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Former US Secretary of Defense Esper filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon over the ban on publishing memoirs Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sued the Pentagon. The reason for the lawsuit was the ban on the publication of part of his memoirs, which tells about his work with President Donald Trump, reports The New York Times. oath “in May next year. There he told “a complete and unvarnished history of the nation, especially in its difficult periods.” The lawsuit, filed with the federal court for the Metropolitan District of Columbia, says that they want to remove a significant fragment of the text from the memoirs: “The withdrawn text is necessary to present important stories touched on in the manuscript.” The politician also accused the current presidential administration in infringement of constitutional rights and called the appeal to the court the only available way to convey its story to

Dagens Nyheter: a powerful solar flare could cause an “Internet apocalypse” apocalypse “. This was warned by an information technology specialist from the University of California Sangeetu Abdu Jyoti, writes Dagens Nyheter. According to him, the outbreak could hit the network cables laid along the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. In them, the weak link is the amplifiers of the light signal, and in an unfavorable scenario, the wires will fail without the possibility of prompt repair. The expert pointed out that powerful emissions on the Sun occur on average once every hundred years. At the same time, the consequences of the storm that reached the Earth have not been for more than a century, so the living earthlings have the likelihood of encountering it. In 2020, the German Deutsche Bank named mortal threats to the world economy for the next decade. In particular, experts put a powerful solar flare

Former Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team coach Vigdorchik will work in Russia Former Israeli team coach Irina Vigdorchik in the near future will go to work in the Russian team. This is reported by Israel HaYom. According to the source, the specialist is already in Moscow and has practically signed a contract. It is planned that next spring, Vigdorchik, together with the Russian national team, will arrive at the European Championship in Israel. The ex-mentor of the Israeli women, who trained Israelis in group exercises, left the team after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Her players took sixth place at the Games. At the Olympic Games in Japan, Israeli gymnast Lina Ashram won the gold medal in individual all-around. Russian woman Dina Averina won the silver medal.

Ambassador Melnyk: Kiev has the right to reparations from Germany for lost cultural property reparations for cultural property lost during World War II; and the archive of the scores of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, transferred to Berlin during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma. He wrote about this in a letter to the chairman of the Berlin Singing Academy Foundation, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, Kiev has every right to expect compensation from the German government for its huge losses. The diplomat also noted that Berlin should support Kiev on its way to membership in the European Union (EU). At the same time, the ambassador complained that the German authorities ignore Kiev's proposals to create a “Compensation Fund for War Losses” for the purchase of valuable world-class art objects for Ukrainian museums. On the issue of transferring the Bach archives, Berlin also does not respond to proposals on the

In St. Petersburg, a man went to the 16th floor balcony and fell on a passerby In St. Petersburg, on Korablestroiteley Street, a man fell from a balcony 16 floors to another man, REN TV reports. According to the TV channel, the young man went out to breathe air on the balcony and fell on a passerby. An ambulance arrived at the scene. The state of the participants in the incident is still unknown. Earlier in the Moscow region, a schoolgirl tried to take a selfie in an unfinished building on the Northern Highway, turned unsuccessfully and fell from the fifth floor. The doctors who arrived at the scene were unable to save the girl.

19FortyFive: Ukrainian tank “Oplot” will not be able to influence the course of the battle The capabilities of the Ukrainian tank forces were assessed in the United States. The most modern Ukrainian tank “Oplot” will not be able to influence the course of the battle. This is the conclusion reached by 19FortyFive columnist Brent Eastwood. The publication notes that Ukraine needs a tank to maintain its defenses. The T-84U “Oplot” could become such a machine, but its small number will not allow revealing the positive aspects of the tank. The author notes that several Oplots are at the disposal of the Ukrainian military. Eastwood emphasizes that the T-84U is based on the Soviet T-80 tank. The Ukrainian modification received a welded turret, new ERA and a 1200 horsepower 6TD-2 diesel engine. The main gun of the Oplot was the KBA-3 smoothbore cannon, which is an unlicensed copy of the Soviet

Chumakov: the situation with the omicron strain will be mild in countries with herd immunity Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Pyotr Chumakov predicted the behavior of the omicron strain in countries with a large number of people vaccinated against coronavirus. His words are reported by URA.RU. Related materials 17: 19 – 27 November A new strain of coronavirus has arrived in Europe from Africa. What is known about the omicron and how dangerous is it? 00:01 – November 25 “Almost a miracle happened” Coronavirus disappeared in Japan. When this happens in Russia – the biologist answers “In those countries in which collective immunity has been formed, it will be softer,” the specialist suggested. According to him, the situation should be monitored, first of all, in those countries where the majority of citizens were vaccinated. He cited Israel as an example. “It will be significant how it will spread there, because

Elective: a bill on the chemical castration of pedophiles will be submitted to the State Duma in 2022 on the finalized bill on the chemical castration of pedophiles, Izvestia reports. According to the deputy, the bill has been improved, and in 2022 it will be considered by the State Duma. Vyborny said that people with such disorders should be treated forcibly, despite the fact that earlier the initiative had been criticized by part of the public. “There is no need to confuse surgical and chemical castration. The latter is just medication to lower sex drive. In the case of pedophiles, it should be compulsory and taken by a judge's decision, “the politician noted. Earlier in Moscow, a man was arrested who attacked a schoolgirl at the entrance of a residential building on Kantemirovskaya Street. On November 21, he followed a high school student into the building, grabbed her in the

Poklonskaya in a nightgown showed the interiors of her house in Crimea the interior of your home. She posted the corresponding video on her Instagram. The video shows how she lies on the bed in her nightie, then goes to the bathroom, and then brews and drinks coffee. She also showed a view of the Crimean landscape from the balcony of her house. In addition, Poklonskaya showed the public her cat. Previously, Poklonskaya starred for the December issue of the glossy magazine Tatler. In the photo posted on the website of the newspaper, the politician is sitting in an armchair against the background of the Kremlin. At the end of October, Poklonskaya for the first time posted on Instagram her photo in a diplomatic uniform and a white blouse, buttoned up to all buttons. < p> On October 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Poklonskaya as Ambassador to the African

The spouse of a Reddit user was kicked out of the cafe because he said a curse on Apple Watch Reddit the story of how he made fun of his wife using an Apple Watch. The narrator used the gadget as a walkie-talkie, which is why his wife was kicked out of the cafe. According to @chillydownfiregang, he and his wife have an Apple Watch. The couple liked the function of the gadget, which allows the watch to act as a walkie-talkie. “We fooled around with the walkie-talkie until my wife met her friend one day,” the author of the publication shared. The man's wife took a watch with her to the meeting. In her absence, @chillydownfiregang decided to check if the radio would work when his wife was away. He turned on the option and uttered a curse. The narrator's partner at that moment was with her friend in