More than 60 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are faced with violence in everyday life. Such data are contained in a study, the results of which were published by the American Ministry of Justice. A telephone survey conducted among 4,549 minors of the United States showed that over the past year, almost half of them have been attacked, and 6% have become objects of sexual harassment or victims of violence.

According to experts, the US budget deficit was more than tripled and by September 30 reached a record amount of $ 1.4 trillion, the Air Force television and radio company reports. According to the US Congress, the deficit arose as a result of an increase in government expenses and a decrease in tax revenues. Analysts previously predicted a deficiency of $ 1.6 trillion, but later revised the forecast. The US Federal Treasury will make a report on the state of the budget at the end of October.

Chinese Chinalco is considered one of the possible applicants for the purchase of UC Rusal shares, Vedomosti write. The transaction may take place in December as part of an IPO , which UC Rusal is going to conduct in Hong Kong. Chinalco or its aluminum unit - Chalco (owns 41.82% of the shares) is proposed to take part in placement. On October 13, during the visit of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the UC Rusal and Chinalco Beijing may sign a cooperation agreement.

The Athos monasticism made an official statement on the upcoming meeting of the mixed commission on the dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics in Cyprus in October this year, Sedemitsa.Ru reports with reference to the Greek agency Romfai. The Holy Cinema of the Holy Mount Athos expressed concern about theological issues chosen to discuss at the upcoming meeting. Kinot outlined his opinion in a special statement, which consists of three points.

In the Vologda region, during the dismantling work in one of the workshops of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant Severstal, part of the roof of the main corps fell on Thursday. Information about the victims as a result of an emergency varies: the Ministry of Emergencies reports two dead, but the press service of the enterprise reports about three wounded, she has no information about the victims. "Today at 11:15 Moscow time, a partial collapse of the roof of the plant building occurred.

In Germany, the first death of a person from pork flu is confirmed. The 36 -year -old woman died on September 25 from the complications caused by the disease - "acute damage to the lungs and polyorgan deficiency", quoted by RIA Novosti . The woman belonged to the category of "high -risk patients", the Essen University Clinic said in a statement of the university clinic. The deceased, in particular, suffered from obesity and smoked a lot.

The Mexican state of Puebla refused to finance the film adaptation of the book of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez "Remembering my sad whores" (Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes). Human rights activists are sure that the provocative film will promote pedophilia and children's prostitution. The last novel of the Nobel laureate "Remembering my sad whores" was published back in 2004.

It is expected that the broadcast of the 2010 Russian World Cup of the 2010 World Cup will gather about 100 million football lovers from television. In the XXI century, such an audience at the stage of qualifying cycles in the Old World still did not collect a single match, notes the championship.ru . For comparison, the match Russia - England in 2007 watched 34 million.

The AvtoVAZ shareholder of the French company Renault (owns 25% of the shares of the auto giant) will be able to provide technologies to the Russian enterprise after the assessment of their value, the first deputy prime minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov said during a visit to the enterprise, Interfax reports. "Negotiations between shareholders -" Rostekhnology "and Renault - are constantly held, today such meetings are being held.

The famous rock musician Mick Jagger from Rolling Stones has recently become a happy owner of an apartment with three bedrooms in the rich area of ​​San Paulo Murumbby, writes a magazine about Zagranhouse foreign real estate.

Microsoft has already begun work on Windows 8 and Windows 9 operating systems, despite the fact that its latest Windows 7 OS has not even officially went on sale. This, according to the Rformer , with reference to the Arstechnica publication, said Robert Morgan, head of the Microsoft Research and Development Department. In particular, it became known from him that the software giant is developing a 128-bit architecture of the Windows 8 and Windows 9 nucleus.

Journalist Alexander Podrabinek states that he is not going to refuse what he wrote in his article, which caused his injury from the Prochrevsky youth movement "Our". “I in no way refuse what I wrote. I would repeat it, although I would write it in more detail, I would post additional arguments,” he said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station on Thursday.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday about the impossibility of reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians in the near future. This violates the plans of the United States, whose special supporter George Mitchell tried to achieve further promotion of peace negotiations. It is reported by Associated Press.

Türkiye confirmed that she would sign the protocol on the opening of the border and establish diplomatic relations with Armenia on Saturday, October 10, if there were no obstacles from Yerevan. This statement was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, the site Echo-az.com reports on Thursday.

In the very center of Washington - on National Molla - the competition of environmentally friendly houses "Sunny December" opens on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports.