Новости за 27.10.2017

Over 60 US representatives and senators have introduced a bill that would prevent US President Donald Trump from launching a preemptive attack on North Korea without securing Congressional approval beforehand.

The Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon told Sputnik on Friday that US and Russian generals recently have held a third face-to-face deconfliction meeting in an attempt to prevent any mishaps as rival forces close in on the same territory in Syria.

People in Siberia were stunned Thursday night by a one-in-a-kind spectacle: a huge glowing ball rising up in the sky. What was it? A UFO? A portal to a different dimension?

As the United Nations and chemical weapons watchdog issued a report on the chemical use by the Syrian government, Daesh terrorist group has emerged as the party that has been actively using chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria.

India, the pivot of US' South Asia policy, has high stakes in Myanmar where it aims to establish a massive infrastructure that would help in penetrating the ASEAN market as well as counter Chinese influence in the Bay of Bengal.

The World Food Program on Friday announced that it had received permission from the Myanmar authorities to deliver food to northern Rakhine state and began negotiations on details of the delivery.

Germans in the market for a new set of wheels are increasingly attracted by Russian cars, sales of which have risen by 50% over the past year, Lada's German arm told Sputnik.

The Catalan parliament has declared independence from Spain on Friday, October 27, after a decisive vote that sees 70 deputies vote in favor, with 10 opposed and two blank ballot slips. Sputnik spoke to Professor of Law Alfred De Zayas about the legal implications of this declaration of independence.

Take a glimpse into some of the most interesting and significant events of this week.

Tensions around chemical attacks in Syria are running high as, according to Moscow, OPCW-UN report, issued recently, is based on flawed methodology and thus wrenches the truth.

The couple was the first to explain how Antiretrovirals could play a role in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV. They are currently developing new ways of HIV prevention in women.

The EU has once again voiced its support to Spain, following Catalonia's official declaration of independence and Madrid's imposition of direct rule on the region. Sputnik has discussed the causes and possible economic ramifications of the ongoing crisis with the Head of the School of Economics at Kingston University London, Steve Keen.

After days of uncertainty, the Catalonian parliament has finally declared independence from Spain, a "disappointing, but not surprising" move given the apparent breakdown in negotiations between the two sides, according to Professor Duncan Wheeler of the University of Leeds.

On Thursday, Twitter barred Sputnik and RT from using its platform for advertising on the pretext of their alleged attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election in the United States.

Catalonia's regional parliament has declared independence from Spain, prompting Catalans in the streets of Barcelona to break out in jubilation. A photographer training his camera on one young woman in the crowd captured the moment when parliament made its announcement.

As the Catalan regional parliament voted to declare independence from Spain on October 27, the effect was immediately felt by Madrid's financial market, with investors selling stocks and government bonds. Sputnik spoke to a leading economist about the possible link between the 2008 financial crash and the growth of independence movements in the EU.

In a speech October 26, former Romanian President Traian Basescu suggested there was no need for US forces and weaponry to be posted in Europe, and ridiculed the notion of a "threat" posed to the continent by Russia. His comments will almost inevitably be extremely unwelcome to NATO leaders.

The dramatic events in Catalonia have had an impact on the financial market in Madrid as investors, fearing turmoil, sold Spanish stocks and government bonds.

Commenting on Twitter's claim that it banned RT from advertising over conclusions by US intelligence that the network "attempted to interfere with the [US] election on behalf of the Russian government," IT specialist Zdravko Jankovic jested that RT's actual Twitter spending was so small that it couldn't even impact a Serbian municipal election.

Commenting on Twitter's claim that it banned RT from advertising over conclusions by US intelligence that the network "attempted to interfere with the [US] election on behalf of the Russian government," IT expert Zdravko Jankovic jested that RT's actual Twitter spending was so small that it couldn't even impact a Serbian municipal election.

Corpses of two people, held in a mortuary for 15 years, have been finally laid to rest in Scotland. Sputnik looks into how rare is it and discovers a similar case which was linked to a world-famous novelist.

Weeks after the October 1 independence vote, the Catalan parliament has declared secession from Spain. Madrid has met the decision with hostility, with Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowing to "restore legality" in Catalonia. According to a local activist interviewed by Sputnik, the regional parliament's decision was the only way forward.

Catalonia has declared independence from Spain - but for how long?

If the Trump administration wants to further develop the US-Chinese relationship, it should hear out Beijing's concerns over the US increasing its military ties with Taipei under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, Jiang Yuechun, director of the Chinese Institute of International Studies' Center for World Economy and Development told Sputnik.

The war against terrorists is coming to a victorious end in Syria, and the Kurdish issue is gaining momentum. The Syrian Army has recaptured vast territories near Deir ez-Zor, bordering Raqqa Governorate, where the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are operating. Syrian Brigadier General Turki al Hasan has commented on the latest developments.