According to him, it will remain in effect until Tehran presents its peace terms and until negotiations are completed. Iran does not want to participate in negotiations Alex Brandon/Getty Images The United States has extended a temporary truce with Iran, which was coming to an end. US President Donald Trump announced on the evening of April 21 that he made this decision at the request of Pakistan (he is acting as a mediator in the negotiations).

US President Donald Trump announced that, at the request of Pakistan, he has extended the ceasefire and truce with Iran until Tehran's representatives present their peace proposal and negotiations are completed. Trump said he had ordered the US military to continue its blockade of Iran's ports and to "otherwise remain ready and able to act." Iranian representatives previously said that the United States violated the temporary truce that the parties concluded two weeks ago.

Iranian representatives refused to participate in negotiations with the United States, which were scheduled for April 22 in Islamabad, the Iranian Tasnim agency reported. Tehran representatives informed the American side through an intermediary in Pakistan that they would not participate in the negotiations. According to Tasnim, this is the final decision.

Three former employees of the closed publishing house Popcorn Books, detained in connection with the sale of queer literature, said that Eksmo’s top managers were involved in “extremism.” TASS reported this on April 21, citing law enforcement agencies.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States has violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement that the countries concluded two weeks ago. “The blockade of Iran's ports is an act of war and, therefore, a violation of the ceasefire. An attack on a merchant ship and the taking of its crew hostage is an even more serious violation,” he wrote on social network X on the evening of April 21.

Updated . Roskomnadzor said it did not restrict access to the entire community for people with diabetes on VKontakte. “Information about why the materials on the page were considered prohibited should be clarified with Roszdravnadzor,” the department said . The social network VKontakte, at the request of Roskomnadzor, removed “Nyura Sharikova” from the community for people with diabetes. Diabetes" section of mutual assistance.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin ordered to check the books of Grigory Oster due to the fact that the writer’s works contain “questions that are questionable from a pedagogical point of view,” the Investigative Committee’s press service reported on April 21. A representative of the department clarified to TASS that Bastrykin ordered to check the cycle of poems by the writer Grigory Oster “Bad Advice”.

John Ternus worked at Apple for half his life. He has the “mind of an engineer and the soul of an innovator” David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Apple has announced that Tim Cook will step down as the company's CEO in the coming months. From September 1, 2026, this position will be taken by John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware development. Cook will remain with the company and become executive chairman of the board of directors.

It has already been called “an example of technofascism” and “a parody of the RoboCop movie” Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty Images People protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside Palantir headquarters in Washington, April 1, 2026. Palantir, which supplies software to the US military and immigration police, has published a 22-point manifesto. It sets out the principles of a “new era of deterrence” based on AI.

His later painting no longer has anything in common with the ironic St. Petersburg subculture Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant / Sipa / Vida Press Vladimir Shinkarev, one of the key Russian painters of his generation, died in St. Petersburg. He was 72 years old.

Ukrainian officials during peace talks have proposed renaming the part of the Donetsk region that now remains under Ukrainian control “Donnyland” in honor of US President Donald Trump. The New York Times writes about this, citing sources close to the negotiations. According to the publication’s interlocutors, for the first time one of the Ukrainian negotiators mentioned this term “partly as a joke.” This was an attempt to win over US representatives to their side.

A teenager in Perm suffered burns as a result of an explosion when he picked up a device disguised as a bundle of banknotes from the ground. This was reported by the Ministry of Territorial Security of the Perm Territory, Interfax writes on April 21. According to authorities, the teenager picked up the package and there was an explosion similar to the sound of a firecracker. The victim was diagnosed with minor burns and did not require hospitalization.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on April 21 that specialists had completed repairs on a section of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which, according to Kyiv, was damaged as a result of a strike by the Russian Armed Forces. “The oil pipeline can resume operation.

There is a flash mob on Instagram in defense of Victoria Boni, who was insulted by Soloviev and Milonov. They are threatened with legal action and demand an apology. Victoria Boni's Instagram Screenshot from Victoria Boni's AI video Blogger Victoria Bonya launched a flash mob against propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov and pro-government blogger Artemy Lebedev, accusing them of publicly insulting women.

We explain in one paragraph - from the ban on the “LGBT movement” to the detention of the general director of Eksmo. In 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation declared the non-existent “International LGBT Movement” “extremist”. This gave security forces a reason to persecute LGBT people and those who support them. Scenes with LGBT characters began to be cut from films, TV series and books.