In England, a 12-year-old girl was charged with the manslaughter of 80-year-old Bhim Kohli. According to preliminary reports, Kohli was attacked while walking his dog in a Leicestershire county park. The Guardian writes about this. It is noted that the incident occurred on September 1 in a park in Brownstone Town, near the English city of Leicester. That day, the man was walking his dog 20 meters from his house, and then he was attacked.

The Baltic region has become a key flashpoint in the confrontation between Moscow and NATO, unseen since the height of the Cold War. The Wall Street Journal writes about this. The newspaper recalled that on November 26, the corvette Mercury, one of the most modern Russian naval ships, was escorting an oil tanker in the Baltic Sea when the German frigate F223 approached it.

State Duma deputy Alexander Iltyakov, a member of the United Russia party, who called for “giving birth while the birthing machine is working,” believes that the state should not raise payments to Russian women for the birth of a child, otherwise they may develop “parasitic tendencies.” He stated this in a conversation with RIA “European-Asian News”.

The scammers forced an 83-year-old Muscovite to give them 146 million rubles, convincing her that otherwise her money could go to the Ukrainian army, writes the Baza telegram channel close to the security forces. Law enforcement agencies have opened a case of fraud on an especially large scale, a source told RIA Novosti. According to Baza, on December 2, the pensioner received a call from a man who introduced himself as an FSB officer.

Deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Ecology Anatoly Greshnevikov warned that the crash of two tankers near Kerch could become a “dangerous eco-bomb” that cannot be kept silent about. Greenpeace also announced an environmental disaster that would lead to the death of thousands of fish and birds. Russian media, citing satellite data, reported that, according to preliminary data, more than three thousand tons of fuel oil ended up in the water as a result of the accident.

A separate specially guarded building with complete isolation was built in Moscow for conscripts who were trying to avoid participating in the war. Complete isolation makes it possible to ignore delays and forcibly send people to a collection point and then to the troops, lawyer Lev Karmanov said on his Telegram channel. The post was noticed by “Important Stories”. A new one-story building appeared on the territory of the Moscow “Unified Recruitment Point” on Yablochkova Street.

Allegedly, in order to reduce the number of drunken traffic accidents at the front, the command of the Russian army banned the military from using civilian vehicles. How the Z-community reacted to this and how the military themselves deal with the ban is in a new column by writer and Z-community researcher Ivan Filippov. But the wounded are taken from the front by taxi, and ammunition is transported on bicycles, just like in the First World War.

Serbian police and intelligence agencies are using previously unknown spyware to illegally spy on environmental activists, journalists and human rights defenders, according to a report by Amnesty International. The Guardian reports this.

Vlada Maltseva (name changed at the request of the heroine) is an opponent of war. She has friends and relatives living in Ukraine, and she emigrated from Russia to Montenegro back in 2013, partly because she did not like the policies of the Russian state. At the same time, Vlada’s cousin Victor (name changed) , with whom they grew up together and were very close, signed a contract at the end of 2022 and went to the front. In November 2024, Victor died - he was blown up by a mine.

On December 16, the foreign ministers of the European Union countries must agree on the first sanctions for Russia’s “hybrid activities.” Polskie Radio reports this with reference to the document. The still secret list reportedly includes the names of 16 people. These are mostly Russians, but there are also citizens of Georgia and Moldova among them.

The Central Bank of Syria, under the regime of Bashar al-Assad, flew about $250 million in cash to Russia in 2018-2019, while the country had a shortage of foreign exchange reserves. With this money, the Syrian authorities could pay for Russian military support, while part of the funds was used to purchase luxury real estate in Moscow for the dictator’s family. An analysis of the Assad government's spending was conducted by the Financial Times.

Russia began preparing for war with NATO this year, head of the department Andrei Belousov announced at an extended meeting of the Ministry of Defense board. Military conflict could begin “in the coming decades,” the minister said. The Agency drew attention to the official’s speech. The Russian army “ensures full readiness for any development of the situation in the medium term, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe,” Belousov said.

The global mental health crisis is affecting workplaces around the world, with the financial sector being one of the hardest hit. Every year, companies worldwide lose 12 billion workdays due to employee depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion. The Financial Times writes about this, citing research and several experts.

A Dutch airline KLM flight from Amsterdam to Mexico City made an unscheduled landing in Bermuda six hours after takeoff due to the "distinctive odor of 100 pigs being carried in the cargo hold." Business Insider reports this. Representatives of the Skyport company, which manages the international airport named after L.F.

The commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vadim Sukharevsky, during the conference “European Defense Industry: Prospects for Cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Industry” said that Ukraine has a Trizub laser weapon capable of shooting down aircraft. Interfax-Ukraine reports this. “We can state that today Ukraine is, if I’m not mistaken, the fifth country that can say that it has a laser.