Uganda President Yoweri Museveni blocks anti-gay law

 

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill to toughen punishments for homosexuals. He has written to the parliamentary speaker criticising her for passing it in December without a quorum. Homosexuals were “abnormal” or were so for “mercenary reasons” and could be “rescued”, a local paper quotes his letter as saying. The bill provides for life imprisonment for homosexual acts and also makes it a crime

China protest singer Cui Jian pulls out of TV gala

 

Chinese singer Cui Jian, one of whose songs became an anthem of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has pulled out of a major show on state TV. He had been due to play at China’s Spring Festival Gala, which draws a

Durant surpassed himself

 

Kevin Durant has updated its record of performance, “Oklahoma City” beat “The Golden State” and “San Antonio” could not win in native walls seventh consecutive victory. In addition to the main intrigue of the meeting – who

Anderson said goodbye with “MJ”

 

Midfielder “Manchester United” Anderson, has already passed a medical examination in the “Fiorentina”, said goodbye to the English club. According to him, he will always remember the English stage in his career.  Thank

Basketball players CSKA lost “Partisan” in Euroleague

 

CSKA Moscow suffered their first defeat in the second group stage of the Euroleague Basketball. Wards Ettore Messina conceded “Partisan” – 72:73. The whole match was absolutely equal struggle in which each of the teams

Cuba detained nationalist Tesak

Cuban authorities notified Moscow about the detention of nationalist Maxim Marcinkiewicz nicknamed Slasher declared Russian law enforcement agencies in the international search. On Sunday, 18 January the agency “Interfax” referring to the press service of the Interior Ministry.

Died host of “Time” Leonid Elin

 

Died journalist Leonid Elin, a former host of “Time.” On January 18 the TV channel “Russia-24”. The communication channel is noted that L. Elin worked on television almost half a century – since 1968. He went from a reporter and columnist to a TV presenter. He was the author of several documentaries.

 

Media reported the engagement of actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

 

Hollywood star Johnny Depp is engaged to American actress Amber Heard, told the magazine People. Depp and Heard first appeared in public as a couple weeks ago on kinonagrad Golden Globes. Then on Monday managed to

Shashi Tharoor wife died ‘unnatural death’

 

The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a “sudden and unnatural death”, an autopsy has found. Doctors said there were “injury marks” on Sunanda Pushkar’s body, but

Obama banned wiretap telephone conversations without court authorization

 

President Barack Obama has made a number of restrictions on the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA), which broke the scandal around after numerous revelations of former CIA officer Edward Snowden. In