The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has already begun preparing a successor to Kim Jong-un amid rumors about his health. The North Korean dictator's 11-year-old daughter, Kim Ju-ae, is set to replace him. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency, citing two lawmakers close to South Korean intelligence. South Korea's National Intelligence Service has submitted a report on potential successors to Kim Jong-un to a parliamentary committee.

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky Court has sent the son of Chechen billionaire Musa Bazhaev to pretrial detention. 23-year-old Timur Bazhaev was detained on Saturday night near Luzhniki after a scuffle with police, the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction Telegram channel reported . The son of the president of the Alliance Group wanted to go to the Lastochka floating restaurant on the Moskva River embankment, bypassing the metal detector frame.

Researchers led by University of Colorado bioinformatician Atma Ivancevic have discovered that cancer cells can use DNA particles from “zombie viruses” hidden in the human genome, Science Alert reports . As the publication writes, "zombie viruses" are endogenous retroviruses - fragments of viruses that remain in human DNA and are passed on from generation to generation. According to Science Alert, for a long time these remnants of viruses were considered inactive and harmless.

Former British TV news presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent photographs of children, Reuters reports , citing British police. Edwards, 62, a household name in Britain, was the BBC's highest-paid news presenter and hosted BBC News at Ten for more than two decades. He stepped down in April this year.

TikTok is testing a new Sound Search feature that will let you search for music by humming, humming, or playing it, Techcrunch reports . As the publication writes, the new function resembles the song recognition tool in YouTube Music and Shazam, but unlike the latter, in TikTok it is not necessary to search for music by its fragment. Users will be able to hum a tune and start the search.

A passenger train traveling along the Kazan-Adler route derailed in the Volgograd Region, RIA Novosti reported , citing the Unified Dispatch Service. Russian Railways clarified that the train collided with a truck, resulting in eight carriages being derailed. "On the Gremyachaya-Kotelnikovo section in the Volgograd Region, the driver of a KAMAZ truck drove onto a railroad crossing and collided with a passing passenger train No. 491 Kazan-Adler," the Russian Railways Telegram channel says.

The owner of the deceased Shiba Inu named Kabosu, who became the prototype for the Doge meme, has acquired a new dog of the same breed named Neuro. The woman reported this on her blog. The publication says that Neuro is 10 years old. According to the owner, the dog's last years were filled with "difficult, scary and sad events." The blog also published photos of Neuro, in which she sits on the laps of family members and goes for a walk.

We need to change as an opposition to get out of the crisis Timofei Martynenko is a political activist and member of the Platform of Anti -Wenced Initiatives. He worked as an editor at Navalny’s headquarters, collaborated with “open Russia” and conducted a project for assistance to political prisoners in the “Rostov case”. For the past two years, he has been engaged in media work and the organization of shares in the Vesna movement.

In social networks, they argue due to the post of ex-employee of the first channel of Marina Ovsyannikova, in which she compares Europe and Russia Social networks argue for the third day due to the publications of Marina Ovsyannikova, who showed an anti-war poster during the live broadcast of the Time program. On her Instagram, Ovsyannikova said that she “relaxed” in Europe and does not think that she would return to Russia, which she calls the “country of slaves”.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov wrote in his channel that he currently has more than a hundred biological children. The businessman decided to make his DNA publicly available so that his children could find each other. "Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine approached me with a strange request. He said that he and his wife could not have children due to fertility problems, and asked me to donate sperm to a clinic so that they could have a child.

The State Duma will prepare amendments that will allow foreigners who have received Russian citizenship to be called up for two years instead of one. The document is expected to be adopted before August 5, when the deputies go on vacation. The Chairman of the lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, also proposed working on amendments that concern the registration of migrants for military service.

The Wagner PMC has revealed details of the death of a detachment of its mercenaries in Mali. The corresponding message was published by the telegram channel “Wagner Unloading”, which is close to the PMC.

Taylor Swift's concert in Warsaw on August 1 falls on the day of the celebration of the national Polish holiday. Tens of thousands of fans of the American singer and nationalist Poles from all over the country will come to the city, which is why the mayor of Warsaw is calling an emergency meeting. This was reported by the Polish publication Super Express. On August 1, Poland celebrates National Remembrance Day of the Warsaw Uprising.

Pro-government rapper Timati joined the story about the "raider takeover" of the Wildberries company and sided with Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladislav Bakalchuk. The rapper posted a story recorded together with Bakalchuk on his Instagram. The video was published by the Telegram channel "Beware, News". Timati repeated all the theses that were previously voiced by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Russian airlines have begun to reduce the number of passenger aircraft operating on flights. The number of aircraft with a valid airworthiness certificate has decreased to 693, by 3%, Vedomosti reported , citing Rosaviatsia. The largest number, 10% of the fleet, was mothballed by Rossiya Airlines — 12 aircraft out of 124.