Новости за 17.09.2017

A mentally ill woman sprayed four American tourists with hydrochloric acid in the face at the Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille, France.

Girls in public schools in western Australia, previously only allowed to wear dresses, skirts, or skorts, will now be allowed to wear pants and shorts to school, joining the rest of the country and much of the world.

Kuwait has decreed that the ambassador from North Korea must depart the Middle Eastern nation’s borders within the month, following a request from Washington.

The use of solar power doubled globally in 2016 and is on track to double again over the next two years.

In a full-court press, Madrid is doing everything it can to shut down the Catalan independence referendum planned for October 1.

The recent US government decision to temporarily increase the US national debt ceiling, which resulted in the aforementioned debt reaching the historic $20 trillion landmark, appears to be related to the hurricanes that devastated the United States this year, according to a Russian journalist.

NASA astronomers operating the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a pitch-black planet that appears to be ‘eating’ light rather than reflecting it.

Izvestia contributor Evgenia Priemskaya pays homage to a few of the most famous, beloved and unique buses from the Soviet period.

Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in south London because of the reported gas leak, local media reported Sunday.

UK economy gained some momentum in the second quarter, but growth is still subdued as the tumultuous Brexit negotiations with the EU and the fading effects of monetary stimulus weigh heavily on investor and consumer confidence.

The Turkish army has moved 80 military vehicles, including tanks, to the border with Syria, local media reported Sunday citing a military source.

The United States' top two diplomats – Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and US State Secretary Rex Tillerson – made dissonant comments on the North Korean issue on Sunday, on the one hand saying Washington is not seeking the regime in Pyongyang to collapse and on the other , that they may deal with the DPRK using military force.

Digital multinationals, such as Google and Facebook, have notoriously underpaid taxes in the EU over the past several years, and now the bloc is seeking to bring tax levels in line with its internal corporate tax framework.

An attempt to film what seemed to be a cute rodent in a park ended in a fiasco.

Russia's Defense Ministry has ordered its first batch of Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled guns. Military observer Andrei Kotz decided this was a perfect opportunity to consider some of the most powerful artillery systems already in use by the Russian Armed Forces.

Researchers have determined that the raging storms and hurricanes that have recently hammered the US and Mexican coast have also dealt a severe blow to the population of monarch butterflies.

From September 15 till September 17 the Russian city of Vladivostok hosted the first Vladivostok International Auto Show (VIAS 2017), held on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Primring D1 Grand Prix and supported by Tokyo Motor Show.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been criticized by Chair of the UK Statistics Authority David Norgrove for his newspaper article, in which he claimed that Brexit will allow London to save hundreds of millions of pounds each week.

The United Kingdom has lowered the threat level after the second suspect in Parsons Green tube station bombing had been arrested.

Saudi State Minister of the Gulf Affairs Thamer Al-Sabhan has offered help in easing tensions between the officials in Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Iraq that is planning to hold a referendum on the issue of seceding from the country in September.

A 29-year-old man from Ukraine was taken into custody in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva after he severely beat a Ukrainian woman, thinking that she was a Russian national.

After lifting the blockade around Deir ez-Zor, the Syrian Army is just a step away from freeing a road to Iraq. As for Washington, it is gradually losing influence in Syria, while Moscow is boosting its military, diplomatic and humanitarian positions in the region, a Russian expert told Sputnik.

This baby was clearly unaware that his Mom’s beauty requires a little maintenance from time to time.

A rally against the mixed electoral system was held in Moldova's capital Chisinau on Sunday next to the building of the country's parliament, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

According to the Kremlin press service, Vladimir Putin will inspect Russian and Belarusian troops involved in the Zapad 2017 joint-military drills.