In 2017, China will increase the military budget by 7%, which will be 1.3% of the country's GDP. This was stated by the official representative of the All -Chinese Assembly of People's Representatives of Fu Ying, reports Reuters . “Every year we draw up a military budget, taking into account the economic development of China and our needs,” Fu Yin explained.

Scientists deciphered the human genome 13 years ago. To defeat the disease and create a new life, this was not enough The first cloned pig in China.

The government clarified the rules for the selection of banks that can store funds for the overhaul of apartment buildings. The corresponding resolution is published on the government website. For banks, on whose accounts funds for repairs will be placed, additional requirements are established. In particular, they are obliged to participate in the compulsory insurance system, as well as directly or indirectly controlled by either the Central Bank or the Deposit Insurance Agency.

The weather is changing in the Russian economy, said the head of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with the program “Vesti on Saturday with Sergey Brilev” on “Russia 1”. The decoding is published on the government website. “It is quite obvious that our economy has entered, so far, maybe not so confident, but still in the stage of growth. The fall is over. This year we expect economics growth within 1 to 2%.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was ahead of the Left Nationalists "Shinn Feyn" in early elections to the parliament of Northern Ireland and retained the majority. It is reported by Reuters . DUP won 28 out of 90 seats, “Shinn Feyn” - 27. The Democrats ahead of the “left” by a thousand votes, notes Reuters. In the elections last year, DUP received ten places more than Shinn Feyn. Both parties must form a new government within three weeks.

Censorship on the Internet harms the economy and scientific progress of China, said Deputy Chairman of the People’s Political Council of the PRC Lo Fuhe. About this writes The Guardian. The restrictions for the Internet also do not contribute to foreign investments in China, said Fuhe. In his opinion, censorship should be loosened for “politically harmless” content. According to The Guardian, such criticism is a rarity for China, which increased censorship with the advent of Xi Jinping in 2012.

Illustration: Ksenia Shishkova In 2014, Salome Karva, a nurse from Liberia, fell on the time cover. In the midst of the Ebola epidemic of the Ebola fever, which covered West Africa, the magazine awarded the title of man of the year to all wrestlers with illness, making five different covers with five people. Salome, which was then 26 years old, was one of them.

The Trendwatch.com portal has been publishing annual reports on key consumer trends of the future for more than ten years. The company's experts using a network of agents and analysts scattered around the world try to predict what the world will be, what will be fashionable tomorrow, and then the day after tomorrow. Republic talked with the main analyst Trendwatching.com David Mattin about how technologies and the Internet change consumer behavior.

On his map, the famous geographer Gerard Mercator with high accuracy depicted something that was not The second edition of the Arctic Card Septentrionalium Terrarum Gerard Mercator. Source: Wikipedia.org Today, scientists, journalists, activists and politicians often look at the maps and satellite pictures of the Arctic and Antarctica.

The authorities of Malaysia were sent from the country of the DPRK ambassador, AP reports with reference to the statement of the head of the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. As Reuters adds, the ambassador of North Korea will leave Malaysia within 48 hours. This decision is associated with the investigation of the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half -Korean brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong -un.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was introduced by new all -terrain vehicles for the military, the release of which will be engaged in Chechenavto, TASS reports . The plant in the city of Argun will produce three -seater light buggies called "Cup of Kabors". As Kadyrov said, this means "Bear and Wolf." The head of the republic tested an all -terrain vehicle, having traveled on it through the territory of the plant.

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson will visit Russia in the next weeks. This was reported on the website of the British Foreign Ministry. According to the message, Johnson accepted the invitation of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. During the visit, the parties plan to discuss Syria and Ukraine, as well as relations between Russia and the UK, said in the British Foreign Ministry.

The social network Facebook will be engaged in the production of its own video content. About this The Wall Street Journal was told by sources familiar with the project. The company plans to produce 30-minute videos once a week. Among the possible formats are show, programs and TV shows. Of those creators are interested in sport, science, pop culture, lifestyle and video games. The interlocutor of the newspaper emphasized that we are not talking about the news.

Ukrainian activists, blocking railway tracks from the DPR and LPR to the rest of the country, announced the construction of Redut on the Moscow-Kyiv highway. This was reported on their Facebook page. According to them, the new fence was erected at the station in the city of Konotop of the Sumy region. It was called the Chancellor of West Germany Conrad Adenauer. Activists note that earlier at the station they discovered several trains with coal from Russia.

The ex-president of the United States Barack Obama did not give the order to listen to Donald Trump's phones during the election campaign. This was announced by the press secretary of the former American leader Kevin Lewis, reports Reuters . Lewis noted that the Obama administration never intervened in independent investigations of the Ministry of Justice. “Neither President Obama nor a single representative of the White House never gave the order to follow American citizens.