Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, the youngest son of George Bush Sr. and the brother of ex-president Bush Jr., abandoned all posts in the advice of the company directors to devote himself to the struggle for the presidential chair in 2016, Washington Post reports. Officially, Jeb Bush has not yet announced his decision, but already said that he did not exclude his participation in the race.

Citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and some other CIS countries will only enter Russia from the beginning of this year by passports. The exception was made for citizens of Belarus and Kazakhstan - countries included in the Customs Union, as well as for Ukraine in connection with the "complex domestic political situation." Earlier, citizens of the CIS countries could enter Russia according to the internal main document certifying. As TASS notes, there is still no speech about a visa entry.

In Israel on New Year's Eve, three rhinos arranged an escape from the Safari zoo in Ramat-Gan. The animals left not far - they were soon discovered in a neighboring parking lot, reports Newsru.co.il . The young females Rihanna and Keren Peles, along with the elderly Carnivalla, took advantage of the inattention of the night watchman, dozing in the morning. According to Jewish.ru , the guard not only fell asleep, but also forgot to close the gate.

From Thursday, a new procedure for the formation of pension rights of citizens and the calculation of a pension in the compulsory pension insurance system is introduced in Russia - the so -called new pension formula and “pension points”. The accumulative system was completely frozen, and significant changes were agreed on the insurance: in particular, the minimum necessary for obtaining a pension will grow from 5 to 15 years, TASS reports.

In a number of regions of Central Russia, electric trains are canceled from January 1, it follows from the message of the local railway operator - the Central Suburban Passenger Company (CPPK). The Ministry of Transport was warned before the New Year that 20 regions of Russia could remain without a suburban message. Corror passenger transportation in Russia is carried out by suburban passenger companies, which are the co -owner of the Russian Railways.

On New Year's Eve, in one of the suburbs of the British city of Plymouth, the county of Devon, one person died and the other two received stab wounds during a fight in a village pub. The deceased, 27 years old, was cut off with an ax, reports Newsru Israel with reference to the British edition of Mirror . The police arrested two men, 20 and 21, suspected of this brutal murder. During the search, they found a murder - knives and an ax.

In the Chechen Republic and during festive New Year's events, special operations against militants do not stop. On January 1, 2015, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced the liquidation of two terrorists involved in the attack on the Press House and the school in the capital of the republic. The operation to search for bandits was carried out on Thursday in the village of Mecenskaya Naursky district of Chechnya, TASS reports.

In the Gilmain province in the south of Afghanistan, the wedding ceremony ended with a bloody tragedy: a crowd of guests was fired from mortars from army checkpoints. Shells got into the building where the families of newlyweds and guests gathered. At the same time, dozens of people were injured, and over 20 died.

Canadian-American entrepreneur, inventor and engineer, billionaire, founder, owner, general director and chief engineer of SpaceX, as well as the founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal Elon Musk parted with his wife, British actress Talula Riley, reports AP. When they broke up for the first time, in 2012, Musk reported this to the whole world. “These were amazing four years. I will love you forever,” he wrote on his Twitter in January 2012.

In Moscow on New Year's Eve, almost six dozen drunk drivers were detained. In total, law enforcement officers registered over 1300 accidents with material damage over these days. “Over the past day, on December 31, 2014, 36 traffic accidents occurred in the city, in which 1 people died, 38 were injured. 1321 accidents with material damage were registered, 58 drivers were detained,” said the radio officer of the capital's traffic police officer Ekaterina Smitskaya.

In Azerbaijan, grooms and brides were obliged to undergo a medical examination before the wedding. The law entered into force on January 1, reports Trend News Agency . Before the lovers bind themselves to marriage, doctors must make sure that they have no diseases from the list compiled by the Cabinet of Ministers (including HIV/AIDS). Future newlyweds will receive data on the results of research and certificate. After that, the certificate must be given to the registry office.

The head of the CEC of the Russian Federation Vladimir Churov said that he is not allowed to change the BMW 7 service car for traveling around Moscow to UAZ Patriot, the Russian News Service reports. On the air of the radio station, Churov complained that so far he could not persuade people who make decisions. “I put up for us to drive in domestic cars. Say, not a single foreign car in the Astrakhan steppe would have traveled. But I managed to get to any polling station in any area.

On the first day of the New Year, his 96th anniversary is celebrated by the famous writer, an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg Daniil Grain, TASS reports. When asked by the agency where he is going to celebrate the New Year and his birthday, the writer replied that "with friends, in a small good company." "The wine is a little, food - a little and a little new year - a little," said Granin.

Rescuers managed to find nine more bodies at the crash site of the AIRASIA Liner flight QZ8501 in Indonesia, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the discovery of seven bodies of the dead was reported, including the flight attendant. The personality of one of the passengers is established by fingerprints and surgical seams. In addition, a document certifying was found in a woman’s clothing pocket, the agency notes. According to AP, two bodies were found on Thursday.

Sochi residents complain that the city authorities did not fulfill their promises to restore the embankment destroyed by vandals, the Caucasian Knot reports. The absence of fences creates a danger to residents and guests of the city, the Sochi say. Earlier it was reported that unknown vandals destroy the fences installed on the embankment of the Sochi River. From November, every night, as a result of vandal actions, has lost several compartments of curly parapets from the right and left bank.