The Airbnb online service, which allows users to rent and rent housing for a short time, banned the rental of houses for parties after five people were killed in the American city of Orinda (California). This was written on November 2 on Twitter by Airbnb General Director Brian Cheski. According to him, the company will double the efforts to combat unresolved parties, as well as with abuse, which allow both tenants and housing owners.

The pirates abducted the captain and nine members of the crew of the Norwegian ship MV Bonita in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Benin in West Africa, according to the website of the JJ UGLAND Sudger company. The incident occurred on November 2 on the Raid of Port Koton, but it became known only the day before. The abduction occurred when the ship was anchored in nine sea miles from the entrance to the port and expected to unload the Party of Gypsum on board.

The Court of Appeal of Paris revised the decision of the lower court on Monday with respect to the 25-year-old radical Islamist Josuam Planel, considering it necessary to increase his sentence from 7 to 9 years in prison. The planel, as he himself admitted, intended in 2016 to commit a terrorist attack on "American and Russian tourists, as well as Jewish tourists" in the historical fortress of the city of Karkason (Department of OD, South of the country).

The trial of the Spanish banker Haime Botin (former head of Bankinter Bank) on suspicion of trying to remove the picture of the artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) from the country on Monday in Madrid. This is written by the newspaper El Pais . According to her, we are talking about a canvas called the “head of a young woman” (Cabeza de Mujer Joven) worth 26.2 million euros.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US National Institutes of Health have launched a joint campaign to identify those scientists who steal the results of biomedical research for the benefit of other countries. The New York Times reported this on Monday, noting that “virtually all” of those suspected of transmitting such information are from China.

US President Donald Trump is aimed at capturing oil fields belonging to the Syrian people. This was announced by a member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress from the Second District of Hawaii Tulsey Gabbard, claiming to be nominated to the president of the country from the Democratic Party. Gabbard recalled that the American authorities should ensure US national security. However, Trump, according to the Congresswomen, "changed course", Fox News reports.

British Mercedes team driver Lewis Hamilton became a six-time world champion in auto racing in the Formula 1 class. 34-year-old Hamilton won his sixth title in his career at the US Grand Prix, where he showed the second result. His Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas won the race. Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen finished third. Russian Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat took tenth place, was later penalized by five seconds and moved to 12th place.

The Moscow prosecutor's office did not find in the activities of the United Russia Andrei Metelsky signs of violation of anti -corruption legislation. This is stated in the response of the city prosecutor Valery Rashkin, deputy of the State Duma, who asked for an audit. "There are no grounds for prosecutorial response measures at present," the document quoted "Vedomosti" says.

Parents of young persons involved in a number of last high -profile criminal cases throughout Russia combined in motion of Mother against Political Repressions and announced this at a meeting with reporters, writes New Gazeta .

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sent a note to Russia in which it demanded the return of Ukrainian ships detained in the Kerch Strait. The head of the department, Vadim Prystaiko, spoke about this at a press conference. According to the diplomat, the Foreign Ministry note contains a requirement to indicate “where and when” Ukraine can take back the ships, Interfax reports. “Our military is ready to arrive at any point and pick up our ships,” Prystaiko noted.

The former mayor of Grozny, the second cousin of the head of Chechnya, Islam Kadyrov, asked for forgiveness from the leadership of the republic and the Chechen people for "unconscious mistakes" after the publication of the video in which he beats a woman with a electric shocker .

The Commission on Combating the Falsification of Scientific Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) found violations in publications for six more candidates for members of the Academy, according to its website. The commission prepared a report on the eve of the elections to the corresponding members and academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the general meeting, which will be held on November 11-15. Previously, violations were found in the publications of 56 scientists.

Four crew members of the Greek tanker Elka Aristotle were taken hostage by unidentified armed men off the coast of Togo, Interfax reports, citing a message from the country's Navy. “On Monday, November 4, 2019, at approximately 03:00, the tanker Elka Aristotle ... was attacked by armed persons approximately 18 kilometers from the port of Lomé,” the navy said in a statement. Among those captured were two Filipinos, one Greek and one Georgian.

Saudi Arabia officially announced plans to conduct an IPO of its state oil and gas company Saudi Aramco, which will become the most pleasant IPO in history. The shares of the world's largest integrated company will be offered on the Saudi Arabia exchange - TADAWUL, Interfax reports. It is expected that the collection of applications from investors will start on December 4, and the company's trading will begin on December 11.

On November 3, it became known that the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who left the Russian Federation to Ukraine in February 2017, left Kyiv and moved to another country. He spoke about the reasons for his departure in an interview with the Freedom radio station. According to the journalist, he did not want to talk about his departure, guided by security considerations. For the same reason, Babchenko refused to report which country he chose as a new place of residence.