Новости за 26.01.2017

Google is hopping on the bandwagon against fake news started by Facebook. The search-engine giant has now permanently blocked 200 publishers since instituting a new policy to combat fake news.

On Wednesday German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said that the country would abolish an "outdated and unnecessary” 19th-century law requiring government permission to prosecute someone accused of insulting a foreign head of state.

Researchers in the UK claim that they have uncovered a massive network of over 350,000 dormant Twitter bots, which had been used to increase users’ follower numbers, boost interest in topics to help them trend, and send spam.

Google and nonprofit company X Prize announced Wednesday that out of 33 original teams, five have secured launch contracts to send spacecraft to the moon. Teams must launch their spacecraft no later than December 31, 2017, to be in the running to win the $20-million Google Lunar X Prize.

The bodies of the last two victims have been recovered at the wreckage of Hotel Rigopiano

Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in the US state of Mississippi following a wave of storms

The bodies of two more people who died when an avalanche wrecked Hotel Rigopiano in the town of Farindola in Italy’s Abruzzo region have been recovered, local media report.

A Florida woman is facing felony battery charges for using a used tampon as a weapon against a police officer who tried to intervene in a brawl in which she was involved.

Cuba wants to maintain a respectful dialogue with the United States under the leadership of US President Donald Trump.

Daesh took to social media recently to show off a new drone, bragging that the terror group has an air force.

The small Irish town of Westport, County Mayo, was flooded with calls by mis-dialers hoping to connect to a phone sex line. The late-night calls, reportedly, were not a turn-on to anyone involved.

Boeing has unveiled a 20 pound spacesuit for astronauts travelling to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

Mayor Bill De Blasio said that the executive order on immigration signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday will not change the way laws are enforced in New York City when it comes to illegal immigrants.

The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), India’s first indigenous 155mm/52-caliber towed artillery gun, will be a joint project of two private-sector corporations. This is a reversal of the usual practice of giving only state-owned companies these kinds of pricey orders.

Donald Trump has nominated former Military Intelligence officer and businessman Philip Bilden to serve as the 76th secretary of the Navy.

The recent strengthening of the ruble is due to the rise of oil prices, First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia Ksenia Yudaeva told the Russian Izvestia newspaper.

US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said that she met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

A Palestinian man drove his car into a bust stop in the West Bank and was subsequently killed by the Israeli troops, local media report citing a statement from the Israeli Army.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,067.

A Secret Service special agent is under investigation after she posted several politically-based comments on her Facebook page, the last of which doubting whether she would be willing to “take bullet” for the President.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that Donald Trump does not have constitutional authority to negate funds to US "sanctuary" cities that offer refuge to illegal immigrants in the United States.

The United States and Russia should cooperate on helping Libyans solve the country’s political crisis and form a strong government, former US Department of State special envoy for Libya Jonathan Winer told Sputnik.

Immigrant advocacy group CASA staged a rally and vigil outside the White House on Wednesday evening in protest of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to tighten borders and immigration.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Wednesday to evaluate “as soon as possible” a constitutional amendment package, strengthening the powers of a president in the country.

A prince in Kuwait’s royal family has been hanged in punishment for murder, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Sheikh Faisal Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was among seven people executed for serious crimes in Kuwait, the first executions in the gulf state since 2013.