American actress and director, creator of the TV series "Girls" Lena Dunham told in a column for Vogue magazine that in 2017 she had her uterus removed due to endometriosis . Dunham said she had suffered from endometriosis for 10 years, and the hysterectomy was her ninth (she did not disclose the type of previous surgeries). The surgery took place several months ago, Dunham wrote. The actress said that after the removal of the uterus, she will not be able to have children.

South African President Jacob Zuma has announced that he is resigning. Zuma made the statement shortly after the ruling African National Congress party called on him to step down, threatening a vote of no confidence amid corruption allegations. Party leader and vice-president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to be elected president of South Africa.

17 people were killed in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Sheriff Scott Israel said. 15 people remain in hospitals, three of them in critical condition. The sheriff confirmed that the attacker's name was Nikolaus Cruz. He is 19 years old and was expelled from school as a disciplinary measure. According to the sheriff, an investigation of his social media found “very, very disturbing material.” He did not say about the possible motives of the attacker.

A shooting occurred at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14. At least 14 people were injured, the Parkland County Sheriff's Office said . The gunman has been arrested. The father of one of the students said the shooter was wearing a black vest and a red shirt. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie , Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel , and Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson reported "multiple fatalities." The exact number is unknown.

German athlete Sandra Kyriazis resigned as coach of the Jamaican women's bobsleigh team a few days before the start of the team at the Pyeongchang Olympics. With him, Kyriasis wants to take the bobsleigh in which the Jamaican athletes planned to perform. The Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said that Kyriazis herself decided to leave the team.

Russian mercenaries injured in the shelling in Syria on February 7 are being treated in hospitals of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing two people who keep in touch with them. According to the agency, some of the victims in Syria died in hospitals. How many people were taken to Russian hospitals is not specified in the article.

The creators of the series "Black Mirror" launched the Coach online service, which allows you to check how long the relations of two people will last. The service is made based on the series "Hang the DJ" from the fourth season. Coach works like this: one user enters the site and receives a unique link. Then he sends the link to his partner.

The 14th of February. What is "fake rape"? Report from Kazan Main Russian mercenaries in Syria may have come under fire while trying to take over an oil refinery. According to a Kommersant source, the operation was allegedly organized by local businessmen who support Bashar al-Assad and was carried out without the sanction of the group's command. If you've seen "a video of an airstrike on Russian mercenaries" somewhere, you 've been misled .

This was the scene in at the Orsk airport, when people learned that an inbound flight from Moscow had crashed, killing everyone on board Sergey Nikiforov / TASS / Vida Press People at Orsk airport study the list of those who died in the Sunday, February 11, plane crash outside Moscow On February 12, a day of mourning was declared in Russia’s Orenburg region for the victims of an An-148 passenger plane operated by Saratov Airlines that crashed outside Moscow a day earlier.

"If all the robbers were like that, we would not have to work overtime" Shanghai police posted in their account on Weibo a video of the most ridiculous robbery. “If all the robbers were like that, we would not have to work overtime,” commented on what happened in the police. “But doctors and nurses in hospitals would definitely have to,” commentators said .

Interview of State Duma deputy Mikhail Emelyanov, who is trying to legalize private military companies in Russia Alexander Shalgin / Press Service of the State Duma of the Russian Federation / TASS In Syria on February 7, according to various sources, from 11 to 217 citizens of Russia were killed . Apparently, we are talking about volunteers or fighters of the private military company Wagner.

Channel One will not show the final episode of Oliver Stone's film "Putin" on February 15 due to a recommendation from the Central Election Commission. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing the channel's public relations department. Channel One will still show the third episode of the film, which is scheduled to air on February 14 at 22:30 Moscow time, since due to the difference in time zones in some regions of Russia, viewers have already seen it, Vedomosti writes .

Film released about activist who invented cheap sanitary pads On February 9, Padman (which can be translated as “Pad Man” ) was released in cinemas in India, Indonesia, the United States, Great Britain and other countries. It is a feature film about entrepreneur and activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, who was able to make sanitary pads available in India.

Interview by the director "Secrets of Coco", the best cartoon of 2017 Oscar Gonzalez / Nurphoto / Sipa USA / Vida Press One of the most successful films of 2017 was the cartoon of Disney / Pixar “The Secret of Coco” - the story of a Mexican boy who wants to become a musician and goes on a trip to the kingdom of the dead. The picture, which raised $ 713 million at the world box office, is nominated for an Oscar.

The Moscow mayor's office agreed on the application of the Solidarity movement to hold a march in memory of Boris Nemtsov on February 25. This was written on Facebook by the chairman of the political council of the movement Ilya Yashin. The declared number of participants in the march is up to 30,000 people, Yashin told Vedomosti. The procession will start on Strastnoy and will pass along the boulevards to Sakharov Avenue. Gathering of participants from 13:00.