The British consulting company QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS included 31 Russian university in the annual subject rating of the best universities in the world. In total, the rating consists of 1.2 thousand universities, which were evaluated in 48 subjects. The first place was taken by Harvard University, who received the highest marks in 12 subjects. The second place is in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which leads in 11 subjects.

Gunvor’s energy trader plans to sell non -enorm assets in Russia and find a strategic partner for the German refineries to compensate for the losses incurred in 2018, reports Reuters with reference to industry and banking sources.

The Investigative Committee of Russia brought a criminal case against the Ukrainian investigator Alexander Gubsky and the deputy military prosecutor of the southern region of Ukraine Roman Mrochko. According to the investigation, they illegally brought to the criminal liability of the Russian military and employees of the FSB border service, who participated in the conflict in the Kerch Strait.

A wide consensus in Russian society is difficult to do, almost impossible. But, however, there is one topic that can so far unite: "Again, Oscars was given for tolerance." (We will immediately make a reservation that part of the American press criticizes the plot of the “Green Book” just for the opposite, since the formula “The White Man takes care of the African American” today is considered non -altitude). But this is an internal American conflict, everything is easier in Russia.

The Moscow City Court rejected the cassation appeal of the supporters of the founder of the Foundation for the fight against the corruption of Alexei Navalny to register the Russian Future Party for the refusal of the Ministry of Justice. “The arguments of the cassation appeal about disagreement with the conclusions of the courts are insolvent and aimed at improper interpretation of the norms of the current legislation.

The House of US representatives voted against the proposal of President Donald Trump to introduce a state of emergency on the border of the United States and Mexico. The resolution blocking the initiative of Trump was approved by 245 lawmakers. 182 members of the House of Representatives voted against. Most of them are Republicans, writes New York Times. 13 Republicans voted for blocking Trump's proposals.

The Economist compiled a rating of threats to the world economy in 2019. The most serious risk experts of the publication consider the transformation of the conflict of the United States and China into a full -scale global trade war. The second serious risk, the magazine calls the possible US recession, which can lead to the country's corporate debt. The third threat is a large -scale crisis in the economies of developing countries, the report is noted.

The actor Leonardo DiCaprio called the content of the wands and Belukh “inhuman capture” in the “whale prison” in the Primorsky Territory and called for liberating them. He published a link to the appropriate petition on Change.org. About 100 marine animals are in the average bay under the find since October last year. They were planned to be sold in China, but the prosecutor’s office discovered animals. In November, they were imposed on security arrest, animals still cannot be released.

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, recently removed from lawyer practice, testified to the Committee on Supervision of the House of Representatives of the US Congress. He said, in particular, that Trump knew in advance about the leak and the upcoming publication of e -mail from the hacked site of the National Committee of the Democratic Party. Cohen also said that Trump planned the construction of a skyscraper in Moscow during a presidential campaign.

In the Rostov region, the traffic police beat the Minister of Construction and Architecture of Crimea Mikhail Khramov and the head of the capital construction service of the Republic of Karlen Petrosyan, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Crimean Ministry.

The US military has blocked the Internet of Internet research agencies, better known as the “Troll Factory” during the intermediate elections to Congress. This was reported by Washington Post , NBC and BBC . American officials told WP that the agency’s access problems were on the voting day, as well as “about the next day”, already during the vote count. Agency employees complained to their system administrators about these problems.

In 2018, the Russians took a record number of loans, the Izvestia newspaper reports with reference to the data of the All -Russian Popular Front. At the moment, the total debt is 14.86 trillion rubles. Of these, 6.38 trillion is the total amount of mortgage loans. The average debt of the Russian family is 263 thousand rubles, overdue debts - 13.4 thousand rubles. Over the year, the average debt load per family increased from 22% to 27%. The highest level of looting is in Kalmykia (59%).

The judicial authorities of New York deprived the former lawyer Donald Trump Michael Cohen's right to lawyer, reports Hollywood Reporter. The court ruled that the verdict received by Cohen automatically made it impossible to work as a lawyer. In December, the Federal Court of Manhattan sentenced Cohen to three years in prison. The prosecutor demanded that he be sentenced to four years. Cohen found himself guilty of tax evasion, violation of the rules for financing election campaigns.

The updated bill Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019, which provides for the introduction of additional sanctions against Russia, is published on the website of the US Congress. The basic provisions of the bill are already known. The Insider asked the teacher of the Department of International Law Faculty of Law Faculty of Moscow State University Sergey Glandin to explain what is new in this document.

News Boeing presented the prototype of an unmanned fighter with artificial intelligence 27 February 2019 Boeing introduced the prototype of an unmanned fighter Boeing AirPower Teaming System with artificial intelligence. The length of the military drone is 11.7 m, and the range of its flight exceeds 3.7 thousand km. The first flightboing airpower Teaming System is scheduled for 2020. The drone is able to fly independently or accompanied by a manned aircraft at a safe distance.