On October 27, the American naval forces saved two girls who, they say, drifted for five months in the sea. They wanted to swim from Gonolulu to Tahiti in 18 days, then get to the southern part of the Pacific Ocean, and then return back to Hawaii. Instead, the girls lost their course. The US coastal guard a couple of days after their salvation doubted the history that they told. Version of girls Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuuava met at the end of 2016.

Russia has improved its position in the ranking of countries with the most favorable conditions for the Doing Business business. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports. Now Russia is in the World Bank rating in 35th place. In 2016, she rose from 51st to 40th place. Oreshkin recalled that six years ago Russia occupied the 124th line.

On October 31, the Constitutional Court of Spain blocked the resolution of the Catalonia Parliament on the independence of the region. This was stated by the representative of the court, reports Reuters . In turn, the Supreme Court of Spain accepted a lawsuit against the leaders of the Catalan parliament, who are accused of rebellion, coup and embezzlement, including against the speaker Karma Forkadel. The Spanish prosecutor's office went to court.

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The “daughter” of the Google Alphabet maternal holding is Waymo, which is developing technologies for unmanned cars, on October 30 introduced a working prototype. Journalists were allowed to ride a Chrysler Pacifica car, on which they installed equipment for driving without drivers. In parallel, the Waymo leadership determined what kind of autopilot in these machines would be decided that a person’s participation in management would not be required in principle.

Former First Deputy Minister of Justice, Sergei Gerasimov, was appointed deputy director of the foreign intelligence service for the post of post -director, told the republic interlocutor close to the leadership of the SVR, and confirmed a source familiar with Gerasimov.

In Nizhny Manhattan, the car drove onto the popular highway for cyclists and drove into passers -by, reports AP. After that, the driver got out of the car and, screaming, began to shoot from "something like a weapon." The New York Times, with reference to the authorities, writes that at least eight people died, another 11 were injured. The New York police reported on their Twitter that one person was detained.

On Monday, October 30, the heads of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey officially opened the railway, which connects Baku, Tbilisi and Kars (BTK highway). It will become part of the so -called "New Silk Road" that will connect China with Europe.

The Swedish telecommunication company Telia, one of the largest shareholders of MegaFon, agreed to sell 19% of the shares of the mobile operator Gazprombank. This was reported in the Telia press release. The amount of the transaction will be 60.4 billion rubles (about 8.6 billion Swedish crowns). The report notes that Gazprombank is under the sanctions of the United States and the EU, but the deal does not contradict it.

In the Kyiv region on October 30, unknown people fired at the car in which Adam Osmaev, previously accused of preparing the attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, was traveling. The adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko wrote about this on Facebook. Osmaev was wounded, his wife Amina Okuev was killed. In an interview with LB.ua, Osmaev said that he was trying to provide first aid to his wife, but she died - the bullet fell into her head.

On the evening of October 30, Amin Okuev, the wife of Adam Osmayev, who was accused of preparing an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, was killed in the Kyiv region. The Ukrainian authorities have already managed to blame the Russian side of the murder. Republic collected all the main facts. The car, in which Amina Okueva was fired from the bushes at the railway crossing. They fell into her head, she died. Her husband Adam Osmaev was injured in the leg, but survived.

Every sixth working Russian is not able to provide himself and his family. This conclusion was reached in the analytical center under the Government of the Russian Federation, the newspaper Vedomosti writes . According to the bulletin “working poor in Russia and abroad”, in 2016, income of approximately 12.1 million people (16.8% of the working -age population) were lower than the subsistence minimum.

In the US Congress on November 1 and 2, hearings will be held on the alleged intervention of Russia in the elections in the United States by publishing posts on social networks. On the eve of the Facebook, Twitter and Google hearings, they transferred the relevant reports to Congress, for the first time the “Internet research agency” from St. Petersburg, also known as the “Troll factory”, is clearly mentioned.

Businessman Evgeny Prigozhin said that he has no plans to buy a Fontanka and Business Petersburg publication. His words are given by RIA Novosti. The fact that Prigozhin was interested in the acquisition of two media outlets previously reported on October 31 by the sources of Novaya Gazeta in St. Petersburg.

Winter depression is a seasonal affective disorder (SAR), usually beginning in late autumn and lasting during the winter. Symptoms are a lack of energy, the need for a longer dream and the consumption of high -carbing foods, a decrease in satisfaction from ordinary everyday classes, concentration problems, suicidal thoughts, and so on.