A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicates that the past eight years have been the warmest on record. The average temperature in 2022 will be about 1.15°C higher than in 1850-1900, the WMO report notes. Also, sea levels are now rising twice as fast as 30 years ago, and the world's oceans are constantly breaking temperature records. “The stronger the warming, the stronger the consequences.

Reuters writes that in Kosovo, Serbs are leaving en masse from state and municipal service - including from the police and courts - in protest against the change of Serbian car numbers to Kosovo ones. How many people quit is unknown. Reuters, citing a source in the Kosovo Interior Ministry, said that in some police units, employees have to work 12 hours instead of eight due to the dismissal of Serb officers.

We figure out how to overcome the bureaucracy, is it possible to find a job and how much does it cost to move Italy is not the easiest country for immigration. There are 20 regions on its territory - with different local laws, prices, dialects and culture. “Cold”, along with the Italian lawyer, Cindy Lacha, figured out what visas are available to Russians, how to get a residence permit and settle in the country.

Residents of Voronezh recorded a video message near the building of the city prosecutor's office, in which they said that the mobilized were sent to the front line. They asked Governor Alexander Gusev to remove them from the front line and provide medical assistance. According to relatives, the command left the battlefield, saying that they would soon return with things for the mobilized. As it turned out, the commanders did not return, after which the shelling began.

The New York Times, citing the administration of Kyiv, reported that in the event of a complete power outage, the inhabitants of the city would be evacuated, that is, about three million people. “If Russia continues such attacks, we could lose our entire power supply system,” Roman Tkachuk, director of the Kyiv city administration’s department of municipal security, told the publication.

Let's check if you remember the “words of the year” and what events they were associated with The Collins English Dictionary has chosen permacrisis as its word of 2022, meaning “an extended period of instability and insecurity.” It was this word that managed to unite the main events of the year: the war between Russia and Ukraine, climate change and political instability throughout the world.

The US administration is asking the Ukrainian authorities to publicly show that the country is ready for negotiations with Russia, The Washington Post reported, citing sources. The publication writes that in this way the US government wants Ukraine to be supported by some countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America, which are afraid of a protracted war, and where the conflict has already greatly affected the cost of fuel and products.

Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, said that Russia had "indirect grounds" to believe that the "everything is done" SMS message sent by former British Prime Minister Liz Truss to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken related to the Nord Stream bombing.