The defense ministers of Estonia and Spain have agreed to cooperate in the investigation into the accidental launch of a missile in Estonian skies. As TASS reports, the head of the Estonian defense department, Juri Luik, announced this on Thursday following a telephone conversation with his Spanish counterpart Margarita Robles Fernandez.

The Council of Managing the American Academy of Cinema -Arts approved several significant changes to the current format of the Academy Award, which are aimed at popularizing the award ceremony. The fact is that in March 2018 the anniversary 90th Academy Award ceremony watched the record of the number of spectators in the history of the film award - only 26.5 million people (in 2017 it was 34.3 million, in 2008 - 32 million, and the record was 46.5 million spectators in 2000).

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange considers the proposal of the US Congress Congress Senate Committee to testify about the Russian presidential election that allegedly took place. This was reported on Thursday by Reuters , citing a statement by Jennifer Robinson, lawyer Assange.

The company FlightStats , which deals not only with online tracking of air flights, but also collects and analyzes information about them from a large number of sources, including data from governments, airlines, airports and reservation systems, has published a ranking of the most unpunctual airports and air carriers in Europe.

Russia and China are acting in the creation of space -based weapons, and the United States in this situation has to take response measures. This statement was made on Thursday by US Vice President Michael Pence, excerpts from the performance of which are quoted by ABC News . He made a speech in the Pentagon on the implementation of plans for the creation of the US space forces , TASS reports.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova with a crushing score of 6: 0, 6: 2 won the compatriot Daria Kasatkin in the second round of the prestigious WTA tournament in the Canadian Montreal, whose prize fund is almost three million dollars. The first -time meeting of the rivals lasted only 1 hour 16 minutes.

Specialists from Check Point, which dealt with cybersecurity issues, reported the discovery of vulnerabilities in the WhatsApp messenger, which make it possible to change the contents of other people's messages. According to SecurityLab , the found vulnerability is associated with the process of connecting the messenger application to the WhatsApp network and deciphering the messages protected by through encryption using the Protobuf2 protocol.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko prepared a draft amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the consolidation of the country's course on membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance. The head of state wrote about this on Thursday on a Facebook page . "Changes to the Constitution regarding the consolidation of our ambitions on the entry of Ukraine to the European Union and NATO have long been rushed.

Ecuadorian authorities have declared a state of emergency in three provinces of the country due to the influx of migrants from Venezuela. A statement of the decision is posted on the website of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the department, which is quoted by TASS, a state of emergency is being introduced in the capital province of Pichincha, as well as the provinces of Carchi and El Oro, which border Colombia and Peru, respectively.

The Moscow Regional Court on Thursday, August 9, sentenced the participants of the so-called GTA gang to long terms of imprisonment, up to life imprisonment, for a series of murders and attacks on drivers on the roads of Moscow, the Moscow Region and the Kaluga Region in 2012-2014, Interfax reports.

Over the past few years, many companies from around the world have presented their own home robots of various shapes and sizes. Now their list was replenished by the American company Anki, which released a smart little robot, which received the name Vector. According to CNET , the caterpillar robot, which is placed in the palm of your hand, is designed to communicate with the owners and, unlike larger and advanced counterparts, cannot help in household chores.

The Syrian authorities are going to attract Russian tourists, developing religious tourism. This was in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia by the Ambassador of the Republic to Russia Riyad Haddad. "Syria wants to create a reliable background for cooperation with Russia. We will first develop religious tourism, visits to cult places. Guests will also be able to visit the historical sights of Damascus and Palmyra," the diplomat said.

Andrei Konyakhin, the editor -in -chief of the Investigation Management Center (CUR), was summoned for interrogation to the Investigative Committee in the case of the death of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic. The interrogation was scheduled for August 10, reports MBH Media . Earlier in the UK, the deputy chief editor of the CUR Anastasia Gorshkova was already interrogated in the UK.

The sixth medal day of the unified European Championship in Olympic sports brought the Russian team further awards, which strengthened its position in the overall standings of the tournament. Swimmers brought medals to our national team. In Glasgow, gold was won by Evgeny Rylov, who won the 200 m backstroke with a result of 1 minute 53.56 seconds, at the same time setting a new European record and beating his own achievement in 2017 (1.53.61).

Denis Suvorov, a suspect in the murder of the journalist of the Nizhny Novgorod GTRK, was detained in Nizhny Novgorod. This was reported on Thursday, August 9, the regional department of the IC of the Russian Federation. The investigation believes that the murder of Suvorov is not connected with his professional activity. The body of a 27-year-old man was found on the morning of July 24 in the area of ​​Kazan embankment.