The administration of current US President Donald Trump is considering the option of a complete oil blockade of Cuba. One of the authors of such a plan is allegedly Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Politico reports . The publication's interlocutors noted that the White House in 2026 is 100% interested in overthrowing the communist regime of Cuba, which has ruled the country since the Cuban revolution in 1959.

School No. 40 in the city of Yakutsk acquired a robot waiter. He travels around the cafeteria and helps schoolchildren on duty collect dirty dishes and distribute trays of food, the press service of the city education department reported . “The children are delighted; the process has become faster, more interesting and looks like a fragment from the future.

The 1935 cover of the Nazi magazine Sun in the House featured a photograph of a little girl. She won the “perfect Aryan babies” competition. True, it turned out that the girl on the cover was Jewish. How this became possible - in the material "Cold" . Photos of this girl were published in Nazi magazines and on postcards. She turned out to be Jewish Hessie Levinson was born in May 1934, and when she was six months old, the family decided to have her portrait taken.

A bill on creating a register of youth organizations was submitted to the State Duma on January 22 by a group of deputies and senators. However, in the explanatory note to the document, links were found in which ChatGPT automatically inserts special notes, the Agency reports .

For lunch, Russians usually order the first and second courses of traditional cuisine: borscht, noodle soup, schnitzel with mashed potatoes or grilled chicken drumstick. In the evening, hearty pasta is especially popular, writes TASS with reference to the X5 study. However, the preferences of men and women in choosing food differ radically. Thus, women more often order light ready-made dishes: salads, sweet pastries, sushi and rolls.

The three largest dairy concerns in the world - Nestle, Danone and Lactalis - were forced to recall large quantities of infant formula from sale due to the possible presence of the toxin cerulide in them, Euronews TV channel reported . The toxin, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, was found in ARA (arachidonic acid) oil from a supplier in China. This component is extremely important in premium infant formulas, as it is found in breast milk.

For a long time the man could not find a stepladder to hang a light bulb from the ceiling. Then his 9-year-old daughter confidently stated that she would cope with this task with the help of a drone, writes Oblakouz. The father did not believe the girl at first, but she looked so confident that the man agreed to participate in her venture. The idea turned out to be quite simple, but no less original. To implement the plan, the light bulb had to be glued to the back of the drone.

UK pharmacies are running out of aspirin, one of the most commonly prescribed medicines used to prevent heart attacks and strokes and treat pain. Politico reported this. A survey by the National Pharmacy Association found that 540 pharmacies across the UK - 86% of the total - were unable to provide aspirin to customers in the past week.

Fraudsters have begun actively buying up old phone numbers. With their help, attackers hack banking applications and issue loans to previous owners, Evgenia Lazareva, coordinator of the Moshelovka platform, told TASS. “Fraudsters compare numbers from open sales of mobile operators with those linked to personal accounts of banks. After this, the attackers purchase such SIM cards and try to gain access to personal accounts,” Lazareva explained.

South Korea has become the first country in the world to adopt a comprehensive legislative package regulating the field of artificial intelligence (AI). This was reported by Reuters. The AI ​​Basic Law is being introduced to improve trust and safety in this area. The agency noted that South Korea is ahead of the European Union, where a similar act will be introduced in stages until 2027.

The Armenian Parliament adopted a bill significantly tightening the rules for issuing residence permits and permanent residence to foreigners. A corresponding message appeared on his official website. According to the amendments to the law “On Foreigners”, which will come into force on November 1, 2026, it will be possible to apply for permanent residence only after three years of residence in the country under a residence permit.

The Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the city of Abu Dhabi. Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are being mediated by the United States, but the parties are still far from a compromise, Reuters reports . The Kremlin, as the agency writes, continues to insist on complete control of the territory of Donbass. And this demand remains the main obstacle in the negotiations.

The total fertility rate (TFR), which measures the average number of children per woman of childbearing age, has reached its lowest level since 2006. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to Rosstat data. At the end of December 2025, the TFR was at 1.374. This figure dropped below in 2006 - then there were 1,305 children per woman of childbearing age, according to official state statistics, which drew the attention of The Moscow Times. In 2024, the birth rate was 1.4.

London Heathrow Airport, which is considered the busiest airport in Europe, has equipped all control points with computed tomography scanners, which will allow passengers not to remove containers with liquids and laptops from their hand luggage when going through control. This was reported by Reuters, citing a statement from airport representatives. According to them, Heathrow has become the largest airport in the world to fully implement a new generation scanner system.

First Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee for Family Protection Tatyana Butskaya sent a request to the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region regarding a video that appeared on social networks showing a schoolgirl being beaten in the toilet. Ksenia Sobchak reported this in her Telegram channel “Bloody Lady”. She also published a scanned copy of Butskaya’s request, from which it follows that a recording of one schoolgirl beating another appeared on social networks on January 22.