Новости за 22.09.2017

Thanks to the collaborative efforts of the US National Institute of Health and Sanofi, a pharmaceutical company, scientists have created a super-powered antibody that can eradicate 99 percent of HIV strains.

NASA has announced that they will be decommissioning their twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites that have been in low-Earth orbit since 2002. The satellites, which focused on studying Earth’s oceans, will be decommissioned in either October or November.

The 100,000-ton USS Ronald Reagan convened with one Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter carrier and two destroyers off the Korean Peninsula to conduct military exercises, the Japanese military said Friday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 has hit an area off the northern coast of the US state of California, the US Geological Survey said in a statement on Friday.

“Okay, just a little bit of camera time, but then I’m out!”

The heated exchange of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is being broadly discussed by journalists and government officials attending the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced Moscow’s position on the North Korean problem.

Newly unveiled footage shows the exact moment a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Su-22 Fitter on June 18 over Resafa, Syria, the US military’s first air-to-air kill between conventional manned aircraft in almost 20 years.

US President Donald Trump tried to come off as the cool dad for his "Rocket Man" reference at the UN General Assembly Monday, but Kim Jong-un's use of "dotard" took the war of words to a whole new level, and the internet is there for it.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to defy Western pressure and boost the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile capabilities on Friday, making the comments the same day the country demonstrated their newest missile during a military parade.

Everyone knows that men and women think differently. But scientists have come to an unexpected conclusion that the sex mechanisms controlled by female and male brains work in totally unique manners.

Instagram's technical problems have become subject to vivid discussions on social media, after the social network shared a rape and death threat from a person's account as an advertisement.

The winner of Miss Turkey 2017 was de-crowned on Friday. Itir Esen, 18, was stripped of her title just hours after winning the beauty pageant for her Twitter post about last year’s coup attempt.

A failing dam is causing an "extremely dangerous" situation in the US territory of Puerto Rico, the US National Weather Service said Friday.

The Kurdistan independence vote scheduled for September 25 will play into Tel Aviv's hands: an independent Kurdish state would allow Israel to solve its energy issues and weaken its regional rivals Iraq and Syria, Iraqi expert told Sputnik. For his part, a Syrian general revealed what steps the Syrian Army is taking to halt Kurdish separatism.

Moldovan Prime Minister urged Russia to withdraw completely, unconditionally the so-called Russian Operational Group from the territory of Transnistria.

The plan to push Russia out of Europe’s gas market is unrealistic, because many European countries are interested in energy cooperation with Moscow, including, first of all, the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 projects, an expert told Radio Sputnik.

Working in the gaming industry sounds like fun. To add a cherry on the cake, US game developer Blizzard Entertainment allows its employees to bring their pets to their workplace – how great is that?!

The US State Department stated that Washington will shoot down a North Korea's missile if it flies over the territory of Guam.

Ahead of US Defense Secretary James Mattis’ visit to India starting September 25, a controversial letter by the US-India Business Council has created much uneasiness in the Indian establishment.

On September 22, Russia floated out the hull of its first serial universal nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir, Project 22220 (LK-60Ya class).

A proposal awaiting government approval since 2015 was strongly backed by the prime minister’s office in the aftermath of the recent border tensions with China.

Suzy Cortes, whose seductive curves are driving men crazy all around the world, reveals to Sputnik what she thinks about her private life, Messi and his wife, as well as her attitude toward Vladimir Putin.

Cuba cannot find evidence of a mysterious sonic weapon that injured US diplomats in Havana.

There is nothing strange about the opening of a new US military facility in Israel given the long record of collaboration between the countries' armed forces, Israeli scholar Dr. Ely Karmon told Radio Sputnik. According to Karmon, the latest development sends a signal to Tehran and Hezbollah to stop their military buildup in Syria.

After a week of heavy cross-border shelling between Indian and Pakistani forces, the directors general of military operations (DGMOs) of both armies held a crucial meeting on Friday.