Day: September 27, 2017

Saudi Arabia has canceled a decades-old ban on driving cars by women. It is reported by The New York Times. The innovation was announced on state TV and at the same time at a press conference in Washington. It will take effect in June 2018. As the newspaper notes, the decision underlines how much damage the ban caused to the international reputation of the Kingdom. For decades, officials gave him a different explanation. Mentioned, for example, that women driving contrary to the Saudi culture. Or that male drivers will not know how to behave, if the neighboring vehicle behind the wheel. It was noted even that the admission of women to management will lead to promiscuity and collapse of the Saudi family. One of the senior scholars, without proof, claimed, for example, that driving harms the ovaries. After the fall in oil prices, Saudi Arabia is trying to restructure the

Rex Tillerson U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson at a meeting in Washington with foreign Minister of Cuba, Eduardo rodríguez Parrilla in the rigid form has demanded to ensure the safety of the American diplomats on the island after the incident with a hearing loss. As reported by RIA Novosti, said state Department spokesman Heather Nauert. “The conversation was tough and candid, it reflected a deep concern for the safety of our diplomatic personnel. The Secretary of state gave to understand how serious the situation, and stressed that the Cuban authorities are obliged to protect the Embassy staff and their families in accordance with the Vienna Convention,” she said. In Department do not exclude that if the incidents will not stop, the United States can raise the question of the closure of the Embassy in Cuba. According to the U.S. state Department, part of diplomats and members of their families

The United States is taking action in response to attributed to Russia of the open skies Treaty that provides for mutual inspections of countries in the airspace of each other. About it RIA Novosti said the representative of the state Department. “We have long been concerned about the observance by Russia of the Treaty on open skies. After repeated unsuccessful attempts at diplomatic communication with Moscow, we decided to take reasonable and proportionate measures in response to the failure by Russia [the Treaty],” — said the Agency interlocutor. “We hope that this will change the calculations of Russia and encourage Russia to chat with us about our concerns in a more constructive manner,” he added. The state Department spokesman said that Washington is ready to cancel these arrangements at any time if “Russia will return to compliance with its obligations under the Treaty on open skies”. Earlier, the Chairman of