NATO is considering ending the practice of holding annual summits, Reuters reports, citing sources. The agency’s interlocutors emphasized that the alliance countries would like to avoid “potentially tense” meetings with the participation of US President Donald Trump. “It’s better to have fewer summits than bad summits,” one of the sources told Reuters. - “We already have a lot of work, we know what we need to do.” One option being considered is to hold summits every two years.

King Charles III of Great Britain, accompanied by his wife Camilla, arrived on a state visit to the United States, the BBC reports. During the visit, negotiations between the king and US President Donald Trump are planned. In addition to the official welcoming ceremony at the White House, the king and his wife will take part in a private tea party with the president and Melania Trump. The visit will last until April 30.

The human rights group SK SOS, which helps residents of the North Caucasus who are trying to leave their homes due to violence, demanded that Russian opposition platform member Ruslan Kutaev be removed from PACE after he actually justified “honor killings” in Chechnya. Dozhd reports this.

The Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9 will take place without the participation of military equipment. Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman and journalist Alexandra Prokopenko report this with reference to unnamed sources. “The entire duration is 40 minutes, the equipment does not move, there are several hundred guests. Media message: the parade will take place as usual, ritual in place. And that he was kind of short, we were told not to notice.

The main thing from an interview with a pro-government blogger who ended up in a psychiatric hospital after criticizing Putin Journalist Ksenia Sobchak conducted a two-hour interview with pro-government blogger and informer Ilya Remeslo. He is known as a person who fought with Alexei Navalny for many years and was behind one of the criminal cases against the oppositionist.

Kenyan Sebastian Save became the first person in history to run an official marathon in under two hours; and with him also the Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha. How did they do it? Alex Davidson/Getty Images Sebastian Save at the finish line of the London Marathon. April 26, 2026 A historic achievement at the London Marathon: for the first time in 118 years, a person completed the 42 kilometers and 195 meters in less than two hours in an official competition.

TF International Securities insider and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that OpenAI, known as the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, is collaborating with chip makers Qualcomm and MediaTek to develop processors for smartphones.

Trump responded to the manifesto of an American who opened fire at a dinner with him. Decoding Yuri Gripas / EPA / Scanpix / LETA US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026 US President Donald Trump spoke about the shooting, which occurred on April 25 at a press dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, in an interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes. Trump said he felt completely safe during the incident: “I wasn’t worried.

The Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs proposes to limit the ability of citizens of Russia and Belarus to buy real estate in the country. The agency has already prepared relevant amendments to the legislation, ERR reports. The ministry explains the need for the ban by “threats to the security or public order of Estonia” from unfriendly states. It is proposed to exclude from the ban those Russians and Belarusians who have a permanent residence permit in Estonia.

Robert Brovdi (“Madyar”), one of the most media commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, gave an interview to the BBC. The shortest retelling What kind of text is this? This is a brief retelling of the interview Robert Brovdi (call sign “Madyar”), commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, gave to the BBC. The interview was published on April 27. Brovdi was the first in the Ukrainian Armed Forces to specialize in the use of drones for reconnaissance and strike operations.

Day 1524. The Russian Ministry of Defense denies that it is forcing students to go to war. At the same time in Ufa: students are offered to send “an acquaintance, a friend, a brother” to the war 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. What feelings are you experiencing?

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg on April 27, Interfax reports. During the open part of the talks, Putin said Russia would “do everything” to ensure peace in the Middle East is achieved as quickly as possible. Araghchi, in turn, said that for Iran, relations with Russia are “a strategic partnership at the highest level.” The open part of the negotiations lasted just over five minutes.

The St. Petersburg City Court declared the Russian LGBT Network an “extremist” organization and banned its activities in Russia, the joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts reported. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit. The case was considered closed to the press and public. In 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation declared the non-existent “international LGBT social movement” an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in the country.

On April 27, the Helsinki Administrative Court suspended the decision on the deportation of Olga and Nikita Belov until the completion of the consideration of their appeal or until the court makes a different decision, the Dozhd TV channel reports, citing the court’s decision. The Belovs are in custody at a temporary detention center in Helsinki. Olga and Nikita Belov are a mother and son from Russia who left for Finland after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Roskomnadzor began an inspection of the Rossiya 1 TV channel because of the release of the talk show “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on April 16, in which the host scolded blogger Victoria Bonya, reports the publication “We Can Explain.” The journalists had at their disposal a statement from one of the viewers of the program.