A US judge has renewed permission for authorities to collect call data from US citizens after a previous one expired on Friday, the US National Intelligence Agency said. In early June, former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden distributed a secret court order, according to which the US National Security Agency received the right to collect information about calls from Verizon, the largest US cellular operator with a subscriber base of more than 100 million people.

The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announced the end of attempts to normalize relations with the United States, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement, BBC reports. The reason for Caracas' demarche was the speech of Samantha Power, a contender for the post of US representative to the UN, before the relevant Senate committee, where she announced her intention to fight the oppression of civil society in Venezuela. Earlier, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro criticized Ms.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called on US President Barack Obama and American politicians to take care not to become targets of espionage by their own intelligence services, RIA Novosti reports, citing Latin American media. Details of the United States' collection of information about its own citizens and foreigners were revealed by former American intelligence officer Edward Snowden, who fled the United States.

The G20 has agreed to oppose all forms of protectionism and intends to maintain open markets, according to the final communiqué after a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors. “We reaffirm our commitment to accelerating progress towards designated exchange rate markets, increasing exchange rate flexibility that reflects underlying economic principles and avoids persistent exchange rate misalignments,” RIA Novosti quoted the July 20 document as saying.

On July 20, supermodel Gisele Bundchen celebrates her birthday, turning 33 years old. About what she is like at work and in life - in the Kommersant-Online photo gallery. Previous photo She has a twin sister, Patricia Photo: Reuters Gisele Bundchen loves to show off at Brazilian carnivals Photo: Reuters The model tries to maintain good physical shape Photo: Reuters She looks great despite juggling her modeling career and motherhood.

Its blacklist of elevators included several southern The United Grain Company (UGC) has published a list of elevators that have a high risk of losing grain from the Federal Intervention Fund (ZGIF). 15 southern enterprises that committed violations of the storage regime for products, shortages or damage were also included in the black list. Representatives of the elevators on the list talk about “some bias” of the grain trader, while declaring their readiness to continue working with him.

The Detroit authorities' decision to file for bankruptcy is being challenged in court by government employees who will lose the right to pension payments if Detroit goes bankrupt, AFP reports. A district court has ordered a temporary stay of Detroit's bankruptcy proceedings on the grounds that they violate the Michigan Constitution. The district court's decision has already been appealed by the Michigan Attorney General.

Over six months, 1,438 residential buildings were built in the Saratov region In the first half of the year, 22.5 billion rubles were spent on construction in the Saratov region (116.9% compared to last year). According to the regional Ministry of Construction, “the most noticeable growth was noted in the categories of “production of finishing works” (152.5%), “installation of engineering equipment of buildings and structures” (127.1%) and “construction of water structures” (120.2% )".

He tried to draw the attention of the authorities to his living conditions An explosion occurred at the airport in the Chinese capital. According to eyewitnesses, the bomb was detonated by a man in a wheelchair who had repeatedly complained to authorities about poor living conditions. According to Xinhua, the explosion occurred in the third terminal, the largest at Beijing airport, in the arrivals hall at 18:30 local time.

Socialist-Revolutionary Alexander Romanovich and Maxim Shingarkin from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia have joined the list of registered candidates for the post of governor of the Moscow region, RIA Novosti reported on July 20. Previously, Andrey Vorobyov from United Russia and Konstantin Cheremisov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation were registered as candidates for the post of governor of the Moscow region.

US Vice President Joe Biden called Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to relieve the tension that had arisen between the two countries due to the wiretapping scandal, RIA Novosti reported on July 20, citing foreign media. Mr Biden and Ms Rousseff spoke for 25 minutes, the Brazilian president's website said. Following telephone conversations, Brazilian Communications Minister Helena Chagas told reporters that Mr. Biden called Ms.

In northwestern Pakistan, in the Khyber region bordering Afghanistan, security forces killed 28 militants over the past 24 hours during an anti-terrorist operation. Six Pakistani soldiers were killed in battles with extremists, the country's army press service reported today. All the liquidated extremists were members of the Pakistani Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. The Khyber region, part of the so-called "tribal zone" of Pakistan, is located in the Tirah Valley.

Art critic and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Dmitry Sarabyanov died on July 19 in Moscow at the age of 90, his relative Anna Chernyakhovskaya told RIA Novosti . According to her, farewell to Sarabyanov will take place on July 22 at the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary on Nizhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street in Moscow, after which a funeral will take place at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

The Public Council under the administration of the Pugachevsky district of the Saratov region, where unrest occurred after the murder of a local resident, on July 20 asked local businessmen not to sell alcoholic beverages in the city until August 5, RIA Novosti reports.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is finding out who organized the sale in the center of the capital of Bashkortostan The structures of the owner of Centercombank Sergei Veremeenko and members of his family were involved in the scandal. The police, following the prosecutor's office, believed that Show-Service LLC, owned by the banker's family, received a land plot in the center of Ufa without bidding and at a price below the market price.