Britain's very first space communications satellite was displaced in space by half the diameter of the Earth from where it was supposed to fall into the ocean. The device could not drift to a new location on its own, the BBC reported , citing scientific experts. The Skynet-1A satellite was launched in 1969, orbiting off the east coast of Africa to relay messages to British troops. After several years of operation for which the equipment was designed, the satellite switched off.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague is set to conduct an internal investigation into prosecutor Karim Khan, who issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin last year. Reuters reported this with reference to a document sent to member countries of the international court and two sources familiar with the situation. The investigation involves allegations of sexual harassment.

The new White House administration will try to achieve an end to the war in Ukraine, but the return of territories seized by Russia will have to be forgotten. If the Ukrainians' priority is to take back Crimea and "get American soldiers to fight for it," then Ukrainians will be left "on their own," Brian Lanza, a senior adviser to the American president-elect, told the BBC.

Former entrepreneur from Krasnodar Mirro Puazon changed her profession and became a professional cleaner. She shared her story with Kholod and gave advice to those who don’t like to clean. Poison said that she wanted to become a journalist, but became disillusioned with the profession while still studying. After that, she tried about 10 different professions and settled on working as a cleaner. Now she earns about 40 thousand rubles a month, but is not thinking about changing her occupation.

Two Russian servicemen received life sentences for mass murder in occupied Volnovakha. A court in Rostov-on-Don found Stanislav Rau and Anton Sopov guilty and sentenced them to serve their sentences in a special regime correctional colony, Kommersant reported . The murder occurred on the night of October 28, 2023.

40-year-old Mirro Poison from Krasnodar froze her business in order to go work as a cleaner: she was burned out and disillusioned with entrepreneurship and decided to do what she liked. Mirro loves his job, despite the low salary and the fact that it is quite hard physical work. She told Kholod why cleaning makes her happy and what to do if you hate washing floors, washing curtains and vacuuming. I had my own business, and now I earn 40 thousand rubles.

Russian authorities are studying a plan to merge the country's largest oil companies into a single corporation. According to the plan, the state corporation Rosneft will absorb the state company Gazprom Neft and the private company Lukoil, The Wall Street Journal reported , citing sources familiar with the negotiations. The takeover by Rosneft is only one of the scenarios being discussed, the sources emphasized.

The Russian government awarded the mayor of the city of Bui, Kostroma Region, Igor Ralnikov, for winning a prize in the “Best Municipal Practice” competition in the category “Providing feedback to residents.” About three months ago, the mayor called the townspeople who criticized the authorities “infantile good-for-nothings,” RBC reported . The mayor announced the award on his VKontakte page, posting a screenshot of the order signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

The “carnivore diet” is a type of diet based exclusively on animal products: meat, fish, eggs and some dairy products. Its supporters claim that the diet helps you lose weight and build muscle, improve your mood, boost your immune system, and cure autoimmune diseases and acne. Videos of people eating only beef, butter and eggs receive millions of views. Some consider this diet healthy and live on it for years, while others consider it deadly.

Stolen or confiscated iPhones will be harder to hack thanks to a hidden feature Apple has added to a new version of its operating system. Smartphones running iOS 18.1 that have been left turned on and locked for a long time will automatically reboot, technology publication 404 Media reported .

Biologists from Spain, France and the USA have found that the current level of radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone has almost no effect on the life expectancy of the eastern tree frogs (Hyla orientalis) living there. The study was published in the journal Biology Letters. For their study, biologists collected 256 male tree frogs from ponds in and near the Chernobyl exclusion zone. They collected frogs at night every May from 2016 to 2018 in 14 locations with varying levels of radiation.

In seven Russian schools, teachers made tin foil hats and took pictures for a report as part of the Helmet of the Fatherland campaign. A letter on behalf of the United Russia party demanding an action was sent to educational institutions by actionist prankster from Belarus Vladislav Bokhan.