The headquarters of the elected President of the United States Donald Trump did not invite Jack Dorsi to a meeting with him, because during the campaign the service refused to make emoji against the rival of the Republican Hillary Clinton. This was reported by Politico with reference to the source. During the campaign, Trump's headquarters entered into an agreement with Twitter for advertising support, in particular, the promotion of topics related to the Republican.

On December 14, the Moscow cinema "Drummer" hosted the ceremony of awarding the Kandinsky Prize, which is awarded in the field of contemporary art. The winner in the nomination "Project of the Year" was Andrey Kuzkin.

Rosneft is appealing against the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, which ordered RBC to pay the company 390,000 rubles in a lawsuit for the protection of honor and business reputation instead of 3.179 billion. “We are appealing the court’s decision, as we consider the amount of the fine to be insufficient to prevent impunity for actions that damage the company’s business reputation,” Rosneft spokesman Mikhail Leontiev told TASS.

Russia has extradited American Joshua Aaron to the United States, who was put on the wanted list in connection with the theft of data of one hundred million JPMorgan bank customers. This was reported in the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). “Today, J. Aaron was expelled from Russia,” Interfax quotes a representative of the department. According to Bloomberg, the New York prosecutor's office confirmed Aaron's arrival in the United States.

The US Federal Reserve raised the base rate from 0.25-0.5 percent to 0.5-0.75 percent. This is the first increase since December 2015. The Fed explained the decision to raise the rate by reducing unemployment in the US and rising inflation. The Fed also said it expects to raise rates three times in 2017. Earlier in the forecast for next year, two increases were mentioned. The median rate forecast for the end of 2017 is 1.375 percent.

In the Smolensk region, a resident of the village of Olsha on December 14 shot two people from a Kalashnikov assault rifle and wounded three firefighters who had come to extinguish the houses he had set on fire. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to preliminary data, first the man set fire to his house, where, according to the Investigative Committee, at that moment the body of his deceased mother was located.

In London, on December 13, 24-year-old Moaza al-Matrushi from Dubai gave birth to a child, who was transplanted with tissue from an ovary removed in childhood. This is the first case of childbirth after such an operation, when the ovary was removed before puberty, writes "BBC". Al Matrushi was born with thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder. When she was nine years old, she had to undergo chemotherapy, which would have damaged her ovaries.

In Japan, at the match of the FIFA Club World Cup between the local team Kashima Antlers and the Colombian side Atlético Nacional, the referee for the first time in the history of the competition under the auspices of FIFA awarded a penalty after a video replay. A 11-meter kick against Atlético was appointed in the 33rd minute.

The online retailer Amazon first delivered an order to the buyer using an unmanned aerial vehicle. This was announced by the founder of the company Jeff Bezos. Delivery was carried out on December 7 in the UK. According to Amazon, 13 minutes have passed from the moment of order to receive the goods. A client named Richard B. ordered the Amazon Fire TV and popcorn television prefix, follows from the published Amazon video.

Photo in the announcement: Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Forbes magazine has a rating of the most influential people in the world. The first place for the fourth year in a row was taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In addition, Alisher Usmanov fell into the rating from Russians. He took the 58th line. The rating is based on indicators such as the number of people on whom a person can influence how much money it disposes, whether it actively uses its own power and so on.

Studio Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk". This military drama talks about the salvation of more than three hundred thousand soldiers during the Dunkirk operation at the beginning of World War II. WBRUSSIA Dunkerk is the first trailer Dunkirk will be released in July 2017. During the Dunkirk operation, the English, French and Belgian units blocked by the French city of Dunkirk were evacuated by the sea. It was held in late May - early June 1940.

For which it can be loved and hateful At the end of November, the American writer Hanya Yanagihara “Little Life”, the main bestseller of 2016, was released at the end of November. In Russian readers and critics, the book caused many reviews, and various - from incredibly laudatory to extremely sharp (the novel was accused of manipulative and depressiveness).

New Year's game "Jellyfish" and re:Store Meduza and re:Store offer to carefully study three situations on New Year's Eve and find those who spend time not with friends, but with their gadgets. All listed devices can be purchased right now on the re:Store website at a special price. How to play: Above each picture are items that you have to find. Find an object - click on it. You can zoom in and out a bit with the plus and minus buttons.

Photo: OMAR SANADIKI / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta, a government troops, a Syrian flag over the mosque in Aleppo Syrian government troops took control of Aleppo - the largest city in the country. On December 14, he was left by the armed forces of the opposition. For five years, Aleppo remained one of the main centers of confrontation in the Syrian Civil War. In 2016, he was taken to the blockade of the army of Bashar al -Assad, and convoys for residents were not allowed into the city.

The director of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, Elena Gagarina, called justified the decision of the Amsterdam court, which decided to return to Ukraine a collection of Scythian gold taken from Crimea before it was annexed to Russia. “The entire museum fund is the property of the state, and not the property of a single museum or other cultural institution.