A special department was created at the main intelligence agency of North Korea, which, allegedly, launched several large -scale cyber attacks. Reuters were told about this by the sources that fled from the DPRK, as well as officials and experts in the field of Internet security. According to them, the department is called Unit 180. In particular, experts found evidence that North Korea was involved in the spread of the Wannacry virus.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 29 will make an unplanned trip to France. It is reported by Kommersant with reference to unnamed sources. According to the publication, a formal reason for a visit is the opening of an exhibition dedicated to Peter the Great.

The Ukrainian EURONEWS service announced the cessation of broadcasting on May 21. This was reported on Facebook of the TV channel. “Thank you for watching and reading us. All the best! Glory to Ukraine! " - The message says. The agreement on the creation of Ukrainian Euronews was concluded in October 2010, in August 2011 the editorial office of the television channel began work.

The World Health Organization (WHO) annually spends more funds on trips than allocates to combat serious diseases, including AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. It is reported by the Associated Press, at the disposal of which the internal documents of WHO were at the disposal. According to AP, business trips of employees cost about $ 200 million per year.

Great Britain will refuse negotiations on Brexit (the country's exit from the EU) if the European Union does not reduce its requirements below € 100 billion. The Sunday Times said David Davis Minister for Brexit. He explained that otherwise negotiations will turn into “chaos”, and settlement “even with a volume of £ 1 billion will become a problem”.

In Khimki on the afternoon of May 21, drivers of trucks protesting against the Plato system were detained. It is reported by the OVD-Info with reference to eyewitnesses. In total, 12 people were detained, who were brought to the Khimkinsky police department No. 1. Among the detainees: the leader of the association of carriers of Russia (it coordinates the strike of truckers) Andrei Bazhutin and documentary Igor Finkovsky.

The Bitcoin course in the evening of May 20 updated the historical record and first rose above $ 2000. It is reported by Coindesk. During the session, the cost of virtual currency rose to $ 2019. For some time, the Bitcoin exchange rate exceeded $ 2061, CNBC indicates . As a result, since the beginning of 2017, the most famous cryptocurrency has risen in price by more than 100%, and since the end of March, when the bitcoin exchange rate fell to $ 891.51 - almost 125%.

The State Duma will ask the Prosecutor General’s Office to check the statements of the representative of Transparency International after the offer of the deputy, the former prosecutor of Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya, check the organization for corruption. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the United Russia faction. The party noted that the corresponding request will be received by the Prosecutor General on Monday May 22.

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya commented on the words of the deputy director of the Russian branch of Transparency International Ilya Shumanova, who hinted at the possibility of checking the activities of the former prosecutor of Crimea. She published her answer on her Twitter. https://twitter.com/poklonskayanv/status/866256967316238337 Poklonskaya also agreed to exchange with Transparency information about property.

The head of the Duma faction "United Russia" Vladimir Vasiliev found a threat and blackmail in the response of Transparency International to the proposal of the State Duma deputy, the former prosecutor of Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya, conduct an anti -corruption check of the organization.

12 truckers protesting against Plato were left in the police department No. 1 for the night before the trial, the OVD-Info reports . As noted, to 11 people brought cases under Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (disobedience to the legal order of a police officer) and part 5 of Article 20.2 (violation by the participant in the public event of the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket).

The situation around North Korea remains tense. Despite the prohibitions of the UN, the DPRK continues to test missiles that can carry nuclear charges. The country is threatened with new sanctions , the US authorities are allowing the possibility of a “major conflict”: Donald Trump said that the DPRK “begs for troubles”, claiming that the Americans are ready to deal with this problem on their own.

The Guardian first published a censorship policy Facebook, which is guided by the moderators of the social network. The publication states that it has studied about a hundred documents that give an “unprecedented understanding” of the scheme according to which Facebook modrates posts related to such problematic topics as murders and suicides, racism, terrorism and pornography.

US President Donald Trump, speaking at the Arab-American Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia, called on the leaders of 55 Muslim states to eradicate terrorism. The broadcast of the performance was carried out on the Facebook of the White House. According to Trump, all countries of the Middle East should make sure that terrorists are expelled from their territories and achieve the cessation of support for extremist organizations, including the Islamic State.

A member of the Shaltai-Boltai hackers group, hiding behind the nickname “Shlyapnik”, is the former editor-in-chief of the Izhevsk observer newspaper Andrei Nekrasov. This conclusion was reached in the Investigative Department of the FSB, Rosbalt reports with reference to an unnamed source in the special services.