The president of the world's most famous business incubator, Y Combinator, Sam Altman is leaving the company, and she herself is moving from Silicon Valley to San Francisco. More. Sam Altman, who joined Y Combinator (YC) in 2011 as a partner and took charge of the accelerator in 2014, is stepping down. On Saturday, YC announced that Altman would be stepping down as president to focus on his work at OpenAI.

The US women's soccer team celebrated March 8 with a class-action lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation about gender discrimination: team members claim they are paid much less, despite the fact that they play better than the men's team. Details. The plaintiffs allege that, in violation of its own gender equality provisions, the U.S.

The former first deputy head of Rosgeologia, Ruslan Gorring, was arrested for two months - until May 7 - on charges of fraud on an especially large scale. It turned out that he had already been detained in 2012, but then he changed his last name and escaped under an undertaking not to leave. Read more. Today, at the request of the investigation, the court sent Gorring under arrest under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud on an especially large scale”).

An attempt by a US diplomat to smuggle a mine with a fuse through Sheremetyevo Airport in his luggage was a deliberate provocation. RIA Novosti reported this with reference to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. More. According to the Foreign Ministry, on the morning of March 9, an employee of the American embassy in Moscow tried to smuggle a mine into Sheremetyevo. He had to do with the US military. The mine was a mortar with the explosive substance (BB) removed, but with a fuse.

The symbol of New York, the Chrysler Building skyscraper, will be sold for only $150 million. In 2008, the Abu Dhabi State Investment Fund (ADIC) paid five times more for 90% of the building, but the deal turned out to be pitfalls, writes the New York Post . More. The historic skyscraper will be bought by RFR Holding with an unnamed foreign partner.

People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush died today, on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in the 97th year of his life. Read more. Etush died in the hospital, where he was taken the day before, the director of the theater said to TASS. Vakhtangova Kirill Krok. Vladimir Etosha will be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery, the daughter of actor Raisa Etush said. Farewell will be held at the Vakhtangov Theater March 12. Biography. Born in 1922, Etush was the oldest people's artist of the USSR.

People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush died today, Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the age of 97. More. Etush died in the hospital where he was taken the day before, the director of the Theater named after M. Vakhtangov Kirill Krok. Vladimir Etush will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, said the actor's daughter Raisa Etush. Farewell will be held at the Vakhtangov Theater on March 12. Biography. Born in 1922, Etush was the oldest people's artist of the USSR.

The recent failure of the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un turned out to be more than a local failure. According to The Wall Street Journal, China is now demanding that an agreement on the terms of ending the trade war be reached before the US-China summit scheduled for the end of March. The trade war of the major powers has already significantly disrupted international trade, so any news of new problems is important and bad news. More.