In Japan, Masazo Nonaka, who was officially considered the oldest man in the world, died. He was 113 years and 179 days old. Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905. He had five children, two of whom are still alive. The last years of his life Nonaka lived with his grandchildren on the island of Hokkaido. After the death of Masazo Nonaki, Gustav Gernet from Germany, born October 15, 1905, became the oldest man in the world.

Israel and Chad have restored diplomatic relations. The corresponding statement was made during a visit to Chad by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Diplomatic relations between Israel and Chad were interrupted at the initiative of the African side in 1972. This was attributed to the pressure exerted on Chad by the Arab countries, especially Libya and Saudi Arabia.

Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix / LETA “Nastya Rybka” gained notoriety in February 2018, thanks to an investigative report by Alexey Navalny. After several women staged a bizarre demonstration at its Moscow office, Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation went looking on social media to identify its unwelcome visitors. One of these people turned out to be a 27-year-old Belarusian citizen named Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka.

The Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony took place on January 19 in Los Angeles. The producers of Green Book received the award for the best film of the year. The Americans took home the Best Drama Series award, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won the Comedy Series. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature. Directed by Peter Farrelly, Green Book follows a jazz musician and his bodyguard driver through the US South in the early 1960s.

(Inside - Ben Affleck, Hugh Lori, Star Wars, as well as HBO series about Chernobyl and Catherine II) "Keepers" (Watchmen) HBO The television version of the thousand -grass comic book, which is believed to be not filmed - although Zach Snyder tried ten years ago. In the alternative universe of the “keepers” of superheroes - people without superpowers (exception - Dr. Manhattan), but with severe injuries.

Director Alexei Krasovsky was summoned for questioning by the police, Interfax reports, citing an informed source. The director was summoned to a conversation with the investigator of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters. The source added that the reason for calling the director for questioning is still unknown. Interfax In early January, Krasovsky released the comedy "Holiday", which takes place in besieged Leningrad.

Tickets for the Fyre festival in Bagams cost hundreds of thousands of dollars - but it was waiting for a failure. Two documentary films came out about this story at once In April 2017, Fyre Festival was supposed to take place on the Bagams - a music festival, which was positioned as Coachella for fashionable and rich; The price of tickets reached 250 thousand dollars.

Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta thirty T-34 tanks transferred by Russia by the Laos army arrived in the near Moscow Naro-Fominsk. They will be at the disposal of the Kantemirovsky Division based in the city and will subsequently participate in victory parades and in the shooting of historical films. The tanks were imported into Russia through Vladivostok on January 9 and from there were transported to the Moscow region by rail.

The husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, was seen unbelted behind the wheel of a car two days after he got into an accident. Photos of the prince were published by the Daily Mail and Sun tabloids. After the images appeared, the police held an explanatory conversation with Philip, during which he was given "recommendations appropriate to the situation." As explained by the police, this is standard practice when receiving information about such violations.

In recent years, in Russia it has become very popular to ride in a cheesecake in winter - these are such round inflatable sledges, they are also called “tubing”. The media often warn against this lesson, since it is dangerous; Sometimes there are reports of serious injuries that people who ride on cheesecakes have received. Medusa made a brief instruction on how to ride with slides in winter to stay whole. Try to ride only on what you can manage.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile. The US Geological Survey reports. The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 30 kilometers west of the coastal city of Coquimbo, which is home to 150,000 people. No casualties or damage were reported. No tsunami threat was announced after the earthquake.

was published there On instagram world_record_egg - the same egg , which set the world record for likes - on January 19 they published the second photo. It shows the same egg, but now it has a crack. The authors of the channel did not comment on what exactly happened to the egg and why a crack formed on it. In the first day and a half since the publication, the picture has collected more than 6 million likes. A photo of a whole egg, meanwhile, came close to the mark of 50 million likes.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and take the best. In this issue: James Blake takes out the soul from the car, The Killers worried about American politics, Ariana Grand sings a song from the old musical, Katya Pavlova sings about snow-as well as an infinitely sad and powerful farewell song Dolores Oriordan. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik !

Updated . The film is now available for viewing. Video hosting YouTube removed Alexei Krasovsky's comedy "Holiday", which takes place in besieged Leningrad. On the page where the movie used to be, the message "Video removed for violating YouTube's terms of service" appears. The plan seems to be clear. I found another hand that was made right after closing, now they will refer to it as the original one, and block my new ones. Here are the idiots!

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have announced the launch of a joint cryptocurrency pilot project. At the initial stage, cross-border cryptocurrency will be used only for interbank transactions. The main goals of the experiment will be to improve understanding of the use of blockchain technology and to study the impact of the single currency on monetary policy.