Новости за 22.05.2019

Saudi Arabia's air defence forces in the southern province of Najran have intercepted a drone launched by Yemen Houthis, the Saudi embassy in Washington said in a statement on Wednesday, cited by Reuters.

A US federal judge declined Wednesday to preliminarily enjoin a congressional subpoena for US President Donald Trump's financial records, ruling that Deutsche Bank was free to comply with the demand.

Earlier this week, the former UKIP leader was attacked with a sweet, creamy, frozen drink in Newcastle. Is this going to become a new UK political tradition?

After Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a rare earth metal facility earlier this week, fears of a coming clamp-down on exports of the valuable materials have been renewed. China produces the vast majority of the world’s rare earths, which are used in electronic devices.

A Midland County deputy surprisingly walked away with minor injuries after the front of his vehicle was struck by a train and flipped on its side.

For the second time in a month, a dolphin washed ashore in Florida with plastic in its stomach. This time, biologists were stunned to retrieve a 24-inch hose from the esophagus and forestomach of the marine mammal.

A United Nations report published on Wednesday regarding poverty in the UK has concluded that the government's continued use of austerity measures put in place in the late 2000s is creating a "harsh and uncaring" environment for residents struggling to make ends meet.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States reported an uptick of crude imports from Venezuela for the first time in weeks, taking in an average of 49,000 barrels per day in the week ending on May 17, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

The beer that a team of researchers, coupled with professional beer-brewers, finally arrived at might have been the one that the legendary giant Goliath of Gath pampered himself with after taking on his rivals.

The existence of the non-classified Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) came to light in 2017, but the project was formally dumped shortly afterwards. Now, an interesting detail has been revealed, but caused little surprise among the general public.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe or Abe Shinzo?

UK Prime Minister Theresa May a day earlier delivered her "New Brexit Deal" speech, which contained the new changes to the government's divorce agreement that she hopes will get the document passed in Parliament.

London has retained control over the group of islands in the Indian Ocean, having separated them from Mauritius several years prior to the country receiving independence as part of Britain’s decolonisation policy.

With two pilot episodes now available for online watching, some netizens have rushed to express joy at cancelling their television licence, with many arguing that the “embarrassing” Putin show, set to be broadcast by BBC, is sufficient grounds for them to ditch television and the British broadcaster altogether.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France has taken into account the US allegations about the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons but has reaffirmed its absolute trust in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry said.

Tensions between Iran and the US have recently intensified over the latter deploying additional troops and military equipment to the Middle East and US President Donald Trump issuing threats and warnings to Tehran.

Venezuela had previously been importing medication from foreign laboratories using foreign currency obtained from oil sails until US and European banks froze Venezuelan government bank accounts with billions of dollars as part of the sanctions against the Latin American country.

Previously, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Donald Trump of a "cover-up" amid growing calls from fellow House Democrats to start impeachment proceedings.

Earlier, sources doubted that such talks would take place as no bilateral meeting had been scheduled.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States will soon have a persistent year-round presence in the Arctic region once its new polar ice breakers are in service, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said during a speech at the US Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony on 22 May.

Washington has recently added the Chinese tech giant to a list of companies banned from obtaining hardware, software, and technologies from the US amid an ongoing trade war between the countries and the White House's battle against the use of Huawei's 5G equipment in Europe.

The National Wisdom Movement, an Iraqi political coalition, has proposed an initiative on the role of Iraq in the Iran-US standoff.

MOSCOW (Sputnik), Tommy Yang - Attracted by Huawei’s flagship P30 series smartphones being displayed at the entrance of an electronics store in downtown Moscow, Samuel Rodrigues, a sales manager from Brazil, picked up a P30 Pro and snapped selfies with a friend, testing out the camera the smartphone is famous for.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has approved the list of new ministers who will replace those who resigned over a recent video featuring Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache allegedly making an illegal deal, the radio station O3 reported.

BERLIN (Sputnik) - Germany wants Turkey to cancel its deal to purchase S-400 surface-to-air missile defence systems from Russia, as the agreement contradicts the interests of Ankara's partners in NATO, and instead opt for buying the US-made Patriot system, cabinet spokesman Steffan Seibert said Wednesday.