In parting, the artists published a video in which a rabid squirrel from the Ice Age finally ate an acorn, which it had been hunting for 20 years.
The first part of the cartoon was released in 2002.
Blue Sky Studios’ feature films include the five parts of Ice Age, Horton, Ferdinand, Snoopy and the Big Potty Movie, Epic, Rio, and Rio 2.
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Scientists from the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCP RAS) in Chernogolovka have created a material that can help in eliminating the consequences of man-made accidents, the press service of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region reported on Thursday.
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Eni has made new oil and gas discoveries in the Western Desert of Egypt in the Meleiha concessions (Meleya) in the amount of about 8.5 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, the Italian company reports.
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Morgan Stanley, one of the largest US banks, cut its net profit in the first quarter of 2022 by 9.8%, revenue — by 5.9%. According to a press release from the bank, its net profit in January-March amounted to $3.7 billion compared to $4.1 billion in the same period last year.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced a new state policy in the field of migration: now people arriving illegally in the UK can be sent to Rwanda to receive refugee status there.
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Italy this year will face a shortage of seasonal workers in summer resorts and plans to solve this problem by hiring refugees who arrived from Ukraine, TGcom24 reported on Thursday.
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US Formula 1 racing team Haas has turned down a $13 million demand from Russia’s Uralkali for sponsorship money, Motorsport.com reports.
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The container turnover of the seaports of the Russian Federation in March 2022 amounted to 385.143 thousand TEU, which is 21.9% less than in March 2021, Morcenter-TEK reports.
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The United States does not intend to subsequently return the seized assets to Russian businessmen, said Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security.
“Our goal is not to bring them back. Our goal is to use them better than that.»
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The Russian-language version of the National Geographic magazine stops being published in Russia. From the site of the publication, visitors are redirected to the portal of the Russian Traveler project.
The main owner of National Geographic is the Disney Corporation. In March, she announced the suspension of business in Russia.
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Lyubov Sobol was replaced by the restriction of freedom for a real term. The Simonovsky Court of Moscow replaced the punishment for Alexei Navalny’s comrade-in-arms in the «sanitary case» with restriction of freedom for 5 months and 26 days in a penal colony.
The oppositionist left Russia and was put on the wanted list. Sobol is charged with incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with actions in support of Alexei Navalny in January 2021.
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Roskomnadzor has appointed the Vitrina TV platform as the sole supplier of broadcasting public TV channels on the Internet for five years, follows from the order of the department.
Vitrina TV was established by VGTRK, National Media Group, Gazprom-Media and Channel One media holdings in 2017.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates unchanged. The base rate is 0%, for deposits — minus 0.5%, for margin loans — 0.25%.
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The UK has imposed sanctions against partners of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, chief executive of Millhouse Capital UK Ltd. Evgeny Tenenbaum and Millhouse Managing Director David Davidovich — British government.
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The French authorities froze Roman Abramovich’s villa on the Cote d’Azur. The Château de la Croix, where British King Edward VIII lived after his abdication, the Wall Street Journal writes. Abramovich purchased the property in 2009.
In addition, the French authorities froze other properties associated with the businessman, including on the island of St. Barth in the Caribbean, which has the status of an overseas community of France.
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Google is canceling Google One subscriptions issued in Russia and Belarus. Moreover, warning letters are received by both users who have purchased a monthly subscription and owners of the annual version. Judging by the comments on the network, the annual subscription is being canceled even for those who have a card linked, from which Google may well charge money. After the deadline specified in the letter, the user will remain with free 15 GB
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Mercedes electric car was able to drive more than 1000 km
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Scientists have been able to prove that smoking increases the risk of developing lung cancer by increasing the frequency of mutations. This is probably one of the reasons why so few non-smokers get lung cancer, compared with a 10 to 20 percent risk for lifelong smokers, according to the New York College of Medicine.
In addition, they found that the number of cellular mutations found in lung cells increased with years of smoking, which also increased the risk of developing lung cancer. However, after 23 years of daily smoking a pack of cigarettes, the growth of cell mutations stops.
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France arrested the villa of Arkady Rotenberg, the villa of Melnichenko and the villa associated with the co-owner of Sheremyevo Alexander Ponomarenko (he owned the «Putin Palace» from 2011 to 2016)
In addition, the house of the former chairman of the board and co-owner of Sibur Dmitry Konov in Cannes was frozen. and two more objects arrested in France — hotels owned by the company of the wife of billionaire Gennady Timchenko Elena Ermakova.
In total, 33 real estate objects of Russian billionaires were arrested in France. 12 of them — Abramovich. Including the villa Château de la Croë on the Cote d’Azur for $120
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UAE sent a plane with 50 tons of humanitarian cargo and equipped ambulances to Ukraine
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The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has delegated the right of the Ukrainian national team to compete in the 2022 World Championship instead of the Russian national team, according to the website of the Ukrainian Volleyball Federation.
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According to the results of 2021, the Pavlik gold mining company received 1.2 billion rubles of net profit under RAS against a loss of 12.1 billion rubles a year earlier, follows from the company’s report.
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The authorities of Belarus have introduced from April 15 for a month a visa-free regime for citizens of Latvia and Lithuania. The permit is valid when crossing the border at checkpoints on the Belarusian-Latvian and Belarusian-Lithuanian sections from 00:00 on April 15 to May 15 inclusive.
During this period, citizens of Latvia (having the status of a non-citizen of Latvia) and Lithuania can exercise the right to visa-free entry to Belarus an unlimited number of times and stay throughout the territory of the republic.
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The second unmanned flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for May 19, the company said.
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The ships of the 1st Standing NATO Maritime Group have entered the Baltic Sea and will participate in exercises with neighboring allied and partner countries, the ERR broadcasting portal reported.
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Armenia has begun making payments for Russian gas in rubles, its Economy Minister Vagan Kerobyan told RBC.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the creation of an Interdepartmental Commission of the Russian Security Council on ensuring the technological sovereignty of the state in the development of critical information infrastructure, it will be headed by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. The document is published on the portal of legal information.
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The Israeli Air Force (Air Force) struck several targets in the vicinity of the Syrian capital, the city of Damascus, the Syrian state television and the state agency SANA reported on Twitter, citing sources in the military structures.
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The US Treasury has blocked a wallet with the digital currency Ethereum, which, according to it, is associated with a hacker group. The FBI accuses her of stealing $620 million worth of currency for the needs of the North Korean regime.
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The German Finance Ministry approved the allocation of up to 3 billion euros for floating LNG terminals over the next ten years. The contracts must be signed on 14 and 20 April.
Liquefied natural gas will be delivered by tankers, which requires freight agreements. A number of tankers may be ready for operation in the winter of 2023
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The Alfa-Bank application has been removed from the App Store. Earlier, Sberbank applications were removed from the App Store and Google Play, which, like Alfa-Bank, fell under sanctions
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Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a law imposing an embargo on Russian coal.
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The Swedish banking group SEB will accept payments intended for Russian and Belarusian customers until May 31, after which they will be returned to the sender
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the refusal of carriers to supply Russian products. We are talking about some major international carriers from «unfriendly» states. Earlier, the EU banned the entry of trucks registered in Russia and Belarus
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In Kuzbass, a “critical situation” has developed with the export of coal, which threatens producers with fines and loss of market share, Oleg Tokarev, Minister of the Coal Industry of the Kemerovo Region, told RBC. Information about the reduction in supplies from Kuzbass to Russian Railways is not commented.
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China has decided to hold comprehensive military exercises around Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. congressmen to the island, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said.
He called the US delegation’s visit to the island a deliberate provocation and said that by such actions, the US is seriously undermining the political basis of China-US relations and further aggravating tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
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As it became known to Kommersant, Rosneft is asking to change the calculation of additional income tax for the Trebs and Titov fields, licenses for which belong to its joint venture with LUKOIL. The oil company is not satisfied with the procedure for calculating transportation costs — in its opinion, they are underestimated, which is why it has to overpay for AIT.
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Belarusian sugar producers will increase the level of the selling price, which has been maintained since 2016, the Belarusian concern Belgospischeprom reported.
«The current change in the selling price is a preventive measure, taking into account the current market conditions. Against the backdrop of a two-fold price gap with the Russian Federation, experts predict the possibility of mass export of sugar outside of Belarus,» the report says.
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Kazakhstan has decided to abandon the creation of a digital government platform with the Russian Sberbank due to the geopolitical situation, Vice Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhambakin said.
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The Siberian department of Rostekhnadzor and the court suspended the operation of two mines in Kuzbass: Yubileinaya Mine LLC (part of the TopProm JSC holding, Novokuznetsk) and the Yuzhnaya Mine, a branch of Chernigovets JSC (part of SDS-Ugol Holding Company).
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In Canada, microscopic fossils of microbes were found, which, according to scientists, appeared only 300 million years after the birth of the Earth. If the information is confirmed, it will become a sensation, because the previous record holder is half a billion younger.
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Students coming to Finland from other countries will receive a residence permit immediately for the entire period of study. After graduation, they will receive permission to stay in the country for another two years in order to safely find a job.
These legislative innovations are designed to increase the attractiveness of Finland in the competition for foreign specialists. The amendments to the law come into force today, April 15.
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North Macedonia has declared six Russian diplomats persona non grata.
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Apple has invented a charger that can communicate with devices. A description of the new technology was found in the database of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The document «Additional devices that interact with electronic devices» reports that wireless charging can analyze which gadget it is connected to and exchange data with it. It is explained that in case of overheating of the iPhone, the accessory will automatically reduce the power of the work.
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Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the Russian service of the Moscow Times.
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AK ALROSA suspends the publication of quarterly results.
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Consumer prices in France, harmonized with European Union standards, rose 5.1% year-on-year in March, final data from the Insee National Statistical Office show.
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Billionaire Warren Buffett, 91, told journalist Charlie Rose that he has no plans to step down as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway and is in good health.
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Retail sales of vodka in March of this year increased by 10.4% compared to the same month last year, to 6.4 million decaliters (dal), according to the National Union for the Protection of Consumer Rights.
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From May 1, 2022, the export duty on oil in Russia will decrease by $11.6 — to $49.6 from $61.2 per ton in April, according to the materials of the Ministry of Finance.
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The largest Russian cargo airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC, part of the Volga-Dnepr group of Alexei Isaikin) received 55 billion rubles of net profit under RAS in 2021, which is 25% more than in 2020, follows from the reporting
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The People’s Bank of China will lower the reserve requirement for banks from April 25, which is expected to free up liquidity totaling 530 billion yuan ($83 billion) in the financial system.
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The Radio France Internationale (RFI) website became unavailable in Russia due to the blocking of one of the pages by Roskomnadzor (RKN) at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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Gazprom’s average daily export of natural gas to non-CIS countries in the first half of April fell by 18% to 407 million cubic meters, compared with an average of 494 million cubic meters in March, follows from the company’s data.
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Lifan stopped selling new cars on the Russian market without selling a single car in 2022. There are more than 154 thousand cars of this brand in Russia. Lifan is the second most popular automaker from China, second only to the Chery brand, which has sold more than 221,000 units in Russia.
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The head of Rosnano, Sergey Kulikov, asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to conduct an audit of the company’s work for 2010-2020, when the company was headed by its founder Anatoly Chubais. This is stated in a letter that he sent on March 24 to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov. RBC has a copy of the letter, its authenticity was confirmed by a source close to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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The Austrian engineering and technology concern Andritz suspends all new operations in Russia.
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