Новости за 01.05.2017

Turkey is reinforcing the border with Syria in the southeastern part of the country, local media reported on Monday.

At least eight people were killed in a shootout in the Mexican resort town of San Jose del Cabo.

Independent journalist and author Mike Cernovich caused quite a stir at the White House briefing on Monday, after turning to the room full of journalists and demanding to know why they aren’t asking Democratic politicians to disavow violence from those opposed to US President Donald Trump.

In a continuation of what the UN has termed the largest global humanitarian crisis since World War II, an estimated 425,000 civilians have been displaced during the ongoing military assault against western regions of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.

The University of Texas at Austin Police Department said that an unidentified suspect has been apprehended for stabbing two people and assaulting another, one of whom died due to the wounds.

Batten the hatches and circle the wagons, East Coast. Violent thunderstorms are expected to pass from the Midwest to wreak havoc from Savannah, Georgia to Buffalo, New York. The storm system has already claimed 15 lives across the United States, but the danger has not fully passed

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) most recent missile test, which ended in mid-flight explosion, was intentional and not part of a failed launch, South Korean officials said.

At least 14 people have been arrested in New York City during a May Day demonstration, as protesters blocked the entrances to Wells Fargo and JP Morgan banks.

Several journalists were injured in clashes between police and activists in Paris.

Trump’s administration terminated an education program created by former first lady Michelle Obama to serve underprivileged girls in foreign countries.

Despite worldwide calls for denuclearization, North Korea has said it will continue testing nuclear weapons in the face of what it sees as provocation from the US.

The roads of Tamil Nadu state in India briefly became a scene from Mad Max. A video uploaded online on Saturday that shows a pair of bus drivers racing at frightening speeds from the town of Pollachi to the city of Coimbatore 25 miles north has gone viral.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has expressed support for the establishment of a Palestinian state adhering to the borders agreed on in 1967.

The US DOE has failed to adequately supervise and track its contractors, the Government Accountability Office said in a report on Monday.

The Chinese government's inability to persuade North Korea to stop its nuclear missile program will likely result in a preemptive strike by the United States, Japanese House of Representatives member Gen Nakatani said during an event in Washington, DC on Monday.

Of the estimated 2000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who began a hunger strike two weeks ago, a reported 300, according to Israeli state sources, have chosen to resume eating, while the remaining group continues their protest.

The US State Department and the National Security Council are at a loss due to the fact that President Donald Trump invited Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte to the United States.

Representatives of Ahrar ash-Sham military group are likely to be part of the Syrian opposition delegation for the new round of talks on Syria due to take place in the Kazakh capital later in the week, Free Syrian Army general Bashar Zoubi told Sputnik Monday.

International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in some countries is a celebration of laborers and the working classes.

Turkish riot police detained dozens of people during the Labour Day demonstrations in Istanbul on Monday, local media reported.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would consider increasing the gas tax to provide funding for his infrastructure development project and would be open to negotiations regarding his tax plan proposal.

Russian MP Alexei Pushkov believes it's counterproductive to expect from Moscow any "changes in behavior," which US National Security Advisor Herbert McMaster called a key condition for the cooperation between Moscow and Washington.

US President Donald Trump is considering breaking up big Wall Street banks in the revival of the 1933 Glass-Steagall law.

The United States will most likely not reach three percent growth for at least two years, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday.

Foreign states are expressing interest to train with the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian sappers risked their lives demining Syria and their experience is now highly valuable for other states.