Новости за 15.09.2017

Florida’s citrus industry was dealt a major blow by Hurricane Irma, wiping out lots of orange and grapefruit groves, but that is only the latest of the industry’s many problems. Florida’s citrus industry has already shrunk by 70 percent since 2005 due to citrus greening disease, caused by motile bacteria.

An obscure $65 million program tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) funds a cruise missile program “with a range prohibited by the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,” writes Politico’s Greg Hellman, former Government Accountability Office analyst.

Anthony Weiner, the New Jersey ex-congressman convicted of sexting a 15-year old, should be spared prison, as his alleged victim wanted her actions to sway 2016 elections result, among other things, Weiner’s lawyers say.

Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has raised the UK's national threat level to "critical." This means that the British government believes a terrorist attack is imminent.

A team from the US Navy’s 10th Fleet has traveled to Singapore to determine if the USS McCain’s deadly August steering failure was caused by cyber intrusion. The investigation, which marks the first time that the Navy has dispatched its Cyber Command 10th fleet abroad, could take months.

A Taiwanese court has sentenced a Chinese man to fourteen months in prison for attempting to create spies for Beijing within the Taiwanese government. This comes just four days after China found a Taiwanese activist guilty of subversion.

In addition to North Korea’s burgeoning ballistic missile and nuclear weapons program, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s administration has been test driving new versions of the Scud-B, also known as the Hwasong-5, Business Insider reports.

The French president has called the Arab states to lift an embargo on Qatar after the meeting with the Qatari emir.

Never too early to learn responsibility, right?

A Pakistani Christian man was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy after allegedly sending a WhatsApp message insulting Islam to a Muslim friend.

An owner of a metalworking enterprise from South Germany believes that anti-Russian sanctions hurt the German economy, which is why he has decided to protest the restriction measures by directly appealing to the German Parliament.

The Afghan ambassador to Russia told Sputnik that Afghanistan hoped to receive Russian military helicopters.

A puppy called Buddy got his head stuck in a cookie jar when he tried to grab a biscuit and bite off more than he could chew.

Appealing to the public on social networks asking for help to hunt down a criminal is a common police practice, but getting surprise feedback from the suspect is a different story. Still, this is exactly what has happened to law enforcers in North Wales and a man called Martin Tate.

The US envoy to the UN has reiterated Washington's years-long goal regarding Syria.

People are amazed by the new iPhone's facial recognition system, but the high-tech function has a dangerous side: as expert Julio Cesar Fort explained, the progressive technical solution can easily deliver the device and its owner's data into the wrong hands.

With the Yars, Sarmat and Topol-M heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles poised to constitute the main land-based element of Russia’s nuclear triad, the Defense Ministry is making sure that they never come in harm’s way.

According to a poll conducted by the Gallup organization, a 58 percent of Americans supports a US military strike against North Korea if economic and diplomatic efforts fail.

The Rudaw news agency reported Friday that Iraqi Kurdistan parliament had finally approved the independence referendum that would be held on September 25.

After Pyongyang conducted its first missile launch since the UN had imposed new sanctions on North Korea, the US president's national security adviser reiterated that a military solution to the problem is still on the table.

A lasting peace with Russia entails mammoth potential benefits, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik. According to the analyst, Donald Trump sees Russia as a pivotal global force. However, in the context of the ongoing Trump-Russia inquiry the US president avoids making concessions to Moscow.

The US decision to stop using Kaspersky software is an attempt to squeeze a successful Russian company out of the cybersecurity market, meaning that free competition makes sense to Americans only when it serves their interests, political analysts told Radio Sputnik.

According to the Holy See's press service, the Vatican has recalled a member of its diplomatic corps from the United States over suspicions of violating laws relating to child pornography images.

Despite NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg statements, saying that the Russia-Belarus joint drills aren't considered to be a threat by the alliance, the Pentagon has said that it is "closely watching" the war games anyway.

Two US Senators proposed to create an independent commission similar to the 9/11 commission to probe Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.