The US Minister of Internal Security Christie Noem was robbed at The Capital Burger restaurant in the center of Washington on the evening of April 20 - she stole a handbag, CNN reports. According to the CNN source in law enforcement agencies, the secret service that ensures the safety of Noem, looked at the recordings from video surveillance cameras in the restaurant and saw how an unknown man in a medical mask stole a bag and left the institution.

The Vatican published the spiritual testament of the Pope Francis, whose death became known on April 21. The will dated June 29, 2022. It expresses the latest desires of the Pope regarding the place of its burial. Francis asks for his remains to be buried in the papal basilica of St. Maria Majore. “I ask my grave to be prepared in a funeral niche in the side passage between the chapel of Paolina and the chapel of the Basilica Sforza <...>.

He has less influence in the US government, writes The Washington Post Samuel Corum / Sipa / Bloomberg / Getty Images Ilon Musk at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the United States, March 24, 2025 The orders of Ilon Mask, the head of the US State Efficiency Department, which demanded from officials to report on the work done in a week, is openly sabotage many American departments. Others perform them only formally. This is told by The Washington Post.

Film critic Ekaterina Barabash, who is accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army, did not appear in court, its whereabouts are unknown, RBC reports with reference to two sources. According to RBC, on April 21, Barabash, which is under house arrest, was supposed to take place in her criminal case in the Pushkin City Court (this is also confirmed by data on the court website). However, the location of the drum is unknown, it is put on the wanted list, says RBC.

The White House began the process of searching for the new Minister of Defense, reports National Public Radio with reference to an unnamed American official. Other details are unknown. NPR turned to the White House for a comment, but at the time of publication the news did not receive an answer.

He is from Latin America. He is from the Order of the Jesuits. He allowed to bless the same -sex couples. His life is in photographs Andrew Burton / Getty images The Vatican press service on April 21 announced the death of the Pope Francis.

As part of the negotiations with the United States to terminate the war in Ukraine, striving for a "big deal" on global redistribution of spheres of influence, sources among Russian officials and diplomats told reporters of The Moscow Times. According to the Kremlin’s idea, such an agreement would actually mean recognition from Washington that Russia extends influence to the post -Soviet space, including Ukraine, as well as, to a certain extent, recognition of the influence of Moscow in Europe.

Briefly about how the parties took advantage of the decreased intensity of hostilities Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / Leta APU military personnel in the Donetsk region. April 20, 2025 The fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian armies resumed, and Vladimir Putin confirmed on April 21. The previous two days of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces were spent in an Easter truce. On April 19, Putin announced the ceasefire unilaterally.

To the death of the pope Yara Nardi / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta At the age of 88, Pope Francis died. He was the first dad from the New World in history and the first Jesuit in this post. At the same time, the task of him was incredibly difficult - to reform the entire church as an institution. The historian of the Catholic Church Boris Alekseevich Filippov wrote about whether Pope Francis coped and what else he will remember. "Medusa" publishes this text entirely.

Vladimir Putin commented on the Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Suma, as a result of which 35 people were killed. The video with Putin’s statement was published by the correspondent of the Russia-1 TV channel (VGTRK) Pavel Zarubin. Putin talked about Sumy, arguing about the proposal of the Ukrainian side to abandon strikes on civilian facilities. According to him, with this proposal “we must understand”, “it needs to be analyzed”.

Western media believe that this is only a gesture addressed to Trump Ramil Sitdikov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Imago / SNA / Scanpix / Leta On April 19, on the eve of Easter, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the ceasefire in Ukraine "for humanitarian reasons." The truce was supposed to last from 18:00 Saturday (the beginning of the all -night in churches) to 00:00 Monday. Putin made such a statement less than two hours before the start of the ceasefire.

The Donald Trump administration plans to additionally deprive Harvard University of one billion dollars of financing, said The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources. We are talking about funds allocated for research in the field of healthcare. According to the interlocutors of the newspaper, the team of Trump is outraged by Harvard’s decision to publish a letter from the White House demanding reforms at the university.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court sentenced the 12-year-old resident of the city of Lesnoy Yevgeny Varaxin to the 12 years of the colony in the case of Gosizmen (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), Mediazona said. The court also appointed Varaxin a fine of 300 thousand rubles and a trial period for a year and a half. The case was considered closed, so not all its details are known.

Thousand one hundred and fifty -third day. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially announced the resumption of blows after the "Easter truce." The authorities of Ukraine said that the blows did not stop 93RD KHOLODNYI YAR Separate Mechanized Brigade / EPA / Scanpix / Leta destroyed houses in Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. April 20, 2025 Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air.

The Airbus European aircraft -building corporation abandoned plans to bring to the market by 2035 a passenger plane with hydrogen engines with zero emissions of harmful gases, writes The Wall Street Journal. The head of Airbus Guillaume Fori in 2020 announced that the company intends to lead the Green Transition in the air industry. It was assumed that for 15 years it would be ready to start serial production of three types of aircraft with hydrogen engines.