Новости за 22.02.2017

Seven Earth-sized planets have been detected orbiting a single star, a new record. Although not much is known about any of the individual planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, astronomers consider it possible for life to have evolved on any of them.

Keith Ellison is holding the lead in the race to become the new Democratic National Committee chair, and has responded to a tweet from Donald Trump, in which the President praised Ellison’s foresight about Trump’s win.

After a flurry of military drills that included artillery, tank, and helicopter exercises, an Iran Revolutionary Guard official warned that underestimating Iran’s military prowess could lead to the US being on the wrong end of a “strong slap in the face.”

This spring, Moscow's Metro will receive a completely new train design – the 765 series 'Moskva', developed and built by the Metrowagonmash engineering plant.

While OPEC has said the US is welcome to join the deal agreed with non-OPEC producers to cut production, Washington remains unlikely to do so, energy expert Sara Emerson told RIA Novosti.

US President Donald Trump stated that he will have a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in March.

According to reports, Swiss police officers arrested one person, suspected of having links with the Daesh.

Donald Trump's new immigration guidelines will lead to more deportations, but rumors of millions of illegal immigrants being rounded up are wide of the mark, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian told Radio Sputnik.

US servicemen that supported Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) came under fire during the operation to liberate the city of Mosul from the Daesh, according to Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. John Dorrian.

George Soros' alleged interference in Eastern European affairs has recently become the focus of a number of US congressmen. Members of both the House and Senate are probing the US billionaire's activities in the small Balkan country of Macedonia.

A young bull ran for his life after escaping from a slaughterhouse in the Jamaica neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. On the morning of February 21, policemen spent two hours chasing the cattle before managing to catch it.

Last week marked the sixth anniversary of the start of the civil unrest referred to in Western countries as the 'Libyan Revolution', which culminated in the murder of Muammar Gaddafi and the destruction of Libyan statehood. Speaking to RIA Novosti, Gaddafi's cousin Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam discussed the situation in Libya, and who was responsible.

Over 30,000 police officers participated in rally in order to support of seven police officers, who were imprisoned for beating a demonstrator two years ago, according to media reports.

Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that China is open to India joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), but its opinion on relevant details is different from that of New Delhi.

Human beings in many countries will be living to the grand old age of 90 on average by 2030, scientists have predicted, upending many prevailing assumptions about longevity - but also raising serious questions about how this global paradigm shift can and will be accommodated.

US House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley said that while both parties want America to have a reasonable immigration system, the Trump plan "will only make our country less safe and move us further from our value systems."

More than 100 French left-wing politicians have signed a motion demanding the controversial EU-Canada trade deal - CETA - be referred to the country's Constitutional Court over what they say is an issue of sovereignty.

Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo has rolled out a new scheme which will soon hit UK streets. Ofo will allow riders to hire a bike whenever they want, at any time of the day, and the key difference is that riders won't have to find a docking station. Instead, they can pick the bikes up and dispose of them in a place and time of their choosing.

Department of Justice said that Jacob Chait, an auctioneer in the US state of California, has been charged for buying and selling endangered rhinoceros horns in violation of US law.

Amid the fairly optimistic recent macroeconomic data, the US Federal Reserve might raise rates sooner than previously expected, and also commence a substantial effort to decrease its currently bloated balance sheet.

EU Ambassador to the United States David O'Sullivan stated that while the European Union is ready to continue discussions on the matter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if the Trump administration is interested, at the moment there is no one to talk with.

Scientists believe they have identified a way in which to predict whether teenagers will use drugs in a "problematic" way when they get older.

Francois Bayrou, a French centrist politician and the leader of the Democratic Movement party (MoDem), said that he offered an aliance to independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.

Wednesday: Protesters against the access pipeline in North Dakota face a potential showdown with authorities today, as the deadline for an evacuation order approaches; and we’ll be looking at Donald Trump’s pick to replace Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor – General HR McMaster.

Commenting on the recent appointment of US Army Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster as the US president's national security adviser after the resignation of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former senior security policy analyst to the US secretary of defense Michael Maloof told Radio Sputnik why it might mean more US troops in Iraq and Syria.