The Cuban diplomatic mission in the United States has suspended the provision of consular services due to the refusal of American banks to service its accounts, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday, November 26. According to Cuban diplomats, the American M&T Bank, with which the diplomatic mission had previously worked, announced the termination of cooperation back in July 2013, citing the embargo that had been in force since the early 1960s.

In the last week of November, the Non/fiction Intellectual Literature Fair will open in Moscow. This year, the guests of the book forum will be Switzerland and Holland, who will take part in a busy parallel program of the fair - presentations of new books, discussions on industry problems, and meetings in a literary cafe. However, the most exciting thing at Non/fiction is still the review of the stands of publishers offering new releases, hits and simply good books.

St. Petersburg Zenit played a draw (1:1) at home with Atlético Madrid in the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League football. Despite the fact that Zenit attacked most of the match, the St. Petersburg team was only able to score a goal with the help of their opponent: Toby Alderweireld's own goal brought Zenit a draw. At the same time, the St.

On November 27, the Japanese Parliament approved a bill providing for the creation of a National Security Council in the country. According to Agence France-Presse , at the same time, the Japanese Prime Minister received greater powers in the field of defense policy. The council will consist of the prime minister, the chief of staff of the government, as well as the ministers of defense and foreign affairs.

The pavilion on Red Square in Moscow, which was supposed to host a charity exhibition of Louis Vuitton traveling bags, was decided to be dismantled. The construction, made in the shape of a travel chest, outraged State Duma deputies, who called it “obscenity” and a “Trojan horse.” With whom the installation of the pavilion was coordinated remains unknown. In any case, the Kremlin claims that they knew nothing about the construction of the exhibition hall.

Beijing authorities have closed hundreds of street kebab shops as part of the fight to cleanse the city's air. This was reported by Reuters . The operation to clear the city streets of such establishments lasted three months. Authorities seized 500 metal grills and cut the equipment into pieces so it could no longer be used. According to some reports, mainly Uyghur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region worked in Chinese kebab shops.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has entered into a television contract with Rogers Communications. A message about this appeared on the League’s official website on November 26. The agreement was the largest in NHL history. Under the new agreement, Rogers Communications will receive television rights to all NHL games in Canada starting with the 2014-15 season. The contract is for 12 years. The transaction amount was about five billion US dollars.

Sources in the US Department of Justice said that the department most likely will not bring charges against Julian Assange for publishing classified information. The Washington Post writes about this on November 26.

Businessmen God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev bought the Lotus City shopping complex, located near the village of Mamyri in “new Moscow”. reports this Interfax with reference to the press secretary of entrepreneurs Nadezhda Spiridonova. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It is noted that it is already closed. According to the agency, in the near future the partners intend to purchase several more commercial real estate properties in the Moscow region.

The Christmas tree installed in the Umberto I gallery in Naples was stolen a few hours after its appearance, writes the portal Canalenapoli.it. The eight-metre-tall tree was placed in the gallery's lobby on Monday, November 25, and was stolen shortly before midnight that day. CCTV footage showed that the theft was committed by children (the exact ages of the thieves have not been established).

Attackers armed with machine guns at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport robbed a passenger of a bag containing $2.7 million. This was reported on November 27 on the website of the Transport Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District. The attack on the passenger, who arrived from Istanbul at 06:05, was carried out at 07:00. In the parking lot at Terminal D, security guards were waiting for the man to accompany him.

LDPR deputies appealed to the Ministry of Transport with a request to oblige airlines to publish detailed information about their aircraft, writes RBC Daily. Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Transport Alexander Starovoytov and Deputy Chairman of the Duma Igor Lebedev wrote to the Ministry of Transport. They believe that airlines should publish information about how many years the aircraft has served, where it was used, and also talk about what repairs the aircraft has undergone.

The management of Gorky Park in Moscow has expressed its readiness to move the pavilion of the Louis Vuitton fashion house, installed in the center of Red Square, to its territory. The administration of the All-Russian Exhibition Center made a similar statement, RIA Novosti reported on November 27 .

Physicists from Mexico, the USA and France were able to simulate the behavior of a dervish's conical skirt during a dance. Details with reference to an article by researchers in the New journal of Physics are provided by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Scientists looked at the behavior of a rotating flexible cone, which can represent both the traditional clothing of dervishes and other objects, including turbine rotors or hard drives.

Two camps of supporters of European integration in Kiev, holding open-ended protests against the suspension by the Ukrainian authorities of preparations for concluding an association agreement with the European Union, have united, RIA Novosti reports on the night of Wednesday, November 27. In the center of Kyiv, there were two camps of supporters of European integration - on European Square, organized by the opposition, and on Independence Square, where they refused to use political symbols.