”. The Minister also endorsed the practice of building camps for refugees from the containers, surrounded by barbed wire. “It is perfectly acceptable for an emergency, and it worked perfectly in Hungary”, — he explained. Blascak also said that in Poland there is a terrorist attack, because “the poles rejected the decision taken by the previous government agreed to accept thousands of migrants — the so-called “refugees””. Poland along with other Visegrad four countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary)

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In Senegal in a fire at a Muslim festival killed more than 20 people

World

At least 22 people were killed and 87 were injured in a fire at a Muslim festival held in the South-East of Senegal. On Thursday, April 13, reports the Indian Express. It is noted that the fire started on Wednesday evening when the believers gathered in the town of Medina Geass. The flames quickly spread to the thatched roofs of the tents that were built by the pilgrims. According to the publication, 20 of the injured are in serious condition: some serious burns, others were injured in the stampede triggered by panic. The cause of the fire becomes clear. On 2 April in a fire at a karaoke bar in the town of MagwaY in Central Myanmar killed 15 people. According to rescuers, at a bar located in a residential building, was not provided a sufficient number of emergency exits. Residents of neighboring houses said that the school opened a

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Two children poisoned rat poison in the Saratov kindergarten

Russia

In Saratov six-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl committed suicide, allegedly with rat poison. On Thursday, April 13, reported on the website of the regional Prosecutor’s office. According to preliminary data, on 12 April, the pupils of one of kindergartens of the Volga region found two tablets of rat poison and tried them, after which they were hospitalized. It is noted that currently, threats to the lives of children there. In fact the incident initiated verification, the results of which will assess the legality of actions of employees of preschool institutions. In may 2016 in Voronezh child in a kindergarten on a walk gave peers an unknown mushroom. In the hospital was delivered the 12th five year children with suspected poisoning. Five of them were hospitalized, the parents of the other refused from placing their children in the hospital.

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In the state Duma refused to ban the children of officials to study abroad

Russia

Nikolay Kovalev The state Duma Committee for security and combating corruption recommended that the lower house of Parliament to reject the bill prohibiting officials and employees of state enterprises to send their children to study abroad. It is reported RIA Novosti on Thursday, April 13. Member of the Committee Nikolay Kovalev said that the person constraint in the choice of school is unacceptable. Under the bill, the training outside of Russia it is forbidden for children of all civil servants down to the municipal level, as well as employees of state enterprises and corporations. Exceptions are allowed only for those officials who are working abroad more than a year. According to the author of the document, MP of the Communist party Valery Rashkin, a ban would stimulate the authorities to improve the quality of national education. In August last year, the President of the Association of entrepreneurs for development of

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In the Russian kindergartens will teach financial literacy

Russia

Olga Vasilyeva Minister of education and science Olga Vasilyeva said that basic financial literacy will be studied from kindergarten, reports TASS. “Today, we moved on to our next stage of development of relations with the Central Bank, namely, we have signed an agreement aimed at enhancing financial literacy at all levels of education, from kindergarten to University,” — said Vasiliev, adding that the students will study the discipline in the course of social science. The Minister added that changes will be made in the Federal state educational standards. In February 2016, the Deputy Minister of education and science of Russia Natalia Tretiak said that the lessons of social studies of the Russian schoolboys will tell about what the mortgage and credit, as well as how the pension is formed and paid taxes. It was alleged that the students will obtain not only theoretical but also practical knowledge in this field.

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In Samara detained a Ukrainian spy

Events

In Samara detained a Ukrainian spy Employees of management of FSB across the Samara region detained a Ukrainian spy, reports TASS citing a source in law enforcement bodies of the region. “In Samara detained 27-the summer citizen of Ukraine, belonging to the intelligence unit of division “special reserve” of the main intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine (Gur MOU)”, — said the source. In a survey of the detainee admitted that he conducted in the interests of Gur MOU visual reconnaissance of the military objects and infrastructure in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s Republic (DPR), as well as in the Rostov and Samara regions. “He repeatedly entrusted the job to collect information about military units of the militia DND, including in the settlements of Donetsk and Yasinovataya used by the militia weapons and military equipment,” — said the source. During the execution of similar tasks at the railway

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Mystery of the Egyptian mummy of a cat

Society

Mystery of the Egyptian mummy of a cat Pets usually were mummified and buried alongside their owners. Now the technology of 3D scanning can “expand” all the bandages and show what is inside of these mummies. For the first time, scientists from the Museum of the University of Aberdeen studied a mummified cat with a medical scanner and found among all the bandages, the tiny kitten. In the process of mummification of the body of the animal several times increased at the expense of the materials used. What’s inside this 2,000-year-old Egyptian cat mummy? Not what you might think https://t.co/TjHOduX3kP pic.twitter.com/V3u7xyYeXp — Live Science (@LiveScience) 12 APR 2017 Other museums, too, had a CAT-scan. For example, in Chicago it was found that some of the mummies did not contain any animals, and was filled with other organic materials: leather, reeds and gravel. Why did the Egyptians come up with such

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Dubai set a new world record for “longest selfie-stick”

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Dubai set a new world record for “longest selfie-stick” DUBAI, 13 APR — RIA Novosti. The world record for “longest selfie stick”, which made the photo set in Dubai, according to Arabian Business. Record set the company ITP Live, which used selfie stick with a length of 16.6 meters. The previous record belonged to two Italian bloggers, who used the cane 15,57 meters. https://t.co/VBDCBFeD7m — أريبيان بزنس (@AB_Arabic) 13 APR 2017. The record was recorded in the presence of a representative of the Guinness Book of records.

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