Новости за 30.09.2017

Google, FB, and Twitter hand data over to US government on users; St. Louis protests two weeks on; Puerto Rico in Crisis.

A source told Sputnik that the Syrian army supported by allied forces were clearing areas near the roadway connecting the cities of Palmyra and Deir ez-Zor.

While airstrikes by the US-led coalition in Syria have only resulted in terrorists seizing ever new chunks of Syrian territory, the Russian military operation, launched in 2016 , has led to a huge military shift turning the tables against the jihadists, an independent British journalist told Sputnik.

On Saturday a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the central Chinese province of Sichuan, the Chinese Seismological Center said.

Turkish musician Ferhat Göçer and his band played their own rendition of the well-known tune from HBO’s epic series "Game of Thrones."

While a toddler was trying to work out how to use her electric scooter, a cute poodle appeared out of nowhere to teach her the nuts and bolts of riding.

Following the resignation of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price over the use of private jets for official business the White House is instructing government officials to spend government funds for travel appropriately.

According to former adviser to Senate Republican leaders Jim Jatras, politicians as well as the mainstream US media are now determined to find any proof of Russian meddling in the 2016 election since they already believe, though without any substantial reason, that the claims against Russia are true.

During a meeting with UK servicemen at the Estonian military base Tapa British Prime Minister Theresa May claimed that Russia represented a threat to Poland and the Baltic states.

Reuters citing South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) sources reports that several North Korean missiles were seen transported from a production facility in Pyongyang.

A deal signed on Friday by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos marks a significant milestone in efforts to end political violence in South America as it is the first ceasefire with the National Liberation Army guerrilla group in the history of its insurgency.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has laughed off the claims of the UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon that the country made a "major contribution" to the campaign against Daesh which accidentally appeared amid the considerable progress made by Syrian government forces with Russian aerial support.

The US Department of Justice asked a contractor of the RT in the United States to register under Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to RT editor-in-chief, this move is apparently aimed at preventing the media outlet from working in the US.

Amid the federal government's attempts to halt the preparations for the vote, slated for October 1 thousands have taken to the streets to support the referendum.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announces it recruits Russian-speaking employees whose language skills are needed in order to "unveil the truth". What truth the CIA intends to reveal remains unclear.

A new study from British researchers has found that along with compulsive lying, narcissism and a failure to return video tapes on time, one telltale sign of a psychopath is that they do not share laughter with others.

Following his decree to lift the ban on female drivers, Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdulaziz called for officials on Thursday to draft a law criminalizing sexual harassment.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) of China has officially commissioned its very first stealth aircraft, Chengdu’s J-20 fighter, a Chinese military spokesman said September 28, making it only one of three operational stealth aircraft models in the world.

The US Army abruptly announced that it does not want to procure a decade-old WIN-T tactical network, less than one month before the US Congress is set to approve the budget for fiscal year 2018.

Serious efforts are being made to bring peace and stability to Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that two more settlements in the province of Hama have joined the ceasefire regime.

Avian activism converges with paragliding to give you Parahawking.

Social media was set ablaze after media mogul Oprah Winfrey thanked a NY Post author who lauded the TV giant as the democrats’ “best hope” for 2020.

Canadian police filed an arrest warrant on Thursday for Vatican envoy Carlo Capella, a 50-year-old monsignor from Italy, for allegedly accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography during his stay in the country.

Amid the recent scandal over the use of private jets for official business which forced now former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price to resign, details of the travels of other members of the White House administration come under scrutiny.

Radioactive, contaminated water may have leaked from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor in Japan into nearby groundwater, report plant officials. The incident has not been confirmed, but is suspected to have occurred because of a fault in well placement.