Thai doctors announced on Sunday a second confirmed case of infection with the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, the Bangkok Post reports . The infected person is a 71-year-old man from Oman who arrived in Thailand on January 22. Before that, he spent about a week in a hospital in Oman due to fever and cough, the Thai health minister said. Last Saturday, the man was sent to the Institute of Infectious Diseases. Laboratory tests confirmed he had the MERS virus.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk called for a referendum on the country's new Constitution. According to him, the document should become an agreement between the people and the authorities, including on geopolitics - membership in the EU and NATO Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, on the air of the program “10 minutes with the Prime Minister” on Channel Five, announced the need to hold a referendum in the country on a new Constitution.

In Dagestan, police blocked a car rally organized by supporters of Sagid Murtazaliev, who is wanted in a terrorism case. The run was supposed to take place in support of Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov Participants in a rally under the slogan “Our strength is in unity” in support of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred off the southern coast of Alaska on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey website. The tremors were recorded at approximately 13:30 Moscow time. Their epicenter was 83 km east of the village of Old Iliamna and 261 km southwest of the city of Anchorage, which is the largest in Alaska - about 300 thousand people live there. The source of the earthquake was at a depth of 127.8 km.

Iranian authorities plan to buy over 200 aircraft of Boeing and Airbus models, according to statements by officials reported by Reuters . Thus, Iran is interested in purchasing more than 100 Boeing aircraft, said Deputy Minister of Transport Ashgar Fakhri Kashan. In addition, Iran plans to buy 114 Airbus aircraft. Tehran will discuss details with the company next week, Kashan said. previously reported on the purchase of new Airbus Bloomberg .

In the Kizlyar region of Dagestan, a VAZ-2109 and a VAZ-2106 collided head-on. Four people died in the accident, and two more were injured, told Interfax . emergency services The accident occurred around 6:00 Moscow time on the Kizlyar - Krainovka highway. After the collision, the VAZ-2109 caught fire. According to preliminary data, the fire could have occurred due to gas equipment installed in the car. The causes of the accident are being established.

The plane of the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines was forced to land in Ireland. The reason for the landing was a report of a bomb allegedly planted on board. Photo: Reuters/Pixstream A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777, en route from Houston, USA to Istanbul, made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland on January 24, Independent.ie reports .

At least 25 people have died as a result of a snowstorm in the eastern United States, the Associated Press reports . The causes of death, in particular, were road accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attacks during snow removal, the publication notes. Earlier, 18 people were named as victims of the snowfall . in the United States due to bad weather were canceled As reported the day before, about 7.6 thousand flights due to snowfall was temporarily suspended .

More than 60 people were killed during strikes allegedly by Russian aircraft in eastern Syria, Reuters reports, citing data from human rights activists. Russian fighter jet at Khmeimim airbase in Syria (Photo: AP) At least 63 people were killed in suspected Russian airstrikes near the town of Deir ez-Zor in the eastern Syrian town of Hasham, Reuters reported , citing data from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

An accident occurred at the northern entrance to Makhachkala, killing three people. reports this Interfax with reference to the region's emergency services. As the agency's interlocutor clarified, the accident occurred on Saturday, around 22:00 Moscow time. Mercedes rammed a VAZ-2104 car, as a result of which three people in the VAZ were killed. According to Interfax's interlocutor, the Mercedes driver was injured. The circumstances of the accident are currently being established.

Inflation in December 2015 compared to December 2014 was 12.9% - the highest level since 2008. Among the leaders in price increases are garlic, peppers, frozen vegetables, nuts and dried fruits Photo: Artem Geodakyan/TASS Low base effect Of the approximately 500 goods and services that are included in Rosstat’s expanded basket, the cheapest ones show the most impressive growth. Thus, validol increased in price the most in 2014–2015.

In the next two weeks, Ukraine will file several lawsuits in international courts in connection with the annexation of Crimea to Russia, the country’s President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels, reports . 112 Ukraine In addition, claims will be filed by enterprises affected by the situation with Crimea, Poroshenko said.

A criminal case has been opened into the death of a traffic police officer who was hit by a car in Moscow. This was reported on the website of the Main Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee in the capital. The case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules and operation of a vehicle, resulting in death through negligence).

A plane wreck found off the coast of Thailand last Saturday is unlikely to belong to the Malaysian Boeing 777 that went missing in March 2014. Aviation experts and Thai officials are inclined to this conclusion, reports Reuters . Earlier, a piece of an airplane wing measuring about 2 m wide and 3 m long washed up on the coast of Thailand.

A minibus and a Mitsubishi car collided in New Moscow. As a result, two people were killed and two more were injured, told RIA Novosti . the Moscow traffic police department The accident occurred around 6:15 Moscow time on Sunday in the area of ​​the 30th km of Kaluga Highway. The dead and injured were in a car. According to a source in the Moscow emergency services, the accident occurred due to the fact that one of the cars drove into the oncoming lane.