The girl went to her friend's house to surprise her for her birthday. She got into the car with a married couple who didn't look suspicious. But the trip turned into a nightmare. Details of the story that shocked the United States are in the material “Cold” . A married couple kidnapped a girl who was hitchhiking. They made her a slave for seven years On May 19, 1977, Colleen Stan, a 20-year-old resident of Eugene, Oregon, was catching a passing car.

The Swiss company Nestle voluntarily recalled some batches of baby food from sale in Russia due to “an identified potential risk of the presence of the cereulide toxin in raw materials (arachidonic acid) from an external supplier.” This was reported by Nestlé Russia. The toxin was detected in dry instant milk and fermented milk mixtures and dry mixtures based on amino acids for therapeutic dietary nutrition.

British actor Callum Turner told friends that he had been cast in the lead role in the new James Bond film. This was reported by the Daily Mail, citing sources. “He spread it all over town. Callum is the new Bond, he's already been cast. Everyone around him talks about it. This is a very poorly hidden secret,” one of Turner’s acquaintances said on condition of anonymity.

A hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, refused to give his body to the relatives of Russian Denis Novikov, who died in an accident. The doctors demanded that the family first pay almost two million rubles for the medical services provided. This was reported by the Perm portal 59.RU. The family of the deceased Russian has announced a fundraiser to pay the hospital. A message with details was published in the “Obituaries” group. Kungur Municipal District" on VKontakte.

Russian woman Irina Kuznetsova died in Sri Lanka from dengue fever after being bitten by a mosquito. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, citing a source. According to the publication’s interlocutor, 33-year-old Kuznetsova was a photographer, she was born in Magnitogorsk. In 2014, the woman graduated from the university in her hometown, after which she moved to Moscow. In the Russian capital, she worked on art projects related to photography.

The Lithuanian authorities became interested in the statements of the head of FBK political projects, Leonid Volkov, about the head of the RDK and Ukrainian officials, which he made in personal correspondence. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the chief adviser to the Department of Migration, Rokas Pukinskas.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, appointed his eldest son, 20-year-old Akhmat, as acting deputy head of the government of the republic. Kadyrov Sr. announced this in his Telegram channel. Akhmat Kadyrov will combine his new position with the post of regional minister of physical culture and sports, which he took up in May 2024. Previously, from February to May 2024, the eldest son of the head of Chechnya was the head of the republic’s Ministry of Youth Affairs.

Due to rising prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of Russians, the range of alcohol on store shelves will be reduced in 2026. This forecast was given by experts with whom RBC spoke . A reduction in the range of alcohol will also lead to a reduction in the palette of imports, noted Alexander Lipilin, executive director of the Fort wine trading company.

The Russian government wants to develop home-based, temporary and flexible employment for older people, TASS writes with reference to the text of the government plan. At the same time, the authorities plan to conduct professional retraining for Russians over 50 years of age, as well as for people who have reached retirement age.

US President Donald Trump's Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller said the White House will use troops to protect national interests "in its own hemisphere" and is not going to apologize for it. An interview with him was published by CNN. “We are a superpower. And under President Trump, we are going to behave like a superpower,” Miller answered the host’s questions about the operation in Venezuela and the possible forceful takeover of Greenland.

By the end of 2026, a state standard (GOST) for preparing shawarma may appear in Russia, writes TASS with reference to the head of Roskachestvo Maxim Protasov. The organization is now completing work on the first edition of the document; GOST is planned to be approved within the next 12 months. Roskachestvo plans to prescribe both standards for preparing shawarma in front of consumers and requirements for the quality of dishes packaged for sale in retail chains.

Vladimir Putin set the Russian government, the Central Bank and regional executive authorities the task of restoring the growth rate of the Russian economy in 2026 and maintaining inflation at 4-5% throughout the year. At the same time, federal and regional authorities, together with the Central Bank, must ensure an increase in tax collection, increase labor productivity in key sectors of the real sector of the economy and guarantee its “whitening”.

The operation of US troops to capture and kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a humiliation for Russia and a demonstration of Vladimir Putin’s unreliability as an ally. Politico writes about this. The United States is demonstrating the behavior of a real superpower, which makes the Kremlin “turn green with anger,” the authors of the material believe.

More than 60 Russians cannot leave the island of Socotra in Yemen; in total, more than 400 tourists from different countries are blocked on the archipelago of the same name, TASS writes, citing the Russian embassy and data from the AFP agency. Tourists arriving in Yemen to celebrate the New Year cannot leave Socotor due to the suspension of flights to the island, the agency reports. The Russian Embassy confirmed receiving a “large number of requests” from Russian tourists.

The Donald Trump administration has put forward several demands to Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez. She must fulfill them in order to avoid the fate of the head of the country, Nicolas Maduro, who was previously kidnapped by the United States, Politico writes , citing anonymous sources.