Category: World

South China Morning Post: US and PRC to discuss Taiwan and other war-related issues on military matters, including tensions over Taiwan and other contentious situations. The parties are also going to discuss the topic of hypersonic arms control, writes the South China Morning Post. Top military officials of both countries are establishing contact after a virtual meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping last year. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is likely to meet with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe and Vice Chairman of the PRC's Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang. “This is one of the consensus reached at the summit. The two leaders ordered the military to discuss the agreement, “the source said. Earlier in December, the US admitted that Washington and Beijing are conducting an arms race.

ICR: Bastrykin opened a case on illegal hunting against State Duma deputy Rashkin Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) Alexander Bastrykin opened a criminal case State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin, caught with an elk carcass. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the TFR. The criminal case was initiated under part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal hunting”).

The Bachelor show participant Colton Underwood tried to commit suicide because of homosexuality Underwood (Colton Underwood) admitted that he tried to suppress his homosexuality with drugs. He also said that he attempted suicide because of his sexual orientation. This is reported by Page Six, citing a Netflix documentary about the come-out of a TV star. “I suppressed my [sexual] orientation so much that I started taking medication for depression and nervous disorders every day. As a result, it made me paranoid: I stopped trusting most of my acquaintances and was ready to do anything to protect my secret, “Underwood recalled. During a conversation on camera with his old friend, the Bachelor star with tears in his eyes, he said that one night despair so overwhelmed him that he attempted suicide. This happened shortly after Underwood broke up with ex-girlfriend Cassie Randolph, who won the 2019 Bachelor. Colton Underwood came out

TASS: the final of the Grand Prix in figure skating in Osaka, Japan will be canceled The final of the Grand Prix in figure skating series will be canceled. This became known to a TASS source. The competition was to be held in Osaka, Japan from December 9 to 12. The decision to cancel the tournament is due to the threat of the spread of a new omicron strain of the coronavirus. The official announcement is expected in the near future. Russians Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Maya Khromykh and Alena Kostornaya qualified in the women's single skating for the Grand Prix finals. Among men, Mikhail Kolyada was supposed to represent Russia at the tournament. Also, four Russian sports couples and one dance duet received a ticket to the competition. In the spring of 2020, the World Figure Skating Championships were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament

The calculations of the DBK “Bastion” of the Pacific Fleet for the first time took up duty on the Kuril island of Matua fleet (Pacific Fleet) were first deployed and took over duty on the Kuril island of Matua. This was reported to TASS on Thursday, December 2, by the press service of the Eastern Military District. In particular, an autonomous military town has been deployed on the island – it has completed work on the improvement of premises for year-round service and residence of personnel … In addition, for the operation and maintenance of equipment, technical posts have been mounted, storage facilities have been deployed, entrances to the launch positions have been equipped. “The personnel began to carry out duty and carry out planned combat training measures,” the press service explained and added, that the Pacific Fleet's missile crew will be on a 24-hour watch to monitor the adjacent

SRG: the cost of a “square” of secondary housing in Russia decreased by 0.11 percent in November According to the results of November 2021 Krasnodar and Yekaterinburg became the two Russian cities with the fastest growing housing prices, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the SRG consulting company. Experts have studied the price dynamics in the real estate markets of the 20 largest cities in the country. It turned out that in Krasnodar, the average cost of secondary housing for the month increased by 14.2 percent, to 94.3 thousand rubles. The Yekaterinburg “square” added 4.4 percent, now it costs 92.3 thousand rubles. Moscow took the third place in the rating: a square meter of housing in the capital went up by 4.2 percent, to 287.3 thousand rubles. The least noticeable increase in prices in November was in Perm and Chelyabinsk – by 1.6 percent. Analysts also named the average cost

A friend encouraged a man who underwent surgery and made him rich having received a lottery ticket as a gift along with a postcard with a wish of recovery. This was reported by the UPI news agency. Alexander MacLish said that he had recently undergone open-heart surgery, and thanks to this he received a large sum of money. To cheer him up, a friend brought a postcard containing several instant lottery tickets. One of the tickets featured the word “Heart” and the patient's initials were the first letters to reveal under the protective layer. The ticket brought the man a million dollar winnings. McLeish emphasized that a few years ago the same friend gave him a lottery ticket for his birthday. Then the man won a prize of one thousand dollars. The American arrived at the lottery headquarters and preferred to pick up the winnings not in installments, but in

Cardiologist Serebryansky: blue discoloration or whitening of the limbs may be a sign of thrombosis Such unexpected symptoms of a thrombus separation were named by the cardiologist, honored doctor Yuri Serebryansky, reports “Moscow 24”. “If the thrombosis is on the surface, then most often it is pain. Venous thrombosis comes with blue discoloration, and arterial thrombosis with whitening of the limbs, it [limb] becomes cold, alien, with pain, “Serebryansky said. According to him, such a reaction of the body may be due to that a blood clot from the heart came off and ended up in the upper limb. Tear off can also cause severe pain that will not go away with taking pills and injections, he added. Serebryansky stressed that people with varicose veins, diabetes mellitus, arrhythmias and coagulation disorders have an increased risk of blood clots blood. In addition, injuries to the hands and lower extremities can lead

A passenger plane urgently landed in Irkutsk due to electronics failure due to electronics failure. TASS writes about this. According to the agency's interlocutor, the liner landed safely.

Defense Express: Ukrainian satellite “Sich-2-30” prepared for dispatch to the USA Ukrainian satellite for Earth remote sensing 2-30 “has passed the tests. Specialists from the Yuzhnoye design bureau have prepared the device for shipment to Cape Canaveral in the United States, where the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle will take place. The Defense Express information and consulting agency reports. Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) Vladimir Taftay said that in the coming days the satellite will be sent to the United States. He clarified that the preparation for sending the satellite passed without deviations from the schedule, and the parameters of the device meet the requirements. According to the head of the SSAU, in the United States, the device will be prepared for launch and docked with a carrier rocket. He noted that the launch of the rocket with the Sich-2-30 satellite will take place