August 15 in Moscow was the rainiest day in the history of meteorological observations. The daily rate was exceeded by 120%. In Syktyvkar in 3 hours fell as much water as usually falls in a month. Storm sewer flows are not managed. The public utilities are trying to put things in order.
In Portugal, the pilots of EMERCOM of Russia rescued from a forest fire a village with a population of a thousand people. Amphibious aircraft dropped 300 tons of water, eliminating fire hazards in the area of 200 hectares.
Google has launched a free new video service, called Duo, which will compete with the service of video calls FaceTime from Apple. Videoservis Duo stands out with easy controls and some interesting bells and whistles.
Police chief Edward Flynn said at a press conference late on Monday evening that the city was calmer on Monday, after the night on Saturday and on Sunday evening there was a major unrest in the fatal police shooting of a black man.
The man is suspected of murder of the Imam and his friend after the victim left a mosque in new York. The suspect was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Allyson Felix was deprived fifth Olympic gold on Monday after Sean Miller not lost her while running the 400-meter distance. Bronze award in run on 400-metrovke won Sherika Jackson from Jamaica.
The leader of the party "Fair Russia" Sergei Mironov arrived in Vladivostok. He plans to meet with residents of Vladivostok in the centre of protection of citizens ' rights.
On Altai the group of climbers came under a powerful avalanche on mount Belukha. Their aid immediately flew the helicopter from Krasnoyarsk. One victim was hospitalized.
In Petrozavodsk launched the boat "Yakutsk". This is an exact replica of the boat that participated in the famous great Northern expedition of Vitus Bering.
In Ankara yesterday there was a rally of supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On the streets thousands of people. Slogans with a demand to extradite Fethullah Gulen.
Police in Canada foiled a terrorist attack planned by a terrorist in a public place. The criminal was killed, said one of the officials.
American company CBS was expressed about the lack of diversity in the movie "Star trek: Discovery". Executive Director Bryan fuller has made it clear that his new series will not have this problem.
Imagine the presidential election campaign in which ambitious candidate campaign offends people, and makes promises and threats are so scary that people think, of course, he must be exaggerating. Now imagine that the candidate won.
Police in Los Angeles shot 14-year-old boy after he started shooting at police officers.
At least 11 children died during a fire in the maternity ward of a hospital in Baghdad early Wednesday, said the Ministry of health of Iraq. Infants who were in hospital during the fire, died of suffocation, said the press Secretary of the Ministry.
Today Russia will give India the first unit of NPP "Kudankulam". This will take place via videoconference.
This morning in new York on the 92nd year of life died an outstanding sculptor Ernst Neizvestny. It was called the great master, whose works were academic realism, expressionism and temperamental. He has created his own unique style, recognisable around the world. Worked mainly with bronze.
In Ferguson Missouri, during a demonstration in honor of the second anniversary of the death of Michael brown, riots broke out. The shots were heard.
A woman was killed by police during a demonstration of weapons in front of a crowd of more than 30 people,
Donald trump has expressed bitter controversy on Tuesday with comments on the right to bear arms, which was interpreted by many as a threat of violence against Hillary Clinton.
The spiritual leader of ISIS, Omar Osman has released a propaganda video in honor of the attackers of "Charlie Hebdo" which killed 12 people in Paris in January 2015.
How did the matter in the Universe where new galaxies? The answers to these issues, Russian scientists hope to find using the latest space telescope "Spektr-RG".
The total catch of Russian fishermen by early August, reached almost 3 million tonnes. This largely became possible due to the resolution of the problem of the so-called nezahodnye ships - ships built abroad. Because of the impressive customs duties they could not go to Russian ports.
The largest international exhibition-fair on border trade opened in the Chinese city of Suifenhe.
Near Yekaterinburg in the night the warehouse caught fire household chemicals and pyrotechnics. Rescuers have started suppression fire. The cause of the fire is now being investigated.