The Russian national team lost to the Americans in the quarterfinals of the World Championship with a score of 3:8 and ingloriously flew out of the last major pre-Olympic tournament. Together with five thousand Russian fans who gathered at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, a Lenta.ru correspondent also watched the defeat of the team.

The discovery made by British and Canadian scientists in one of the Ontario mines is described in the pages of the journal Nature . Working in the lower levels of a mine near Timmins, Ontario, researchers took samples of water flowing from several wells drilled to -2.4 km below the surface. The results of three different analyzes made it possible to state that this water has not come into contact with atmospheric air for at least a billion years.

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University, along with colleagues from Boston University School of Medicine and Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, have succeeded in bringing to life a once popular idea in genetics: instead of reprogramming mature cells into stem cells or simply extracting them from embryos, Scientists first cloned an adult human fibroblast and then obtained stem cells from the clone.

The Japanese automobile concern Toyota has overtaken South Korean Samsung in capitalization, becoming the most valuable private company in Asia. Following trading on Thursday, May 16, Toyota's capitalization was $217 billion (22.23 trillion yen), while Samsung was worth $198.32 billion. Toyota shares ended trading at 6.45 yen, up 0.16 percent on the day. A year ago, shares of the automobile concern traded at 3,165 yen per share; over the past year they have more than doubled.

The media company Deutsche Welle deprived blogger Elena Belozerskaya of the award in the category “Best blog in the Ukrainian language.” This was reported on the page of The Bobs award, which is held by Deutsche Welle. According to the decision of the jury, in 2013 the prize in this category will not be awarded to anyone. The jury cited the “right-wing populist ideas” disseminated by Belozerskaya as the reason for canceling the results.

The Finnish national ice hockey team beat Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the World Championship on Thursday and reached the semifinals. The meeting ended with a score of 4:3 (3:0, 0:2, 1:1). For the Finns, Petri Kontiola scored a double, scoring in the 10th and 16th minutes, and Ossi Väanänen (2nd minute) and Juhamatti Aaltonen (49th minute) scored one goal each. Michel Miklik (26th minute), Andrej Sekera (33rd minute) and Tomas Surovy (41st minute) scored for the Slovaks.

New Orleans police arrested a suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting on the night of May 16, the Associated Press reports . The police press service left more detailed information about the arrest until morning. According to New Orleans television station WDSU, Scott did not resist police. Akane Scott, 19, was arrested two days after he was put on the wanted list. Scott was identified on surveillance video of one of the shooters, a black man wearing a white T-shirt.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation revealed the theft of 63 million rubles during the reconstruction of the Surgut State District Power Plant-1. This was reported on May 16 on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. According to the police, in 2007-2008, the heat generating company OJSC OGK-2 entered into an agreement with CJSC Quartz - Western Siberia for the repair of generating facilities.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow postponed the hearing to Friday, during which the preventive measure was to be determined for the top managers of Rosbank accused of commercial bribery. reports this RIA Novosti . The meeting was adjourned due to the late hour. At the same time, a representative of the prosecutor's office insisted on postponing the meeting, since the department needed to check the legality of initiating a case against the bank's managers.

In New York, a police officer got stuck in a tree while rescuing a cat. The incident occurred on Monday, May 13, in Queens, reports the New York Post. As a result, both the cat and the law enforcement representative were helped by fire safety officers called to the scene. The stranded police officer, Dane Natto, climbed down a ladder that firefighters had set up against a tree. At the same time, the black and white stray cat was helped down first.

Pink water was found in a lake in the south of Chelyabinsk. this on Monday, May 16 . reported The regional department of Rosprirodnadzor The department found out that pink water is being discharged into Lake Smolino through a collector from under the railway track next to the gas station. Department specialists took water samples. The department is currently identifying those responsible for dumping water into the reservoir. They will be held administratively liable.

The State Duma instructed three of its committees to check the statements of the director for humanitarian projects of Rusnano, Leonid Gozman, who in his blog equated the Soviet counterintelligence SMERSH to the Nazi SS troops. reported this on Thursday, May 16, RIA Novosti with reference to First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov. According to him, the committees will check whether Gozman really made such a statement.

In the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, a woman was detained, who is the mother of two babies found in the freezer of a store. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on May 16. The 30-year-old city woman admitted that she gave birth to boys in 2008. She kept them on the balcony for a day, then put them in her home refrigerator, and then transferred them to the freezer of the store where she worked at the time.

Barack Obama published his 2012 asset and income declaration on the White House website. His total assets ranged from $1.9 million to $7 million. According to the rules, the US President is not required to indicate the exact amount of income and assets in the declaration. Instead, data is published over a wide range. Most of Obama and his family's assets are invested in short- and medium-term US Treasury bonds.

The Moscow Metro will auction outdated carriages with expired service life, Izvestia reported on May 16, citing a source in the organization. According to the publication, 120 cars will be put up for auction in 2013, the starting price for them will be about 8 million rubles. Approximately another 100 cars are planned to be sold in 2014. The exact timing of the auctions was not specified in the message.