Researchers from the University of Tehran demonstrated the last generation of a gumanoid robot under the name Surene III. The Iranian robot with a person showed a man’s skills, seizure of objects and balancing on one leg. The creators explain that he can also climb the steps of the stairs and move along the uneven surface and kick the ball, reports Onliner . The distance from the heels to the top of the robot is 1.9 meters, and its weight does not exceed 98 kg.

Two planes that followed from the USA to Paris changed the course and landed at American airports, CNN television company reports. Air France aircraft, heading from Los Angeles (California) to the capital of France, made an unplanned landing at Salt Lake City Airport (Utah). The reason for the change in the route of flight 65 was a warning about an explosive device on board.

“We decided to go further and help Roskomnadzor in drawing up such mandatory clauses. We were inspired, among other things, by today’s publication by Izvestia, according to which the State Department, with the help of the LGBT community, is discrediting Russian leaders by spreading rumors about their non-traditional sexual orientation. That's why we came up with the idea of ​​adding a mandatory "Not gay" clause to bureaucratic positions.

The minister of the Old Believer Church, the mother of two children and the former candidate for deputies established the sale of synthetic drugs in Novokuznetsk. Orders for wholesale and retail parties were accepted by telephone, the finished goods were left in caches.

The President of the United States Barack Obama invited Russia to shift attention from the support of Syrian President Bashar al -Assad to combat terrorists of the Islamic State group (prohibited in the Russian Federation), Reuters reports. Speaking as part of the APEC summit in Manila, Obama emphasized that he plans to discuss this issue with President Vladimir Putin.

The district court of the city of Grozny decided to recover 30 million rubles from the Russian importer of BMW cars and pay them to a local resident, Kommersant reports. The company is argued by the company's refusal to terminate the contract of sale due to the technical malfunction of the car.

On Tuesday, November 17, in Berlin, a ceremony of presenting the Sofya Kovalevskaya International Prize was held, DW reports. Among the awarded is a native of Russia. In total, six six young scientists aged 31 to 33, working at universities in Europe, the USA and China, received the prize. Among them is the biophysicist of Russian origin Mikhail Kudryashev, who is engaged in research in the field of cryoelectronic microscopy, postdock at the University of Basel in Switzerland.

In the metropolitan cinema "October", the premiere of the film "Priest-san was held. The confession of the samurai", shot according to the script of the Russian actor and director, as well as the priest of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) Ivan Okhlobystin.

In 2014, direct damage to the global economy from terrorist activity amounted to 52.9 billion dollars. This indicator exceeded the 2001 record, when the damage was 51.51 billion dollars. Such data, according to Newsru.co.il , are given in the study "Global Terrorism rating" ( Global Terrorism Index ), published on Tuesday by the International Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP, Institute for Economics and Peace), which is based on Sydroes.

The militants of the Islamic State killed two hostages, citizens of Norway and China, captured earlier in Syria. According to the world media, the terrorists of the IG (prohibited in the Russian Federation) were published in the English -speaking journal, which the group distributes on the Internet, Reuters reports.

Representatives of Bentley confirmed the intention of the brand to bring the crossover more compact Bentayga and the new sports car to the market, reports Livecars.ru . The prototype of the second crossover in the Bentley model line is planned to be declassified in 2017. The serial version of the car worth about 120 thousand British pounds (almost 170 thousand euros) will appear a year after that.

Russian arbitration courts began to make the first decisions on the recognition of individuals bankrupt in accordance with the new law, which entered into force on October 1. So, according to the TASS agency, a resident of Buryatia Nikolai Plakhin was declared bankrupt due to a debt exceeding 7.2 million rubles, a resident of the Chelyabinsk region Daria Rastorguev - 14 million rubles. As follows from judicial materials, bankruptcy were initiated by the debtors themselves.

The environmental crisis on Lake Baikal seems to continue to develop. Scientists note that water in some areas of Baikal does not comply with sanitary and epidemiological norms, and neither people nor even cattle can drink water from the lake, reports IA UlanMedia .

Employees of the criminal investigation and department of the FSB detained a 42-year-old man in Odintsovo near Moscow, who is suspected of dozens of false reports of allegedly preparing acts of terrorism in Moscow and the Moscow Region, TASS reports. "The suspect was detained during a joint operation.

Google has launched a Google Flights airline service in Russia, reports Slon.ru. Users can compare ticket prices in rubles and watch offers from local airlines. The Google Flights service helps to look for routes and prices on the map, use filters when choosing flights by the duration of flights, air carrier and the number of transfers. Google Flights also provides visitors to the service lists of recommended areas that are based on wishes or data on previous visits to the site.