Putin instructed the Prosecutor General to check the ecology of lake Baikal

Putin instructed the Prosecutor General to check the ecology of lake Baikal Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Prosecutor General to check the lake Baikal on the subject of illegal and environmentally harmful activities. About it reports TASS. At a meeting on issues of environmental development of the territory head of state, in particular, was tasked to identify funding sources to solve the problem of the complete elimination of accumulated environmental damage on the lake. “The first, urgent, task is to eliminate environmental damage, to carry out a full remediation of contaminated areas,” — said Putin. “Please identify the funding sources, plans and specific artists, the President ordered. “It is also necessary to deal with objects that continue to work here, sewage treatment plants, most of them are worn out”, — quotes RIA Novosti the words of Putin. According to the head of the state, it is necessary to stimulate

China requires India to stop testing his patience

China requires India to stop testing his patience BEIJING, Aug 4 — RIA Novosti, Anna was Raccogli. The Chinese authorities once again urged India to end test the patience of Beijing to immediately withdraw from the territory of the plateau Dalam in the Tibet Autonomous region of its soldiers have violated more than 1.5 months ago the state border. Foreign policy and defense officials late Thursday evening released a statement in which the official representatives of both ministries stressed that China still adhered to the diplomatic approach in trying to resolve the aggravation, but his patience has limits. Diplomacy and aggression Foreign Ministry spokesman China Geng Shuang said that “the Indian side is now permanently says the word “peace”, but we are listening, that we also look at things”. According to him, China showed good will and patience, and even before the construction of the road on the plateau Dalam

Telegraph: Sarkozy will be involved in the investigation about the conduct of the world championship in Qatar

Telegraph: Sarkozy will be involved in the investigation about the conduct of the world championship in Qatar LONDON, 4 Aug. /TASS/. The ex-President of France Nicolas Sarkozy will be involved in the investigation about the successful bid of Qatar to host the world Cup 2022. This was reported by the newspaper the Telegraph. According to the publication, French investigators are currently studying the question of how could the former President of France to receive funds from transactions that were discussed at the time of submission of the application to host the world Cup 2022, including the sale to Qatar of the Paris football club “Paris Saint-Germain.” The focus of the investigation centered on several transactions, including the acquisition of the French companies, utilities, investment company Qatari Diar. The newspaper claims that Paris was one of the main supporters Doha the right to host the world Cup. As emphasized in the

Fire in Dubai’s Torch Tower extinguished

Firefighters extinguished the fire in one of the tallest residential buildings in the world — skyscraper Torch Tower (tower “the Torch”) in Dubai, reports Reuters. A fire in a 79-storey structure with a height of 337 meters was extinguished at about 04:00 (03:00 GMT). According to the authorities, who were in the skyscraper people were evacuated, no injuries. Adjacent streets were closed. The government has stated that it is working to provide housing for those affected by the fire. The fire occurred in the night of Friday, August 5. Its cause is still unknown. In 2015, the Torch Tower was damaged by fire then also there were no casualties. Skyscraper “the Torch”, & 2011, was recognized as the tallest residential building in the world. It is 676 apartments.

In a shooting at a Park in San Francisco injured three people

In San Francisco in the shooting wounded three people, reports Associated Press. The incident took place in Dolores Park, where there were a significant number of visitors. According to witnesses, several men were on the bridge, began shouting threats. One of them pulled out a gun and started shooting at people. The appearance of the attackers cannot be regarded, as they had closed all but the eyes. One of the injured is in critical condition. Another was given medical aid, after which he was released. The third injured is a minor, details about his status. Located on the hill of Dolores Park is a popular place among locals and tourists. 1 July-at least 17 people were injured during a shooting at a nightclub in the city of little Rock, Arkansas. Several visitors were injured trying to leave the premises.

Sands pointed out the contradictory statements by the White house on sanctions

Photo: RIA Novosti The White house heard conflicting statements about the decision to toughen anti-Russian sanctions, said the official Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. His words to the correspondent “Tapes.ru” on Wednesday, August 2. Against this background the Kremlin “of course, it’s important think about it the President of the United States [Donald trump], and what he thinks overall about the current state and prospects of bilateral relations,” said the press Secretary of the Russian President. “While we have not heard such statements,” he added.

Rosobrnadzor has deprived of the licence of the European University in Saint-Petersburg

Photo: RIA Novosti European University at Saint-Petersburg denied a license. Relevant information is available in the environment in the register of licenses of the service. The statement about the discontinuation of the educational activities of the European University in St. Petersburg, entered the service July 26, 2017. In early July, the University began moving out of the mansion Kushelev-Bezborodko, housed 20 years, to temporary quarters nearby. The rector Nikolai Vakhtin said that the move will allow the University to preliterates. The arbitration court of St.-Petersburg and Leningrad region on March 20 adopted a decision to revoke the license of the European University. In may, the University filed an appeal. Consideration of the complaint in the second instance appointed on 7 August, the University withdrew it. European University in St. Petersburg established in 1994. The Board of Trustees included ex-Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky and

Found the funniest words in the English language

Found the funniest words in the English language Psychologists have made a rating of the English words according to their degree of crankiness. Their findings, they reported in the journal Behavior Research Methods. Scientists from Warwick University, UK, interviewed 950 people and has determined how ridiculous they appear 4997 words. The most comical was named lexemes booty (booty), tit (bird), booby (Bobby), hooter (horn), James Hickman (wit), twit (twit), waddle (waddle gait), tinkle (bell). The most unfunny panelists seemed to words with negative emotional coloring, such as rape (rape), torture (torture), gunshot (gunshot). In addition, the study, according to scientists, is the first experience of studying the Comedy of individual words. The fact that a significant part of the words was called neutral to all participants of the experiment confirms the generally accepted hypothesis about the importance of context in the perception of humor. It is believed that words have

The creators WannaCry withdrew all funds from the wallets

The creators WannaCry withdrew all funds from the wallets As the portal Quartz, with the bitcoin wallets of the virus-the extortioner WannaCry in the night of August 3, removed all funds — $140 thousand Quartz has created a Twitter-bot that monitors the wallets of the hackers. All $140 thousand, had lain undisturbed since may 12, the unknown took off in seven passes for 15 min. According to the information portal, the funds went through a bitcoin mixer service that helps to conceal the ultimate recipient. We will remind, in may in 150 countries, there was a mass infection of computers on a Windows virus to extort money. According to expert estimates, the organizers of the attack until he could earn only on it for about $50 thousand In June, dozens of organizations around the world have been faced with massive attack other ransomware Petya.

Scientists: by 2050 the world will be three times more blind

Scientists: by 2050 the world will be three times more blind Now there are 36 million blind people, by 2050 this figure could reach 115 million people. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of a study published in the Lancet. Mainly loss of vision threatens the elderly. The highest percentage of blind in the countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, the number of people with visual impairments is decreasing. But as the world population steadily increasing, and the population is aging, scientists predict that the number of people tragically losing his eyesight, will continue to grow. Analysis of data from 188 countries shows that the world is now more than 200 million people suffer from problems associated with vision impairment. By 2050, that number will rise to 550 million. “Even minor vision problems can have a significant impact on human life”, — said one of the