Day in History: January 3rd

The Duke of Burgundy sold Jeanne d’Ark to Bishop Cauchon On May 23, 1430, as a result of the betrayal of Jeanne d’Ark was captured by the Burgundians. For almost a year, Bishop Pierre Cauchon of Beauvais, acting on behalf of the English king, tried to obtain the extradition of Jeanne for her trial. On January 3, 1431, the Duke of Burgundy sold it to the bishop for 10,000 francs. The Inquisition process over By Jeanne D’The Arc began on January 9 and lasted five months. On May 30, she was found guilty on all the main charges, excommunicated from the church and burned at the stake on the same day. Alexey Stakhanov was born January 3, 1906, in a small village in Alexey Stakhanov was born in the Orel province – a Soviet miner, an innovator of the coal industry and the founder of the Stakhanov movement. In August 1935, in

Zelensky called the main goal of Ukraine's policy “the inevitability of change”

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Reuters reported the cancellation of 3.6 thousand flights due to omicron and the weather

At the same time, among the flights canceled on January 2, there are more than 2.1 thousand flights to the United States. Also, over 6,400 flights were delayed, the agency writes. According to FlightAware, the largest number of flight cancellations occurred on the American airlines SkyWest and Southwest, each with more than 400 canceled flights. Christmas and New Year holidays are usually the peak time for air travel, however, the rapid spread of the omicron strain forced airlines to cancel some flights in order to protect pilots and crew members, the agency points out. The American airline Delta Air Lines announced on December 30 that it would cancel 200-300 flights on the weekend (January 1 and 2) due to worsening weather conditions and the spread of Omicron. German airline Lufthansa and American Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on December 25 canceled before Christmas, about 200 international and domestic flights due

A Chinese man abducted 33 years ago found his family thanks to childhood memories

Li Jingwei was only four years old when he was lured out of his home and sold to a gang selling children. On December 24 last year, he uploaded a hand-drawn map to the Douyin mobile application for short videos (an analogue of TikTok). According to this drawing, the police recognized a small village in Yunnan Province and found a woman there whose son was missing. A DNA test confirmed their relationship, and on Saturday, January 1, mother and son met. In the video, Li Jingwei carefully removes his mother’s protective mask and studies her face before bursting into tears and hugging her. “Thirty-three years of waiting, countless dreary nights, finally, a map drawn by hand from memory, and now this moment of liberation has come—” he wrote in your account before meeting with your family. “Thank you to everyone who helped me reunite with my family.” Li was abducted in

Canadian cats “broke” the Internet Mask

He announced this on Twitter. Starlink is Elon Musk’s SpaceX project, which was supposed to provide the entire planet with high-speed Internet through a network of orbiting satellites. Since 2021, Starlink plates have been installed in Canada, which has improved the situation for residents of remote rural northern regions. Aaron installed the Starlink dish not on the roof, but on the ground in the yard, as he was preparing for repairs. Meanwhile, the cats chose the plate in the 25-degree frost and lay down to bask in it, they preferred the “brainchild” of the Mask to the insulated houses that Taylor built. The man noticed problems on the Internet, and then, finding out their cause, found animals in the device. It turned out that in cold weather the plate activates the “heating” mode. Aaron wrote that Starlink “works great until the cats notice that the plate emits a lot of

Kanye West was spotted on a date with a new girlfriend

The 44-year-old rapper and the 33-year-old Italian-American actress were reportedly spotted at the Carbone restaurant in Miami, USA, on the evening of January 1. The couple was photographed by paparazzi during dinner and on the way out of the institution. According to the publication’s sources, West seemed “happier than ever.” Earlier in November 2021, the rapper began dating 22-year-old model Vinetria. Kanye West spotted on a date with actress Julia Fox in Miami https://t.co/2EXyHUfnKn pic.twitter.com/z2NWqS4riU — Page Six (@PageSix) January 2, 2022 Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West in February 2021 after seven years of marriage. It was noted that the spouses have a prenuptial agreement, which none of them disputes. In particular, the celebrity asked her husband for joint custody of four children. Even more interesting things about people

Political scandal erupted in Ireland over criticism of Putin

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Finnish Prime Minister announced the possibility of the country's accession to NATO

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Putin and Erdogan discussed proposals on security guarantees

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The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia is ready to work with the United States in Ukraine in any format

MOSCOW, 2 & nbsp; January./TASS /. Moscow is ready to work with & nbsp; Washington on & nbsp; Ukraine in & nbsp; any format with & nbsp; understanding that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements. This was stated in & nbsp; in an interview with TASS by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the & nbsp; RF Andriy Rudenko. Answering the & nbsp; question about & nbsp; the possibility of resuming bilateral consultations & nbsp; RF and & nbsp; USA on & nbsp; Ukraine, similar to the former US President's Bara administration, which was the administration of the former US President Bara Obama in the format of Assistant to the President of Russia Vladislav Surkov and & nbsp; US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Rudenko pointed out that & nbsp; “ This question should be addressed primarily to American partners. '' “ We & nbsp; from our side