Barringer crater in Arizona (USA) It seems that a long -term dispute about the causes of the death of ancient Americans, representatives of Clovis culture, which existed, possibly about 13 thousand years ago, and then suddenly disappeared, goes into a new phase. The generally accepted hypothesis, which implies as the main reason a sharp cooling caused by an explosion of a large asteroid now raises a lot of questions.

The Sverdlovsk Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office has identified large-scale pollution in the territory of the Shartash Forest Park located in Yekaterinburg. According to the press service of the prosecutor's office , the damage caused to the specially protected area exceeded 1 billion rubles.

Aeroflot yesterday received a letter from the Federal Air Transport Agency on the suspension of the suitability of 4 out of 10 Superjet-100 aircraft, two sources close to the department, the newspaper Vedomosti (No. 22, of February 12), reported. The representative of the “Sukhoi Civil aircraft” (the Lainer manufacturer) confirmed the fact of the temporary stop of the park. He says that the first four vessels fell under the order.

The founder and general director of the Facebook social network, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Provocial Chan's wife, were on the list of the most generous donors of the year in the United States according to the version of The Chronicle of Philanthropy. It is reported that Tsuckerberg and Chan, a pediatrician by education, sent almost $ 500 million in 2012 and occupied the second line of the list.

The coastal guard of the United States and Mexico directed towing ships to the aid of the American cruise liner Carnival Triumph, which after a fire on board drifts in the Mexican Gulf, reports Associated Press with reference to the company-operator of the Carnival Cruise Lines vessel. Carnival Triumph left the port of Galveston Texas on February 7. He had to return back on February 11.

The UN Security Council “strongly condemned” the tests of nuclear weapons in the DPRK and called it a “serious violation of resolutions,” Reuters reports. The UN Security Council began work on a package of suitable measures that will be directed to North Korea. The United States offered to tighten sanctions against the DPRK. Recall that an emergency meeting at the UN headquarters in New York began at 18:00 Moscow time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to abolish the apparatus of advisers to the head of state. The corresponding order is contained in the decree “Issues of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation”, Interfax reports on Tuesday.

The Moscow Basmanny Court on Tuesday refused to recognize the legal appeal of the coordinator of the “Left Front” by Sergei Udaltsov on the initiation of the case according to the film “Anatomy of Protest - 2”, RIA Novosti reports. The Moscow City Court at the end of January canceled the decision of the Basmanny Court, which refused to consider Udaltsov’s complaint, and sent the case to revise.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed the chairman of the highest certification commission of the current deputy, rector of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples (RUDN) Vladimir Filippov, RIA Novosti reports. Medvedev said this during the current meeting on the fulfillment of obligations to increase wages to teachers. Earlier, the Russian media reported this, clarifying that the deputy head of the Higher Attestation Commission will be the rector of the St.

The head of Komi Vyacheslav Gaiser announced on February 12, 13 and 14 days of mourning in the republic in connection with the death of miners in the explosion at the Vorkutinskaya mine. This was reported on the website of the administration of the region. Culture institutions and Komi television and radio companies are recommended to cancel entertainment events and transfers on the days of mourning. On the morning of February 11, methane exploded at a Vorkutinskaya mine at a depth of 800 m.

The Tver District Court of Moscow, at the request of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, concluded under house arrest the deputy director for general issues of the Moscow Oncology Institute named after Herzen Sergey Bezyaev.

Participants in the Ukrainian feminist Femen divided in the Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God (Notre Dame de Paris). According to Agency-France Presse , the next action of the group was dedicated to the abdication of the throne of Pope Benedict XVI. The girls went to the Parisian cathedral in long coats, but they dropped their clothes inside, exposing their chests, and began to call the bells near the altar.

Three unknown people burst into the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, wounded a security guard from a pistol and stole a 14-year-old patient from a closed hospital, Interfax reports. The armed attack was committed at about 18:00. The car of criminals is wanted. According to Life News , the abducted girl's name is Anna. The police believe that she was abducted by the groom - 26 -year -old Muscovite Anton Butyrin, who planned the attack.

The DPRK authorities announced the successful completion of nuclear tests, reports AP . South Korea confirmed this information. North Korea held an underground explosion at 11:57 local time. The day before the nuclear tests, Pyongyang warned the United States and China about this. Beijing has already confirmed this information. A source in the UN Security Council confirmed Reuters information about the test.

The government approved the bill of the Ministry of Education and Science on measures to stimulate adoption. This was reported on the government website. One of the measures, in particular, provides for an increase in compensation for adoptive parents to 100 thousand rubles. This measure will apply to three categories: children with disabilities, brothers and sisters, as well as children over seven years old. In addition, it is proposed to significantly simplify the adoption of orphans.