Colonel General and Hero of Russia Alexander Lapin, whom Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly criticized for his military decisions, could have made a mistake that led to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region. This is what The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes . The newspaper claims that Moscow appointed Lapin to oversee security in the Kursk region.

The US, UK and Polish intelligence services took part in the preparation of the Ukrainian army's invasion of the Kursk region. This was reported by the press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, as reported by the Izvestia newspaper. They specified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that invaded the territory of the Russian region trained and underwent combat coordination in training centers in Great Britain and Germany.

Scientists from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland) have developed a robotic arm that can be attached to the body. A person will be able to control the third arm using breathing. This is reported by Science News Explores. The researchers wanted to create a “bonus” arm that could be used in conjunction with the other two.

Two slices of ham a day can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 15%, according to a study conducted by Cambridge scientists. The scientists analyzed health data from 1.97 million people worldwide, the results were published in the journal The Lancet. The study's authors examined data on the daily diet of residents of 20 countries in Europe, America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific over the past 30 to 40 years.

US President Joe Biden has approved the country's secret nuclear strategy, which for the first time includes a clause on containing China's expansion of its nuclear arsenal, as well as US preparations for possible "coordinated nuclear challenges" from China, Russia and North Korea, The New York Times reports . According to it, Biden signed the document back in March.

The Russian government has supported a bill that allows for the drawing up of reports on administrative articles on extremism, abuse of freedom of speech and "discrediting" the army against Russians who have left the country. This is reported by the Kommersant newspaper, citing a draft of the official response that was obtained by the editorial board. The bill in question was developed by deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Tatarstan in June 2023.

17-year-old sambo wrestler from Gorno-Altaisk Ksenia Cheponova committed suicide. In her suicide note, she said that she had been going through a difficult breakup with her boyfriend and had been mocked for her Asian appearance. The athlete's death was confirmed by the Novosibirsk Regional Sambo Federation. An acquaintance of Cheponova said that the sambo wrestler's body was found by coaches in Altai.

In Russia, users are complaining en masse about failures in the work of messengers and large services. According to Downdetector, failures are observed in Telegram, WhatsApp, GitHub, Roblox, Wikipedia, Steam and Discord. Telegram outages are also being experienced by users in Central Asian countries. Roskomnadzor, commenting on the mass failures, said that they were related to a DDOS attack. "The attack was repelled, the services were restored," the agency said.

The number of deaths from diabetes in Russia in 2023 increased by 14.4% and reached 48,469, which is 2.7% of the total number of deaths. This is reported by RBC, citing data from the annual report of Rosstat. The previous spike in diabetes mortality — by 26% — was recorded in 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next two years, the number of people dying from diabetes in Russia decreased.

Glory and money did not make him happy. He admitted depending on alcohol and casino and said that he wants to fall in love The most scandalous trash-fast of Russia and Belarus Mellstroy (Andrei Burim) beat the girl live, humiliated people, advertised gambling and received greetings from Real Madrid's striker Kiliana Mbappe, rapper Drake and President of Lithuania Naousseda, and now has become one of the main memes in tiktoki and ticking Rils.

A team of scientists led by Christina Tammimies from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden claims that artificial intelligence can help identify children with autism, The Guardian reports . According to scientists, the screening system they developed has an accuracy of 80%. “With the AI ​​model, we can use the information we have to identify people at higher risk of developing autism earlier so they can get earlier diagnosis and help,” Tammimies says.

Vladimir Putin's cousin Anna Tsivileva has become one of the most influential people with direct access to the presidential office, Bloomberg reported , citing its sources. Sources close to the Kremlin said that the reason for the promotion was the impression that the relative made on Putin. The cousin managed to impress Putin with her work as the chairperson of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation, created by presidential decree, the publication's sources say.

Those infected with botulism due to poor-quality products from the food delivery service "Kukhnya na rayone" are preparing a class action lawsuit against the company that owns it, OOO "Lokalkitchen". This is reported by the newspaper "Vedomosti", citing the legal service Destralegal, which represents the interests of the victims.

Several of Ukraine's NATO allies are not fulfilling earlier promises to speed up arms deliveries to Kiev, in particular air defense systems, Bloomberg reports , citing sources familiar with the situation. The agency does not specify which countries these are, but reports that it is about commitments that were confirmed at the NATO summit held in Washington in July of this year. In particular, about the delivery of five additional long-range air defense systems.

Patients taking semaglutide (the active ingredient in drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy) are more likely to have suicidal thoughts, according to a study by an international group of researchers published in the journal JAMA Network Open , excerpts from which are cited by CNN . The authors of the study came to this conclusion as a result of analyzing the World Health Organization (WHO) database, which contains information on side effects of taking various drugs from 140 countries.