Новости за 12.04.2018

As the standoff between the US and China keeps unfolding, Christine Lagarde warned that “darker clouds are looming” over the currently bright picture and outlined the main goals for the global economy.

TOKYO (Sputnik) - At least three people were killed and another three went missing after the Xingyue cargo ship, which was sailing under a Tanzanian flag, collided with a South Korean fishing boat, a police spokesman told Sputnik on Thursday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) - At least three people were killed and another three went missing after the Xingyue cargo ship, which was sailing under a Tanzanian flag, collided with a South Korean fishing boat, a police spokesman told Sputnik on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Finland has issued the second permit needed for construction of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Nord Stream-2 AG has said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Finland has issued the second permit needed for construction of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Nord Stream-2 AG has said.

Russia's Defense Ministry has not yet commented on the recently-released satellite imagery of what appears to be Russian warships being deployed to the Mediterranean from the naval facility at Tartus, Syria, with US vessels en route there, too.

Russia's Defense Ministry has not yet commented on the recently-released satellite imagery of what appears to be Russian warships departing from naval facility at Tartus, Syria.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – More than 1,500 militants and their family members were evacuated from Syria’s Eastern Ghouta through the humanitarian corridor via the Muhayam Al-Wafedin in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The first Russian passenger flight in almost 2.5 years departed from Moscow Sheremetyevo airport for Cairo on Wednesday, marking the resumption of direct flights between Russia and the Egyptian capital, the airport’s flight information board showed.

US President Donald Trump has Tweeted that Russia should “get ready” for the firing of missiles at Syria as Washington continues to assert that the Syrian government was behind an alleged chemical attack east of Damascus on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US and Russian militaries will do their best not to engage each other in Syria after they reached a certain level of professional cooperation, a former State Department official with Middle East expertise said.

The US-led coalition's 2003 invasion of Iraq left the country in ruins, the number of dead during the Iraq War is estimated to be from 150,000 to half a million or even higher. Sputnik discussed the US-led invasion of Iraq 15 years ago with Bamo Nouri, PhD researcher, associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy, City, University of London.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, foreign citizens with the FAN IDs will be allowed to travel visa-free to Russian cities, which do not host football games, Andrey Chernenko, the head of strategic projects at the Russian Ministry of Communications and Media, said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US government, establishment think tanks, and intelligence agencies are preparing the way for airstrikes against Syria with a campaign of information warfare, former US Army officer and historian Todd Pierce told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US and Turkish leaders in a phone call on Wednesday discussed Syria and agreed to stay in touch, the White House said in a statement.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May thanked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for the expulsion of 13 Russian diplomats over the alleged poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in the UK city of Salisbury, a UK Prime Minister's Office spokesperson said.

The Home Secretary has pledged 9 million pounds to help combat online criminals dealing in drugs, child pornography and guns, as she puts it on the Darkweb. Sputnik spoke to Adrian Winckles, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Anglia Ruskin University to get more insights into the issue.

Since Independence South Sudan has been rife with corruption, ethnic tensions and violence that have left the country on the verge of becoming a failed state.

Iran says Israel’s attack on the airbase in Syria’s Homs will not go unanswered. On Monday, Damascus said that the attack on Homs wouldn’t have been possible without US support and warned of ”dangerous repercussions” for Israel’s attacks on its territories.

Antarctica has yielded its first vegetable crops, grown without soil or daylight. Scientists grew the greens at the Neumayer-Station III inside a high-tech greenhouse. The project aims to help cultivate fresh food on other planets.

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told lawmakers that the company will be more proactive about how user information is shared with third-party apps. Zuckerberg has said that his company was in a constant battle with Russian operators seeking to exploit the platform.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump intends to remedy the "most egregious flaws" of the nuclear deal with Iran, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Mike Pompeo, the CIA Director nominated to be the next secretary of state, has said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Central Intelligence Agency director Mike Pompeo on Wednesday declared an end to "soft policy" toward Russia but insisted that diplomatic efforts would continue.

New research released by the Alzheimer's Association and the National Institute on Ageing has proposed that Alzheimer’s disease may be defined by biological signs such as brain changes rather than on clinical symptoms.

Syrian government forces have regained control over Eastern Ghouta region, Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation announced.