British veteran made a long jump with a parachute at the age of 101 Bryson Hayes became the oldest skydiver in the world. LONDON, may 15. /TASS/. Veteran Bryson Hayes, member of the landing of allied troops in Normandy in June 1944, became the oldest skydiver in the world. The Briton, who is now 101 years and 38 days, made a long jump with a parachute for charity. About this newspaper The Guardian. Lance corporal signal corps of the United Kingdom jumped Sunday with a parachute from height more than 5 thousand meters along with three generations of his family in the English southwestern County of Devon. The youngest is the grandson of Stanley for 16 years, while the oldest son, Brian ‘ 74. After landing, Hayes said that “he feels on top of the world” and looks forward to next hops. Hayes broke the record that belonged to the
Day: May 15, 2017
Scientists measured how much changing the identity of the drunken man.
Scientists measured how much changing the identity of the drunken man. MOSCOW, may 15 — RIA Novosti. Personal qualities and behavior of drunk people does not change as much as is commonly believed, say the psychologists, to follow the behavior of a few dozen drinkers and published their findings in the journal Clinical Psychological Science. “We were surprised that the idea of drunk people and others about how to change their behavior, so very different. The participants of our experiments thought I changed all the five key parameters of their personality, but observers said only that has changed only the degree of extroversion,” says Rachel Grapes (Rachel Winograd) from the University of Missouri in St. Louis (USA). Drunken people often do not remember what happened to them during the repast and after it, and I think that their behavior changes a lot after they get drunk. In General, this view
Putin: cyber attack has not damaged the offices of Russia, but became a dangerous signal
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS BEIJING, may 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the cyber attack on 12 may did not cause significant damage to the Russian institutions, but the overall situation is alarming. “For us, no significant damage was not, to our institutions – neither to the banking nor to the health system or for others,” – said the head of state, answering questions of journalists. However, he admitted: “but in General, it (the cyber – comm. TASS) seriously, there is nothing good, it causes concern.” “As for the source of these threats, in my opinion, the Microsoft executives directly stated this, said that the primary source of this virus are the special services of the United States, Russia has absolutely nothing to do with it. I’m surprised to hear in these circumstances is something else,” – said Putin.
Putin urged to stop intimidating the DPRK
Putin urged to stop intimidating the DPRK Moscow. May 15. INTERFAX.RU — Russia considers unacceptable as rocket and nuclear tests by North Korea and considers it necessary to return to negotiations with Pyongyang, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I want to confirm that we are categorically against the expansion of nuclear powers and, in particular, at the expense of the Korean Peninsula due to North Korea”, — Putin said at a press conference following his visit to China. “No nuclear or missile tests are unacceptable, need to get back to dialogue with the Democratic people’s Republic, to stop intimidating her and to find ways of peaceful solution of these problems,” he said. The President also noted that the recent North Korea’s missile launch did not pose a threat to Russia. “In terms of this particular launch, immediately after launch, the Minister of defence of the Russian Federation has told me
Putin explained the economic tensions in the world political struggle in the United States
Putin explained the economic tensions in the world political struggle in the United States Moscow. May 15. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the ongoing U.S. domestic political struggle creates political and economic tensions around the world. “In the United States continues as we can see, acute internal political struggle that creates a certain nervousness, not only in politics but also in economy,” Putin said Monday at a press-conference on results of his visit to China. He added that “in the European community, all anxiously watching what will happen to the “broksita” as he will be, what will be the results”. “And the EU, as you know, there are many problems,” — said the Russian leader. “And, of course, of course, very much in demand today signals, which would give hope for some stability, and in this sense, the Chinese initiative (“One belt, one road” — if) is
The most populous state of Germany to vote for the party of Angela Merkel
The most populous state of Germany to vote for the party of Angela Merkel The vote in the Federal state of North Rhine—Westphalia ended with the victory of the Christian democratic Union (CDU) of Angela Merkel. The CDU scored 33% of votes, ahead of his main rival Social democratic party of Germany from 31.2% of the vote. Despite minimal at first glance, the gap in this success experts and the media saw a good sign for Angela Merkel, because the vote in the most populous land of the country took place just four months before the Federal elections to the Bundestag. The results of the voting in the Parliament of the Federal state of North Rhine—Westphalia passed five parties. The conservatives from the CDU, which supported 33% of voters, obtained 72 seats, the social Democrats 69 seats. As predicted by “Kommersant”, the green Party, who are now part of the
The former head of the Pentagon stated the deterioration of relations between Russia and the United States at the trump
Robert Gates U.S. President Donald trump relations between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated. This was stated by former head of the Ministry of defence of the USA Robert gates in the program Face the Nation channel CBS. “I think after the arrival of the President to the authorities of Russian descent do not give. What has surprised observers is the fact that relations between the United States and Russia became even worse after the election,” gates explained, remembering the 39th and 40th presidents of the country. He also called not to attach much importance to the trump meeting with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “For a long time the Soviet Ministers met with the President. Jimmy Carter this practice after Afghanistan ceased. Ronald Reagan regained it in 1984, so I think there is nothing extraordinary in this meeting, no,” summed up gates. Trump 12 may in an interview suggested that
Putin denied the information about Russia supplying weapons to Syrian Kurds
Vladimir Putin Moscow maintains working contacts with the Kurdish units in Syria, but not supplying them with weapons. On Monday, may 15, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin during his visit to China, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. “We, unlike other countries that do not announce the supply of arms to Kurdish forces. Yes, they do not need much in our deliveries. They have sources, other sources of obtaining this weapon. We do not believe that we need to intensify this work”, — said Putin. However, he explained that Russia feels entitled to maintain contacts with the Kurds as one of the “most combat-ready units” that are fighting against the militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). These contacts, according to the President, is necessary in order to avoid possible collisions of Kurds with Russian servicemen. Putin added that he had discussed the issue with Turkish
In India, a former sex slave has received compensation for University studies
Former Indian underage sex slave has received from the government of Maharashtra state compensation for rape, sufficient to pay tuition at the University. About it reports Reuters. To date, the Bank account of the victim (the Agency reports only its name — Devi) lists 75 thousand rupees (1.15 thousand dollars). More 3,5 thousands of dollars she will receive when she turns 18. The money will help Devi to pay study in medical University. Davy was kidnapped two years ago and sold into sexual slavery in the state of Maharashtra. Under current Indian law, she is entitled to compensation from the state government for rape. Over the past four years of government of Maharashtra received 7.5 thousand requests for compensation from former sex slaves to the satisfaction of 4,5 thousand of them. Of the requests have been rejected due to the lack of money in the state Treasury. The abduction of
Kuznetsova has criticized the initiative to resolve the custody of only relatives
Photo: Anna Kuznetsova The Commissioner for human rights under the President of Russia Anna Kuznetsova is not possible to restrict results children in foster care only to relatives, because not every child they have. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The Ombudsman noted that the priority of relatives in the provision of guardianship is already established in law. 12 may on TV channel RT reported that the deputies of the state Duma Sergey Vostretsov and the head of the National parent Committee Irina Volynets a draft law, allowing to take children into care only to relatives. They argued that the resources allocated for the guardianship allowances attract unscrupulous people. The authors of the document wanted to leave to other people the right only to adopt children. In this case, they will not receive regular additional payments from the state. Later Vostretsov stated RIA Novosti that he had not proposed to