Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Konstantin Mogilevsky sent a letter to federal educational and scientific organizations on January 26. It explained how Russian scientists should prepare for professional trips to the West, reports T-invariant.

Over the past 35 years, the number of obstetric beds in Russia has been consistently decreasing. At the same time, the number of women giving birth is also decreasing, despite the efforts of the Russian authorities to increase the birth rate, Vedomosti reports , citing Rosstat data. The reduction of bed capacity in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in the country began behind the scenes in 1990.

Svetlana Chekhova (last name changed at the request of the heroine) is 31 years old. In 2022, she and her future husband moved to Georgia, and two years later she became pregnant. Then they decided to fly to Brazil in order to gain the right to local citizenship after the birth of the child. Chekhova told Kholod how much life costs in Rio de Janeiro, is it true that it is a very dangerous city, how they were received in the country and why they like it so much.

American Steve Otis has brought charges against rapper Sean Combs, known under the stage name "Diddy". A man accuses a famous musician and producer of sexualized violence and indirect confession in the murder of Tupac Shakur, writes the New York Post. Court documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court say Otis worked for an escort agency. In 2012, Combs turned to his services. The rapper allegedly drugged the man and then subjected him to anal rape in a hotel room.

The Snaresbrook Royal Court in London found 22-year-old Matvey Rumyantsev guilty of beating a young girl. The key witness for the prosecution was the youngest son of US President Donald Trump, Barron Trump, The Times reports . The Russian girl, whose name has not been released, told a criminal hearing that Barron Trump “saved her life” when he called emergency services in the UK from the US. “At that moment, this call was like a sign from God.

The creator of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, Vitaly Buterin, gave a lecture at the ETH Chiangmai conference taking place in Thailand. One of the pictures that the billionaire was photographed in is being actively discussed on social networks. In the photo, Buterin, without shoes, sits on a chair next to a screen showing his presentation. There is a noticeable hole in one of the billionaire’s socks, users noticed. This became the basis for numerous jokes.

US President Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin and asked not to shell Ukrainian cities for a week. It's all about the extreme cold that is predicted in Ukraine, reports Clash Report. “Many people told me not to waste time because I would not get support from him. But Putin agreed, and we are very glad that he did it. Ukrainians don't need rockets falling on their cities now. So I just wanted to say that it was a very, very good decision,” Trump said.

US President Donald Trump wants to create conditions for regime change in Iran and is considering various options as part of this, sources told Reuters. Options include launching targeted strikes on Iran’s leadership and security forces, one of the agency’s interlocutors said. According to him, in this way Trump hopes to inspire the citizens of the Islamic Republic after the protests have subsided due to repression and violence.

Former mayor of Kherson Vladimir Nikolaenko spoke about the three and a half years he spent in captivity of the Russian Federal Security Service. In an interview with The Insider, he recalled being beaten half to death and broadcasts about Christ. For Nikolaenko, as for most residents of Ukraine, the war came as a surprise. The former mayor of Kherson did not imagine that the Russian army would occupy the city so quickly.

The Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia Irek Faizullin has a second family and two illegitimate children, according to an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The authors noted that Faizullin’s declaration for 2020 included two minor sons, who were previously unknown. At that time, the official’s official wife, Guzalia, was 63 years old. Investigators found out that the mother of the children is 40-year-old Nadezhda Trubilina.

Hong Kong police arrested a 51-year-old cleaning service manager. A woman is accused of animal cruelty after more than 110 fish died while cleaning a pond, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports . A passerby contacted the police after noticing that the cleaning company had placed the pond's inhabitants in cramped containers. The incident caused a storm of indignation among local residents, SCMP notes.

A series of murders related to real estate fraud have been solved in the Moscow region. The crimes were committed at intervals of more than ten years. The accused was 38-year-old Andrei Leontyev, the Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region reported . The investigation believes that the victims transferred their apartments to him before their disappearance. The first episode, according to investigators, occurred in December 2010.

The United States has suffered a “silent defeat” in Asia, political scientists Myra Rapp-Hooper and Eli Ratner wrote in an article for Foreign Policy magazine. Since the fall of 2025, the administration of US President Donald Trump has remained silent while China has “unleashed its fury” on Washington’s allies Japan and Taiwan, they noted.

The YouTube platform has begun deleting popular channels that publish low-quality content generated by neural networks. This is reported by The Verge with reference to data from the Kapwing service, which tracks the so-called “AI garbage” (AI-slop), that is, template AI content created in large volumes for the sake of views and monetization. According to Kapwing, about 18 channels with millions of subscribers disappeared from the platform or were completely cleared of video.

Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit plans to begin providing banking services after launching accounts that will allow customers to store funds in US dollars and other fiat currencies. Bloomberg reported this. Bybit intends to launch “MyBank” accounts in February with the help of partner banks, including Georgia-registered Pave Bank, said crypto exchange CEO Ben Zhou.