The king of Swaziland has decided to rename the country

The king of Swaziland has decided to rename the country King Mswati III of Swaziland, the last absolute monarch in Africa, announced his decision to rename the country. On it informs Agency Reuters. “I would like to announce that from today our country will be known as the Kingdom of Eswatini” he said. This statement was made at a festive ceremony in honor of the 50th anniversary of independence. Mswati III said that the country returns name, which she had before colonization by Britain. Another argument in favor of renaming was that the Kingdom was often confused with Switzerland — in English the names of the countries sound very similar.

Lavrov called blackmail US threats to impose sanctions against Turkey for the purchase of s-400

The Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Karin Kneissl and Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. Russia considers blackmail in favor of us companies, the US announced possible sanctions against Turkey for the purchase of anti-aircraft missile systems s-400. This was stated Friday by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov following talks with Austrian foreign Minister Karin Kneissl.

The ex-wife of businessman Akhmedov got a boat worth $492 million

The ex-wife of businessman Akhmedov got a boat worth $492 million Moscow. April 19. INTERFAX.RU a London Court ordered the Russian businessman Farkhad Akhmedov to transfer the ownership of ex-wife Tatiana yacht worth $492 million in the divorce process, reported on Thursday by Bloomberg. According to judge Charles Haddon-cave, this decision is dictated by the fact that Akhmedov was trying to hide from the court that it owns a 115-meter yacht, named Luna. The businessman had bought it from Roman Abramovich in 2014. The judge noted that during the divorce process Akhmedov tried to hide his assets “in the web of offshore companies.” Currently, the yacht is in dry dock in Dubai. It has two helipads, a 20-metre pool, eight small boats and a mini submarine. Previously, the Supreme court in London has awarded the Akhmedova $646 million in cash compensation in the divorce process.

Plastic debris found inside jellyfish

Plastic debris found inside jellyfish Marine biologists have found large particles of plastic debris in the digestive system of a jellyfish. The findings, reported in an article in Scientific Reports, once again confirm that the plastic is included in the food chain of marine ecosystems at various levels. Marine biologists has shown that jellyfish often swallow a large plastic fragments which drift with the currents — for example, in one of his published photos of jellyfish Pelagia “mouth” sticking out of the ribbon from the cigarette пачкиhttps://t.co/VhatIhSQHM pic.twitter.com/7cXjxYSoJa — N + 1 (@nplusodin) April 19, 2018 The pollution of the seas with plastic waste leads to the generation of particles of various polymers in the food chain on which the plastic can rise to the highest levels. Microscopic polymer fibers and debris were found in the zooplankton composition in fish intestines and even the feces of seals. In addition, microparticles

The Creator of the “Newbie” told how poisoned with this substance

The Creator of the “Newbie” told how poisoned with this substance Vladimir Uglev, who in the 1990s worked on the substance A-234, better known as “Newbie”, told the correspondent of RTVI, as once he had been poisoned. When Uglev was in the lab, a flask, where the “Beginner”, exploded, and the substance hit him on an unprotected hand. “If it was liquid and hot, it is unlikely that I remained alive”, — said the chemist. But as the substance was solid, Uglev have time to hand wash sanitary solution. https://t.co/JsDooMc9TT — Mishin A.V. (@bouvierrussia) April 15, 2018. Uglev calls himself a “Newbie” And only 234. According to him, the name which was invented for other substances its Creator Vil Mirzayanov, is wrong. The chemist also criticized the theory Mirzayanov that Yulia and Sergei Skripal survived, because the substance has lost its focus because of the British climate. “Mirzayanov nonsense city,”

More than 1.5 thousand enterprises will show more than 20 thousand samples of products to “Army-2018”

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS KUBINKA /Moscow region/, 20 APR. /TASS/. The defense Ministry expects that the International military-technical forum “Army” will take part more than 1,5 thousand enterprises, which will show more than 20 thousand samples. This was announced on Friday, said the Russian defense Minister, army General Sergei Shoigu at the meeting of the defence Ministry Board in the Park “Patriot”.

Foreign Ministry announced the termination of air links with the United States

Foreign Ministry announced the termination of air links with the United States MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. Moscow does not exclude that in connection with the visa blockade, which builds against Russian citizens Washington, Russia and the United States may be left without air service, said in the comments of the Department of information and press. The Russian foreign Ministry noted that the situation with the issuance of U.S. visas in Russia is very depressing. The official waiting period for the visa interview, which in August 2017 was increased by Washington to 85 days, recently extended to 250 days, that is is now eight months, in other words, to apply for visas becomes pointless, ascertain the foreign Ministry. “Even we can not exclude that our country will be left without air service. Aeroflot, which only operates regular flights between Russia and the United States may be forced to stop

The UN will not allow OPCW inspectors to the Duma

The UN will not allow OPCW inspectors to the Duma The city continued shelling. 12фотографий12фотографий12фотографий The inspectors of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) can not proceed to the investigation of the events in the Syrian Duma, where on April 7 alleged use of chemical weapons. The UN said that the situation in the city is too dangerous. Indeed, on Tuesday during an attack on a convoy of the UN in the Duma was wounded the employee of power structures of Syria. Meanwhile, the delay in the investigation of the incident, the U.S. accused Russia. Yesterday OPCW Director General Ahmet üzümcü said that the specialists of the Department of safety and security UN (EXT) arrived in the Duma on Tuesday to assess the possibility of starting the work of the inspectors in the city where 7 APR supposedly there was a chemical attack. According to him, one

Lavrov commented on the shelling of the UN mission in the Syrian Duma

Lavrov commented on the shelling of the UN mission in the Syrian Duma MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. The militants fired in the Syrian Duma, the UN mission for security, was explicitly warned, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. 13фотографий13фотографий13фотографий UN group on security, which analyzed the situation in the town of Duma to begin the work of OPCW experts, was fired on Wednesday. None of the UN representatives were not injured, the experts returned to Damascus. However, the incident has affected the deployment of the mission of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons at the site of the alleged chemical incident. At a time when they were in the area, began shooting the part of the city, where there were a few dozen extremists, who apparently had been warned about who exactly will be nominated in the area and for

The world’s first meme: is it true that he appeared in 1921

The world’s first meme: is it true that he appeared in 1921 Bi-bi-si tries to find out whether a cartoon of 1921 the first known meme to mankind. The Internet user anywhere can stumble upon meme “Expectation/reality”, but is it true that it all started with a sketch 97-year-old? This picture caused a stir among users of Twitter. They immediately began to wonder whether this is the first ever meme. But bi-Bi-si has managed to find a version of this joke, which appeared at least a year earlier, in 1919 or in 1920. In both figures well-known joke “Expectation/reality”, where two pictures are in sharp contrast between them. Sketch 1921 signed: “you think You look when lights flash. And you really look like”. First posted on the Internet the user under the name Yesterday’s Print, which, by his own admission, regularly seeks out the historical image to highlight Parallels between