Azerbaijan’s manat plunges 47% after floating rate introduced
Azerbaijan's central bank adopted a floating rate for the manat currency on Monday, following similar steps by other ex-Soviet countries with economies hit by low oil prices, according to Reuters. "The central bank has decided to switch to floating manat rate from Dec 21. Based on that, the manat rate will be...
EU to announce extension of sanctions against Russia on Dec 21: Poroshenko
On December 21, the EU is to officially announce its decision to extend sanctions against Russia until July 31, 2016, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channels. The Ukrainian President reminded that on Friday, December 18, the EU Council decided to extend the sanctions...
Volochkova without underwear shocked people in the theater (PHOTO)
Photo of ballerina in a candid dress has caused debate in the network. Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova has appeared in one of the theaters of Russia in frank dress without underwear. "With my friend Anton Sobyanin in the theater "Russian song" Congratulations to the company" Premiere " —...
Magic is colorblind: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ casts a black Hermione
The cast that will portray the middle-aged versions of the heroes of Hogwarts in the much-anticipated "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" musical have been announced, and it comes with a small twist: a black Hermione Noma Dumezweni, 45, has been cast as the heroine, according to The Daily Mail, and in the play is...
Steve Harvey just had the biggest fail in Miss Universe history
Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, is this year's Miss Universe winner. But thanks to a blunder by Steve Harvey, the host of the event, her crowning was also the most awkward ceremony in recent Miss Universe history. Wurtzbach was one of the final three contestants in the pageant, along with Miss USA Olivia Jordan and Miss...
Suspected Russian warplanes kill scores in Syrian city: rescue workers
Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the center of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, rescue workers and residents said, Reuters reported. They said at least six strikes had hit a busy market place, several government buildings and...
Emergency on Air France flight a «false alarm,» CEO says
The CEO of Air France said a suspicious item that led a Paris-bound plane to make an emergency landing in Kenya was a "false alarm," Reuters reported. Air France staff decided to land the Boeing 777 at the nearest airport — in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa — after a passenger found the object in the...
16 Russian stars who dare to show their photos without makeup
Selfie has already so deeply rooted in our lives that hardly anyone pays attention to people who take pictures of themselves. Russian stars are no exception. They also regularly share their pictures taken by their own. But they usually spread on the network pictures on which they have a great makeup and look stunning....
Dmitry Shepelev is not the real father of Zhanna Friske’s son?
In the conflict of Dmitry Shepelev and the father of the deceased singer Zhanna Friske, a new person was involved — lawyer Radik Gushchin. He says that Platon is his son. Lawyer Radik Gushchin said that he is the father of a 2-year-old Platon. Gushchin has already prepared a lawsuit to contest...
European Parliament pledges to vote for visa-free travel for Ukrainians
The European Parliament welcomes the positive conclusions of the European Commission in the issue of the visa-free regime for Ukrainians and pledges to support this decision, Ukrainian online newspaper Europeiska Pravda reported with reference to a statement of Chairperson of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary...
Militants secretly deploy «withdrawn» weapons in Sloviansk direction – intelligence data
The combined Russian-separatist forces have secretly deployed weapons prohibited under the Minsk agreements in Sloviansk direction, as noted in the report of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on the situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone as of December 20. According to intelligence...
The woman wore a Christmas sweater on the son. I wish she did not do it! (PHOTO)
Was this planned action mothers, or she did not even made out pattern on a sweater — it is now wondering users in social networks. The woman is justified, that neither she nor the child to figure paid no attention. The mother took a photo of the child to the school and calmly sent the lessons where the teacher said that...