On the opening day of the Winter Olympic Games in the city of Sochi, a record was recorded for daily births over the past 10 years, Interfax reports. According to the city authorities, on February 7, data on 34 babies - 24 boys and 10 girls were included in the books of birth records. At the same time, seven babies were born on the Olympic night: four boys and three girls. One boy was born in the moment of the opening of the Olympic Games - 20:14 Moscow time.

The American network of fast food restaurants McDonald's opened its first restaurant in communist Vietnam, this happened almost 40 years after the withdrawal from the country of the US troops, reports AFP. The emergence of a symbol of American capitalism in South Hoshchein, better known in the West as Saigon, which American troops left in 1975, largely became possible thanks to the son-in-law of the influential Prime Minister Vietnam Nguen Tan Zunga.

Rosneft will build new shipbuilding enterprises in the Murmansk region, Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin reports on its Facebook page. Rogozin called the Murmansk village of Roslyakovo the future center of Arctic shipbuilding and added that Rosneft would create new jobs and income in the region. The plan for the placement of new shipbuilding measures has already been agreed with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Assistant Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Dmitry Loskutov denied the involvement of the Russian authorities to intercept the negotiations of American diplomats, reports Associated Press.

The number of victims of the accident in Argentina has grown to 19 people, reports the Associated Press . Earlier it was reported that the truck driver drove into the oncoming lane, where he made a collision with the bus. After the blow, the truck and the bus flashed. The version of the driver of the truck is confirmed by an amateur video made by one of the motorists: the record shows that the truck driver is moving along the highway with traffic violations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned a representative of the Moscow bureau of the CNN television channel in connection with the scandalous rating of the ugliest monuments, RIA Novosti reports . According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the journalist was told that such actions were inadmissible and outrageous. The mockery of the memory of Soviet soldiers who gave their lives in the name of victory over fascism cannot be justified or forgiven, the report says.

An interview about books with a poet, translator, literature researcher Anna Gerasimova (Umka) took place during the Lviv Forum of publishers 2013. Talked by Natalia Demina . When did you start reading? And what was your first book? I started reading very early - at three years old. I learned to speak earlier than to think. First talk, then read, and then think. At five, I already read the “Three Musketeers” and “Winnie Poh” at the same time.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro promised to create a tough legislative framework for regulating the media, RIA Novosti reports. According to Maduro, he is not scared by the risk of a dictator. The Venezuelan leader announced a firm intention to put an end to the "yellowness" and propaganda. Earlier, Maduro was already falling criticizing the media, in particular, on television.

During the clashes between demonstrators and police in Bosnia, 200 people were injured, according to Al Jazeera . Protest shares began after the closure of a number of enterprises in one of the Bosnian cities. The remaining people without work decided to storm the administrative building. Soon, a wave of protests covered other cities, including the capital of Bosnia Sarajevo. The number of victims reached 219 people, about half of them are police officers.

In Argentina, 15 people were killed as a result of a bus collision with a truck, reports Associated Press . Presumably, the culprit of the accident is the driver of the truck. He allowed a departure to the oncoming lane and a frontal collision with a bus. After the blow, the truck and the bus flashed. In addition to the dead, the victims are reported, their number is not specified.

11 people became victims of two accidents in Albania, reports Associated Press . According to the Albanian police, six people died when the minibus falls from the cliff. Five more people received serious injuries. On the same day, five people died with a frontal collision of two cars.

During the shelling in the Syrian city of Homs, four Red Cross officers were injured, according to Al Arabiya . Immediately before shelling, the UN convoy entered the Homs, the task of which is the delivery of the humanitarian cargo. In connection with the incident, cargo delivery may be difficult. The Syrian government and the opposition accuse each other in violation of the ceasefire in Homs, the agreement of which was reached the day before to solve the humanitarian problem.

The chairman of the Central Council of the Alliance of the Green and Social Democrats Oleg Mitreol invited to join the ranks of the party Vladimir Ryzhkov, who had previously left the RPR Parnas on Saturday, ITAR-TASS reports. “Mr. Ryzhkov is a serious politician, we would like to invite him to our party,” said Oleg Mitvol. In his opinion, Ryzhkov’s entry into the Green Alliance would strengthen the position of this party.

“You have chosen an interesting profession that creates a new city and new Russia,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, referring to the first laureates of a new prize for young scientists established by the Moscow government. On February 6, on the eve of the Day of Russian Science, a solemn ceremony was held at the Moscow City Hall, at which eight young researchers received diplomas of laureates.

From the beginning of the year, 421 people have died from the flu in Mexico, the Associated Press reports. According to the Mexican Ministry of Health, the vast majority of the dead were infected with the influenza virus H1N1, which received the everyday name "Pork flu". The number of Mexican flu has reached 3.7 thousand people.