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      FBI reveals price paid to unlock iPhone
      Apr22

      FBI reveals price paid to unlock iPhone

      The FBI paid more than $1 million to the company that gained access to San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook`s iPhone for their hacking services, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday, according to CNN.When asked how much the agency spent on cracking the device, Comey, who was speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in London, said, ”A lot. Let`s...

      UN: 165 countries to sign Paris Agreement on climate change on Apr 22
      Apr22

      UN: 165 countries to sign Paris Agreement on climate change on Apr 22

      Global leaders are preparing to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in New York today, on April 22. Thus far, the latest assessment indicates that more than 165 countries will sign the landmark accord, setting a record for the most countries to sign an international agreement on one day. The previous record...

      Russian proxies attack ATO forces 30 times in last day
      Apr22

      Russian proxies attack ATO forces 30 times in last day

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons seven times, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). ”The activity of the militants in the Donbas conflict zone remains high in all areas of defense, especially in the Donetsk...

      Steinmeier calls for cooperation with Russia
      Apr22

      Steinmeier calls for cooperation with Russia

      Germany`s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with Handelsblatt he wants to stronger reconnect with Russia on the international stage.”It would be good to overcome here now speechlessness,” said Steinmeier.”I can imagine we are making a serious attempt to cooperate with Russia on Libya,” he added.According to the...

      EU aims for joint European coast guard by summer — Reuters
      Apr22

      EU aims for joint European coast guard by summer — Reuters

      EU governments agreed on Thursday to speed the formation of a common European border and coastguard that could be in service by this summer to control migrants arriving from the Middle East and Africa, according to Reuters.Interior ministers from the 28 member states gave a mandate to their Dutch chairman at a meeting in Luxembourg to open talks...

      Savchenko`s sister warns against too much early optimism in Nadia`s  case
      Apr22

      Savchenko`s sister warns against too much early optimism in Nadia`s case

      Vira Savchenko, the sister of the Ukrainian female pilots illegally sentenced in Russia, says she does not get the ”victorious” statements of Ukrainian politicians and President Petro Poroshenko on the case of the Ukrainian captive.According to Vira Savchenko, who spoke on a live TV show ”Right to Power” on 1+1, any mention of Savchenko used to...

      What Mongol History Predicts for the Next Season of Game of Thrones
      Apr22

      What Mongol History Predicts for the Next Season of Game of Thrones

      As season six of HBO’s Game of Thrones looms, speculation is rife. Is Jon Snow really dead? What do the clips featuring a blind Arya mean? And what are the implications of the return of the Dothraki? This last question is the one that has got me thinking the most. The Dothraki are one of Game of Thrones’s more interesting cultures,...

      Obama: Britain must vote to remain in EU
      Apr22

      Obama: Britain must vote to remain in EU

      U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Britain to stay in the European Union, describing the potential advantages of such decision, writing exclusively in The Daily Telegraph.The U.S. President Obama uses his article published ahead of his UK visit  to say that Britain`s membership of the EU ”magnifies” its influence abroad, reads the report.He...

      Two dead after Rio 2016 Olympic Legacy cycle path collapses — Bloomberg
      Apr22

      Two dead after Rio 2016 Olympic Legacy cycle path collapses — Bloomberg

      Two people have died after a 50-meter section of a recently completed cycle path built as part of Rio de Janeiro`s preparations to host the 2016 summer Olympics collapsed, according to Bloomberg.The $12.7 million cycle path, which opened in January, was hit by a strong wave before it collapsed while five people were taking a ride on Thursday, a...

      Media: Ukraine`s Centrenergo brings in batch of South African coal. From Russia
      Apr22

      Media: Ukraine`s Centrenergo brings in batch of South African coal. From Russia

      The state-run Centrenergo in late February, purchased for Zmiyivska TPP a batch of anthracite coal allegedly of South African origin from RZhD Logistics, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, according to customs data, LІGA.net reported.The customs officials cleared the batch on February 26, 2016. The Russian customs declaration states that the coal...