In the fall of 2024, Russian immunologists will begin clinical trials of a vaccine against cross-food allergies and birch pollen allergies. This was announced on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel by the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) Veronika Skvortsova. "Preclinical studies have been completed for this vaccine, and approvals for clinical studies have been received. They will begin in late September-October.

The Russian Navy practised striking targets in Europe with missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads even before Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, according to the Financial Times, which obtained a classified presentation prepared for Russian army officers. The documents examined by the publication indicate a total of 32 targets in Europe.

Some of the residents of the Kursk region who are being evacuated due to the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be sent to temporary accommodation points (TAP) in the Zaporizhia region. This was reported by the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, on his VKontakte page. In his post, Smirnov said that he had called the head of the Zaporizhia region appointed by Russia, Yevgeny Balitsky.

Comedian Bella Humphries has made periods the theme of her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut after being diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the BBC has learned . PMDD is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, characterized by mood swings, depression, anxiety, swelling and severe pain. The BBC notes that, according to statistics in the UK, 8% of women are diagnosed with this condition.

Russian Georgy Pirogov, who was detained in Uzbekistan on suspicion of "treason" (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and then taken to Moscow, has confessed. This was reported by Mediazona, citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. Pirogov's admission of guilt became known during the consideration of the lawyers' complaint against his arrest. "He admitted his guilt. He repented. He gave a confession," said the appeal, which was read out by the judge.

Conscript Yaroslav Tipusyak was captured by the Ukrainians on August 6, 2024, the first day of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in the Kursk region. The command left him alone at a strongpoint. Already in captivity, he gave an interview to Ukrainian blogger Dmitry Karpenko (the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War prohibits showing prisoners to the general public against their will). Tipusyak was captured when he was 18 years old; the day after that, he turned 19.

Larisa Dolina said she fell victim to scammers based in Ukraine. The video was published on her Instagram page. According to Shot, the scammers "illegally sold" the Khamovniki apartment of the singer who supports the war in Ukraine for 110 million rubles. "Sophisticated and planned fraudulent actions were committed against me. A criminal case has been opened on this fact.

He was once at the shooting range, and his unit was thrown to defense from the APU invasion. He was 19 years old In the third year of the war, Russia was not ready for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its territory. For a week, Ukraine advanced ten kilometers and captured several dozen Russian troops. Among them were Soldiers-condenses, who serve on the territory border with the zone of military operations, without the necessary experience.

TW The text contains a description of murder and rape. In the city of Chapayevsk in the Samara region, a local resident, whose name has not been released, has been detained on suspicion of raping and murdering a two-year-old girl. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing the local Investigative Committee. The department reported that the girl was left unattended for a short time, which the suspect took advantage of. He took the child to an abandoned house, where he beat and raped her.

Parents of conscripts of the 80th Motorized Rifle Division, who took the oath on August 3 of this year, told about the upcoming transfer of their children to the Kursk region. This was reported by the Agency, citing the mothers of the servicemen. The publication writes that the parents of conscripts began to spread posts on social networks demanding that their children not be sent to the Kursk region, where the Russian army has been fighting against the Ukrainian Armed Forces since August 6.

One of the defendants in the case of the murder of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, Temirlan Eskerkhanov, who had previously signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense, is "in the zone of the SVO", but is not participating in the battles as a "stormtrooper". This is reported by Novaya Gazeta Evropa, citing sources. Eskerkhanov has reportedly been in the combat zone in Ukraine since late February, but this was only revealed on August 10.

Two American women have filed complaints against Texas hospitals for refusing to perform abortions for ectopic pregnancies. The state law, which prohibits abortions in most cases, makes an exception for this type of pregnancy, which would not result in a baby anyway. The delay in getting the necessary treatment nearly left the women dead, The Washington Post reports . An American woman, Kylie Thurman, filed a complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services.

Ukrainian Ivan Kuzmin has been arrested in Peru on charges of murdering Russian woman Lyudmila Lazarenko in the Dos Mundos center, Peru21 reports . According to the media, the man believed that his girlfriend was "possessed by evil forces" and was trying to "save her soul." During the hearing to select a preventive measure, Kuzmin, as Peru21 writes, admitted that he killed Lazarenko after an ayahuasca ritual.

South Korea has sent a bedbug-sniffing dog to its main international airport, Incheon, near Seoul, to reduce the risk of the insects entering the country after the Paris Olympics, Sky News reports . As the publication notes, a two-year-old beagle named Checo is the only dog ​​in the country trained to detect the pheromones secreted by bedbugs. According to Kim Min-soo of pest control company Cesco, the dog can check a standard hotel room for the blood-sucking insects in less than two minutes.

Serotonin works more complexly and does not always cause only positive emotions, concluded the authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications. Nine representatives of the Faculty of Psychiatry at Oxford University conducted a series of experiments using the drug fenfluramine, which increases the release of serotonin in the human brain. This drug is banned in Russia. British scientists gathered a group of volunteers from an unnamed number of men and women aged 18-30.