Grand Central Publishing, part of the Hachette Book Group, has canceled plans to publish Woody Allen's memoir A Propos of Nothing. The decision to publish the book in April 2020 was announced on March 2, but four days later, Hachette Book Group published a tweet in which they called further work on the book impossible.

AFP / Scanpix / Leta in the city of Zuanzhou in eastern China, a six -story hotel building collapsed. The hotel was used as a quarantine center for people with suspicion of coronavirus, as well as for those who are closely in contact with the sick. About 70 people were under the rubble of the building. At least ten of them died . Another 23 people are still looking for, the rest are saved.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed reforming the migration regime and the institution of citizenship in Russia. The proposals are published on the official website of the Kremlin. Putin, in particular, proposed to abolish the concept of a temporary residence permit, which is now a step before obtaining a residence permit.

Hunters working at Sheremetyevo airport for coronavirus carriers arriving in the country recorded a video. In it, a medical officer in a protective suit dances to the main theme from the movie "Ghostbusters", and a 19-liter bottle acts as a device for capturing ghosts. It turns out very well. Screening of arriving passengers at the airport has been ongoing since the beginning of February - then all flights from China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong) were transferred to terminal F.

The Government of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a draft law prohibiting the initiation of criminal cases on the illegal sale of drugs in the absence of data indicating the fact of their direct transfer.

Jae C. Hong / AP / Scanpix / Leta Russia and OPEC could not agree on the extension of an agreement on restriction of oil production . In the current version, the agreement provides for the total production of 1.6 million barrels per day below the level of October 2018, and its validity ends on April 1.

Updated . Coronavirus infection was also previously diagnosed in a resident of the Moscow region. She was recently in Switzerland. Four new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Russia over the past day. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the operational headquarters for the fight against the disease. Three cases were recorded in Lipetsk, one more in St. Petersburg. All patients have visited Italy in the last two weeks.

Alfa-Bank on the morning of March 7 began to massively block debit cards of customers. First, complaints about this appeared on social networks, later the bank itself confirmed the information. Users complained that no one warned them in advance about the blocking, as well as the inability to receive a prompt response from the support service.

We talk about 10 of his works, with Marina and without On March 2, at the age of 76, Ulya died-artist Frank Uve Lasipen, most known as a partner in art and former lover of the most famous activist of Marina Abramovich. Twelve years, from 1976 to 1988, they were one of the most noticeable and innovative pairs in the art world.

Nikita Kislitsin in 2016. Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant On March 5, the US Department of Justice announced information about the criminal case against Nikita Kislitsin, the head of the network security department in the company of Cybercrime Group-Ib and the former editor-in-chief of the Hacker magazine. The US authorities accuse him of a conspiracy to sell data stolen by his accomplice at the FormSpring social network in 2012.

Finally with the original cover and in a successful translation Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich talks about the new novel by Stephen King's Institute - it was from him that Russian book publishers began the “restart” of the author for the domestic market. This edition of King no longer resembles massive poor -quality fiction - finally, King has survived (almost) the original cover, and the text itself is perfectly translated.

The mother and father of a five-year-old girl who has been living at the Mother and Child Medical Center since birth have appealed against the court's decision to restrict their parental rights. As follows from the case file on the website of the Moscow City Court, the relevant documents were received by the court on March 4. A court date has not yet been set. At least until the appeal is considered, the girl remains in the hospital.

Two participants in the conference of the influential lobbying organization American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which included high-ranking American politicians, were diagnosed with coronavirus. The annual event was held in Washington from March 1-3. It was attended, in particular, by US Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, billionaire Mike Bloomberg and dozens of congressmen.

US intelligence has received evidence that the Taliban are not committed to honoring their part of the agreement signed with the US, under which US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan. About this with reference to three American officials reports NBC. According to intelligence, the Taliban will keep their end of the deal only while the US military is in the country - and after that they will launch an offensive against the positions of the Afghan government.

The price of a barrel of Brent at the end of trading on March 6 fell by more than 9% to $45.34 per barrel. This happened against the backdrop of a failure to extend the agreements between OPEC and countries outside the cartel to limit oil production. According to Reuters, this is a record one-day drop in quotes over the past 11 years. The agreement to limit production ends on April 1.