Новости за 09.04.2018

Oregon's Portland Police Department released a statement Sunday calling on the public to avoid passing judgement after a video showing officers killing a carjacking suspect inside a homeless shelter was shared on social media.

With Viktor Orban remaining in power following a victory in Hungary’s general election, it seems that the discontent towards Brussels from Central and Eastern Europe is increasing. His re-election could pose future problems for the EU establishment as Orban is known for being highly critical of the current state of affairs in the bloc.

The average world citizen spent around three hours a day in front of their television last year. Americans and Canadians, however, are beating those numbers, watching an average of four hours of TV daily in 2017, according to a report released Monday by Eurodata TV Worldwide.

A November 16 oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline leaked nearly twice as much as the company initially reported: some 9,700 barrels of crude oil seeped into farmland soil near Amherst, South Dakota, in the accident.

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Both the office and home of Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's longtime attorney, was raided Monday, according to reports.

The office of Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's longtime attorney, was raided Monday, the New York Times reported.

Oklahoma teachers gathered once again in the state capitol on Monday to press lawmakers to approve a repeal of capital gains tax exemption in order to end the statewide walkout that has now entered its second week.

Syrian NGOs began spreading information about an alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 8, 2018, hours after the Russian Foreign Ministry warned about the planned provocations against the Syrian government. Sputnik discussed the incident with Dr. Lorenzo Trombetta, journalist, scholar and an independent consultant for the UN.

The UN Security Council met on Monday to discuss the latest security developments in Syria.

Michael Avenatti, lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, revealed Monday that he would be releasing a sketch Tuesday of the man who allegedly threatened his client with violence in 2011 after she tried to sell the story of her relationship with now-US President Donald Trump to InTouch magazine for $15,000.

A body camera video released last week shows a New Jersey state trooper conducting a controversial roadside strip search and repeatedly touching the driver’s genitals even as the driver protests that he is being sexually assaulted.

Right now China utilizes Xian H-6 bombers of various modifications, which are mostly a licensed version of the Soviet Tu-16, abandoned by Russia in 1993.

The Chinese military has begun to deploy more defensive fortifications in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, including technology capable of interfering with radar and communications systems, according to a new report.

The social media giant's head Mark Zuckerberg has taken responsibility for Facebook's failure to protect private information of its users, according to his testimony recently released online ahead of a hearing in the US Congress.

The US-led coalition is trying to use the chemical weapons card in Syria to tip the balance in its favor, Syrian analysts told Sputnik, adding that Western countries are also seeking to disrupt the strategic alliance between Russia and Turkey, a NATO member state.

A young woman nicknamed Serenity Elara, who is a fan of the Japanese anime "Sailor Moon," reveals just how much effort she puts into looking exactly like her favorite cartoon character.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Embassy in London said that it had asked the UK Foreign Office for details about the reported interception of a Russian message to Moscow by a UK listening post on the day of the attack on former spy Sergei Skripal in England.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Arizona is deploying 225 Army National Guard troops to its portion of the US border with Mexico, Governor Doug Ducey said in a statement on Monday.

NASA is preparing for its hottest mission yet: to the sun. The agency’s Parker Solar Probe is is being tested at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, before its final assembly and launch, scheduled for July 31, 2018.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un either next month or in early June.

Radio Sputnik discussed the current situation in Syria and US military operations abroad with Wayne Madsen, a US journalist specializing in international affairs, following reports that two F-15 jets belonging to Israeli Air Force carried out a strike on Syria's T-4 air base.

Let’s be frank this lousy Conservative Government is not fit for purpose and it’s a good job that they have the Salisbury Nerve Gas pantomime to divert the UK population’s attention, otherwise, I am sure that people would be taking to the streets.

It seems that the infamous Syrian NGO White Helmets are unfamiliar with "better safe than sorry" motto.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The French police have used tear gas against activists during the evacuation of a camp of squatters in the French western commune of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, the BFMTV broadcaster reported.