Authorities say the victim threatened federal agents with a gun. But records from the scene do not confirm this. Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Still from video from the scene of the murder of Alex Pretty. January 24, 2026 On January 24, 2026, US federal immigration officers (ICE and Border Patrol) shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. The man killed was 37-year-old local resident Alex Pretty. He worked as a nurse in the intensive care unit at a veterans hospital. An official statement from the U.S.

Another group of Russian citizens was expelled from the United States on a deportation flight, “Verstka” and “Agency” report, citing the president of the organization Russian America for Democracy in Russia, Dmitry Valuev. The flight took off from the airport in Mesa, Arizona, and will first fly to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for refueling, and then onward, likely transiting through Egypt, as in previous times.

Ukraine has not changed its position on the territories, Vladimir Zelensky said at a joint press conference with the presidents of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda and Poland Karol Nawrocki in Vilnius. According to Zelensky, Russia has been doing everything “to prevent Ukraine from being in the east” for a long time, but cannot achieve this goal at the front. “Everyone knows our position.

An international group of plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms in the US District Court in San Francisco, accusing it of defrauding users of the WhatsApp messenger. The group of plaintiffs, which includes representatives from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa, argue that Meta made false claims about privacy and security. They claim that Meta stores the content of users' messages on WhatsApp, and company employees can access them.

What Ukrainians feel - and how they survive without light and heat in cold apartments Andrew Kravchenko / Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images A pedestrian walks on an unlit street during a power outage in Kyiv, January 23, 2026 Ukraine continues to live without heat and light due to incessant Russian shelling.

Activists are installing new ones - made of cardboard. They don't hang for long. Chain of events Alexey Nikolsky / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia The wall of the house at the entrance where Anna Politkovskaya was killed in 2006. January 19, 2026 You can read this story in English here . January 18 ↓ For the first time, the memorial plaque at 8/12 Lesnaya Street, where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in 2006, was broken on January 18.

One thousand four hundred thirty-second day. Moscow proposes to share the energy of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant between Russia and Ukraine. In Belgorod - a missile strike on energy facilities, but the extent of the damage is unclear Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war.

A state of emergency is being introduced in the Murmansk region due to the “protracted nature of the accident,” which left city residents without electricity, said the head of the region, Andrei Chibis. According to Chibis, Rosseti specialists, despite working around the clock, have not yet been able to restore the power supply lines. The situation is complicated by unfavorable weather conditions and extremely difficult terrain, the governor added.

That's why they are called breakthroughs for Kazakhstan "Medusa" Cultural center "Tselinny" in Almaty In September 2025, two large art institutions were opened in Almaty: the Almaty Museum of Arts (ALMA) and the Tselinny cultural center. The first was built from scratch, the second opened in the building of the former cinema of the same name. For Kazakhstan, these are rare private projects in the field of art.

The methods used by Donald Trump in foreign policy “do not fully correspond” with Russia’s idea of ​​a multipolar world, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Rossiya TV channel correspondent Pavel Zarubin. Peskov answered Zarubin’s question about US claims to Greenland.

The authors present the era very tentatively, but that’s not so bad Peacock The Peacock streaming series “Pony” is about widows who are trying to find out the truth about the death of their spy husbands in Moscow in the 1970s. Western critics generally liked it.

The UK government, as part of police reform, is creating a new National Police Service (NPS) - it will become the “British FBI” and will take on the fight against organized crime, terrorism and fraud. The new structure will bring together the work of existing departments - the National Crime Agency (NCA) and regional units fighting organized crime.

American rock climber Alex Honnold climbed Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, without safety equipment or special equipment. The ascent took Honnold about an hour and a half. When he reached the top, the crowd gathered below greeted him with applause. Honnold's ascent of Taipei 101 was broadcast live on Netflix. Ann Wang / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The height of the skyscraper is 509 meters.

We asked journalist and author of “When We Sing, the Wind Rises” Alexander Gorbachev to share interesting and unusual books about the “fastest” of arts In December, the Meduza publishing house published the book “When We Sing, the Wind Rises” by journalist and music critic Alexander Gorbachev. This is a brief history of popular music in Russia in the 21st century and at the same time an exploration of how music interacts with time and influences us all.

Despite the hype, the service was removed from the local App Store: the topic of death is taboo in the country Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images At the end of December 2025, the Are You Dead? application, that is, literally “Are you dead?”, went viral in China, and later in other countries. The program requires the user to press a button daily, confirming that he is safe. If the confirmation is not sent on time, a notification will be sent to a close friend or relative. Are You Dead?