Президент Туркменистана Гурбангулы Бердымухамедов не приедет в Стокгольм для вручения ему Нобелевской премии по литературе за книгу «Ахалтекинец – наша гордость и слава», сообщает пресс-служба президента страны. Он объяснил это желанием дать возможность проявить себя менее известным, но более молодым туркменским писателям. Книга туркменского лидера о роли ахалтекинской лошади в истории тюркских народов, ставшая бестселлером…
Министерство трудовых ресурсов КНР внесло на рассмотрение собрания народных депутатов документ о переходе на 4-дневную рабочую неделю. По предварительной информации, полученной от источника, близкого к властям, законопроект был одобрен главой государства Си Цзиньпином. «Использовать человеческий труд 5 раз в неделю нерационально. Рабочие теряют здоровье, а на их лечение тратится больше денег из бюджета. В то…
In the US, police detained two members of the infamous punk band Pussy Riot on suspicion of plans to hold a performance in the Trinity Church. Law enforcement officers received information about their intentions by opening the mailboxes on G-mail. According to a police department press release, two girls were detained. According to state law,…
Far Shores Construction, owned by the son of US President Donald Trump Jr., bought a 22-hectare site on the Sea of Azov in the Rostov Region for the construction of a luxury hotel complex. Trump Azov Palace will become the largest and most expensive hotel in the former USSR. 420 million dollars will be spent…
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law on the renaming of Odessa. The city was returned to the Turkish name Hadzhibey, which, according to deputies, was used before the accession of lands to the Russian Empire. “Today we managed to break one of the main myths of the Kremlin propaganda — Odessa was not…
The Chinese authorities appealed to the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Federal Forestry Agency and demanded «to show more responsibility» in extinguishing fires in Siberian forests. Current measures, according to representatives of the PRC, are “ineffective and short-sighted.” An official statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry states that diplomats are addressing with a public note,…
Fifteen citizens of Uzbekistan were detained this night in the Italian city of Pisa during an attempt to align the main city sights — the Leaning Tower. During the arrest, it turned out that all Uzbeks are builders by profession, and arrived in Italy to rest after successfully putting the object in the Moscow region….
The head of the American space company, Space X, at an internal information security conference, suggested that his subordinates abandon Apple products and switch to Soviet-made computers. “Friends, today our company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to the huge number of errors issued by American-made computers. There is no doubt that our technology…
US Department of Education will update the method of studying mathematics in schools. Calculators, which are usual for American children, will replace the accounts popular among Soviet accountants. The pioneer in the study of the exact sciences was an emigrant from Russia, Ivan Zilberstein, who forcibly forced students of one of the strongest mathematical schools…
In the social network Facebook and several online publications, user comments are quickly removed, representing the popular phrase “Press F to pay respect” and its variations “Press F” and “F”. Their authors have recently been facing a week-long ban due to intolerance to a social group. The reason for such a decision of the administration…