One of the greatest architects of our time, Frank Gehry, has died at the age of 96, reports The Guardian. He died at his home in Los Angeles after a short illness on December 5. Frank Gehry is the most recognizable American architect since Frank Lloyd Wright, writes The Guardian. He was one of the first to use computer design in his work.

The draw for the 48-team 2026 FIFA World Cup took place in Washington at the Kennedy Center on December 5. During the drawing, the participants were divided into 12 groups. Group A includes the teams of Mexico and South Africa, which will meet in the opening match of the 2026 World Cup; South Korea became the third member of the group, and the fourth member will be determined in March.

Larisa Dolina told how she was deceived by scammers. And she promised to return the money to Polina Lurie - she bought the singer’s apartment, but was left with nothing The scammers say that they are from the FSB and Rosfinmonitoring. I believe it because they say there are scammers working at the bank. It's like hypnosis. They say that there is an attack on my apartment in Khamovniki, I need to sell it urgently, otherwise he will run away.

Larisa Dolina said that she would return the money to Polina Lurie, the buyer of the apartment that the singer sold due to the actions of scammers. Dolina spoke about this decision in the “Let Them Talk” program on Channel One. Valley said that Lurie was not to blame for the fact that the singer was deceived by scammers. “I decided to return her money for the apartment. I want to be honest with myself first of all. This is the only way out and the only fair solution,” she said on Channel One.

Teenagers in different cities of Germany took part in protests against conscription on the afternoon of December 5, Der Spiegel reports. Bjorn Stach / EHL Media / IMAGO / Scanpix / LETA Leipzig Demonstrations took place both in large cities, for example, in Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, and in small towns. In total, as the organizers stated, the actions were planned to be held in 90 cities. Breuel-Bild / IMAGO / Scanpix / LETA Hamburg The demonstrations took place during school hours.

The Group of Seven ( G7 ) countries and the European Union are discussing a proposal to introduce, instead of a price ceiling on Russian oil, a complete ban on the provision of services for its transportation by sea, Reuters reports, citing sources. Thus, according to the agency’s interlocutors, the authors of the initiative want to stop the participation of Western shipping companies, in particular from Greece, Cyprus and Malta, in the export of Russian oil.

Allies of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are spending millions of dollars in hopes of starting a rebellion against the current Syrian authorities, Reuters writes on December 5. According to the agency, former intelligence chief Camille Hassan and Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf are sponsoring a total of about 50,000 Alawite fighters in the hope of winning their loyalty. Their goal is to take control of underground command posts on the Syrian coast and weapons caches.

We retell its main principles (spoiler: Russia’s war with Ukraine is a secondary issue) Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg / Getty Images US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth The administration of US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new national security strategy - a document outlining the principles and priorities of US foreign and defense policy.

Ronald Wittek / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Siarhei Tsikhanouski and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. October 22, 2025 Six months ago, after serving five years behind bars, Belarusian opposition figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski walked free . He emerged from the fervor of 2020 — when he was a popular political blogger preparing a run for the presidency — into the far bleaker landscape of 2025.

How will checks by banks be strengthened? Will any operations be prohibited? But won't they get rid of clients with Russian passports altogether? Janis Laizans / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On December 3, Politico sources reported that the EU authorities had decided to include Russia in the list of countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing.

We speak with economist Tatyana Mikhailova in the podcast “What Happened” Subscribe to the Meduza YouTube channel Russia refused to build the North Siberian Railway due to the high cost of the project. Part of the railway was supposed to run from Nizhnevartovsk to Ust-Ilimsk, and the other - from Tashtagol to Urumqi (China). Experts say that without the North Siberian Railway it is impossible to attract a significant part of cargo from Kuzbass, Khakassia and the Urals to the Northern Sea Route.

Actually, he died four years ago. But the editors of the main American newspaper believe that no one knew about this outside Russia Egor Ligachev in 2009. Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images On December 3, The New York Times published an obituary for former Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Yegor Ligachev, who died four and a half years ago - in May 2021.

Some users in Russia complained that they were no longer able to log in to Gosuslugi via a code via SMS - instead they were offered to install the Max messenger. SotaVision, “Agency”, “Sirena” and other media write about this. Problems arise when accessing “Government Services” from a phone. In the mobile version, when logging in, a message appears about the need to install Max and receive a login confirmation code via messenger. This operation cannot be avoided.

With roughly a million Ukrainian refugees now residing in Poland and fears about hybrid war and border security unabated, discussions about migration have become entangled with a range of domestic and foreign policy issues, from a rise in hate crimes to gaps in the labor market and support for Ukraine .

Streaming service Netflix is ​​buying film studio Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. This was reported in a company press release. “Today Netflix and Warner Bros. "Discovery announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO," the statement said.