Japanese fought off a bear with karate skills TOKYO, 1 Aug. /TASS/. A resident of Japan, residing in the city of Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, was able to fend off the bear with karate skills. This was announced on Tuesday, the TV channel Fuji Terebi. 68-year-old Hirohito Miyagawa, who heads the local club karate, July 31 in the evening went out into the garden, near his home in a mountainous, forested area, where they grow wasabi. There he found the bear. The man kept his head and struck standing on its hind legs the animal several blows in the style of karate. Not expecting such action, the bear ran away quickly to the mountain forest. The farmer-the karate kid was not seriously injured, he received only a few scratches that he struck the bear with his claws. According to local authorities, in the period from April to August in the
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“Wrong bees” have the gene for autism
“Wrong bees” have the gene for autism Scientists reported that the genes that exist in people with autism spectrum disorders, there are some honey bees. The study was published in the journal PNAS. Gene Robinson, Professor of entomology, University of Illinois, said that the behavior of bees can vary: some are more active, others calmly react to the enemy threatening the hive. This is a natural phenomenon, because different insects perform different roles, not all of them play the role of “guards”. However, a number of bees were marked disorder of their functions — for example, nurse bees taking care of larvae that alarmed researchers. “On some jobs the bees always react more acutely than others,” said Robinson. However, one group of bees, studied by American scientists, and actively respond to any tasks. According to the authors, the lack of social knowledge on the immune bees is reminiscent of the
The head of the HRC welcomed the Commission’s decision on distribution of presidential grants to NGOs
The head of the HRC welcomed the Commission’s decision on distribution of presidential grants to NGOs Mikhail Fedotov, in particular, singled out the Moscow Helsinki group, which received a grant for the project “human rights agenda for modern Russia”. MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. The President of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights (HRC) Mikhail Fedotov has welcomed the decision of the competition Commission, to distribute presidential grants among non-profit organizations, and drew attention to the fact that financing for new projects had received some human rights NGOs. “The Council welcomed the decision of the Commission distributing presidential grants” — said Fedotov TASS, noting that this is the first experience of awarding grants in the new format. It is encouraging that significantly improved administration, simplified application form and reporting have increased the transparency of procedures. All this could not affect the quality of the
Peskov commented on the WSJ data about the US plans to supply weapons to Ukraine
Dmitry Peskov Information about the training of U.S. defense and foreign ministries plan to supply weapons to Ukraine until can be regarded only as hypothesis-generating, said press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. His words to the correspondent “Tapes.ru” on Tuesday, August 1. He stressed that Moscow urged to avoid provocations in the process of resolving the Ukrainian crisis. “We believe that all parties, especially those countries that claim to be in the settlement, should avoid any actions that could provoke increased tension in an already difficult region”, — said the representative of the Kremlin. On July 31, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal citing sources reported that the US state Department and the Pentagon has prepared a plan to supply weapons to Ukraine “to deter Russian aggression” and seek its approval of the White house. The official representative of the defense Ministry Michelle Baldanza noted that Washington
Appeared in court in shorts and bandana Mordovian lawyer lost the status of a
The chamber of advocates of the Republic of Mordovia has denied local lawyer status because he appeared in court in the improper form. On Tuesday, August 1, reports “Interfax”. The lawyer’s name was not called. As have informed Agency in the press service of the Supreme court of Mordovia in respect of the lawyer disciplinary process was initiated for violation of the requirements of article 8 of the Code of professional ethics of lawyer. “As a result, the lawyer was deprived of his status,” said the source. In a statement on the website of the Supreme court of the Republic States that the lawyer “was on trial in a criminal case in sunglasses, t-shirt, denim jacket-tank top, shorts, tied on the neck scarf and headgear — bandana”. It is noted that the man “his appearance was out of order at the hearing, refused to comply with the requirement of the
Approved the final list fall under the renovation of Moscow five-story building
In the resulting list of programme of renovation of housing capital was 5144 home. This was stated by the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, reports video News Service. “From 1 August, that is today, the owners of these apartments are exempt from the overhaul. The program is designed to 2032. We are certainly not going to prolong the pleasure. We will do everything possible to implement the program in the shortest possible time”, — said Sobyanin, noting that the final list will be published on the portal of city hall. Only under the program of renovation got 350 thousand apartments, which are home to about a million people. It is noted that the highest number of houses to be demolished located in the Eastern administrative district. In the provisional list for demolition was 4546 houses. The final decision on inclusion in the program were the residents of the building —
In Peru, when climbing the mountain killed Russian
In Peru, when climbing the mountain killed Russian MOSCOW, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. Russians and two Chilean died in Peru while climbing one of the mountains in the Andes, reports local news portal RPP with reference to the head of the Association of highland conductors Rafael Figueroa. It is reported that a group of rescuers went in search of the missing tourists on Monday, but the bodies were seen on Tuesday. Tourists attempt without a professional guide to climb one of the peaks of the mountain range Cordillera Blanca. Found the bodies the guide said that they were covered by avalanche. According to the portal, the group included citizens of Chile cristóbal, Bizzarri Lyon (23) and Gabriel Navarrete Pucon (32 years old) and Alexander Maznev, who had dual citizenship of the Russian Federation and the United States.
The court expelled from Russia journalist of “Novaya Gazeta”
The court expelled from Russia journalist of “Novaya Gazeta” The court found the journalist “the New newspaper” Hudaberdi Nurmatov guilty of violating the regime of stay in Russia and decided to expel him from the country. Basmanny court of Moscow decided to expel the correspondent of “Novaya Gazeta” Hudaberdi Nurmatov, known as Ali Feruz, in connection with the violation of the regime of stay in Russia, reports RBC. “Resolution of 01.08.2017 year Nurmatov H. T. was found guilty in committing an administrative offense under part 3.1 of article 18.8 of the RF code of administrative offences, fined 5,000 rubles with administrative exclusion for limits of the Russian Federation”, — told RBC in the press service of the court. Nurmatov was detained near the editorial, he was taken for identification in the Basmanny district police. Lawyer Daniel Haimovich confirmed RBC that the journalist of “Novaya Gazeta” was found guilty in the
In the Moscow regional court called the names of the participants of the attack on guards
In the Moscow regional court called the names of the participants of the attack on guards Moscow. August 1. INTERFAX.RU Press Secretary of the Moscow regional court said the names of the attacked guards accused in the case of the so-called “gang GTA”. 10фотографий10фотографий10фотографий “During the shooting, was eliminated three of the attackers — (Abdumalik) of Mamadjonov, (Mirzakalon) Mirzosharipov, Holick of Subhonov”, — said the “Interfax” press Secretary of the court Natalia Osipova. According to her, wounded and disarmed Fazlitdin Khasanov and Zafarjon Gulyamov. “The other four defendants — Hasraton Dodohonov, Anwar Lugardo, Umar Khasanov and Cherasco Kodirov in the assault did not participate because they were in the courtroom on the fourth floor,” — said Osipov. The attack occurred after the announcement of the break in the trial, when five defendants were placed in the Elevator to transport in the convoy room, located in the basement of the Moscow
Ukraine prepares lawsuit against Russia because of the construction of a bridge to Crimea
Ukraine prepares lawsuit against Russia because of the construction of a bridge to Crimea MOSCOW, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian authorities consider the losses in the commercial ports and are preparing a lawsuit to Russia from-for restrictions on navigation in the Kerch Strait in connection with the construction of the bridge, said the Deputy Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine Yuriy Lavrenyuk on Tuesday. Earlier, the Minister of transport of Russia Maxim Sokolov said that the naval operation to transport and install the overall construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait — arches — will take place with minimal restriction of traffic, one-time suspension of movement on the fairway will not exceed three days. He also said that immediately after completion of the manufacturing operations, the channel will immediately be opened for the passage of vessels. “The Ministry of justice within existing legal actions against Russia separates the