The head of McDonald's US is leaving the company a week after the company reported sales fell for the first time in nine years. Ian Fields, 57, worked at McDonald's for 35 years. His place will be taken by Jeff Stratton, who is now responsible for the development of the restaurant chain around the world.

Belarus does not believe that it owes Russia $1.5 billion, allegedly underpaid for the export of petroleum products, said Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich . reports this RIA Novosti . “We didn’t violate anything. The Belarusian side did not violate anything. To blame us for underpayments is either due to incompetence, or just for the media,” Myasnikovich said.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee (IDI) for the Perm Territory opened a criminal case into the death of three people as a result of an emergency release of chlorine at the Avisma enterprise in the city of Berezniki, which occurred the day before. The case is being investigated under Part 2 of Art. 143 of the Criminal Code (violation of labor safety rules resulting in the death of a person through negligence). Those found guilty face up to 5 years in prison.

November 15, 2012, 10:55 Politics The ambassador escaped the shelling An Israeli airstrike that killed a Hamas leader has sparked tensions between Israel and Egypt. Alexey Zaitsev close 100% Consequences of the Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip Reuters The killing of one of the leaders of the Hamas movement as a result of an Israeli airstrike provoked a worsening of relations between Israel and Egypt. President Mohamed Morsi recalled the Egyptian ambassador from Tel Aviv.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region Government Ruslan Tsalikov and First Deputy Chairman of the Commission on the Military-Industrial Complex Yuri Borisov were appointed Deputy Ministers of Defense of Russia. The corresponding decrees were published on the Kremlin website . The appointment of Tsalikov, who was Sergei Shoigu’s deputy both in the Ministry of Emergency Situations and in the Moscow region government, was previously reported by a source in the military department .

15 November 2012, 14:08 Science Text size A A A “I carelessly gave a report in a red dress...” Ten Russian women became winners of the prestigious L'OREAL-UNESCO competition Aleksandra Borisova close 100% Ten Russian women became winners of the prestigious L'OREAL-UNESCO competition “For Women in Science”. Gazeta.Ru spoke with two of them, biologist Zhanna Shatilina and chemist Yulia Nelyubina.

The investigation into the criminal case of transferring a bribe worth 2.25 million rubles, which was attended by the head of the State Duma Committee on Media Alexei Mitrofanov, will be handled by the Investigative Committee of Russia, writes Kommersant . This is stated in the response of Moscow Prosecutor Sergei Kudeneyev to a request from the head of the legal service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vadim Solovyov .

British BP will pay a record fine for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said it would admit responsibility for the accident in exchange for the US government not prosecuting it further in connection with the incident. BP agreed to pay $4.5 billion over six years on top of the amount already collected from the corporation.

You will no longer need a power of attorney to drive a car. As the Russian State Traffic Safety Inspectorate reported on Thursday , on November 12, 2012, the Russian government issued Resolution No.

A resident of the city of Gilbert in the US state of Arizona ran over her husband with an SUV during a dispute about politics, ABC Action News reported . It is noteworthy that the woman is 6 months pregnant. Eyewitnesses of the incident claim that the couple were noisily sorting things out in the city parking lot. Holly Solomon, 28, then began chasing her husband, Daniel Solomon, 36, in a Jeep SUV. As a result, the woman hit her husband; he is in critical condition.

— 15.11.2012 16:30 — Cinematographer Alexander Machilsky has died On November 13, at the age of 78, the cameraman of the children's humorous film magazine "Yeralash" Alexander Machilsky died, Interfax reports with reference to the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. “The farewell will take place on November 16 at 12:30 in the church of the Botkin Hospital,” the Investigative Committee told Interfax.

November 15, 2012, 10:25 Business Reforms cover the deficit The European Commission allows Spain not to reduce its budget deficit Ekaterina Mereminskaya close 100% Spanish general strike sweeps away deficit targets Reuters Spain does not have to meet budget deficit targets in 2013 if the country continues reforms, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn has announced. This relaxation is so far the only result of the general strike that the trade unions held the day before.

Wanted for the murder of his neighbor , John McAfee , creator of the first McAfee antivirus, said that he was hiding in the jungle in Central America with a young woman, writes Business insider. “I have changed my behavior radically and, unfortunately, I look quite like a killer,” McAfee says. He also added that he dyed his hair, eyebrows and beard black, takes all precautions and changes his location every four hours. He does not reveal the identity of his companion.

One person was killed and 11 more were injured as a result of a collision between a passenger bus and a KamAZ truck in the Tambov region, a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Thursday. “The accident occurred around 21.00 Moscow time on the 500th kilometer of the M6 ​​highway in the Sampursky district of the Tambov region. A passenger bus collided with a truck. Of the 25 passengers on the bus, 11 were injured, and the bus driver died,” the source added.

Spanish paleontologists have discovered in Catalonia the remains of a previously unknown species of ancient bears, adapted to eating plant foods and similar to modern giant pandas, whose age - 11.6 million years - allows them to be considered one of the first herbivorous bears, according to an article published in the journal PLoS One.