The United States plans to organize a series of cyber attacks on Russia over the next three weeks in response to a large -scale attack on American government departments attributed to Russian hackers. About this writes The New York Times with reference to sources.

Thailand will reduce the deadline for compulsory quarantine for travelers vaccinated from Covid from 14 to 7 days, writes Reuters with reference to the country's Ministry of Health. A relief will begin to operate in April. Vaccination should be carried out within three months before the trip, and tourists will still have to show the negative results of the test on the Covid-19.

The famous pianist and teacher Dmitry Bashkirov died, musician Lev Marquis said on Facebook. The causes of death are not specified. “Today, at the age of 89, one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian pianistic school - Dmitry Bashkirov died. For many decades, he left a deep and bright mark as a concert pianist and a brilliant teacher. We were born on the same day - November 1, but Dick was a year younger. Once they played together and left joint notes, ”wrote Lev Marquis.

In the world by March 8, coronavirus was discovered in 116,849,432 people, the University of Jones Hopkins introduced statistics. Leaders on the spread of the new US infection (28 998 834 infected), India (11,229,398), Brazil (11 019 344), Russia (4,274,263), Great Britain (4 231 166). In total, 2,593,222 people who identified coronavirus died. Of these, 525 031 death in the USA, 265 411 - in Brazil, 190 604 - in Mexico, 157,853 - in India, 124,736 in Britain.

Special patrols will appear in Brussels to combat street harassment, the city’s Twitter account reports . Their employees will work in civilian clothes. “In some places, almost 80% of women no longer dare to go out due to fear of persecution, hence this project. We want to guarantee women and girls that they can stand and go where they want, ” the Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quikenborn quotes The Brussels Times. The new unit will begin to serve from March 8.

Gabrielle Henderson / Unsplash The BCG International Consulting Company conducted a study and found out that from 2016 to 2019, the average annual world growth in the hands of women reached 6.1%. On average, this indicator adds five trillion dollars annually. Despite this, banks still believe that men make the main financial decisions. As a result, 64% of the study participants are dissatisfied with how financial management providers work with them .

The administration of Megion-the city, not far from which there was a leak from the pipeline, conducted water in the Ob River and did not find violations of its quality, Natalya Komarova, head of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, said on her Instagram page. The audit was carried out for organoleptic indicators (determination of quality on the basis of the analysis of the perceptions of the senses: vision, smell, hearing, touch, taste - approx. Polit.ru).

March 6, 2001 - traffic rules have changed in Russia. Now during driving you can not speak on a mobile phone. Drivers will have to use the set. Initially, it was assumed that the new rules will be executed in the form of a law, but so far it has been decided that traffic rules will nevertheless be approved by the government. On March 7, 2001, Sergey Mikhalkov was sued for copyright violations: he did not take El-Registan to co-authors.

Syrian President Bashar al -Assad and his wife Asma were infected with a coronavirus infection, the head of state said in the office. Covid-19 tests gave a positive result. “The president and his wife, having felt mild symptoms similar to the symptoms of infection Covid-19, passed the PCR tests. The results showed that they are infected, ”they informed in the country's leadership. Now the spouses are on the quarantine of the house. Their condition is evaluated as stable.

The Duke and Duchess of the Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are waiting for the girl. They told about this in an interview with the TV presenter Winfrey, which shot CBS. “To have any child - one or two - would be wonderful. But when you have a boy, and then a girl, what else can you wish, ”Prince Harry Ria Novosti quotes . He specified that now they have four family members, as well as two dogs.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov said that on March 8, this is not the day of the struggle for equality, his press service said . With these words, he congratulated women on the holiday. “And we are not the day of the struggle for equality, but a day of special sensitivity and attention. The unique role of a woman in the life of a man. Today we are trying to be especially caring and responsive, ”the statement on the website of the head of the Moscow Region said.

The head of the department for work with citizens of the Military Commissariat of the Leningrad Region, Yuri Khromov, recorded a video congratulation in honor of the International Women's Day. In it, he invited the girls to send former beloved to the army. The video was published by the Leningrad region administration on Instagram. “The men of the Military Commissariat of the Leningrad Region in honor of March 8 prepared an original gift for all women.

The equality of men and women exists in Russia “on pieces of paper” - in laws, plans and international reports. In fact, the state is not very interested in protecting women's rights. Why and how it works, explains Lola Kirilova's lawyer In 1917, Russia became one of the first countries in the world where women and men were equalized in political and economic rights.

Italian President Sergio Mattarell began his speech on the occasion of March 8 by listing the names of the victims of domestic violence that had died since the beginning of 2021, reports IL Fatto Quotidiano. The list included 12 female names. “Last year, seventy -three women were killed. They died at the hands of those who forced to believe that they love them, ”the head of state continued. Mattarella recalled that the murders of women are not the only form of violence that women suffer from.

In St. Petersburg they detained the artist and Themactivist Katrin Nenashev. She herself managed to report this on Facebook. According to Nenasheva, the police met her at the exit of the house, put her in a car carrier without windows and took her in an unknown direction. In the video published by the activist, the police officer in the mask says that they delay Nenashev for the country's explanations “regarding the planning of an inconsistent protest of the radical direction”.