The island of Sicily wants to connect an underwater tunnel with mainland Italy, the Italian news agency AGI reports with reference to sources in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. The project was already approved by the Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Comte. They want to lay the tunnel under the Messinsky Strait - between the eastern part of Sicily and the Calabria region. Engineer Giovanni Sakka developed a Tunnel project back in 2017.

Shipping in the Arctic Rosneft The modernization of equipment at the Rosneft terminal in Arkhangelsk allowed to double the shipment of oil products for the northern delivery, to 110 thousand tons. The gasoline of the highest ecological standard and diesel fuel, which is departed from Arkhangelsk, are designed to form the stock of cities and villages of the Far North for the winter.

The paratroopers were attracted to the suppression of protests in Brest, Sputnik reports with reference to the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Brest -Executive Committee of Alexander Astreiko. The units of the landing and scenery brigade were used to cordon. “Units of the 38th brigade were used only as part of the cordon of those sites in which order was already put up, and in order to prevent other offenders from returning there and take some actions again,” said Astraiko.

In the Tomsk region, the first case in Russia has reached the court about the occupation of the highest position in the criminal hierarchy, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reports . The department approved the indictment and transferred the case to the court for consideration on the merits.

The number of coronavirus around the world was 20292486 people, of which 3.6% died - 741380, 62% were cured - 12585473 people, Jones Hopkins reported . Currently, infection cases are recorded in 188 countries. The largest number of infected are registered in the USA - 5141207, 164537 people died there. In second place in the number of infected are Brazil - 3057470 sick, 101752 deaths. In third place, India - 2329638 infected, 46091 died.

The Bombbor publishing house represents the book of Ksenia Knorre-Dmitrieva “Found, alive! Notes about the search squad "Lisa Alert". " The search and rescue squad "Lisa Alert" has existed since 2010. The book of Ksenia Knorre-Dmitrieva talks about how the search operation occurs, what drives those who participate in search of how not to get lost in the forest or the city and what is the easiest way to help the lost. We offer to read an excerpt from the book.

Twitter allowed users to limit the number of people who can respond to their tweets, the company’s official blog says . The new function was introduced so that "unwanted answers do not interfere with the meaningful conversation." Now, before publishing a message on Twitter, the user will be able to choose one of three privacy options. The first - standard - provides that everyone can answer tweet without exception.

The idea that a certain “singularity” awaits us in the near future has recently become quite popular, primarily thanks to the activities of the technical director of Google in the field of technical training Racond Kurzweil and his book The Singularity is Near (2005).

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Yuri Karaev, demanded from subordinates working on protests, "not to touch the journalists." This was reported by the telegram channel of the department. “My fundamental position is not to touch journalists! In addition to cases where they become between violators and law enforcement forces, ”Karaev said.

Almost 40 thousand Russians arrived at the resorts of Turkish Antalya over the past two days, TASS reports with reference to the Anadolu agency. Local authorities are satisfied with the revival in the tourist sector. “Yesterday 22 thousand Russians flew. And today we accepted 17,571 guests from Russia. <...> It is good that the Germans will arrive in the near future, having revived the tourist sector even more, ”said the head of the city administration, Ersin Language.

In Bashkiria, the deputy director of the Neftekamsk Employment Center Irina Semenikhina said that the unemployed do not want to work out due to a great manual, UFASYTYNEWS reports . “There is a personnel hunger. Employers cannot equip the jobs, as unemployed citizens refuse employment in connection with a high size of unemployment benefits, ”Semenikhina said at an operational meeting at the city hall. She noted that the basic allowance is 5175 rubles, another 3,000 rubles are added per child.

The 44th Parisian marathon was canceled due to pandemia of coronavirus infection. The organizers reported this on the website of the event on August 12. Initially, the race was supposed to take place on April 5. At this time, the Covid-19 time was already actively spread around the world, and the competition was postponed to October 18, then on November 15. Now the organizers have decided to completely cancel the race this year.

In the Ivanovo region, FSB officers detained drug dealers, who each month produced 200 kg of drugs, RIA Novosti reports . The FSB reported that criminals were selling drugs via the Internet. In addition, they "used the work of foreign citizens forcibly held under the threat of reprisals." Almost 35 kg of Mephedron - a drug of amphetamines, 1.2 tons of drug -containing fluids, various laboratory equipment and more than 7.2 tons of chemical reagents, were removed from the drug laboratory.

Kiselev Sergey /Agency "Moscow" In the spring of 2020, a group of the World Bank published a report on the economy of Europe and Central Asia entitled “The fight against Covid-19”. What awaits the economy of these regions with various scenarios of the development of coronavirus pandemia, read in our review. The situation in the world According to experts, in 2019, the growth rate of the global economy slowed down to 2.4%. They have reached the minimum value for the post -crisis period.

In Belarus, from August 12 it is forbidden to sell pyrotechnics, BelTA writes with reference to the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade. Protesters used firecrackers and fireworks against the security forces. The ban was introduced both to wholesale and retail trade in pyrotechnic products.