Day: May 28, 2017

The mother of the founder of Uber killed while riding on the boat

World

In California during boating killed the mother of the founder of Uber Travis Kalanick (Travis Kalanick). About it reports TV channel ABC News referring to the company. 71-year-old Bonnie Kalanick and her husband, 78-year-old Donald, ran into a stone on a lake, pine flat, near the city of Fresno. The woman died at the scene, the man was taken to hospital with injuries of moderate severity. His condition doctors assessed as stable. In circulated within the company a letter called the incident “unimaginable tragedy.” “All in the family Uber know how Travis is close to his parents”, — stated in the message. 1 Mar entrepreneur Travis Kalanick had a fight with the driver of his company Fawzi Kamel (Fawzi Kamel) due to the low wages of taxi drivers. The video with the fight the day has gained more than 400 thousand views. Uber, an international taxi service operating in 68

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The White house is thinking about creating a staff to deal with critics of trump

World

Donald trump and his team are considering the possibility of establishing a headquarters in response to the ongoing criticism and accusations of alleged links with Russia. This writes The Washington Post, citing a number of supporting the President sources. According to the publication, in the White house are already meeting on this issue. While trump participated in the summit “the Big seven” in Italy, his senior aides, including chief of staff of Primus Raines, Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner met to discuss the candidates. In particular, we discuss the option of the invitation to form a team of some colleagues from the election headquarters of the trump, including laid-off in June 2016 campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski and David Bossi, who made his name in politics for two decades investigating the activities of bill and Hillary Clinton. In addition, the newspaper, in the near future may change the approach of the

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In the liberal democratic party proposed to set the age qualification for heads of state organizations

Russia

Andrey Svintsov Deputies from the LDPR faction in the Duma introduced a bill to ban people older than 65 years to take leadership positions in state and municipal organizations. The document was published in the parliamentary basis of the bills on Friday, may 26. The liberal Democrats propose to extend limits and to Deputy heads. According to the legislators, reaching the age of 65, they will be transferred to another corresponding job qualifications. In some cases, the term of office may be extended to 70 years. As explained in an interview with “Tape.ru” one of the authors of the initiative the Deputy Andrei Svintsov, an exception can be made for “unique specialists”. “In General, we believe that 65 is a great age to enjoy your grandchildren, gardens and all the rest. But lead already have to give others,” he said. Professional, according to the MP, you can always transfer to

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Moscow has promised to respond to the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Estonia

Russia

Continued: the Two Russian diplomats to leave Estonia before the end of may The Russian foreign Ministry called an unfriendly act to the requirement of the Estonian authorities on the expulsion of two Russian diplomats. About it RIA Novosti reported. Moscow also vowed not to leave this step unanswered. The Russian Embassy in Tallinn, in turn, declined to comment. Earlier on 26 may, the Estonian foreign Ministry demanded from the Consul General of Russia in Narva Dmitry Kazennova and Consul Andrew Sergeeva to leave the Republic. The Agency reported that it had handed over to the Russian diplomats the corresponding note. The reasons for this decision were not specified. As the reference to RIA Novosti, in March 2004, the Russian foreign Ministry has declared persona non grata two employees of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow and ordered them to leave the country. It was a response to the expulsion of

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Sergei Ivanov reminded about the need to clean up in Russia

Russia

On the territory of Russia identified several tens of thousands of illegal dumps. These data led the President’s special representative for environmental issues, ecology and transport Sergey Ivanov, informs a site “Genovate” on Friday, may 26. “We need to clean up in Russia”, — said Ivanov during the VIII Nevsky international ecological Congress held in St. Petersburg. According to him, seriously with environmental issues in the country have become involved relatively recently. For example, in recent years, a number of large industrial enterprises of the metallurgical and other industries have already invested about a billion dollars in the modernization of production, thus improving environmental and economic performance. The speaker of Council of Federation Valentina Matvienko suggested that the solution to the problem of landfills, the need to build recycling plants. However, she pointed out that this market is now heavily criminalized. She also called for the development of a system

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Media: trump told the new environment on intention to leave Paris agreement

Politics

Media: trump told the new environment on intention to leave Paris agreement MOSCOW, may 28 — RIA Novosti. The President of the United States, Donald trump told a circle of trusted people about your intention to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, reports the website news Axios, citing informed sources. According to him, among these trusted individuals — the head of the Agency for environmental protection Scott Pruitt. G7 leaders at the summit in Taormina has tried, among other things, to achieve unity in the fight against climate change, however, in the final Declaration were forced to admit defeat for the US position, which had not joined the consensus on the Paris agreement. Trump wrote on Twitter, that will make the decision on climate change next week. Trump earlier critical remarks about the document, believing that it is not in the national interest of the country. To date the US

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China expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the leaders of the G7 on the surrounding seas

Politics

China expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the leaders of the G7 on the surrounding seas BEIJING, may 28 — RIA Novosti, Zhanna Manukyan. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction with the final statement of the G7 summit on the situation in the East China and South China seas, said the official representative of the foreign Ministry of China, Lu Kang. The leaders of the G7 adopted the outcome ended in Italy summit said they remain concerned about the situation in the East China and South China seas and strongly oppose any unilateral actions that can escalate tensions. They also reaffirmed their commitment to resolving the Maritime territorial disputes through dialogue and law, including arbitration. “We drew attention to this situation. We Express our strong protest in connection with the final Declaration of the G7 summit, which discusses the issue of the East China and South China seas under the pretext

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Adviser to trump: the secret channels of communication — a common practice

Politics

Adviser to trump: the secret channels of communication — a common practice Information about attempts to establish a secret channel of communication between Moscow and Washington is not a cause for concern, said assistant to the President for national security Herbert McMaster. He added that the US has a special communication channels with many countries. McMaster said that “felt would be a concern,” if someone from the administration wanted to establish a line of communication with Russia. So trump’s assistant for national security commented on media reports that the son-in-law and Advisor to Donald trump Jared Kushner was planned to create a secure channel of communication with Moscow in December 2016, using the diplomatic communications of the Russian Embassy in the United States. Supposedly about that Kushner tried to negotiate with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. “We have channels of communication with a number of countries. In General, these channels allow

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DM: the FBI was warned by MI5 that the perpetrators of terrorist acts in Manchester is preparing an attack

Events

DM: the FBI was warned by MI5 that the perpetrators of terrorist acts in Manchester is preparing an attack MOSCOW, may 28. /TASS/. The Federal Bureau of investigation United States (FBI) in January 2017 warned the British counterintelligence service MI5 that Salman Abedi, who committed the attack in Manchester, linked to the North African terrorist group. 9фотографий9фотографий9фотографий This was reported by the Daily Mail newspaper, citing a source in intelligence. “In the beginning of 2017, the FBI told MI5 that of Abedi belongs to the North African terrorist group based in Manchester that is in search of a political purpose in the country”, — quotes the edition of words of the source. As noted, the FBI has been monitoring, Abedi from the middle of 2016. At that time, intelligence agencies believed that he is planning the murder of a politician, however this version was not confirmed and the investigation stopped.

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The mother of the CEO of Uber killed, father wounded, shipwrecked on a boat

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The mother of the CEO of Uber killed, father wounded, shipwrecked on a boat NEW YORK, may 28. /Offset. TASS Kirill Volkov/. The mother of the founder and CEO of Uber, which provides services for online call private taxis, Travis Kalanick killed, father wounded, shipwrecked on a boat in California. This was reported on Saturday, representatives of Uber. The incident occurred on reservoir pine flat lake in Fresno County. As reported in the office of the County Sheriff, the boat, which was a couple aged about 70 years, crashed on a rock and drowned. The woman died at the scene, the man received injuries of moderate severity and was taken to the hospital. Uber confirmed that it is on the parents and the Director of Bonnie and Donald Kalanikai. In a statement circulated to employees of Uber, head of Department on work with staff Liane Hornsey called the incident “unimaginable

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