On Mount Iwakamiyama in Iwate Prefecture, a bear bit a 69-year-old man who fell into his den. However, the incident ended well for the elderly Japanese man, as he beat the bear with trekking poles, reports SoraNews24. A man and his companion were hiking along a hiking trail. However, the night before leaving, a lot of snow fell in the mountainous area, so they got lost and did not notice the entrance to the bear’s den under the snow cover.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky published a joint photo with American actor Sean Penn. The three-time Oscar winner refused to attend the awards ceremony and instead traveled to Ukraine. “Thanks to you, Sean, we know what a true friend of Ukraine is. You have been with Ukraine since the first day of a full-scale war. And today. And we know that you will continue to be with our country and our people,” Zelensky wrote. Sean Penn won an Oscar for the third time in his career.

US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have resumed direct contacts. This was reported by Axios, citing two sources. An American official, who wished to remain anonymous, said Araghchi allegedly sent text messages to Witkoff that included details about a possible end to the war. It is still unclear how meaningful the communication between the US and Iranian representatives was.

Russia's largest arms manufacturer, the state corporation Rostec, has been allowed not to publish financial statements. The corresponding decree was signed by Vladimir Putin. We are talking about Decree No. 159, which amends two existing documents on the right of companies to hide corporate information. The amendments also included such state corporations as Gazprom, Transneft and Russian Railways. Putin first introduced a regime of limited disclosure of corporate reporting in November 2023.

The transportation of shells from North Korea to Russia was carried out secretly. With the help of border services, Russian ships disguised their destination - the documents indicated that the ships were heading to Busan, South Korea. However, the real target was discovered thanks to the sailors, according to the “Important Stories” investigation. Despite the fact that, as the publication reports, their phones were taken away, the crew members managed to circumvent the ban on filming.

The remote Afar region of northern Ethiopia is at the center of a tectonic fault that could create a new ocean in the future. And under the influence of this process, Africa is already gradually splitting in half, CNN reports . Afar is one of the hottest places on the planet, where air temperatures reach +50 degrees Celsius. Nearby is the Erta Ale volcano with a lava lake, which is called the “gate to hell.” However, for scientists the entire region is called paradise.

In the US state of Washington, 19-year-old Alyssa Jade Vanderbeek and 21-year-old Mark Anthony Labako Clamore have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of their seven-week-old son. This was reported by People with reference to court documents and investigation materials from Pierce County. According to investigators, the child died on March 9, five days after being hospitalized in critical condition.

The cause of the mass slaughter of livestock in the Sverdlovsk region was foot and mouth disease, which came to Russia as part of sabotage. Thus, according to journalist Ksenia Sobchak, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region Denis Pasler said . At a closed meeting with dairy product producers and representatives of retail chains, he said that, in his opinion, the dangerous disease entered Russia along with German animal feed.

The authorities of the Altai Republic plan to reward residents with bonuses for walking in order to distract them from drinking alcohol. And the points you receive can be spent on purchasing products from local agricultural producers. This was announced by the head of the region Andrei Turchak at the Healthy Society forum in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports .

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has disappeared again: he has not appeared in public for 17 days. The last time Kadyrov was seen was on February 27, when he, together with representatives of the Chechen leadership, performed a prayer in a Grozny mosque in honor of Ramadan, the Nezygar telegram channel noted . At the moment, the duties of the head of Chechnya are allegedly performed by the chairman of the republican government, Magomed Daudov. He signs all official documents.

The premiere of the Russian film “Skuf” in Russia has been canceled, and the film itself will not be released in the country. This was reported by TASS in the press service of the Atmosfera Kino company, which acted as the distributor of the project. “Yes, the film “Skuf” has left the release schedule of the Atmosfera Kino company,” they said.

The US suffered the "worst wartime cyber attack" in its history. The target was the American medical equipment manufacturer Stryker. The Wall Street Journal writes about this. Last week the company reported failures in internal systems running Microsoft software. Problems have been reported by Stryker employees in various countries, including the United States, Ireland and Australia.

In the US state of Wyoming, a 14-year-old teenager was charged with murdering his own mother over an argument over a tablet that the minor had stolen. This was reported by the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Cowboy State Daily , citing police data. On Saturday, March 7, police officers responded to a call at a house in Cheyenne. There they found a 41-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the back of her head.

The idea of ​​making travel abroad free for Russians deserves consideration. The head of the State Duma Committee on Tourism, Sangadzhi Tarbaev, wrote about this in his Telegram channel. He noted that the introduction of an appropriate fee should encourage Russians to give up traveling abroad in favor of traveling within the country. “Today it is especially important to support domestic tourism. And for this it is necessary to use all possible mechanisms.

In the Moscow region, a seventh grade student attacked a peer with a knife on the way to school. The victim was taken to hospital with injuries, the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office reports . The incident occurred on March 16 in the village of Sverdlovsky. “Currently, nothing threatens the life and health of the teenager. During the inspection, the Shchelkovo City Prosecutor's Office will establish the circumstances of the incident and assess compliance with the legislation on minors.