A resident of India saved leopard cubs by confusing them with kittens

Farmer rescues abandoned kittens that turn out to be leopard cubs Read it here: https://t.co/kTQviF0hqz pic.twitter.com/TbNb2tnvgC — Kitten News Daily (@KittenNewsDaily) December 18, 2021 Farmer Kiran Giri from India noticed two abandoned kittens in his field and brought them home. The animals are not only emaciated, but also very cold due to the unexpected cold snap that hit the northern regions of the country, reports UPI. When the kittens recovered a few days later and started playing, Giri noticed that they were not meowing, but growling, and suspected something was wrong. The farmer showed the animals to the neighbors, and they confirmed that they were leopard cubs. Geary immediately notified the local police. Representatives of environmental services who arrived for the animals sent the kids to the Van Vihar Rescue Center, where they will be raised and returned to the wild. The foundlings turned out to be a boy and

In Moscow, hundreds of fans came to a meeting with the actor who played Draco Malfoy

The actor is expected to have a busy schedule at the Russian festival. Felton has been taking part in autograph and photo shoots since the morning. The appearance of the beloved hero on the stage was greeted by deafening applause and shouts, hundreds of fans came to the meeting. This is my first time in Russia, so you are the first Russian fans I have met. I am a fan of Russian culture. I like your music, ballet, architecture and literature.Tom Felton He not only actively answered questions, but also asked them to the fans himself. With one of the fans, the actor exchanged opinions about his favorite book from the Harry Potter series of novels. Felton called the second part “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” his favorite, he also appreciated the choice of a fan — “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”. Among the films, the actor

There was a failure in the traffic police information system

“There was a failure in the Federal Information System of the traffic Police, including the system of registration and examination units does not work,” the agency interlocutor said. The traffic police and the mayor’s office differed in their estimates of the number of accidents in Moscow According to him, measures are being taken to eliminate the problems. The source did not specify in what time frame the system can work. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has confirmed a failure in the federal traffic police information system. “Regional units of the State Traffic Inspectorate were forced to suspend the provision of public services to citizens related to the registration of motor vehicles, the issuance of driver’s licenses, as well as restrict access to information about administrative fines imposed for traffic violations,” the Interior Ministry said. – Currently, the technical specialists of the department are making every effort

Timur Batrutdinov was hospitalized with coronavirus

According to the channel, Batrutdinov fell ill on December 9. He had symptoms characteristic of ARVI: cough and weakness. The comedian’s condition worsened, so the doctors decided to move him to a hospital. In the hospital, a Comedy Club resident was diagnosed with 25-50 percent lung damage. Doctors assess his condition as moderate. In 2020, Batrutdinov made a post on Instagram about the fact that the coronavirus allegedly has a Masonic trace. According to the comedian, this “Dan Brown-style thing”, the author of the book “The Da Vinci Code”, should not be taken seriously. He stressed that he considers this “conspiracy bullshit” and at the end of the publication gave people real advice on preventing coronavirus infection. Since 2005, Batrutdinov has been participating in the Comedy Club TV project on TNT, where he performs in a duet with Garik Kharlamov. In 2013 – participant of the show “HB”. Batrutdinov was

The Foreign Ministry assessed the effect of the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia

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14 new species of shrews have been discovered in Sulawesi

View this post on Instagram A publication from Rafa Malmagro ? (@malmagrok) On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, after almost a decade of searching, scientists have found 14 new species of shrews. This is the largest discovery of new mammals in the last 90 years, they say. In the period from 2010 to 2018, researchers studied a total of 1,368 individuals of shrews. DNA analysis showed that they belong to 21 species, and only 7 of them are known to science. The new species belong to the genus belozubok (Crocidura). They were divided into five species groups: “long-tailed”, “small-bodied”, “ordinary”, Rhoditis and “thick-tailed”. They differ in the proportions of the body, the length and thickness of the fur, as well as the color of the paws: in some animals they are white, in others they are dark. Shrews are a very diverse group of mammals. To date, 461 species of

In Russia, for the second day in a row, less than 28 thousand coronavirus cases are detected per day

Regions are leaders in the number of new cases: Moscow — 2283 (for all time – 2 000 067), Saint Petersburg – 1997 (827,293), Moscow region — 1683 (622 591), Krasnodar Territory — 749 (111 923), Krasnoyarsk Territory — 655 (165 571). Per day in 1076 cases died in Russia, which is four fewer people than yesterday (1080). The total number of deaths reached 296,180. 38,041 people recovered during the day, a total of 8,952,266. As of December 17 , the level of collective immunity to coronavirus in Russia has reached 58.2%. The authorities admit that due to the spread of the omicron strain, the timing of the introduction of the second vaccine may be adjusted. On December 16, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a government bill on the introduction of QR codes for visiting public places. The news is being updated.

Il-76 planes delivered humanitarian aid to Kabul

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Scientists have found that omicron increases the risk of re-infection with covid by five times

According to a published study, before the appearance of a new type of virus in people who had undergone covid, natural immunity protected against re-infection for half a year in 85% of cases, but with omicron, this indicator decreased to 19%. At the same time, experts emphasize that at the moment there is no evidence that the new strain is less dangerous than delta. It is also reported that two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, as well as the British-Swedish manufacturer AstraZeneca, provide protection against infection only up to 20% of cases against the omicron strain, while it increases to 55-80% after booster vaccination. “The study provides further evidence of how strongly the omicron strain can evade the protection of immunity obtained either after infection or after vaccination,” said Neil Ferguson, a leading epidemiologist at the university and a member of the scientific advisory group on emergencies under the

Doctors from South Africa estimated the likelihood of hospitalization with omicron strain

In the Republic of South Africa (South Africa), where a new strain of the coronavirus “omicron” has spread, a decrease in the level of hospitalization has been recorded in recent days, Bloomberg reports, citing the country’s Ministry of Health. Now the fourth wave of coronavirus is taking place in South Africa, as previously announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. According to the head of the Ministry of Health Joe Faakhla, according to the results of the second week of the new wave, only 1.7% of those infected with COVID-19 were hospitalized. During the third wave, when the delta strain dominated the country, 19% of infected people needed hospitalization after two weeks. There were more asymptomatic cases of COVID than thought On December 14, Discovery Health, the largest private insurance company in South Africa, presented a study according to which the omicron strain causes a less severe course of coronavirus disease than