About 300 American Marines landed in Norway for a deployment of six months, the first time after the Second World War, when the foreign troops are allowed to stand in this Scandinavian country, for the irritation of Russia, reports Reuters and the AFP. Arrived on the board of a rent Boeing 747, the Marines landed with guns and luggage on the airport in Vaernes in the vicinity … [Read more...]
NASA chooses Lucy and Psyche for asteroid missions
NASA has announced the choice of two new projects of space missions to asteroids in the Discovery program, in order to learn more about the start-up period of our solar system which has an age estimated at 4,6 billions of years, according to the AFP. For the first mission, NASA has announced that they will launch a spacecraft in 2021 which will study the so-called 'Trojans … [Read more...]
The attacker from the New Year’s night in Istanbul was coordinated by the Islamic State
The attacker who killed 39 people in a club in Istanbul in the New Year night said to the police that he had to change the target at the last moment in order to avoid strong security devices and that he has acted on the orders of the Islamic State in Syria, according to Hurriyet, quoted by Reuters. The armed attacker, called Abdulgadir Masaripov, had as the original goal to … [Read more...]
Donald Trump wants to keep the sanctions against Russia
In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, said that he will keep, 'at least for a period of time', the sanctions against Russia established in December by the President Barack Obama and that he would not yet engage in the 'One China' policy, informs Reuters. In this interview Trump says: 'If you get along and if Russia is … [Read more...]
The South Korean film ‘The Handmaiden’ – 6 nominations at the Asian Film Awards
The South Korean film 'The Handmaiden' has six nominations in the top of the productions entered in the race for the Asian Film Awards, followed by 'Train to Busan' (China) and 'I am not Madame Bovary' (China) each with five nominations, informs the Hollywood Reporter. The Asian Film Awards will be back in Hong Kong after three years when it took place in Macao, to mark the 20 … [Read more...]
‘Hidden Figures’, ‘La La Land’ and ‘Sing’, in the top Box Office Sales
The film 'Hidden Figures', about three African-American women employed by NASA, who substantially contributed to the success of the American space program in the '50s -'60s, was in the first place of the North American box-office this weekend, according to the preliminary numbers published on Sunday by the Exhibitor Relations and quoted by the AFP. The film, with Kristen Dunst, … [Read more...]
A new theory about the Titanic’s sinking revealed in a documentary
A documentary film brings into discussion the new arguments which could overturn the theory according to which the impact of an iceberg would not have been enough to decide the fate of the famous transatlantic Titanic, writes huffingtonpost.com. 'Titanic: The New Evidence' was broadcast in the United Kingdom at Channel 4 and the author of the material, Senan Molony, expert in … [Read more...]
Donald Trump raised a record of $90 Million for Ceremony
The private donations entered into the account of the committee which prepares the investiture ceremony of the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, are about 90 million dollars, an amount without precedent for this event, reports the British channel ITV. By comparison, Barack Obama has received from private donors 55 million dollars for the campaign in 2009 and 43 … [Read more...]