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More than 500 exemplary pieces of art from St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, porcelain, silver and precious gems, were put on display at the Australian art museum on Friday.
The pieces of art from the legendary personal collection of the empress, who heralded in the Age of Enlightenment in...
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2015/07/31
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TPP deal would force CBC, Canada Post to work for profit only – leak
2015/07/31
TPP could have the power to force state-owned enterprises such as news organizations and postal services to abandon their public service mandate and embrace a profit-only approach, says the leaked confidential letter titled ‘State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Issues for Ministerial Guidance’.
The document was put together for a TPP Ministerial Meeting held in Singapore in December 2013. It outlines “a wide-ranging privatization...
18 raging wildfires force California Gov. to declare state of emergency
2015/07/31
“California’s severe drought and extreme weather have turned much of the state into a tinderbox,” said Governor Brown in a statement. “Our courageous firefighters are on the front lines and we’ll do everything we can to help them.”
Wildfires are not an uncommon occurrence in California but severe drought conditions and high temperatures have combined to create an especially dangerous situation. The drought has caused millions...
St. Louis justice system rife with conflicts of interest, bias against black children – report
2015/07/31
“The findings we issue today are serious and compelling,” Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, said in a statement.
Having investigating 33,000 juvenile cases since beginning its probe in November 2013, the Justice Department found that the St. Louis County Family court system had committed multiple constitutional violations, including failing to ensure that children accused of wrongdoing...
Online outrage in Germany after news bloggers accused of treason for snooping leak, probe halted
2015/07/31
READ MORE: ‘Media freedom is an utmost value’: Watchdog allows German TV to continue airing
Germany has suspended the investigation into the prominent Netzpolitik.org news website, whose reporters were accused of quoting an intelligence report, for “the greater good” of protecting freedom of the press, Reuters reported on Friday.
Federal Prosecutor Harald Range told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that “The investigation...
White House placed on lockdown after woman jumps barricade
2015/07/31
According to CBS News reporter Mark Knoller, the jumping incident occurred around 7 pm on Friday. He also tweeted about 30 minutes later that the Secret Service had apprehended the female intruder.
WH in security lockdown after woman jumps barricade in front of WH fence on Pennsylvania Avenue.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 31, 2015
Jumper arrested by USSS uniformed division. WH lockdown lifted.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller)...
Shokhin: sanction list to grow but this is not fresh tide of sanctions
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. The head of Russia’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Aleksandr Shokhin, believes that the latest expansion of the United States’ sanction list is not a new tide of sanctions.
"The sanctions are being expanded in a domino-like way. The ultimate aim is to hit the companies that are being used to sidestep them (sanctions)," Shokhin told TASS in an interview.
"The new names on the list are not...
ROC chief: 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to boost sports infrastructures in Far East
2015/07/31
KUALA LUMPUR, August 1. /TASS/. The decision to select Beijing as the capital of the 2002 Winter Olympics will have a favorable effect on sports infrastructures in the Far East, the head of Russia’s national Olympic committee, Aleksandr Zhukov, told TASS.
On Friday, it was announced that Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The choice was made at the 128th session of the International Olympic...
Churkin: another vote on tribunal over MH17 in UN to have same result
2015/07/31
UNITED NATIONS, August 1. /TASS/. Should the idea of creating an international tribunal to investigate the loss of Malaysia’s flight MH17 over Ukraine last summer be put to the vote in the UN Security Council again, the results will be the same as in the first case, when Russia used its power to veto the resolution, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin told TASS in an exclusive interview.
"The mass media have mentioned a statement...
Ballsy move: Singer Morrissey accuses TSA of groping his genitals
2015/07/31
Morrissey’s account first came to light in a blog post on the True to You fan website, in which the famed singer for The Smiths detailed his experience at SFO on July 27. Morrissey said he had been making his way through the airport screening checkpoint with zero problems before the incident occurred.
As the lyricist went to grab his belongings from the airport trays, a TSA officer “stopped me, crouched before me and groped...
Clashes erupt in Jerusalem, West Bank after arson attack kills Palestinian toddler
2015/07/31
Six Palestinians were injured in clashes on Friday, the Haaretz newspaper reports.
One Palestinian was shot in the leg during protests in the West Bank city of Hebron; four others were wounded after police resorted to tear gas and rubber bullets against about 30 stone-throwers in the city of Halhul. One more Palestinian was injured with a rubber bullet in Kfar Kadum.
Jerusalem witnessed firebombs and stone throwing with one...
‘Incredibly intrusive’: Windows 10 spies on you by default
2015/07/31
Microsoft’s new Windows 10 operating system is immensely popular, with 14 million downloads in just two days. The price of the free upgrade may just be your privacy, though, as changing Windows 10’s intrusive default settings is difficult.
Technology journalists and bloggers are singing Windows 10’s praises, often using the words such as “amazing,”“glorious” and “fantastic.” The operating system has been described as faster,...
Russia ranks second in team standing at 2015 FINA World Championships
2015/07/31
KAZAN, July 31. /TASS/. Russia’s national team is second in the team standing after the seventh day of the 2015 FINA World Championships, with seven gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
On Friday, Russia’s Ilia Zakharov won 3m springboard men silver; Russian synchronized swimmers Vlada Chigireva, Alexandra Patskevich, Alla Shishkina, Anzhelika Timanina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Elena Prokofyeva, Maria Shurochkina and Gelena...
West-Ukrainian nationalists remove Pushkin from street name in Ivano-Frankovsk
2015/07/31
KIEV, July 31. /TASS/. Deputies of the West-Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk, one of the mainstays of militant nationalism on Friday issued a resolution remove the name of the landmark classic of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin, from the name of a city street since Pushkin (b. 1799, d. 1837) allegedly occupied "an anti-Ukrainian position", a local news portal said.
"The city deputies decided to rename the Northern Alexander...
Officials in Odessa claim Interpol declares Saakashvili’s prosecution inadmissible
2015/07/31
ODESSA, July 31. /TASS/. The press service of the Odessa regional state administration has released a report claiming that Interpol passed a decision on the inadmissibility of any prosecutions targeting the former Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili who is now governor of Ukraine’s vital Odessa region.
"In response to the steps taken by the (Georgian) government in Tbilisi, Interpol’s governing body in Lyons has passed...
Cell phone distraction to blame in death of charity cyclist
2015/07/31
Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the accident occurred Thursday morning, on Highway 152 south of Elk City. Patrick Wanninkhof, 25, was thrown 174 feet and died on impact. Bridget Anderson, 22, was airlifted to Oklahoma University Medical Center with a serious leg injury, reported KOTV in Tulsa.
Wanninkhof and Anderson were part of a cross-country Maine-to-Santa Barbara (ME2SB) ride, organized by Bike & Build, a charity...
Georgia cops pose as construction workers to nab texting drivers
2015/07/31
The officers set up at a busy intersection in Cobb County to get a closer look inside vehicles, Marietta police officer Nick Serkedakis told WSB-TV.
“What we've done here is we're able to put officers in the roads so we're able to get close enough almost inside their cars so we can look down and see exactly what they're doing on their phones,” he said.
Marietta police insisted that even drivers stopped at a traffic light, as...
Off-duty New Jersey trooper fires at retreating teens who knocked on wrong door
2015/07/31
The encounter occurred early Sunday morning at a home owned by Kissinger Barreau, a 2009 graduate of the New Jersey State Police Academy, according to NJ Advance Media. The state Attorney General's office said their initial probe of the incident found that the three teens knocked on the front and back doors of Barreau's residence in Sparta, New Jersey believing they were at the home of a friend. The off-duty...
Russia ready to assist China in preparations for 2022 Winter Olympics — Putin
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on the occasion of Beijing’s victory in bidding contest as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the Kremlin press service said.
Putin said in his congratulatory telegram Russia was prepared to offer an all-round assistance to China in preparations for the future Games, the report indicated.
"The Russian President...
Ukrainian journalist to seek Russian citizenship
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31 /TASS/. Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Wasserman will apply for the Russian citizenship if stripped of his Ukrainian one.
Earlier on Friday, Oleksiy Honcharenko, the deputy head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc in Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), sent an inquiry to Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in which he asked to check whether Wasserman had called for overthrowing the ruling power in Ukraine...
No conflict of interests in Mutko’s nomination to RFU president — FIFA
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31 /TASS/. FIFA sees no conflict of interests in the nomination of the Russian Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko to the post of president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), the FIFA press service told TASS on Friday adding the nomination did not violate any of the FIFA rules.
FIFA said the combination of two posts by Mutko was unlikely to cause any serious conflict of interests.
According to FIFA, difficulties could...
State secrecy? Govt media adviser denies D-notices suppressed child abuse claims
2015/07/31
In his first interview as Chairman of the Defense and Security Media Advisory Committee, Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Vallance said police may have handed fake gagging orders, known as D-notices, to a number of news outlets.
The government D-notices are issued to news editors, demanding they withhold information from the public on national security grounds.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Valance said “not a shred...
70% Americans claim US economy is 'negative'
2015/07/31
Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort index in the US shows a record-low level of the Americans being content with the state of economy.
According to the report, 70% of the US residents estimate their country's state of economy as "negative".
The number of those being sure that the US economy is "excellent" also amazes. That is only 1%.
The rest of 29% believe that the economy is about middle level.
Pravda.Ru reported, that the US public...
Gays to be treated with electric shock in UK
2015/07/31
British doctors intend to struggle against homosexuality with the help of electric shock therapy. It turned out that a number of doctors resort to the practice indeed, although they realize that it is not very tolerant to advertise such a method of medical help.
The technique is as follows. A patient is shown a sexually appealing picture of another person of the same sex before the patient is exposed to an electric shock.
Many...
US Ambassador enthusiastic over devastation in Donbass
2015/07/31
Geoffrey Pyatt, the United States Ambassador to Ukraine visited Donbass yesterday.
Pyatt visited the cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. An alien "host of Ukraine", as former Prime Minister Azarov called him, was pleased with "endurance" of the local population.
While visiting destroyed residential areas, Pyatt noted, that the US continues providing Donbass with humanitarian aid worth of 62 million dollars.
He also promised...
Putin to go on Crimea mission with Russian Geographical Society
2015/07/31
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to take part in a mission of the Russian Geographical Society in the Crimea before the end of August. Details of Putin's trip to the Crimea will be kept secret right till the moment when the trip begins. However, it transpired that the goal of the mission is to explore places of interest on the peninsula, including the places associated with the Silk Road.
Noteworthy, the Russian Geographical...
Russia to create Eurasian Court against European Court of Human Rights
2015/07/31
Yelena Sutormina, Chairwoman of the Public Chamber Commission on the Development of Public Diplomacy and Support for Compatriots Abroad directed the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, and Minister of Justice Konovalov an official inquiry. She offers to consider creation of a Eurasian Court of human rights.
The reason for such a court creation is the fact, that European Court decisions have "political motivation", but not human...
Decision on Mistral helicopter carriers to be made by end of summer — French PM
2015/07/31
PARIS, July 31. /TASS/. French authorities will take a decision [on the issue of delivery to Russia] of the Mistral class helicopter carriers before the end of summer, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday after a ministerial council meeting at the Elysee palace.
He said important decisions on this matter would be made by the end of August. He did not give any details.
An article published by the Kommersant daily said...
Passenger train collides with truck in Russia's Belgorod region
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. The locomotive and 4 carriages of a passenger train have derailed in a railway crossing accident in the Belgorod region, Central Russia, Russian Railways (RZD) told TASS on Friday.
According to an RZD source, the incident took place at 13:25pm, Moscow time at the 664-km railway crossing of the Prokhorovka-Belinikhino haul. The driver of a KAMAZ truck, disregarding the alarm signal, drove the vehicle...
Year under sanctions: how Russian banks survive
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. On July 30 Washington extended sanctions for another 11 individuals and 15 legal entities, mostly from Russia. Vnesheconombank subsidiaries are included in the list. The bank is subject to the sanction of the European Union and the US for over a year.
Exactly a year ago the European Union introduced the first package of sectoral sanctions that finally closed the western capital markets for Sberbank,...
Ferry fire threatens some 100 on board in northern Japan
2015/07/31
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Russia cuts key rate to 11% despite weak oil and ruble
2015/07/31
"Major macroeconomic indicators demonstrate further economy cooling. The Bank of Russia estimates GDP decrease in 2015 Q2 compared with the similar quarter last year to be more significant than that in Q1 2015," the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said in a statement Friday.
The regulator expects consumer price rises will continue to slow amid slack domestic demand.
“Annual inflation will fall...
UN rep accuses UK of ‘exaggerating’ Calais migrant crisis
2015/07/31
Peter Sutherland said the crisis was humanitarian rather than economic, and criticized the government for failing to tackle the poor conditions of migrants in the Calais camp.
His comments come after the government revealed that Ministry of Defence (MoD) officers could take part in easing traffic congestion building around the Kent coastline after Channel services were disrupted by thousands of migrants storming the tunnel...
Gold and uranium extraction granted to Russia in Sudan
2015/07/31
Russia was granted rights to extract uranium in Sudan, as the Sudanese authorities claimed today morning.
The unique silvery-white metal was discovered across the country.
Given long-time economic cooperation with Russia, its "companies will be given priority". According to the director general of the Geological Research Authority in Sudan Yousif al-Samani, "Russia is working with us to create a geological map and mineral map...
New Human Terrain System? Army, PACOM Séance Reveals News
2015/07/31
By John Stanton
The US Army Human Terrain System (HTS) will become a "shining star, you'll see" said a music critic, part-time divinity professor, retired military officer, and former HTS contractor. He was incensed that with the alleged demise of the US Army program, it having been murdered, killed and defeated, the HTS suddenly has new life thanks to "those pro-HTS intellectuals authorized by somebody higher up in their organizations...
Iran not to let US or Canadian inspectors to nuclear facilities
2015/07/31
The Iranian authorities claimed, that the country would not permit the US and Canadian representatives to inspect its nuclear facilities.
As Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed yesterday, "American and Canadian inspectors cannot be sent to Iran. It is mentioned in the deal that inspectors should be from countries that have diplomatic relations with Islamic republic of Iran."
Inspectors from the International Atomic...
Russia's Lukoil, Bashneft, Gazprom Neft interested in entering Algerian market — minister
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russia’s Lukoil, Bashneft, Gazprom Neft and Inter RAO are interested in entering the market of Algeria, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.
He was speaking after a meeting of the intergovernmental Russian-Algerian commission on cooperation.
"Among the companies interested in entering to Algerian market I would put a focus on Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, Russneft, Rusneftegaz, Bashneft...
Lawmaker Lebedev withdraws from Russian Football Union presidential race
2015/07/31
MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russian State Duma deputy speaker Igor Lebedev announced his decision on Friday to withdraw his candidacy from the elections of the new president of the Russian Football Union (RFU).
"Today I met with [sports minister] Vitaly Mutko and we agreed on mutual support," Lebedev said. "He will back me at the elections to the [RFU] executive committee and I will support him at the elections of the [RFU] president."
Therefore,...
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court rules draft decentralization amendments are constitutional
2015/07/31
KIEV, July 31. /TASS/. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has ruled that the draft constitutional amendments concerning decentralization do not run counter to Articles 157 and 158 of the country’s Constitution, Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Vasily Brintsev told a court hearing on Friday.
"The Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled that the draft law on amendments to Ukraine’s Constitution regarding...
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