US President Donald Trump said the Cuban government is negotiating with the United States due to the problems the country is experiencing. According to him, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is dealing with this issue at a “very high level,” Reuters writes on February 27. “The Cuban government is negotiating with us, and they have big problems. They have no money.

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has become a member of the international advisory council of the President of Ukraine on the economic revival of Ukraine. This was reported on the British government website on February 27. Sunak was part of a group of international experts who will support Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his economic adviser, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland. The government statement notes that Rishi Sunak will not be paid for his work.

The explosion occurred in an apartment building on Kadyrov Street in the Yuzhnoye Butovo district, the Moscow and TASS agencies reported. As a result of the explosion that occurred in the apartment on the 16th floor, glass was broken, the balcony was damaged, but no fire occurred, the operational services said. According to updated data, two people were injured and were hospitalized. What caused the explosion is still unknown.

According to the latest data, two people were killed and at least 39 were injured in a traffic accident in Milan, where a tram derailed. The accident occurred around 16:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time) on Viale Vittorio Veneto near the center of Milan. A tram that was traveling along route 9 derailed. Judging by eyewitness footage, the tram derailed, drove onto adjacent tracks at high speed, and then crashed into a building.

Bill Clinton testified before Congress on the Epstein case. Brief retelling This is a brief retelling of the speech of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, at a meeting with the Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives, held in Chappaqua, New York on February 27. The meeting was held behind closed doors. Clinton released the text of his opening remarks. My brief acquaintance with Epstein ended many years before his crimes became known.

Russian WhatsApp users noticed that a banner appeared on top of their chats with the words “Connection problems? Find out what your options are.” Clicking on the banner opens a help center page with the title “About connecting to WhatsApp when the network is down,” The Bell reported on February 27. The instructions provide three options for what to do if you have difficulty connecting: choose a different Wi-Fi network, connect using a VPN, or use a proxy server.

The country's main drug lord, Nemesio "El Mencho" Cervantes, was killed in Mexico. He used to work as a police officer, and then transported methamphetamine on submarines. Let's tell his story Wanted notice for El Mencho on the US State Department website. US Department of State / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA At the end of February 2026, dozens of Mexican cities were engulfed in riots, which were accompanied by car arson, shootings and spontaneous road closures.

British authorities have recalled embassy staff in Tehran, the country's Foreign Ministry reports. As noted in the message, the embassy will continue to work remotely. At the same time, the department recommended that British citizens refrain from traveling to Iran. US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with military strikes if the Iranian authorities do not conclude a nuclear deal with Washington. The United States has deployed a large military group to the region.

The founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, renounced his Russian citizenship. Information about this was confirmed to Bloomberg by an unnamed source close to the businessman. Volozh has Israeli citizenship and has lived in this country for more than ten years. Volozh came under European sanctions in June 2022. Soon after this, he left leadership positions at Yandex and its subsidiaries. In August 2023, the businessman publicly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the first time.

He is suspected of stealing a billion rubles from the Russian Ministry of Defense Arthur Novosiltsev / Moscow Agency The creator of the Readovka publication, Alexei Kostylev, was detained in a case of major fraud . He is suspected of stealing a billion rubles from the Ministry of Defense during the execution of a government contract for the supply of UAVs, RBC reports from the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, where Kostylev is to be given a preventive measure.

Posters in Russian, Arabic and German appeared in the Berlin metro, which rudely call for switching your phone to silent mode, writes Correctiv. So, on the poster in Russian it is written “Hey, have at least a drop of respect, asshole! Turn your phone down!" Such an announcement appeared at the Strausberger Platz station, according to one of the Reddit users who published the corresponding photo on Imgur. The posters are slightly different from each other.

Updated . The Tverskoy Court of Moscow sent Alexey Kostylev to a pre-trial detention center on charges of fraud. The arrest was authorized for a period of two months - until April 25. The founder and former editor-in-chief of the military publication Readovka, Alexey Kostylev, is suspected of embezzling one billion rubles from the Russian Ministry of Defense during the implementation of government contracts.

Victor Pelevin’s novel “The Lamp of Methuselah, or the Ultimate Battle of the Chekists with the Freemasons” was banned for distribution in Belarus. The book, Kommersant writes, has been added to the list of banned books of the Ministry of Information. The list includes books that, according to the authorities, could harm the national interests of the country. What specific claims arose against Pelevin’s novel are not specified.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs suspects the Moscow football club Torpedo of bribing judges. This was reported by official representative of the department Irina Volk. According to her, the police established facts of “influencing the results” of at least 22 matches of the Football National League (the second strongest division in the Russian football league system).

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include journalist, TV director and one of the founders of the Dozhd TV channel Vera Krichevskaya. Also declared “foreign agents” were Deputy of the State Assembly of Yakutia Alexander Ivanov, activist Maxim Aliev and the Internet resource “Respublika”.