Hackers of the "Syrian Electronic Army" hacked the site of an influential American newspaper The Washington Post. The statement published on the site on behalf of the editor -in -chief of the publication says that when the site was switched to some of the articles, he independently transferred readers to the Syrian Electronic Army page. "A few days ago, the hackers attacked the editorial staff, trying to get information about passwords.

On Thursday, Greece solemnly celebrates one of the largest religious and state holidays - the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the republic using the Gregorian church calendar, the festival of the Assumption of the Mother of God is celebrated two weeks earlier than in Russia (on August 28 according to the old style), ITAR-TASS recalls.

A wave of violence that overwhelmed Egypt ( video, photo ), whose victims, according to official reports, were already more than 420 people, and had reached the resort cities. In Egypt, a state of emergency was introduced from Wednesday to a month, and in 11 provinces - a commandant hour (from 19:00 to 6:00).

The Rolls-Royce brand began to prepare a new generation of Phantom limousine, which has been sold for a dozen years. According to Automotive News , the novelty will be presented in 2016, it will be based on the next generation BMW 7-Series platform and will receive an option of all-wheel drive. If the data on the platform is confirmed, this will mean that the car will become more than two centners easier due to the widespread use of carbon and aluminum elements.

The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, scheduled to date, was canceled due to the fact that some of its members were sent to the Far East, injured from the flood, for local work. Vladimir Putin also instructed the head of RusHydro to arrive in the emergency area. The company hastened to report the allocation of major financial assistance to the victim region.

The combined power of all computers of the world can soon fit in one palm, writes The Telegragh , telling how scientists are engaged in the improvement of grid systems, which, according to experts, can soon replace the World Wide Web. Grid called Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is developed by specialists of the European Nuclear Research Center (Sern). The system was originally created by Sern for processing huge amounts of data coming from a large adron collider (LHC).

The riots in Egypt continue. Waves of protest actions do not weaken, despite the fact that, according to the latest official data, the number of those who died during the clashes of Islamists with the police reached 638 people, 3994 were injured. Earlier, 525 dead were reported. Those outraged by violence by the authorities in Alexandria hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brothers staged seated strikes, and in Cairo the Islamists stormed the administrative building, reports Al Jazeera .

“The guards began to scare them and threaten them with beatings. Everyone called the police, who arrived very quickly, about six minutes later. And I arrived, but I couldn’t get in: the guards cordoned off the area, not letting anyone through. This is where the nuns of the monastery came into play. At first they just shouted and scolded the guys, saying they were against the church. And then the nuns brought three dogs and tried to set them on the city defenders. They stood calmly, not afraid.

The acting mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said that all the innovations in a paid parking in the center of Moscow, in particular, are possible to expand the zone where it will not be possible to put cars for free, he will discuss after the election of the capital. Now, explains the acting mayor of Moscow, the situation "Valgotny", summer regime, few cars. Only in the fall, when everyone returned from vacations, will it be seen how the system works.

After a painful defeat from Northern Ireland in the qualifying match of the 2014 World Cup 2014, the mentor of the Russian national team Fabio Capello laid guilty for failure for the entire team and expressed confidence that his team would nevertheless take first place in the group. “There was a team on the field that acted much faster than us. The hosts demonstrated passion and determination in each episode.

Insky Odessa company began selling tickets into space, and there are already the first buyers - they became two lovers, the Odessa Life website reports. The company received from the international partner - the Dutch company Space Expedition Corporation - the right to sell tickets in late July.

Last night, a number of attention of friendly matches were held on the planet football fields. The main rival of the Russian team in the qualifying group to the World Cup - the Portuguese team - tied with Holland (1: 1). On the goal of Kevin Strican, the wards of Paulo Bentta, shortly before the final whistle, answered Cristiano Ronaldo with an accurate blow.

In Nice, at the age of 83, the world famous Polish writer and playwright Slavomir Mrozek died, the Russian BBC service reports. Mrozhek was born on June 29, 1930 in the small Galician town of Borzhytsin, where his father worked at the post office. In addition to achievements in the field of drama and cooperation with various theaters of the country, he was remembered by his novels and short stories.

The number of Russians who consider it normal not to pay taxes has increased, evidence of a survey of the analytical center of Yuri Levada. Over the past four years, the share of those who allow the opportunity to hide part of the income so as not to pay taxes have increased from 10% to 16%. And those who believed that not to pay taxes were bad, became almost half as much. In 2000, 41% of people believed that not to pay taxes was extremely reprehensible, but by 2013 there were only 30% left.

The temporarily acting President Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov reacted positively to the revision of the entrepreneur Suleiman Kerimov Development Strategy for the Development of the Makhachkala football club "Anji". In his opinion, football in Dagestan is now returning to his roots. “Suleiman Kerimov is a very effective entrepreneur,” the Vesti television channel quotes the Abdulatipov.