Toyota Motor Corporation engineers presented a new version of their robot basketball player. The mechanism, called Cue 3, has a “height” of 207 cm. At demonstration performances, he performed three-pointers and demonstrated a very good result, hitting five times out of eight attempts when throwing from behind the arc. Engineers claim that it usually achieves a higher hit percentage. According to the developers, thanks to its sensors, the robot practically does not miss.

In the coming months, Ford will stop the production of cars in Russia and refuse to import cars. Contrary to the expectations of some experts, the joint venture of Ford Sollers on April 2 announced a large sale of several models at once, which will soon leave the market.

The Russian authorities notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the possibility of introducing restrictions on goods from the European Union in connection with the introduction of tariff quotas on the products of Russian steelmits by the EU. The notification was sent to the WTO Council Council. Earlier on the WTO website, a message was published on the introduction of the EU since February 2, 2019 of tariff quotas for 26 types of steel products from Russia.

“The main problem of Russian“ old -level ”is the holy conviction that democracy is when they are in power themselves or those for whom they are drowning,” the political scientist writes on his Facebook page. "If, according to the results of the elections, the wrong one who was drowned is won, the walls begin" again the wrong people slipped.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation began to apply a law on disrespect for power , adopted less than a month ago. Guided by the new legal norm, the supervisory authority demanded that Roskomnadzor turn to the Yaroslavl media to delete news about the offensive graffiti about Vladimir Putin. This was announced by TJ by a source familiar with the situation.

Algeria President Abdelaziz Buteflik announced on Tuesday to leave the post. This was reported by Algerie Presse Service . The decision of the 82-year-old head of state was made against the backdrop of protests and the actual refusal of the army to obey the legally incompetent president.

US President Donald Trump called the Democrats shame and wrecking, who intend to conduct a number of new investigations in the House of Congress in connection with the alleged Russian intervention in the elections and conspiracy with the election headquarters of Trump. The head of the Washington administration gave such an assessment on Tuesday, answering questions from media representatives at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the White House.

On March 31, in the south-east of Iceland, tourists had to flee from large waves caused by the collapse of ice from the output glacier of Breidamerkuriokudl. People were photographed on the shore when an ice tsunami occurred. There were no victims. Stefan Mantler from the tourist company Háfjall told the Rool television company that tourists were informed about actions in a similar situation. The guide noted that they were not scared by what happened, but were excited.

The suspect in the pogrom and the embezzlement of hard drives from the editorial office of the Kommersant newspaper in Yekaterinburg was released on a recognizance not to leave. According to RIA Novosti, the representative of the regional department of the IC of the Russian Federation Alexander Shulga, "the crime is not serious." The accusation of the man has not yet been brought.

The 34-year-old British pilot of the Mercedes team Lewis Hamilton became the highest paid rider in the history of Formula 1. In the cash rating of the Royal Racing, he went around the seven -time champion Michael Schumacher. According to Forbes , after signing a new contract with Mercedes by 50 million per year, the combined earnings of the five-time and current formula-1 champion 1 are estimated at $ 489 million.

“The plane landed in Sochi. I flew to the investment forum, turned on the phone, fell out, three of them said that Natasha Fileva called,” the economist and politician shared with memories on Facebook due to the death of Natalia Fileva. “I remembered exactly a year ago, here, in the capital of the Winter Olympic Games, we sat with her on the gallery of a large plenary meeting. The ministers and governors sat ahead.

More than 20% of Russian households do not have access to centralized sewage: 16.8% use the pipes system in cesspools, and in 5.8% of the population there is no sewage system. This is evidenced by the results of a comprehensive observation of the living conditions of the Rosstat population for 2018, the results of which RBC got acquainted. The study was conducted from September 15 to September 29, 2018 in all regions of Russia with a coverage of 60 thousand households based on a personal survey.

The Central Bank proposes to prohibit microfinance organizations (MFIs) to issue loans secured by housing. This was stated by the Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina at a meeting of the Interregional Banking Council under the Federation Council, Vedomosti writes. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko supported the initiative of the Central Bank.

The HBO television channel published on its YouTube channel three new videos dedicated to the soon release of the final season of the series Game of Thrones. The first, lasting a little over four minutes, shows how special effects were created. The video shows the battle of Chernovodnaya, the battle of the bastards, the flights of dragons and other battles.

Elena Efros The journalist publishes on his Facebook page a description of the process of the emergence of a law in Russia, allowing public burning terrorists in squares. "How Autodafe will be introduced in Russia (anti -utopia in twenty assets) 1. Some deputy, not the most famous, will talk in an interview that, they say, it would be nice to burn terrorists in the square so that others are disgraced.