Новости за 17.04.2018

China's activity on the German market is higher than ever and the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maaßen, expressed serious concerns about this trend. Sputnik discussed the issue with Chinese financial analyst Liu Ying.

The World Cup in Russia is only two months away and the best players on the planet are already preparing their shooting boots in the hopes of scoring at the tournament. Sputnik looks at some of the best goals ever to grace the World Cup.

The decision was taken during the first meeting of India-US Strategic Energy Partnership in New Delhi on Tuesday. The plan for such a meeting was announced by US President Donald J. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their June 26, 2017 Summit in Washington, DC.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A court in Iraq on Tuesday sentenced three women, including two Russian citizens, to life in prison over their Daesh membership, Al Sumaria reported.

April 18 marks the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. Each year this day is celebrated with different activities including visits to monuments, heritage sites, and conferences. Sputnik takes a look at some of the lesser known world heritage sites.

Some experts say the need of the hour is for India to update its cybersecurity policy to respond to growing threats in cyberspace. Information warfare specialists hint at the local storage of digital information as the key to the cybersecurity of the country.

The war of words between US President Donald Trump and former FBI director James Comey has been in high gear as the latter has been promo-ing his freshly minted book “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership.”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Three Republican House of Representatives' committee chairmen will extend a deadline which would have required Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to turn over copies of memos written by former FBI Director James Comey about his interactions with President Donald Trump, Politico reported on Tuesday.

During its latest summit, the League of Arab States has called for an international investigation into the alleged chemical weapons' use in Syria and slammed what it described as Iran's meddling in the affairs of other countries.

The City of London was one of the strongest voices advocating the Britain remain in the European Union but it may be changing its tune.

Deeply split members of the European Union failed to join the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria with Germany, Italy and many other member-states preferring to take their time and see what happens next.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Australia’s claims that numerous companies may have been targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers are yet another example of unsubstantiated accusations against Moscow, Leonid Levin, the Russian lower house's information policy committee chair, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Twitter message sent by US President Donald Trump warning Russia and China not to devalue their currency was simply a warning shot to the two countries, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday.

PARIS (Sputnik) - Russian film director Andrey Zvyagintsev will be on the jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival in May, the festival’s artistic director, Thierry Fremaux, said Tuesday.

A social media campaign compared to the #MeToo movement has erupted in Thailand after celebrity Sirinya Bishop responded to the call from authorities in Thailand for women to dress modestly to avoid unwanted sexual attention during its water festival.

The French President has been widely criticised after his call for pan-European unity provoked division and dissent.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian leadership has not ruled out the possibility that Washington may take a hard line on new anti-Russia sanctions to inflict the maximum amount of harm on the country’s economy and is considering safeguard measures to be prepared for the worst-case scenario, a Russian news outlet reported, citing government sources.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump's decision to delay new anti-Russia sanctions that were already announced by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley raises serious concerns, Senator Angus King said in an interview on Tuesday.

Twitter users have put up numerous posts about their inability to enter the site.

Ten months ago, the Indian Navy re-oriented its fleet pattern to that of a mission-based deployment. The step was taken in view of the increased presence of Chinese naval ships and submarines in the Indian Ocean Region.

The Russian embassy in Britain has commented on what it described as an "unexpected discovery" made by Swiss experts during a probe into last month's alleged poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK city of Salisbury.

The three members of a clandestine Daesh cell planning attacks involving firearms and explosives have been detained in Russia's Rostov region, the Russian Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday.

The three members of a clandestine Daesh cell planning attacks involving firearms and explosives have been detained in Russia's Rostov region, the Russian Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday.

Choi Eun-hee was kidnapped in 1978 by the North Korean secret service by personal order of Kim Jong-il, who was the actress’ number one fan. She and her husband later managed to escape from the North and returned to South Korea, where she passed away on April 16, 2018.

The controversial invention was designed by Dutch activists advocating for the legalization of euthanasia and has stirred vivid debate among social media users.