Minecraft will appear on smartphones first as an exclusive for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This was reported by the Gamasutra website with reference to representatives of the Mojang studio. Earlier in February, Minecraft developers announced that they were working on versions of the game for iOS and Android. The official announcement, as well as the demonstration of the working version, is expected during E3 2011 on June 7.

The passport in the name of Ivan Cheremukhin, found at the site of the explosion in Astana, does not belong to any of the victims. reports this Tengrinews with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. According to the department, this is the passport of a resident of Ekibastuz (a city in the Pavlodar region), who left his document as collateral for the taxi driver.

Tribes against Saleh Civil war erupts in Yemen In the Yemeni capital Sana'a, fighting continues for the third day with the use of heavy weapons. They began immediately after the latest - already the third - refusal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to peacefully transfer power in the country to the interim government. The phrase “civil war” has become increasingly common in the news from the poorest country in the Arab world.

The creators of “The Tudors” will release the series “Vikings,” Deadline reports . The series will take place from the 8th to the 11th centuries around Ragnar Lothbrok, the legendary Danish king who, among other things, captured Paris in 845. It is noteworthy that there is no independent confirmation of the existence of Lodbrok. The series will be produced by MGM - "Vikings" will be the company's first major television project after its bankruptcy last year.

German Siemens and Korean Hyundai offered the Moscow government to give them sections of the capital's metro as a concession. newspaper writes about this in its issue of May 25 The Vedomosti , citing several city hall officials. Foreign companies, according to the publication, are ready to build new lines, design them, and also supply rolling stock for the metro. Now the main supplier of metro cars is the Metrovagonmash enterprise.

A citizen of Ukraine, who was put on the international wanted list for participating in mass riots during the celebration of Victory Day in Lvov, was detained in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, RIA Novosti reports . The law enforcement agencies of the Krasnoyarsk Territory do not name the detainee. It is known that this is a man born in 1966. He was detained on May 19, but law enforcement agencies officially announced this only on Wednesday, May 25.

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The Transmashholding company, together with its French partner Alstom, intends to begin production of high-speed trams in Russia. This was stated by the general director of Transmashholding Andrei Andreev, as reported by Kommersant with reference to Interfax . According to him, high-speed trams may be in demand in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. Vedomosti adds that recently the intention to develop a high-speed tram system was announced in Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Novosibirsk and Tomsk.

Due to the ash cloud formed after the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn, a temporary ban on takeoffs and landings of aircraft at airports in northern Germany will be introduced. reported this on Tuesday, May 24, The Associated Press citing the German meteorological service. In particular, on May 25, from 05:00 local time, the airspace over Bremen Airport will be temporarily closed, and from 06:00 - over Hamburg Airport.

program Andrey Karaulov's "Moment of Truth" will be broadcast on Channel Five from June 6. The journalist spoke about this in an interview with Interfax . The program will be aired under the same name, however, according to Karaulov, its format will change. In particular, the program will now last 52 minutes, and not 39, as before. The program “Moment of Truth” was broadcast on the TVC channel until the fall of last year, but it was taken off the air in November.

Scientists have found that dogs use the same mechanism for lapping liquids as cats. The results of the researchers’ work were published in the journal Biology Letters , and the Science News portal briefly summarizes its results. The feline's secret to drinking was discovered in 2010, and other animals, including dogs, were thought to use a simpler method. Experts filmed dogs lapping up liquid using a high-speed X-ray camera.

The confrontation between the Hungarian authorities and one of the largest oil and gas producing companies in Russia, Surgutneftegaz, has ended. On May 24, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the country had bought its share in the local oil and gas MOL from the Russian side. Surgutneftegaz, which, according to media reports, even managed to make money from the resale of MOL shares, reported that it was satisfied with the agreements reached.

Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas, who was taken to intensive care on May 24, was discharged the next morning, Delfi.lt reports . “Everything is fine. I have already been released from the hospital, and today I will be at work,” RIA Novosti quotes a message Zuokas left on his Facebook page. As previously reported, on the evening of May 24, Zuokas was placed in intensive care due to heart failure. The press also featured a version according to which the hospitalization was related to poisoning.

The main goalkeeper of the KHL club "Salavat Yulaev" Erik Ersberg signed a new contract. The Swedish goalkeeper's agreement is valid for two years, the club's official website reports. Ersberg moved to the Ufa club during the 2010/11 season, became the team's main goalkeeper and helped Salavat Yulaev win the Gagarin Cup. At the end of the season, Ersberg was included in the symbolic team of the KHL championship. The 29-year-old goalkeeper has experience playing in the NHL.

The proposed candidates for the new board of directors of Gazprom are the head of the National Welfare Fund of Kazakhstan and the head of the board of directors of Kazmunaigas Timur Kulibayev, the rector of the Academy of National Economy under the President of Russia Vladimir Mau, as well as the chairman of the board of Gazprombank Andrei Akimov.