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Late last month, French Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem made it officially impossible to arrest a woman for wearing trousers in the French capital.
Women in Paris have been officially banned from wearing trousers since 1800.
The relevant law obliged women to ask police for special permission to “dress as men”, or risk being taken into custody.
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The Woolwich murder suspects are British citizens, one of them is of Nigerian descent, Sky News has cited unnamed sources as saying today.
Lithuanian security forces have detained a 46-year-old Russian national on the warrant issued by the US Department of Justice. Alexander Mamayev, consul general at the Russian embassy in Lithuania, has shared details in an interview with the Voice of Russia.
The Voice of Russia is to host a third video conference between Moscow, London and Washington on the Islamic Republic of Iran titled Iran: The Growing Shadow today, May 23 at 7:00 PM MSK (3:00 PM GMT). Listen LIVE at http://english.ruvr.ru/.
Russia and Serbia could sign an agreement on cooperation in the military and military technology fields this year, Russian Defence Minister, General Sergey Shoigu announced at the meeting with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic held during the International European Security Conference.
The White House is content with the progress on its Russia talks to replace the obsolete Nunn-Lugar program, also called the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, which expires this June.
The Voice of Russia is to host a third video conference between Moscow, London and Washington on the Islamic Republic of Iran titled Iran: The Growing Shadow today, May 23 at 7:00 PM MSK (3:00 PM GMT). Listen LIVE at http://english.ruvr.ru/.
The Woolwich murder suspects are British citizens, one of them is of Nigerian descent, Sky News has cited unnamed sources as saying today.
The view emerged as the Government discussed bombing a rumoured hiding place of the Nazi leader two weeks after the launch of the D-Day landings. MI6 had also been asked to draw up a hit list of key German and French figures ahead of Operation Overlord to ensure the landings were a success, previously secret intelligence files reveal today.
King Edward VIII was bugged by the government at the height of the 1936 abdication crisis, files released by the National Archives show. The Home Office ordered "interception of telephone communications" between royal residences and "the continent of Europe".
Ways of strengthening European security will top the agenda of a two-day defense conference opening in Moscow on Thursday. The meeting is entitled “Military and Political Aspects of European Security” and was organized by the Russian Defense Ministry.
A state of emergency has been declared in the western Russian region of Tula after a microburst, which is a localized column of sinking air, hit the town of Yefremov, severely damaging homes and community facilities.
President Vladimir Putin believes Russia’s spectrum of ethnic groups, cultures and faiths is a great boon for the country’s development.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) announced it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
Chechnya's honorary consul in Turkey, Medet Ünlü, was assassinated late on Wednesday in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the country’s police department told Russian reporters.
A man being called Grzegorz has had the world’s first face transplant as a means of saving his life. While at work, a stone-cutting machine dug into the man’s face, taking out a huge chunk of it. After 27 hours of surgery, Polish doctors were able to successfully restore his face, having the patient’s full approval to do so.
One of the suspected killers of the Woolwich incident, who is being kept at the hospital, is thought to be of Nigerian descent. Still both men are believed to be from Britain.
Chechnya’s honorary consul killed in Turkey
