British businessman Bernie Ecclestone, long-term head of the Formula 1 racing championship, has been fired from his post as CEO of the Formula One Group. “I got fired today. It's official. I no longer run the company," Ecclestone, 86, told German publication Auto Motor und Sport . The position of the head of the company was taken by the chairman of the board of directors Chase Carey. He joined the company after the announcement of the purchase of Formula 1 by the Liberty Media Foundation.

Sean Spicer, a spokesman for US President Donald Trump, said the White House has no intention of lying to reporters. He stated this in response to a journalist's question, "does he always intend to tell the truth from this rostrum." After the first briefing, journalists accused Spicer of providing false facts to the press.

State Duma Vice Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy, commenting on the protests against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church on January 23, called the opponents of this decision of the authorities of St.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 23 that Russian warplanes, together with the aviation of the international coalition led by the United States, carried out air strikes on the positions of terrorists from the Islamic State on January 22.

Dubai Civil Defense Service showed Dolphin fire extinguishing the fire extinguishing system. With its help, a fireman can reach the scene of the incident by water, and then fly to a fire with a brandpoit. Meduza firefighters on hoverboards "Dolphin" consists of two elements - a hydraulic cycle and a hoverboard. The second is a board that throws out powerful jets of water and thanks to this soars in the air.

In connection with the excess of the permissible level of hydrogen sulfide in the air, recorded in Moscow in early January, a criminal case was initiated. This is reported by the Moscow prosecutor's office. The case was opened under the article “violation of the rules for the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere” (part 1 of article 251 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Russian Railways removed from all the compositions of the Strizh train, running between Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow, signs with Braille written on them. A representative of a state-owned company told Meduza about this. A sign with the text "Salida de emergencia" ("Emergency exit" from Spanish), typed in Braille, drew the attention of the user "Peekaboo". He pointed out that the tablet did not contain any bulges, making it meaningless for blind people.

The feminist manifesto on the "female march" in Washington. Video On January 21, “female marches” passed around the world. One of the most numerous shares took place in Washington, where about half a million people gathered on the march. On it, the actress and human rights activist Ashley Jadd read the monologue Nina Donovan, a 19-year-old student from Tennessee (in the original it sounds like this ).

Residents of Gambia - about the political crisis, which almost ended in war Photo: Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta people return to the largest city in Gambia - Banzhul - from evacuation after the end of the political crisis in the country, January 22, 2017 In Gambia-a small country in Western Africa with a population of less than two million people-the war almost began due to the fact that the Evas President Jamma loser refused to leave his post and give way to the chosen one-Adam

The eighth episode of the Star Wars movie saga will be called The Last Jedi. The film is scheduled to release on December 15, 2017. The Last Jedi was written and directed by Rian Johnson (he directed three episodes of Breaking Bad and the film Looper). JJ Abrams will be one of the film's executive producers. Movie Star Wars. Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released in December 2015.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation announced the consent of the Ukrainian authorities to accept 16 imprisoned citizens of Ukraine who are serving their sentences in Crimea to serve their sentences. We are talking about people who were convicted by a Ukrainian court before the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation. When exactly they will be transferred to Ukraine is not reported. Plans to transfer to Ukraine several prisoners in Crimea were reported in the summer of 2016.

Saved from a hotel -littered hotel in Italy told how they were waiting for help Photo: AGF / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta The Italian emergency services managed to save Rigopiano from the fragments of the Rigopiano hotel, which fell under an avalanche, nine people. Two more were saved, being at the time of the avalanche from the outside. The fate of 23 people remains unclear, six people were found dead.

Studio Warner Bros. released the teaser of the film "The Sword of King Arthur" directed by Guy Richie. The main role in the picture was played by Charlie Hannem (“Crimson Peak”, “Black Drozd”). According to the plot of the film, Arthur is a street fighter who, along with his gang, is trampled on the streets of Londinium.

The Russian Investigative Committee launched an investigation after the publication of an article by Meduza about sexual harassment in a Moscow school. Investigators have not opened a criminal case yet. On January 23, Meduza published an investigation by Daniil Turovsky about sexual harassment at the Moscow state school League of Schools. Turovsky found out that since the school was founded in 1994, teachers had been harassing female students. Twenty graduates spoke about it.

The police refused to open a criminal case in connection with the attack on Sergei Mokhov, the husband of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) lawyer Lyubov Sobol. Maria Baronova, coordinator of the human rights direction of Open Russia, told Mediazone about this. Sobol promised to appeal against the refusal of the police. The FBK lawyer claims that the police during the inspection did not interview almost any of the residents of the house where the attack was made.