In May this year, Nokia announced a strategic agreement with the Finnish HMD Global, under which HMD Global received a global license to create mobile phones and tablets under the Nokia brand over the next 10 years. At the same time, it was clarified that HMD will produce smartphones running Android OS. Since then, various rumors have appeared on the Internet about future devices under the Finnish company’s brand.

Belgian law enforcement officers detained a man who captured hostages in the Carrefour supermarket in Brussels. According to preliminary information, the criminal voluntarily surrendered to the special forces fighters. At the same time, none of the hostages was injured, reports DH.BE. The personality of the criminal has not yet been established, however, as the police believe, it is not about the terrorist attack, but about the failed robbery.

The City Court of Yoshkar-Ola recognized the refusal to initiate a criminal case on the statement of a local resident who accuses the police of applying violence. Thus, the court agreed with the opinion of the Investigative Committee, which believes that the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs acted legally, and the detainee broke his nose, the committee on the prevention of torture reports . We are talking about the incident that occurred in February.

On October 19, a meeting in the Norman format will be held in Berlin, Reuters reports with reference to the statement of the German government. It was possible to get consent from all four participants in the meeting - Chancellor of Germany, Angels Merkel, presidents of Ukraine and France Petro Poroshenko and Francois Olland, as well as from the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Pensioners in Shanghai were convicted of using the IKEA store for personal purposes. Lonely elderly people came to the snack, working at a outlet, in search of communication and even searching for love partners. When the store employees drew attention to this trend, the rule “no food, no sitting” was introduced into the cafe. According to local residents, the masses of pensioners took place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The legendary Swedish group of ABBA can reunite in a virtual 3D show. According to ContactMusic , negotiations on the project are conducted by ex-manager of Spice Girls Simon Fuller and former participants in the music team Bjorn Ulveus and Benny Andersssen. It is noted that the use of holograms on the stage is not uncommon, earlier this technology was used to “resurrect” Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra.

The habit of shaving legs in the modern world is characteristic not only for women, but also for men. This was written by The Independent , referring to the results of a survey conducted by the famous male magazine Men's Health . Employees of the American version of the publication noted that some men began to appear in gyms with shaved legs. In this regard, they decided to find out whether this is an accident or a tendency? A survey was organized on the Facebook page.

Starting October 18, Sberbank is reducing rates on mortgage lending products by 0.5 percentage points. As a result, the new range of rates for the “Purchase of finished housing” and “Purchase of housing under construction” programs will be 12-13.5% per annum in rubles, the organization said in a statement. For applications under the “Mortgage with State Support” program, the rate is also reduced - to 11.4% per annum (previously it was 11.9%).

The EUROSTAR train traffic in a tunnel under the La-Channel Strait between France and Great Britain was interrupted due to the accident in the energy supply system, according to the EUROSTAR website. At least six flights were canceled. Not a single train was inside the tunnel during the problem. At the moment, repair work is underway on the railway tracks. The movement in both directions was stopped at 15:00 Paris time (16:00 Moscow time), BFM TV reports.

Samsung has decided to organize special points at airports where owners of fire-hazardous Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be able to exchange devices or return them and receive compensation, reports Phone Arena . Samsung has now set up a number of exchange points at select airports in Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. As the publication notes, it can be assumed that the company will extend this practice to other countries.

“The well -known rule (about the deceased - good or nothing) in the case of Motorola does not work. You can, if you want to, is glooming without embarrassment,” the journalist writes on his Facebook page. “Having arrived at Ukraine from Russia (Ukhta or some other deaf province), for more than two years all his pseudo -Hero views proved that to fight with the Ukrofashists is the duty of a real Russian man.

The Prosecutor General’s Office will check the legality of the procedure for appealing penalties sent by the traffic police to car owners. A group of citizens applied with the corresponding request. The authors of the appeal are unhappy that the traffic police accepts electronic complaints from citizens only if there is an electron-digital signature (EDS), the cost of which is from 1,500 to 4000 rubles.

Apple has abandoned ambitious plans to create its own car, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources familiar with the project. According to them, the company, having carried out in recent months, the reduction of hundreds of employees since 2014, who worked on the Project Titan , the “secret” project of the Apple electric car, reoriented the remaining staff to develop an autonomous driving system.

Two tourists can win a unique opportunity to spend Halloween night from October 31 to November 1 at Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania. Moreover, you will be able to sleep in velvet-lined coffins right in the crypt of the legendary vampire. The draw is being held among users of the short-term housing rental service Airbnb, reports Reuters .

More than 75% of Russians surveyed advocate the preservation and development of atomic energy in the country: 40.2% support the development of this industry, and 35.1% consider it necessary to preserve existing nuclear power plants.