Новости за 21.08.2017

Russia is forecast to produce a record grain crop this year, exceeding the numbers last seen in 1978.
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Austria’s Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology has announced plans to extend the Trans-Siberian Railroad (Transsib) from eastern Slovakia to Vienna. It would connect Russia's Far East with Central Europe.
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Police have confirmed they have shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver in the terrorist attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona Thursday in an operation at Subirats, just outside the city.
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British democracy needs a dramatic overhaul following this year’s “hold your nose” general election that saw 6.5 million people voting tactically rather than for what they truly believe in, the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has said.
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The governor of Rostov-on-Don has assured fans there will be no issue with attendance at the city’s new Rostov Arena, which has been purpose-built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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The lure of Paris hasn't proven as strong for the Chinese as developers had hoped, with a development designed in the image of the French capital becoming a ghost-town in China after apparently failing to attract residents.
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More than 500 people have been evacuated from a residential area in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, where a huge fire has engulfed over 10,000 sq meters. City authorities have declared a state of emergency.
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A judge was ambushed and shot outside Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio. One of the attackers was shot by police, according to city officials.
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Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has been tipped as a possible successor to Theresa May, has raked in a staggering £4 million since becoming an MP seven years ago.
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As racial tensions simmer across the US in the wake of the Charlottesville violence, a Colorado man attempted to stab a stranger, who he apparently mistook for a neo-Nazi, in the head.
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Washington is “irresponsible” to have launched a formal probe into China’s alleged theft of American intellectual property, Beijing says, calling the accusations “not objective,” according to the Commerce Ministry’s statement.
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Free movement around the European Union (EU) allows terrorists to easily cross international borders and commit mass murder, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said.
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Islamic State terrorists are gathering their remaining forces in Deir ez-Zor to prepare for a decisive battle as the Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, pushes to retake the besieged city, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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A meeting to honor victims of crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants sparked a counter protest at California’s Laguna Beach on Sunday.
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New measures designed to crack down on hate crime could have a “chilling effect” on freedom of speech, warn civil liberties campaigners.
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Britain’s Conservative government is guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of disabled people’s human rights which are “regressing on an unprecedented scale,” the United Nations will hear on Monday.
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The mother of Younes Abouyaaqoub, the man suspected of mowing down pedestrians in a van attack in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas tourist hotspot, killing 14 people and injuring 120, has called on her son to surrender to police.
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New links between the extremist group Islamic State and Britain have been uncovered in an FBI investigation, which found South Wales businesses helped fund terrorist attacks in Europe.
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Moscow has selected Anatoly Antonov, a career diplomat specializing in defense and security issues, as its next ambassador in Washington. Antonov replaces Sergey Kislyak, who was painted as a shadowy spymaster by those targeting the Trump administration.
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As Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor prepare to meet in their boxing megabout in Las Vegas on Saturday, RT Sport looks at some of the best quotes from the careers of two renowned trash-talkers. Decide who you think said what.
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The world’s fastest train will start running between Beijing and Shanghai in late September, knocking an hour off the 1,318 kilometers journey.
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A new study comparing the performance of top level Russian politicians and estimating their ability to succeed the president puts Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in first place, with Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin taking second.
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The Queen has no intention of handing the crown to her son Prince Charles, despite reports she plans effectively to cede power when she turns 95. Recent opinion polls indicate the heir to the throne is not popular with his subjects.
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Russia’s Rosneft and its partners including Dutch commodity trading house Trafigura have finalized the $12.9 billion purchase of India’s second-largest oil refiner Essar Oil. It’s the biggest foreign acquisition in the South Asian country.
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The Moscow Arbitration Court has rejected a plea by Siemens to seize its gas turbines sent to Crimea. The German company claims its turbines were delivered to the Russian Black Sea peninsula illegally.
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