Новости за 27.12.2017

“I cannot believe you got another dog!”

Rather than cozying up with family on Christmas Eve, Carolina Falkholt, a Swedish street artist, instead chose to paint a four-story penis on the side of a building in New York's Lower East Side.

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has announced that they killed 13 militants with the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab in southern Somalia. The airstrike took place on Wednesday in coordination with the Somali government.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military and other international forces fighting Daesh in Syria and Iraq have cut the terrorist group’s numbers to less than 1,000 militants.

This week, a snowstorm buried the city of Erie, Pennsylvania in more than five feet of snow, breaking city and state records, according to the National Weather Service.

Wednesday afternoon, Mount Sinabung, an active volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia, began erupting once more, spewing hot ash almost three miles into the sky.

A preacher from Georgia, the US, says his basic right to free speech has recently been breached.

According to an article published in the journal BBA General Subjects, cancer cells differ from healthy ones in that they absorb an unusually many nutrients and oxygen, which allows them to grow and multiply uncontrollably.

Beijing’s efforts to assert territorial claims in the heavily disputed South China Sea via land reclamation and artificial island construction are “moving ahead steadily,” state media reported Tuesday, also revealing the latest project envisioned for the waterway: a floating nuclear power plant.

Soaring the skies above central California, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket not only garnered thousands of hits on social media - it also caused actual hits between cars.

South Korean newspapers have reported that their neighbor to the north has completed development of a new reconnaissance satellite, the first that will enable North Korea to transmit data to Earth.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Federal prosecutors in New York City have requested records from Deutsche Bank related to a $285 million loan made one month before the 2016 presidential election to a real estate company controlled by Jared Kushner’s family, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

A hungry farm worker in England wanted some pizza late at night so he chose an unusual method of transport to reach the nearest restaurant: his tractor.

The luxury vehicle made in 1939 was used to drive the Nazi leader around Germany, including on his victory parade through Berlin after the devastating defeat of France following the German invasion during WWII.

Passers-by in Kiev unwittingly caught on camera an epic battle between a human and a pig, right on the roof of a big truck.

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Around 100 people including the militants and civilians, who worked with the illegal armed groups, surrendered to the Syrian authorities within the framework of the program of national reconciliation, a source in the militia of Aleppo province told Sputnik.

The spread of Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan poses a serious challenge to Central Asian states and southern Russia. Speaking to Sputnik, Afghani observers shared their views on the current situation in the country and the prospects for eliminating the terrorist group in the region.

German ex-official Kristina Schröder said on Wednesday that the #MeToo debate, which was launched to encourage women all over the world to come out with their experiences of sexual misconduct and harassment, will not necessarily have a positive impact on the society.

Rodolfo Fiesoli has repeatedly been arrested for sexually abusing minors, which took place (allegedly for decades) in an agricultural cooperative called “Il Forteto,” which turned out to be a protected community for minors. In 2015 he was condemned to 17 years in prison, but did not spend a single day in prison.

The cardinal sin of Theresa May’s government lies in its inability to use proper tools for the right problems. Boris Johnson’s visit to Moscow clearly showed that in his quest to appease the Russophobes in London and Washington, the British minister forgot that aggressive negotiation tactics are useless, when dealing with Russian officials.

This fluffy spitfire wants them all!

German customs and police have seized more cocaine this year than ever before. A similar trend can be observed all over the world, according to Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).

Earlier today, Israel’s cabinet reportedly approved funding worth some 40 million shekels ($11 million) for West Bank settlements.

"We are wanted men. I have the death sentence in 12 systems," the actor tasked to play the most dangerous Mos Eisley Cantina's drunk, Dr Evazan, famously exclaimed. Do you recollect the Star Wars scene?

The price hike has been a major concern for India. But the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS), dubbed the “Eyes in the Sky,” is one of the most urgent requirements of the Indian Air Force. The system comprises Russian Ilyushin-76 aircraft equipped with sophisticated Israel-made radars.