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Maduro has given himself new powers in the event of war with the United States.
As the Venezuelan Vice President clarified, the decree will come into force in the event of external aggression, which could be based on US military intervention. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed a decree granting him additional security powers in the event of a military invasion of the country, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced, Finanzas Digital reports. She announced ...
A Chinese journalist has been sentenced for posts about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison again for her human rights reporting after covering the early days of the pandemic.COVID-19 in WuhanHuman rights journalist Zhang Zhan, who was previously sentenced to four years in prison for covering the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, has been sentenced to a similar term, writesREUTERS . 42-year-old Zhang Zhan wa...
What does Russia's proposal for voluntary compliance with the New START mean?
The New START Treaty expires on February 5, 2026. Russia is ready to comply with it for at least another year after that date, Vladimir Putin stated , but only if the United States agrees to do the same . Read more in RBC's article: Vladimir Putin at a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council in the Kremlin, Moscow. What Moscow is proposing.Russia is prepared to comply with the Treat...
Analysts have named a timeframe for coal price recovery.
Experts expect global coal prices to recover within the next two to three years, partly due to the exit of inefficient producers. However, logistics costs must also be reduced.Coal prices could recover within the next three years to the favorable levels of the second half of the 2010s, according to a NEFT Research report, "Crisis in the Coal Industry. There Is a Way Out." While it's premature to s...
"The world could literally end." Key points from Trump's UN speech
Europe is "going to hell," and Russia is facing "serious tariffs." Donald Trump 's warning from the UN General Assembly — in an RBC article.US President Donald Trump addressed the 80th UN General Assembly, criticizing both the organization itself for its "broken escalator" and inaction in resolving international conflicts, as well as individual member states. His address lasted a record 57 minutes...
The embassy considered Canada's confiscation of the Russian plane illegal.
The possible unilateral confiscation of the An-124-100 aircraft belonging to the Russian airline Volga-Dnepr in Toronto is illegal and has a clear anti-Russian connotation, the Russian Embassy in Canada told RIA Novosti. “Regarding the possibility of Canada’s unilateral confiscation of private property, this was, from the very beginning, an openly politicized matter with clearly anti-Russian overt...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced when flights from Russia to the Philippines will resume.
Manila, PhilippinesThe Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed that direct air service between Russia and the Philippines, interrupted by the pandemic, will resume in October 2025.COVID-19 . This was announced by Deputy Minister Alexey Gruzdev at a meeting of the Joint Russian-Philippine Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. According to the official, the restoration of flights will contr...
The initiator of von der Leyen's resignation has filed a lawsuit against her.
Ursula von der LeyenRomanian far-right MEP Gheorghe Piperea has filed a defamation lawsuit against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen . He was the one who previously initiated the first no-confidence vote against her. The politician told Politico that Ursula von der Leyen "personally attacked" him on July 1......
Visa-free travel for Russians in China has begun without entry refusals.
NoneNo Russian citizen has been denied entry to China since the visa-free regime came into effect on September 15, the press service of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported. The first tourists to arrive in China under the visa-free regime were residents of the Far Eastern regions. ATOR stated that "there are currently no entry refusals; everything is operating normally." As ...
What is the Doomsday Clock and why is it so important?
The Doomsday Clock , currently at 89 seconds to midnight, indicates how close humanity is to a "global catastrophe" on January 28, 2025. Content: What does the Doomsday Clock mean? When did the Doomsday Clock appear? Who controls the shooters and how are decisions made? How the position of the hands changed Why 89 seconds is a critical mark Can the hands move back? Interesting facts about the Doom...
A man accused of embezzlement in the fortifications case burst into tears in court.
Video Former First Deputy Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Dedov burst into tears during his court hearing. He is accused of embezzling 1 billion rubles during the construction of fortifications, according to TASS and RIA Novosti. Dedov began to cry during his speech, where he was talking about his family. He explained that he had been married for 27 years and had a daughter and twin granddaugh...
Who won the Gagarin Cup?
The first week of the 2025/26 season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has passed. RBC Sport tells about all the final series of the Gagarin Cup and the trophy winners. Hockey players and Lokomotiv head coach Igor Nikitin after winning the Gagarin CupThe Continental Hockey League (KHL) was officially founded in September 2......
Rospotrebnadzor assessed the impact of new COVID variants on morbidity.
New coronavirus variants do not change its symptoms; it remains a respiratory infection with various manifestations, Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, told RIA Novosti. "We've seen an increase since early August and the last weeks of July, but still at low levels, with mild cases. However, new coronavirus variants don't change this picture. There have been several of them before, all of them h...
Scientists have discovered a new virus, Salt Gully, in bats.
The virus was found in flying foxes and bat samples from 2011. It is circulating in nature, but it is not yet possible to predict whether the pathogen will be transmitted to humans or whether there will be outbreaks, the expert warned.Scientists have discovered a new bat-borne virus in flying foxes living in Australia, The Telegraph reports. It has been namedSALT Gully. Jennifer Barr, an expert at...
Metro Names Why Rumors About Trump's Health Have Increased
Speculation about the health of US President Donald Trump has intensified amid road closures near Walter Reed National Military Hospital in Washington, the British newspaper Metro reports. Trump was treated at this hospital in 2020 forcovid-19 . The photos appeared on the social network X after the Republican arrived at his golf club with a motorcade. Metro has found no confirmation of the legalit...
The court restricted access to the premium car booking service Wheely.
As a preliminary measure, the court restricted access to the Wheely website and app. The prosecutor claimed the service violated counterterrorism regulations . Authorities had previously raised concerns about Wheely's operation.Moscow's Meshchansky District Court has restricted access to the Wheely website and app for ordering premium cars due to violations of anti-terrorism regulations, TASS repo...
Poland's former health minister was beaten for his policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adam Niedzielski PhotoREUTERS , August 29, Minsk . Former Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski was beaten for decisions he made during the coronavirus pandemic, RMF24 reports. The former Polish minister was beaten by two men outside a restaurant in the Polish city of Siedlce. At the time of the attack, the assailants were loudly criticizing Niedzielski's decisions during the coronavirus pandemi...
Russia has launched the first test system for detecting 25 viruses at once.
The new test diagnoses all significant pathogens of acute respiratory viral infections,COVID-19 , enteroviruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus , and bocavirus, Rospotrebnadzor reported.Scientists at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (Rospotrebnadzor ) have developed the first test system in Russia capable of detecting 25 di...
US: Beef demand remains strong, so do prices
Последние данные Министерства сельского хозяйства США показали, что индекс розничного спроса на свежую говядину во втором квартале оказался на самом высоком уровне по крайней мере за 25 лет. По данным CoBank, к факторам, формирующим покупательское поведение потребителей, относятся растущий интерес к диетическому белку, изменение представлений о здоровье, связанном с говядиной, и доступность говяди...
The Daily Beast Predicts Trump's Recall of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
Donald Trump The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to withdraw vaccines from the US market in the coming months.covid-19 , created on the basis of mRNA technology, The Daily Beast reports, citing one of the closest associates of Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., British cardiologist Asim Malhotra. He told the publication that a decision to pull the vaccine from the U.S. market w...
MERCOSUR: what is it, what countries are included and why is it needed
Content: What is MERCOSUR History of the creation and expansion of MERCOSUR Which countries are part of the union? Objectives of MERCOSUR Mercosur structure Economy and trade within the bloc MERCOSUR on the world stage Development Prospects What is MERCOSURMERCOSUR (from Spanish MERCOSUR — El Mercado Común del Sur) is the largest integration association in South America, which represents the commo...
Russians were told where there is a risk of contracting chikungunya fever.
A worker sprays insecticide after reports of a chikungunya fever outbreak in Hong Kong, China , August 7, 2025.You can become infected with chikungunya fever through the bites of mosquitoes that carry it - yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes. TheseThe insects live in South America, Asia, and Africa, the government resource "Explaining.RF" reported on its Telegram channel. The disease is endemi...
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Infectious disease specialists see the need for urgent measures due to meningococcus
In Russia, more than 1,200 cases of meningococcal infection have been recorded since the beginning of the year, compared to no more than 600 for the entire previous year. Against this backdrop, doctors have proposed introducing vaccinations for residents.Russia needs to take urgent action due to the sharp rise in meningococcal infections, especially among vulnerable population groups. Doctors and ...
Bloomberg learned of India and China's plans to resume air travel.
India and China plan to resume direct air traffic in September , reportsBLOOMBERG citing sources. According to the agency, Indian airlines have received instructions from the Indian government to prepare flights to China as soon as possible, with an official announcement expected as early as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China at the end of August. The exact timing of the r...
In Poland, EU "Covid" grants went to yachts, cars and swingers clubs
The Polish authorities have found out that grants worth more than €280 million allocated by the European Union to combat the consequences of the pandemiccovid-19 , spent on yachts, luxury cars and swingers clubs, among other things, Politico reported. Poland's Finance Ministry has suspended all further payments under a multi-million-dollar EU programme for hotels, restaurants and cultural venues. ...
Bloomberg Learns About London's Plans to Launch Large-Scale Nuclear Program
From 2030, the UK plans to increase its carbon-free energy production many times over through the construction of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and the launch of large nuclear power plants (NPPs), writesBLOOMBERG . No new nuclear power plants have been opened in the country since 1995, and most of the operating ones are expected to be decommissioned by the beginning of the next decade, the...
Poland has been called upon to explain the purchase of yachts and saunas with reconstruction funds.
The European Commission demanded that Polish authorities explain possible abuses in the distribution of funds for the country's economic recovery. Onet reported that part of the allocated funds was planned to be spent on purchasing yachts and installing saunas.Poland is obliged to conduct an investigation and determine why some of the funds from the National Recovery Plan (KPO) may have been misus...
В Малом театре завершилось прощание с Сафроновым
В Малом театре в Москве завершилась церемония прощания с народным артистом Владимиром Сафроновым, передает корреспондент «РИА Новости». На траурное мероприятие пришли главный режиссер Малого театра Алексей Дубровский, народные артисты России Валерий Афанасьев, Александр Вершинин и Василий Бочкарев, режиссер Владимир Бейлис, а также заслуженный артист России Василий Зотов и актер Сергей Лавыгин. По...
В Малом театре назвали дату прощания с Сафроновым
Владимир Сафронов Прощание с народным артистом России Владимиром Сафроновым состоится в субботу, 9 августа, сообщила пресс-служба театра. Оно пройдет на Исторической сцене Малого театра. «Состоится 9 августа в 11:00 в Щепкинском фойе Исторической сцены Малого театра. Зрительский вход будет открыт», — говорится в сообщении. Владимир Сафронов умер 5 августа в возрасте 84 лет. По словам дочери артист...

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