At least eight people died as a result of a landslide gathering in the Chinese city of Chunzin, another 24 were declared missing. It is reported by Xinhua with reference to local emergency services. In connection with the incident, the country's authorities were forced to evacuate over seven thousand people living in the disaster zone. About 500 people were involved in the rescue operation. The element also affected the city district Yunyan.

Almost three quarters of Russians (73%) support the accession of Crimea to Russia. In March, this opinion was shared by 64% of our compatriots. The polls were conducted by the Levada Center, Interfax introduces their results. According to the study, 15% of respondents (compared with 11% in March) believe that Crimea should be an independent state, and 4% are sure that it should be part of Ukraine (14% in March).

Yemen President Abdu Rabbi Mansur Hadi dismissed the government, Reuters reports citing sources in the office of ministers. The head of state also promised protesters who came to the capital to reduce gasoline prices and diesel fuel. The president is going to appoint a new premiere within a week. After that, the Yemeni parties put their representatives to the posts of ministers. However, the leader of the opposition Abdul Malek Al-Khushi stated that he would continue the struggle.

The authorities of the Russian Federation announced the adoption of an updated military doctrine by the end of 2014 in connection with the emergence of new threats for the security of the Russian state. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the deputy secretary of the Council of Security of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov. “We assume to finish the work on making changes to the military doctrine this year,” Popov said.

A research team from the University of Michigan has developed a completely unique sunny battery. The main innovation is that this battery is almost invisible, but not in the sense that it is so small. “Transparent luminescent concentrator of solar energy”, as the creators called it, can be used on buildings, cars, smartphones and any other devices that have transparent surfaces.

World football stars took part in a charity match in the Vatican, Agency France-Presse reports. The match took place on the initiative of the Pope Francis I and the former football player, the organizer of the Pupi charity foundation, Javier Sanetti. Diego Maradon, Zinedine Zidan, Francesco Totti and other brightest representatives of world football took part in the game.

The Bank of Russia has begun to develop a new risk management system with the involvement of the Russian representative office of the American company Oliver Wyman, Izvestia reports with reference to order No. R-601 signed by the Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina. The press service of the Central Bank of the building explained that the issue of revising the risk management system has gained particular relevance after the global economic crisis of 2008-2012.

Nationalists, left and mothers of the ATO participants will picket the Verkhovna Rada building in the center of Kiev, Interfax-Ukraine reports. In particular, about 200 supporters of the Freedom association gathered there. They demand to adopt a law on lustration, as well as amending the law on the election of deputies and holding extraordinary elections in October.

Fidel Castro Photo: Migenteinforma.org Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. Fidel Castro promised the dollar and euro dependence on the ruble and the yuan The Cuban Revolutionary Leader Fidel Castro said that soon the euro and the dollar will become dependent on the yuan and the ruble.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the approval of the annual national cooperation program of Ukraine-NATO for 2014, the press service of the government reports. According to the report, in particular, the Cabinet of Ministers at his next meeting approved the draft Decree of the President of Ukraine “On approval of the annual national cooperation program of Ukraine-NATO for 2014”.

A number of European countries propose to impose sanctions against the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergey Shoigu, forbid him to enter the European Union, and freeze his assets in Europe. It is reported by RIA Novosti . As Interfax clarifies, in addition to sanctions in relation to Shoigu, it is proposed to limit Russia's participation in cultural, economic and sporting events.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has claims to chicken producers due to their increase in prices. This was announced by the head of the FAS Igor Artemyev, his words are given by Interfax . The official noted that the country has long completely provided itself with chicken.

Ilya Karpyuk Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia Photo: nasa-online.ru The government nevertheless supported the so-called fourth antimonopoly package, the preparation of which lasted several years and against which representatives of large business actively opposed. In any case, RBC reports that the document prepared by the Federal Antimonopoly Service was approved by the government commission on billing activities.

The Government of Crimea intends to forcibly redeem the Yalta film studio, as well as the Krymgaz joint -stock company. It is reported by Interfax . According to the Minister of Culture of Crimea Arina Novoselskaya, the ransom of property is supposed to be carried out at the expense of the budget of the republic. According to her, the property complex of the Yalta film studio was privatized for 1.3 million hryvnias.

On September 1, as befits a holiday, social networks and other media in the Russian Federation were covered in somewhat revolutionary news: supposedly, Minister Livanov said that when assessing exam essays (they are returning to use), literacy will not be checked. Well, yes, horror, horror, horror, who could argue. Here is a version of the presentation from Kommersant : “The main innovation of this school year is a compulsory final essay for all 11th-graders.