Over the 10 months of 2024, China increased beer supplies to Russia to almost 30 thousand tons. The country became third in the ranking of exporters of this drink, rising from sixth place. RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to data from national statistical services. The agency notes that Germany traditionally ranks first in beer supplies. Thus, from January to October 2024, Russia imported more than 105 thousand tons of the drink from this country.

Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has carried out at least 50 acts of hybrid warfare targeting 13 European countries. This, as the Agency writes , is stated in the investigation of the German publication Die Zeit. Its authors included “hybrid operations,” in particular, cases of espionage, alleged sabotage, acts of vandalism, cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns, as well as attacks on underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.

Donkey Perry, who became the prototype for Donkey from the cartoon “Shrek,” has died in the United States. This was reported by the Barron Park Donkey Project organization from Palo Alto, California. “We are saddened to announce that our beloved Barron Park donkey Perry has passed away at the age of 30. He was a beloved member of our community and we know how many people will mourn his passing.

An outbreak of human metapneumovirus has been reported across most of China. This was reported by the Chinese Administration for Disease Control and Prevention, citing data obtained from the analysis of samples taken from hospitals in the country in the last week of 2024.

Four years ago, Olga Ofitserova from St. Petersburg gave birth to her second daughter. At first, she and her husband thought that she was just a perfectly calm child. But when the girl was three years old, they learned that she had a serious mental disorder - alalia. This is a disorder in which the child’s speech or ability to understand other people’s words remains underdeveloped while his intellect and hearing are intact.

After the crash of two tankers with fuel oil in the Kerch Strait, the bodies of 32 dead dolphins were found in the Black Sea, the Delphi rescue center reports on its Telegram channel. “Since the emergency, we have recorded 61 dead cetaceans, of which 32 individuals died after December 15, the death of which is most likely related to the fuel oil spill. The rest died before the emergency - very old bodies,” the message says.

In Karelia, a tourist bus slid into a ditch and overturned. At least seven people were injured, according to the telegram channel of the local Ministry of Emergency Situations. The accident occurred in the Pitkyaranta region on the Lyaskelya-Pitkyaranta highway. Other details of the incident have not yet been reported. According to the Minister of Health of the Republic of Karelia, Mikhail Okhlopkov, five of the victims are in serious condition.

A snowstorm with rain, ice and strong winds will hit 12 US states, CNN reported , citing weather forecasters. According to them, wind gusts will reach 65 kilometers per hour. In addition, authorities warned of possible power outages. Tens of millions of people live in the areas affected by bad weather. The storm is expected to move east from the central US throughout Sunday before reaching the US East Coast by evening. Forecasters warn the storm could last into Monday or Tuesday morning.

A woman in China has come under fire for choosing to wear makeup just before giving birth to her baby. She herself explained her actions by the desire to meet the baby “in the best possible way.” The South China Morning Post writes about this. According to the publication, a woman surnamed Jia from Shanxi province in northern China filmed and posted online a video of herself applying makeup during painful contractions.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the country is ready to buy out the share of the Russian companies Gazprom Neft and Gazprom in the Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) company if the United States imposes sanctions against it. “We now have the money to buy back NIS. If, according to estimates, the value of the company is a billion euros, then we are talking about 600 million euros to buy out the shares of Gazprom and Gazprom Neft,” Vucic said on RTS.

In the United States, prisoner Aaron Brian Ganches, sentenced to death, asked the Arizona Supreme Court to schedule the execution of his sentence in the near future, thus skipping all legal formalities. Associated Press (AP) reports this. According to the agency, Ganches asked the court to set his execution for mid-February 2025. He also said his death sentence was "long overdue" and accused authorities of stalling by not providing him with legal advice ahead of his execution.

At the first New Year's fish auction in Tokyo, tuna weighing 276 kilograms was sold for 207 million yen ($1.316 million), Kyodo agency reports . The winners of the first fish auction in 2025 were the joint efforts of the Yamayuki wholesale company and the Sushi Ginza Onodera restaurant. Reportedly, this is the fifth time this tandem has bought the most expensive tuna at the New Year's auction. My daughter does not understand my speech.

Representatives of the Islamist group Hamas published a video of 19-year-old Israeli Liri Elbag, who was taken hostage by Palestinian militants during an attack on Israel in October 2023. According to the BBC Russian Service, in the footage the girl asks the Israeli authorities to reach a truce agreement with the leadership of Hamas.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a new major offensive in the Kursk region. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrey Kovalenko, the Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian pro-military bloggers. “The Russians in the Kursk region are very worried because they were attacked in several directions, which came as a surprise to them.

Channels close to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which came to power in Syria by overthrowing the regime of Bashar al-Assad, published photographs of a meeting between representatives of the country’s new authorities and the foreign ministers of Germany and France. The head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annalena Berbock, was blurred out in the photo, reported the N-tv channel.