Three buses and a motorcycle collided on Saturday on an expressway in Tokyo, 46 ​​people were hospitalized with neck and lower back injuries, RIA Novosti reported on November 8, citing the Kyodo news agency. The buses reportedly carried more than 80 schoolchildren on the excursion. The motorcycle suddenly turned into the lane along which the buses were following, which led to a sharp braking of the first of them. The second and third crashed into him like a domino.

Suspects detained in connection with missing students in the Mexican city of Iguala have admitted to "killing a group of people," Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said. According to RIA Novosti , the suspects admitted to killing more than 40 students.

A lifeline is expected from the Bank of Russia The Russian currency has not experienced such a fall since the 1998 default. At the end of the week, the dollar and euro rates soared by 3.84 rubles. and 4.3 rub. accordingly, simultaneously updating historical highs. Just like 16 years ago, the ruble fell victim to the Central Bank’s initiative to move to free exchange rate formation.

At a meeting of APEC foreign ministers and trade ministers, a roadmap for creating a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region was adopted. This was reported by TASS on November 8 with reference to the published joint statement of the ministers. “We agreed to begin and develop this process comprehensively and systematically until the final implementation of the FTA plan,” the document says. “The Roadmap reflects APEC's leadership and commitment to regional economic integration.

The Ministry of Economic Development predicts zero growth in real incomes of the population at the end of 2014 and their reduction in 2015, said Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev. “If there is such inflation, then next year real incomes of the population will decline. At the end of this year, I think it will be somewhere around zero. We made a calculation for 42 rubles. for $1, when it was somewhere around 37-38 rubles, we got about 0.3–0.5 percent growth.

Footballers of the Moscow “Lokomotiv” defeated the capital’s “Torpedo” in the away match of the 13th round of the Russian championship, RIA Novosti reports on November 8. The meeting, held in Ramenskoye, ended with the victory of the railway workers with a score of 1:0. Dame N'Doye brought victory to Miodrag Bozovic's team, hitting the opponent's goal in the 61st minute. In the current championship, Torpedo has won only one victory, Lokomotiv has not lost in five matches.

Five people died on the night of November 8 in a collision between two foreign cars on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the capital police. “The collision between a Hyundai and a BMW occurred at about 2:00 near house number 24 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. As a result of the accident, one of the foreign cars caught fire. Five people were killed in the accident and another was injured,” the press service said.

The closing of the deal for Rosneft to purchase a stake in the Norwegian drilling company North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) from its parent company Seadrill has been postponed until the end of May 2015. This is stated in a message posted on Friday on the NADL website. “NADL, Seadril and Rosneft have agreed to delay the closing of the transaction until the end of May 2015. Both parties remain committed to the agreement,” NADL informs.

Popping noises were heard on November 8 in one of the rooms of the APEC summit press center in Beijing; the room was filled with smoke, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the scene. According to her, the incident occurred in the room where the equipment was located. Technical personnel immediately arrived at the scene of the incident and asked journalists to leave the smoke-filled room.

Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev predicts the upcoming strengthening of the ruble exchange rate, RIA Novosti reported on November 8. “The exchange rate has already greatly exceeded this price, which can roughly be called the equilibrium price. In this sense, it seems to me that the ruble is really oversold, we can expect the ruble to move back in a fairly short term,” Mr. Ulyukaev told reporters.

The press center of the APEC summit in Beijing, where claps were heard, continues its work as usual, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the scene on November 8. Popping noises were heard in one of the rooms of the press center of the APEC summit in Beijing, and smoke immediately appeared in the room. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, soon after the incident the organizers sealed the premises. Journalists continue their work as usual. The smoke has been cleared.

Historical decisions in Russia are now made at congresses of geographers Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin came to the congress of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), proposed introducing an all-Russian geographical dictation in schools and listened to the proposals of the President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu on introducing mandatory certification of geography in schools, that it is necessary to make not only documentaries about nature, but also fiction,

The Ministry of State Property Management of the Sverdlovsk Region (MUGISO) allocated the first 500 land plots to public sector employees. This was reported by the information policy department of the regional governor. At present, gardeners can already begin to develop the territory of the gardening and non-profit partnership “Byudzhetnik”. The chairmen of the specialized partnership were given title documents for land plots for registration of ownership.

The Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan confirmed that the Prosecutor General's Office had opened a criminal case against him, TASS reported on November 8, citing Ukrainian media. “It’s difficult for me to say what the matter is. I understand that this case is connected with the fact that the prosecutor’s office is checking the state company Centrenergo, checking how and what volumes of coal were purchased.

The Angara-A5 heavy-class launch vehicle is connected to the Briz-M upper stage and a cargo-weight mock-up of the spacecraft, and is also prepared for transportation to the complex at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, TASS reports on November 8, citing Defense Ministry spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin.