Новости за 11.11.2017

On the sidelines of the summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, the Russian and the US presidents have not managed to hold an official bilateral meeting.

American actor Jason Momoa who is playing Aquaman in the upcoming Justice League movie revealed that one of the film's characters turned out to be "a bit of an a**hole" to one of their partners.

Former Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri remains in Saudi Arabia days after reports emerged alleging that the official had been forcibly held in the country.

The US military appears willing to take war to a whole new dimension as the country’s Air Force prepares to ‘increase its lethality’ in space.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, attending the 2017 APEC forum in Vietnam, remarked that US restrictions on Russian media outlets are an attack on free speech.

Donald Trump's presence in Asia appears not to have calmed tensions in the Korean peninsula, where South Korea has launched joint military drills with the US; in turn, Pyongyang has called the US President a "destroyer" who has "begged for a nuclear war."

The launch from a NASA facility on Wallops Island in Virginia was initially scheduled for 12:37 GMT Saturday.

Remembrance ceremonies were held in the UK, Canada and elsewhere in Saturday to mark Armistice Day, the end of the First World War.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump had a brief meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit. During this "on-the-fly" contact the two leaders managed to approve a joint statement on Syria, but haven't discussed the North Korean issue.

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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri shocked his countrymen and rocked Mideast geopolitics by announcing his resignation while on a trip to Saudi Arabia, throwing the stereotypically dysfunctional state back into limbo at precisely the moment that observers thought that it was finally stabilizing.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will pay a visit to Myanmar to meet with former democracy darling Suu Kyi at a time when Congress is proposing new targeted sanctions and travel restrictions against the country's Tatmadaw military in response to the crisis in Rakhine State.

Amman, Washington, and Moscow have signed a deal for a partial cessation of hostilities in the southern provinces of Syria based on "de-escalation zones" that they brokered last July.

Warsaw is determined to upgrade its naval power with five submarines which it is going to buy from Paris. The Polish Defense Minister discussed the issue during his visit to France in September. Military observer Viktor Litovkin has shared his ideas concerning the initiative.

Despite the apparent geopolitical differences between the US and China, it appears that these disagreements may be of a secondary concern to Donald Trump as he attempts to forge better ties with Beijing.

Billionaire George Soros continues to pull the strings in Myanmar, along with American non-government entities, geopolitical researcher and author Anthony Cartalucci has told Sputnik, suggesting that the Rohingya crisis is a pretext to beef up the US’ political and military presence in the region to contain China's rise.

Zinedine Zidane, 1998 world champion and 2000 Europe champion with France and now Real Madrid's coach, who came to Moscow to officially present a ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, has shared his feelings toward the country, its people and everything connected with it.

News of Chuck Mosley's death was revealed in a statement from his family.

The letter that the North Korean delegation through Russian upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Pyongyang was prepared to conduct a nuclear strike against the United States, a source familiar with the talks told Sputnik.

The scale of sexual abuse extends far beyond the Hollywood spotlight, and victimized women must take courage to share their sufferings, according to a prominent US athlete.

Renowned Soviet intelligence officer George Blake, an earnest anti-fascist who was known for his work in Britain, is turning 95 on Saturday. On the eve of his birthday, he addressed the officers of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, defining the top priorities and key mission of Russian spies and revealing what gives him the power to live.

The joint declaration of the APEC countries' leaders was issued on the second day of the summit in Vietnam.

After Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in favor of his "America First" policy, the future of the trade deal was uncertain. However, the results of the APEC summit in the Vietnamese resort of Danang demonstrate that the free-trade deal is not yet dead.

The opening of mainland China’s financial sector to foreign investment is expected to moderate the buoyant Wall Street expansion, and lower the risks of a boom-bust cycle in the US financial sector.