US President Donald Trump signed a law on new sanctions against Russia (or “hellish sanctions”, as they are called in the American press), according to the White House website. The full title of the initiative is: “The Lindsey O.

Donald Trump said that his son returned the money to the head of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, who partially paid for the wedding of Donald Trump Jr. “I've done a lot of wedding parties in a lot of different places. At Mar-a-Lago and other wonderful places. As I understand it, Don returned this money to him [the Kremlin]. This is common practice. When I found out about it, I asked him, he said, 'Don gave him that money back, Dad,'" Trump told reporters.

Russian troops hit a multi-storey residential building in Sumy with guided bombs, killing two people, said the head of the Sumy regional administration Oleg Grigorov. According to him, seven victims are also known, including a 13-year-old girl. Three people are in serious condition. The head of the city, Artem Kobzar, clarified that the strike killed employees of the Sumy City Council. Vladimir Zelensky said that the direct hit of the air bomb was between the third and fourth floors.

In the spring of 2026, at the height of the US war against Iran, US military officials received a report indicating that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying components for a nuclear program, several sources familiar with the incident told CNN. The Pentagon began preparing to intercept the ship and board armed special forces. Military planes took to the air.

Donald Trump said he would ban journalists from three publications from visiting the White House and accused them of spreading fake news. “I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of views and credibility!) and Politico from the White House due to their continued spread of fake news,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

State Duma candidate from the Green party Yulia Kuznetsova, who disappeared the day before after a meeting with voters, published a video. In the circle that Kuznetsova recorded in her Telegram channel, she says: Everything is fine with me and my husband. Yesterday there was a rather difficult conversation, after which my husband had to provide me with psychological and medical help. I'm fine now and will be home soon. Thank you very much for all of you worrying about me. Update.

The Moscow system of remote electronic voting (DEG) checks whether the voter has VPN enabled. This was reported by programmer Pyotr Zhizhin (he analyzed and described in detail the scheme of falsifications in the DEG at the last State Duma elections in 2021). Zhizhin describes the VPN check in the current voting as follows: The voting website elec.mos.ru forces the voter’s browser to download an image from YouTube before entering. YouTube is blocked in Russia.

Pet Shop Boys have released a song about the Russian president again The British pop group Pet Shop Boys published a new song “A top secret washing machine” on their YouTube channel. The composition was timed to coincide with the elections to the Russian State Duma. Pet Shop Boys The description of the video contains a quote from Alexei Navalny’s speech at the Simonovsky Court in Moscow in February 2021.

Saudi Arabia's state oil company Saudi Aramco has notified customers in Europe that they will not receive oil under long-term contracts in October due to an attack on a key pipeline leading to the Red Sea. Sources told Bloomberg about this. Typically, European buyers receive oil from Saudi Arabia under so-called long-term contracts that ensure stable monthly supplies, explains Bloomberg.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he has instructed the government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure (including military-industrial complex facilities) from drone attacks and cyber attacks as the Russian hybrid threat increases. “In recent weeks, the threat - in particular the Russian hybrid threat - facing Europe and France has increased significantly,” Macron told reporters at the Elysee Palace following a meeting with political party leaders.

Nikita Kukushkin starred in a video in support of the “Noon for Peaceful Russia” campaign (this is an homage to American anti-war advertising of the 1970s) Actor Nikita Kukushkin, who condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and went abroad, recorded a video in support of the “Noon for Peaceful Russia” action. It is promoted by Ilya Yashin and some other Russian opposition figures in exile.

It all started when a Bolivian picked up what he thought was an ordinary kitten near the forest and took him in. Fernando Faciole / National Geographic / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A male tilcayo walks through the Senda Verde nature reserve. Bolivia, September 1, 2026 A new species of wild cat has been discovered in Bolivia for the first time in a hundred years. We retell a scientific article published in the journal Current Biology, and material from National Geographic on this topic.

The leadership of the far-right Alternative for Germany party has begun preparations for negotiations on the resumption of Russian gas supplies to Germany, Reuters writes, citing two sources. The meeting could take place as early as March 2027. It is expected to be attended by AfD co-chairs Alice Weidel and Tino Khrupalla, as well as the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include director Andrei Zvyagintsev. According to the department, the director collaborated with other “foreign agents” and “undesirable” organizations, and also disseminated “inaccurate information” about the policies of the Russian authorities. In addition to him, the list of “foreign agents” includes: blogger Pavel Ivanov; blogger Erzhan Turgumbay; journalist Mikhail Shevelev; project "Anarchist-35".

Fight map for September 18 The commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andrei Biletsky, announced this week that his units are successfully carrying out Operation Vivaldi.