The height of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning was increased by about four kilometers, RIA Novosti told the Smennaya attendant ZUP. "The operation, which began at 4:32 Moscow time, was regularly held. The station’s flight orbit was increased by about four kilometers," he said. The planned correction of the ISS orbit was carried out using the engines of the spacecraft “M-50 Progress” spacecraft to it.

The powerful typhoon "Aerre" fell on Taiwan, taking away more than 20 people. The largest number of victims are in one of the northern villages. The typhoon first led to the flooding of all the roads leading to the village of VU Feng, then they were flooded at home, and after that a giant landslide came down from the mountains, which covered the houses and those inhabitants of the village that they did not have time to evacuate.

The rivals of the Russian national team in the North American group of the approaching hockey cup of the world - the team of Canada and the USA - met on Thursday in the control game in Ottawa. Canadians won with a score of 3: 1 and took revenge for defeat with the same score two days ago. Venzan Lekavalier, Joe Sakik and Brad Richards were recorded at their own expense, and the Americans have a goal of prestige in Chris Drury.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope , John Paul II, expressed condolences to the relatives of those who died during two plane crashes in Russia on August 24, RIA Novosti reported. As the press service of the Holy See conversely, the Cardinal Angelo Sodano, State Secretary of the Vatican , signed the telegram on behalf of the pope. It is addressed to the papal nuncio in Moscow Antonio Meninni.

European astronomers opened the Super Earth - the smallest of 125 well -known planets outside the solar system. This was reported in a special press release by the Southern European Observatory . The new planet, which has not yet received an official name, was found in the orbit of the Arae star, which, in its physical characteristics, is very reminiscent of the sun.

On the morning of Thursday, trains on the Kaluga-Riga line moved with an increased interval due to a traffic light malfunction on one of the distillations. According to Interfax, passengers are asked to use ground transport, and many follow this recommendation. Trains stand in tunnels for 5-10 minutes. A large number of passengers accumulate on the platforms. The department of the metropolitan subway Interfax reported that in the near future the problem would be eliminated.

The first death penalty in India in 13 years led to accidental death of at least two children who, out of curiosity, decided to "play" into hanging, CNN reports. Two weeks ago, 41-year-old Dhanande Shatterji, accused of raping and killing a schoolgirl, was executed after hanging after a 13-year stay in the suicide cell.

In the Chechen Republic, the law of masks on the streets of cities and other settlements is outlawed. As the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Alkhanov said on Thursday, he signed an order that orders to “open fire to defeat against everyone who will appear in the formidable and other settlements in masks.” "Law enforcement officials have nothing to hide their persons if they act in accordance with the law," he said.

A group of relatives of the brigade of flight attendants from the Altai branch of Siberia Airlines, who died in a plane crash in the Rostov region, flew on Thursday from Barnaul to Moscow, Siberia reports on its website . Until the very departure, relatives were under the supervision of medical specialists. In flight, they are also accompanied by a doctor, the report said.

Russian Andrei Moiseev won the Olympic tournament in modern pentathlon. The Silver Award was won by the Lithuanian athlete Andreyus Radneprovskis, and the bronze - Czech Libor of Kapalini. The program of modern pentathlon includes jumps, running, swimming, shooting and fencing. Moiseev did not start too well - after shooting from a quick -firing pistol, he took only the 19th position.

The head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev for slander is ready to sue the first deputy prosecutor general Yuri Biryukov and Komsomolskaya Pravda, which published his interview . This was reported by RIA "Novosti" from the hall of the Meshchansky court of Moscow.

The Spaniards Iker Martinez and Javier Fernandez won the Golden Olympic medal in sailing. In the overall standings of the “49th” class, representatives of Spain, following the results of sixteen races, were ahead of their closest pursuers of Ukrainians Rodion Luki and Georgy Leonchuk, who ultimately won silver. The British Chris Draiper and Simon Hiskoks laid the bronze medal in the piggy bank of their country. The Spaniards won two races, twice finished the second and one more time - the third.

The futures oil prices have sharply decreased following the results of trading on Wednesday. The barrel fell into 3.9%, the price of Brent oil in London approached 40 dollars per barrel, which has become the lowest level over the past three weeks. According to Reuters, on the ip barrel, the Brent mixture with delivery in October fell in price by $ 40.68 dollars. In New York, WTI oil fell by $ 1.74 to $ 43.47 per barrel.

In Germany, a fuel truck fell from a bridge a hundred meters high and exploded. According to the police, an accident occurred near the city of Gummersbach near Cologne in the west of the country. Nothing is known about the fate of the driver. According to the preliminary version, the culprit of the accident was a sports car, which was listed on a slippery road, and it turned out to be between a fuel truck and its trailer.

Christians should have been tested by some pages of the textbook for employees of the McDonald's restaurant system and learn from the organizers of fast food to the art of accepting people who first crossed the church threshold. This conclusion was reached by the British researcher Alison Gilcost, the author of the book "Forming a culture of hospitality," reports "Blagovest-info" .