Russian automaker AvtoVAZ has registered the trademark “It’s possible, but why?”, RIA Novosti found out after studying the Rospatent database. The application was approved on September 9. Under the brand “It’s possible, but why?” the company will be able to produce cars and spare parts, clothing and shoes, leather goods, toys, printed materials, soft drinks and beer, as well as engage in advertising, film production and show programs.

Iran has resumed ballistic missile production using components it had accumulated before the war and production sites underground, U.S. and Middle Eastern officials familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal. According to them, despite massive attacks by the United States and Israel on missile systems and industrial enterprises at the beginning of the war, Iran is busy assembling missiles with both liquid fuel and solid fuel.

On the night of September 10, Poland prevented a threat to one of its border crossings with Ukraine, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. What kind of “immediate threat” this was, Tusk did not specify. According to him, it was possible to prevent it thanks to cooperation with Ukraine. Tusk recalled that Russia "has already resorted to provocative attacks on border crossings", for example in Moldova .

Scientists from the University of California, Riverside named the genus of Australian bedbugs they discovered in honor of American singer Taylor Swift. An article on insects was published in the scientific journal Insect Systematics and Evolution. In total, 12 new species of herbivorous insects were found. One of the new genera was named after the singer - Swiftiephylus.

The St. Petersburg metro is going to bring its infrastructure into compliance with civil defense requirements. The company has announced a tender for the development of a corresponding plan, Fontanka reports.

Japan demanded changes to the Equal Earth world map, which was voted for at the UN. The country is unhappy that the disputed Kuril Islands are painted the same color as Russia on the map. On September 4, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the use of the Equal Earth projection instead of the traditional world map in the Mercator projection. It does not exactly preserve angles or areas, but it more accurately conveys the ratio of areas of countries and continents.

References to the songs of the Fab Four were found in three thousand studies Popperfoto/Getty Images Pop culture references help scientists liven up a dry scientific paper and draw attention to their work. Most often, for this purpose, scientists quote the texts of The Beatles, according to a study published in the journal Plos One.

We briefly describe how the authorities continue to fight the only anti-war party Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Profimedia Exactly a month ago, on August 10, the Supreme Court removed the federal list of the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections on far-fetched grounds.

Updated . According to the latest data , five people were killed as a result of the Russian strike on Pavlograd. Another 67 were injured, including eight children. The Russian military attacked Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk region on the afternoon of September 10, said the head of the region, Alexander Ganzha. As a result of the impact, fires broke out in the store and shopping pavilions. According to authorities, four people were killed and more than 60 were injured.

Three of his relatives have huge apartments in Dubai The Anti-Corruption Foundation has released an investigation into the real estate of relatives of Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, who heads the regional list of United Russia in the upcoming State Duma elections. Journalists have already reported on some of these objects, others were not previously known, but the main thing is that the FBK material gives a complete picture of the known assets of Vorobyov’s circle.

The Vetbiohim company, the manufacturer of the Russian vaccine Multikan-8 , has prepared agreements on a peaceful settlement with the owners of animals that died after being vaccinated with this drug, the publication Beware, Moscow reports , citing publications in closed chats of the victims. The company offers to reimburse confirmed expenses and separately pay compensation for moral damages. According to the victims, we are talking about a payment in the amount of 200-300 thousand rubles.

The Houthis have taken control of the port city of Mocha on the Red Sea, Reuters reports, citing sources. Taking control of the city will allow the Houthis to intensify attacks in the direction of the strategically important Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. A significant portion of oil from the Middle East to Europe is transported through it.

What journalists are saying about the new iPhone Duo (spoiler: almost everyone liked it) Stan Olszewski / EPA / Scanpix / LETA On September 9, Apple held a presentation of new devices, at which, among other things, it presented the long-awaited folding iPhone. The first smartphone of this type in the company's history is called iPhone Duo. It amazed Western journalists with two things: the traditionally high quality of technical performance and a very high price.

The European Union is unable to fulfill its plan to abandon Russian oil and gas, auditors of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) came to this conclusion. To reduce dependence on Russian energy resources, the EU launched the REPowerEU program in 2022. It provides for the development of renewable energy, expansion of connections between the energy networks of EU countries and diversification of oil and gas supplies.

On the eve of the event, a murder occurred in the tent camp Solar Systo Togathering channel on Telegram The Solar Systo Togathering music festival, which was supposed to take place from September 10 to 14 in the Leningrad region, was canceled due to the murder of one of the participants. The organizers of the event reported this in a telegram. The cancellation of the event became known on September 4, when the organizers wrote about an “external emergency” that was not related to the event.