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Pakistani authorities are closing the border with Iran in the south-west of the country due to the outbreak of a new type of COVID-19 coronavirus in that country. This is reported by Agence France-Presse on February 23. It was previously reported that Turkey and Afghanistan had closed their borders with Iran. In Turkey, the Kapykei and Esendere checkpoints are closed in the run-up to the Navruz holiday, during which a large flow of tourists from Iran is expected. Recall, according to the Ministry of H...

The spread of coronavirus 2019- nCoV in China could trigger a shortage of protective suits, which are used in the elimination of the consequences of the 2011 accident at the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima-1, reports on February 18 NHK. It is noted that the shortage may arise due to difficulties in the production and transportation of clothing in China. The deficit, according to the sources of the TV channel, may arise at the end of February. Therefore, in March suits from reserves will be used, and by April the customer plans to refocus on products of other manufacturers. We remind that Fukushima-1 NPP is inactive after the destruction of March 11, 2011, caused by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. Now the station continues to dismantle the reactors, and it will take about 40 years to completely eliminate the consequences of the accident. ...

Russian striker of Spanish Celta Fyodor Smolov said that he is happy with his first goal for the team. He wrote about it on Instagram on February 17. Happy with his first goal for Celta and the result of playing with Real, wrote Smolov. As previously reported by the news agency, Smolov scored the debut goal in his third match for Celta against Real Madrid.

The mayor of Tbilisi Kahu Koladze, a member of Parliament from the European Georgia party Irma Nadirashvili, was accused of fraud of voters and corruption. She said this at a briefing on February 15, the agency Novosti-Georgia reports. Nadirashvili commented on the news about the termination of the dispute of the City Hall with the company C.T. Park, which for many years was a monopoly on paid parking services in Tbilisi, having received for use city assets. The parties agreed that for 4.3 million lari (about $1.3 million) it will give up the receive...

Director Roland Emmerich, who has made films such as Godzilla, Independence Day and Midway explained why he doesn 't make film comics. This was announced on February 14 by the Comicbook portal. When journalists asked the cinematographer a question, he made it clear that it had nothing to do with his attitude towards comics or the idea of their adaptation. He reported that he grew up in Germany and hardly saw comics, and if he saw them, they were French comics Asterix and Obelix and similar name. At the same time, the director noted that he likes comic films that do not turn into a series, such as Joker, Logan or the first part of Iron Man. However, he is not interested in paintings in which superheroes are collected together, simply because he did not grow up with these characters and this idea does not touch him. When Emmerich was asked about what comic book film he would be interested in, he said: If someone makes a film comic in which you are really told something, like in the l...