In Brazil, a bus with tourists broke into the abyss from a height of about 400 meters, the G1 portal reports. 32 people were killed and 11 more were injured. The number of victims may increase, local journalists note. The accident occurred in the state of Santa-Katarin in the south of the country about 100 kilometers from the ocean coast on Saturday, March 14, local time. According to preliminary data, the driver lost control at a bend.

The United States will ultimately have to negotiate with Syria President Bashar Assad, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview with CBS . As Reuters notes, in his remarks about Syria there was no traditional statement that Assad regime is completely illegitimen and he must leave. The agency connects some softening of the position with the advent of a new danger in the region - extremists of the Islamic State.

Writer Valentin Rasputin, who had fallen the other day in coma, passed away. On March 15, he would be 78 years old. “He died. Four days were in a coma. The issue of farewell and funerals is being resolved. Most likely, farewell will be in Moscow. And they will bury in Irkutsk,” the granddaughter of the writer Antonina told RIA Novosti . According to Interfax in the Union of Writers of Russia, Rasputin died late in the evening of March 14.

The Ukrainian biathletist Valentina Semerenko, never missing four firing borders, won 12.5 kilometers in the Mass-Carta at the World Contiolakit Championship. The second was the German Francis Proys (+6.2 seconds; 1 miss), the third was finished by the Italian Karin Oberhofer (+12.6; 2). The best of the Russians was Ekaterina Shumilova (+41.8; 1), who took the tenth place.

In the match of the 19th round of the Russian football championship, the capital Lokomotiv at its stadium with a score of 0: 1 lost to the Tula Arsenal and missed the opportunity to rise to third place in the country's tournament table. The only ball in the 67th minute of the meeting after the fire transfer was scored by the midfielder of guests Alexander Zotov. “At the beginning of the first half we had five very good moments, we didn’t score. There were times at the end.

Former American Central David Harrison, who played four seasons as part of the Indiana Piserez NBA club, was forced to get a job on the McDonald's fast -fast restaurant network a few years ago, as he spent all the money earned, TASS reports, referring to Sportando . “I wanted to confiscate the car for debts, the house had already taken away the bank. I had no work, but I had to somehow provide my family,” said Harrison.

In the central match of the 19th round of the football championship of Russia, which opened the oldest Spartak fan with a symbolic blow, Spartak at the home stadium “Opening Arena” with a score of 1: 0 defeated Dynamo. The only goal was scored in the 59th minute of the meeting: after the blow of Sergei Parshivlyuk, the ball hit Frank Douglas in the back, and then flew into the gates of Vladimir Gabulov.

The State Duma introduced a draft law on increasing income tax from 13 to 16%. The authors of the project - the Communists - argue that the most significant growth will be for people with high incomes. According to RIA Novosti , the bill involves an increase in the tax rate on individuals from January 1, 2016. It was introduced by deputy Nikolai Ryabov (Communist Party), the information is posted in the State Duma database.

The fire occurred on the territory of the Novodevichy Monastery, reports Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement. "The fire occurred at the bell tower of the Novodevichy Monastery on Sunday evening," the agency’s interlocutor said. He added that the area of ​​the fire is specified, the first fire brigades arrived at the scene. One of the eyewitnesses of the fire told the agency that the languages ​​of the flame were visible from the walls of the monastery.

Passenka Sergey Bezrukov 25-year-old Andrei Livanov was found dead in his apartment. A colleague at the Moscow Provincial Theater, where he served as a senior administrator, was discovered, a representative of the theater told RIA Novosti . There are no traces of violent death. Andrei Livanov (son of the wife of Sergei Bezrukov Irina from his previous marriage - with actor Igor Livanov) was discovered at home.

The Jewish supermarket in Paris, attacked by the Islamist AMedi Kulibali in January, again opened his doors to buyers on Sunday, Interfax reports with reference to the French newspaper Figaro . “We were shocked by this attack, but we never had a doubt that we would open again,” said Laurent Mimun, one of the managers of the store.

In the Tula region, a man opened shooting in a store. There are no victims, a bully, angry due to the fact that the machine did not let him win a soft toy, was detained, Tula news reported. The incident occurred in one of the shops of the city of Shchekino. The 30-year-old non-working man had a conflict with the staff of one of the stores. The visitor tried to win a prize in a machine-manipulator with soft toys, and behaved very nervously. The man struck the asset of the machine gun.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko introduced a bill to the Verkhovna Rada on the determination of certain regions of Donbass with a special procedure for local self -government. The adoption of this document is one of the conditions of the Minsk agreements. The draft law published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada is dated March 14.

A large boxing evening took place in the Ring of the Canadian Montreal, in the main battle of the WBA (Super) world champion, WBO and IBF in a weight of weight, 31-year-old Russian Sergei Kovalev held the first three titles in a duel with the ex-champion of the world in this weight category by 32-year-old Canadian Jean Pascal. Kovalev very confidently began the battle and sent Pascal to a knockdown in the third round.

An extraordinary automobile column of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia with humanitarian aid for the Donetsk and Lugansk regions on Sunday morning is customs clearance on the state border of the Russian Federation. This was announced by TASS by the deputy chief of the National Center for Management in Crisis situations (NTsux) of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Oleg Voronov. In front of the border, the column was traditionally divided into two parts - for Donetsk and Lugansk.