People who exercise regularly for two hours a week experience less joint pain, visit the GP less often and take fewer sick days. The Guardian writes about this with reference to the results of a study by British scientists. The study, from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Nuffield Health and Frontier Economics, looked at more than 40,000 people with joint pain.

In the UK, a 51-year-old teacher secretly filmed schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 under the skirts. During the investigation, dozens of other pornographic images of children were found on his phone. The Harborough Mail writes about this. Stuart Norris worked as a mathematics teacher at Thomas Estley Community College.

In Chile, an employee of an agri-food company was mistakenly awarded a lump sum salary for 27 years of work. Having received an amount 330 times higher than his monthly salary, the man quit, and the company that sued him for the return of funds lost the case. Diario AS writes about this. The events took place back in May 2022.

In the technological and trade confrontation between the United States and China, Europe will be the main victim. Its economy is heavily dependent on American IT companies to provide digital infrastructure and China to control the processing of rare earth metals. The Financial Times writes about this. Recently, this confrontation has noticeably intensified . The United States is limiting the export of advanced microchips and equipment for their production to China.

Plans to transfer American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, which were announced as one of the key topics of the upcoming negotiations between Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump, have been paused. This was stated by a deputy from the Servant of the People faction, deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security Issues Yegor Chernev.

Tensions between the United States and China threaten to escalate into a full-scale trade war, which will cause serious damage to the economies of both countries. The Economist magazine writes about this.

The US government shut down as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on October 1st. According to Politico, the shutdown occurred due to the fact that Congress did not pass a budget for the next fiscal year. On Tuesday, U.S. senators rejected two competing stopgap funding bills, including a resolution passed by the House of Representatives. This document was the last chance to avoid a federal government shutdown. The publication notes that this is the first government shutdown since 2019.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, is convinced that Russia’s war against Ukraine is only a stage of a larger aggression, the true target of which remains the countries of the European Union and NATO. Budanov’s statement was made at a meeting of the Kiev Association of Military Attachees. The head of Ukrainian intelligence emphasized that if Ukraine had not survived in 2022, Russian troops would have already advanced further to the west.

The media and bloggers are trying to guess the route that Vladimir Putin might take to fly to Budapest for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, which the Kremlin and the White House announced on October 16. The logistics of the upcoming flight are currently not understood even in the Kremlin, Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this, Vedomosti writes .

Vladimir Putin was forced to postpone the first Russian-Arab summit in Moscow due to the low turnout of participants. The meeting was planned for October 15, but many Arab leaders refused to attend, Bloomberg reports . According to the agency's sources, the Kremlin hoped to draw attention to this conference as one of the key foreign policy events of the year. The summit was intended to demonstrate that Russia retains influence in the Arab world, despite the war in Ukraine and sanctions.

The European Union is preparing to tighten the rules for issuing visas for citizens of “unwilling to cooperate” countries. This is reported by Euractiv with reference to a memo from the European Commission, which was distributed among the governments of the alliance member countries.

27-летняя британка Каролина Кшижак умерла после нескольких лет, проведенных на строгой фруктовой диете. This happened in Bali, where she came to relax, reports the tabloid The Mirror. По информации издания, девушка начала есть исключительно сырые фрукты в 19 лет, когда увлеклась идеей «чистого питания» и веганством. Ее здоровье за эти годы резко ухудшилось — она теряла вес, жаловалась на ломкие желтые ногти и гниющие зубы.

Singer Billie Eilish has released her own version of the card game Uno with special rules, as well as a 16-card expansion to the original game. Billie Eilish's Uno deck features "colors, symbols and numbers that reflect her artistic aesthetic," according to the singer's store website. These cards are blue and green and feature the singer's logo, called Blosh. Photo: billie eilish/X The deck costs $20 per deck, but items are already sold out and pre-orders are not available.

In the Japanese city of Numata on the island of Honshu, a bear entered a supermarket and attacked two shoppers, causing them minor injuries, Japan Today reports , citing local police. On Tuesday evening, a witness called emergency services and said the bear had attacked a store customer. Another call came to the fire department from a store employee. He said the bear scratched the man. “Defenceless, weak old man” A crime 58 years ago was solved in the UK.

Washington is waiting for a decision from Tokyo to stop importing Russian energy resources. This was stated by American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following negotiations with his Japanese counterpart Katsunobu Kato. According to him, the main topic of the meeting was the discussion of plans to mobilize Japanese strategic investments in the United States through the bilateral US-Japan Trade and Investment Agreement.