Новости за 18.04.2018

Many people like to either start or end their day with a nice, hot shower. However, experts now warn that bathing every day could increase your risk of infection.

As the Chinese armed forces continue modernizing at an unprecedented clip, a top US military official has accused Beijing of stealing US technology “in just about every domain” by taking advantage of defense contractors’ vulnerabilities and embedding assets in academia.

A family of three is expected to recover after a car crashed into their home, beginning a series of events that led to an explosion.

A family of three is expected to recover after a car crashed into their home, beginning a series of events that led to an explosion.

Indiana's Wayne Township Fire Department took to Twitter on Monday to recount an odd encounter firefighters found themselves in after a woman brought her pet raccoon into the station.

Ambassador Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev recently visited Himachal Pradesh where the legendary Russian painter Nicholas Roerich had settled down in 1927. Speaking to Sputnik, the ambassador shared his views on further promoting the India-Russia relationship through cultural and artistic exchanges.

An LA Fitness gym in Secaucus, New Jersey, recently fired three employees, one of them a manager, after Facebook videos posted by Tshyrad Oates on April 16 showed that the employees called the police because they assumed that his friend, a black member of the gym, hadn’t paid to enter – even after he proved his current active membership status.

Residents of Naples protested against the visit of a US submarine and now Sicily is protesting the US military presence on it land. Sputnik spoke with Ciro Lomonte, secretary of the political movement Siciliani Liberi about the issue.

Earlier the White Helmets, a Western-backed NGO known for its ties with terrorist groups, released a video showing alleged victims of the false-flag chemical attack in Douma. The US and its allies used the video as a pre-text to conduct a missile strike on Syria.

Russia's permanent representative to the OPCW said that further refusal to cooperation with Russia would confirm suspicions that the Skripal case was a gross provocation by western intelligence services.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Congress must realize that swiftly confirming CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become the next Secretary of State is critical to US national security interests, White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.

Scientists led by Sanjay Limaye have found out that the atmosphere of Venus could be host to extraterrestrial life. The authors noted that the moderate temperatures and pressures, along with the chemical makeup of the planet’s clouds could establish an environment necessary to sustain life. Sputnik spoke to Professor Sanjay Limaye about it.

California's Sacramento Police Department released on Monday additional audio and video files linked to the shooting death of Stephon Clark that show officers repeatedly muting their body cameras and confirm that medical attention to Clark was delayed by several minutes.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Citizens of the United States in Italy should remain on alert in the coming days due to a series of planned protests against recent US-led military strikes on Syria, the embassy in Italy said in a series of travel alerts.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stopped using Telegram messenger and domestic alternatives to the foreign-based app will be used instead.

US President Donald Trump has said that high-level talks between Washington and Pyongyang are underway. During his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump told reporters that direct talks with North Korea have begun. Radio Sputnik spoke about this with Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters, Research Fellow at Australian National University.

The high-profile Skripal case remains to dominate the global agenda after the UK led a number of Western states to expel Russian diplomats without providing any evidence of Moscow's alleged involvement in the poisoning of the former spy and his daughter in early March.

When the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cruised through the South China Sea last week, one US Navy pilot encountered Chinese jamming technology interfering with his plane’s equipment, according to a report.

The official and most widespread theory says that Adolf Hitler committed suicide when Soviet troops surrounded Berlin. But some researchers believe that the Nazi leader could have escaped to Latin America, where he safely lived after the end of the war.

New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are searching for a Bronx man who threw a full Chef Boyardee can at a 14-year-old girl’s head last month.

A US Geological Survey (USGS) published this month reveals that California Bay Area residents are living on a “tectonic time bomb,” also known as the Hayward Fault.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Palestinian with a powerful explosive device in his truck was arrested by Israeli security personnel at a checkpoint in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday, marked as the Independence Day in Israel, The Times of Israel newspaper reported citing the Israeli Defense Ministry.

Four US Senators are urging the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to disclose additional information on “anomalous [surveillance] activity” in Washington, DC, suspected to be from Stingray devices operated by foreign actors.

An Indian politician who said that satellite technology and the internet was invented thousands of years ago by his country has sparked active debate among Twitter users.

The US police have been increasingly purchasing a tool that can unblock iPhones. According to a Motherboard investigation, regional police forces have bought or are planning to buy the device dubbed GrayKey. The Secret Service is also looking to purchase at least half a dozen GrayKey boxes for unlocking iPhones.