In Australia, died the oldest wombat In an Australian national Park, Ballarat on 33-m to year of life died the oldest wombat in the world by the nickname of Patrick. He was the oldest representative of its species lived in captivity. Patrick was everyone’s favorite, according to Mashable. Mother Patrick was hit by a car in 1987. After this baby was brought to the Park Ballarat. In the wild wombats usually live to 11 years in captivity rarely live to 20. Below you can see a short film about Patrick, shot in August 2016. In memory of Patrick on the reserve will be a memorial plaque.
Day: April 20, 2017
Olga Golodets called on employers to pay employees a subscription to a fitness club
Olga Golodets called on employers to pay employees a subscription to a fitness club Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said that employers should compensate for the price of memberships at health clubs. “The employer can offset the cost of season tickets. This is the correct option. Of course, to keep the instructor in today’s environment is not necessary. It is necessary to stimulate workers, so they went to a normal gym, some sports centre — good”, — quotes its words “RIA Novosti”. So, MS Golodets commented on the proposal of the Federation of independent trade unions of Russia (FNPR) to enter the position of sports instructor in groups numbering more than 500 people. Recently, the organization of EuropeActive (formerly known as the European Association of health and fitness) conducted a study, the results of which a number of Europeans who visit fitness clubs grew last year by 4.4% to 56.5
Who have reported success in the fight against neglected diseases
Who have reported success in the fight against neglected diseases The world health organization (who) released a report, stating significant progress against neglected tropical diseases, the press service of the organization. Neglected tropical diseases (neglected tropical diseases, NTDs, NTDS) are infectious and parasitic, often incapacitating disease that afflict primarily poor people of backward regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In the official list of who’s included. helminthiasis: dracunculiasis, echinococcosis, food transmitted by a trematode, filaria lymphatic (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil helminthiasis, with taeniasis cysticercosis;. protozoal infestation: American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis;. bacterial infection: leprosy (leprosy), Buruli ulcer, yaws, trachoma;. viral infection: dengue fever, rabies;. fungal infection: mycetoma. According to who, any of these diseases affecting bolee 1.5 billion inhabitants of the Earth, about 170 thousand of which die from them every year. To combat neglected diseases, the Department of international development (USAID), Department for international
Medvedev urged to keep the best in the world, the government and state Duma deputies
Photo: RIA Novosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking Wednesday in the state Duma, urged to preserve the best in the world, the Russian government and the world’s best deputies of the state Duma. On Wednesday Medvedev spoke in the state Duma with the report on the activities of the government for the year 2016. “Colleagues, you have just to protect the world’s best government, the best in the world of deputies of the State Duma, certainly so, better not say,” — said Medvedev at the end of the speeches of deputies.
Zhirinovsky criticized the Communist party for advertising Bulk
Photo: RIA Novosti LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky criticized the Deputy from Communist party Nikolay kolomeytsev, who referred in his question to the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the correspondent of “Газеты.Ru”. “You did the latter one is called the name of that adventurer. Journalists only respond to it, we with you gone, there is no government report. Whose idea was it to remember the name of this friend? You who advertise?!” – shouted from the podium Zhirinovsky. Earlier, Medvedev refused to comment on the question about “attacking” opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The question of the Communist party to Medvedev about support of the economy and interest rates, the Central Bank Deputy mentioned “protection from the attacks of Bulk.”
Zhirinovsky called on to conceal income from the people
Photo: RIA Novosti LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky called for the release of parliamentarians from the obligation to declare property and income. His words are quoted by the correspondent of”.ru” on Wednesday, April 19. “All these declarations, why are we doing this? The people irritated. (…) Why once again the people to create the impression that there are multi-millionaires, billionaires. It absolutely does nothing,” he said in a speech after the government’s report. Zhirinovsky said that the government is no data on income know what corrupt officials. “You know who steals and who has any money. You know who should be arrested, arrest without declarations,” he stressed. The leader of the liberal Democrats was ranked first by income for 2016 among the leaders of Duma factions — he earned more than 79 million rubles. By the end of 2015, the Deputy declared income of 5.3 million rubles. The largest income among
Matvienko agree with the criticism regarding the rhetoric of zampolpreda the UN Safrankova
Valentina Matvienko © Sergey Skates/TASS MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko agree with the criticism of the Deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vladimir Safronkov after his speech in the UN security Council on 12 April. She stated this at a meeting of the Scientific expert Council, during which the head of chair of constitutional and municipal law Department of Moscow state University Suren Avakyan negatively about Safrankova speech at the meeting of the UN security Council. “Several unsuccessful, our representative in the Security Council (UN) said some words, from my point of view, similar to the words of the warrant officer turned to the soldier. Let react, your Committee will say, well, you can behave?” – Avakyan appealed to Matviyenko.
Peskov: Russia is not trying to integrate the unrecognized Republic of Donbass
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. Russia stands for the implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine and not trying to integrate the proclaimed Republic of Donbass. This was stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication of Bloomberg about the alleged attempts of Moscow to separate the Donbass from Ukraine.
CNN learned about the transfer of Syrian aircraft closer to the Russian military base
CNN learned about the transfer of Syrian aircraft closer to the Russian military base Moscow. April 20. INTERFAX.RU — the Syrian government relocated most of its warplanes closer to Russian airbase Hamim, probably in order to protect themselves from possible new attack from the USA, informs television channel CNN, citing two sources at the Pentagon. According to them, the movement of the aircraft started soon after the U.S. April 6 struck a massive rocket attack on the airfield in Shayrat, Syria, from which as consider in Washington, flew Syrian planes staged the chemical attack in Idlib, which killed dozens of people. Now the Syrian military aircraft will be based at a military base near the international airport of Basil al-Assad — who died in 1994, the elder brother of the current President Bashar al-Assad. Near this base in the same province of Latakia, located and the base of Hamim, where
Media reported that Russia’s refusal from participation in the coalition on Syria under the auspices of the United States
Media reported that Russia’s refusal from participation in the coalition on Syria under the auspices of the United States The anti-terrorist coalition under the authority of the United States is illegitimate, considered in Moscow. Moscow. April 20. INTERFAX.RU — Russia will never join the international anti-terror coalition on Syria under the auspices of the United States, despite recurrent proposals from Western politicians, said on Thursday the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the source in Russian diplomatic circles. Moscow will never go into a coalition under U.S. auspices. We’ve explained to our partners in closed meetings. Arguing that their actions are illegitimate in Syria. We did offer to join them, but the main condition was the presidency of Washington on the issue of terrorism. We also go gotovitsy of the newspaper “Izvestia” The publication notes that, according to the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, effective