Новости за 03.01.2018

A new type of giant Pacific octopus was discovered by researchers at the University of Alaska, Earther said. It is believed to be the largest specimen of octopus. In 2012, scientists at the University of Alaska, and the US Geological Survey, discovered a bunch of Pacific Omonoia specimens in the Strait of Prince Wilhelm, genetically distinct from other Enteroctopus dofleini. But researchers managed to take only small samples of tissues on their tentacles and returned the animals back to the sea. Читать дальше...

The U.N. human rights chief called on Iran on Wednesday to rein in security forces to avoid further violence and respect the right of protesters to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly./ Reuters

The first line of the Beijing Metro with fully automated unmanned trains was officially launched on Saturday, China's Central Television reported.

Young male refugees in Germany got the blame on Wednesday for most of a two-year increase in violent crime, adding fuel to the country’s political debate over migrants, according to Reuters. 

Homes and business on Ireland’s west coast suffered flood damage and 27,000 were still without electricity on Wednesday after Storm Eleanor brought heavy rain and winds of up to 155 kilometers per hour, reported Reuters. 

Publishers of the well-known Playboy magazine may stop printing. As the US Wall Street Journal reports, Playboy Enterprises, which publishes Playboy, "seriously thinks about the future of the print version of the magazine, although the final decision has not yet been adopted."

Last year, the authorities in Edirne managed to capture 50,000 migrants in an attempt to illegally transfer to Bulgaria and Greece, the correspondent of BGNES reported.

The owner of UBB, the Belgian bank-insurance group KBC, acquires the remaining 40% of the life insurance company UBB-Metlife, the bank said.

A bottle of vodka claimed to be worth over a million euros was stolen from a collection in Copenhagen in the early hours of Tuesday, says the owner of the collection.

Patient and non-governmental organizations have again warned of the threatening consequences of re-export of medicines. According to their data, 59% of imported medicines from the European Union are exported back.

The United States is preparing new measures against Pakistan due to alleged support for terrorism, US spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. According to her, we can expect the announcement of new measures "in the next 24-48 hours".

A passenger of Ryanair, who was tired of waiting on a Spanish airport, shocked his companions after he had escaped through the escape route and stood on the wing. His flight from London delayed by one hour, and after landing in Malaga, passengers had waited on the plane for 30 minutes without being able to go out without informing them why.

SplashData publishes its annual rating of the hundred most unreliable passwords for the year on the internet.

The team with best form in recent time of all the clubs in Italy - Udinese, wants to buy Ivelin Popov. The club near the border with Slovenia follows Popov and is determined to give a large amount money for him. The team is in a series of five consecutive wins and is in seventh place, with appetites for ranking in Europa League.

 Sales of electric and hybrid cars exceeded half of new registrations in Norway in 2017, a record aided by generous subsidies that extended the Nordic nation’s lead in a shift from fossil-fuel engines, data showed on Wednesday, reported Reuters. 

The crisis in Catalonia cost Spain's state budget at least 1 billion euros.

A new law making it illegal to pay men more than women has taken effect in Iceland.

Russia's Defense Ministry says that a Russian military helicopter has crashed in Syria, killing both pilots aboard.

The Forza Italy party and its leader, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, are planning to raise the candidacies of singers Toto Cotugno and Al Bano in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Messaggero writes.

Bulgarian Government approved a draft agreement between the Council of Ministers and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. With it, the two sides agree to work jointly to strengthen the scientific activity and the funding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,  BGNES reported.

The document provides for an additional 15 million BGN to be made available to the Bulgarian Academy of Science for 2018 at the expense of the funds allocated to science for the central budget. They will be distributed... Читать дальше...

The Eleanor storm crossed over Belgium this night and caused material damage, local media reported.

The Eiffel Tower was closed today for visitors because of the strong winds that hit the French capital. This is what the company, which is the operator of the most famous landmark in Paris, told AFP, quoted by BTA.

More than 4,250 undocumented migrants and refugees who were trying to reach Europe using illegal routes as well as over 100 smugglers were held in Turkey during 2017, according to a security source, Anadolu Agency reported.

Close to 200 Turkish nationals, suspected of being members of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), were also held in the year who too were trying to escape to Europe using illegal routes.

In the ongoing operations conducted by Turkish Coast Guard, police and gendarmerie forces... Читать дальше...

US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter late last night that he will hold fake news awards next week, DPA reported.

Hundreds of new permanent enclosures will be installed in the Times Square and elsewhere in New York to prevent pedestrians from being attacked by cars, the Associated Press reported.