The history of the discovery of neutrinos - amazing particles from deep space with incredible energy The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2026 was awarded to the Belgian Francis Halzen for “decisive contributions to the work of the IceCube neutrino observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” Neutrinos have long been considered almost elusive particles, especially those coming from deep space.

Armed masked men tried to lead a group of 20 illegal migrants from Belarus to Latvia and threatened soldiers of the National Armed Forces of Latvia. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Latvia , Janis Dombrava , and the country's armed forces spoke about this. According to Dombrava, the Latvian military stopped the attempt to cross the border.

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced 19-year-old Russian State University for the Humanities student Dmitry Bokov to 19 years in prison in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in a mosque. This was reported by “Caution News” and Msk1 with reference to the relatives of the accused.

The “Holy Trinity” icon, painted by Andrei Rublev, was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, RBC reports. According to the publication, this happened on October 5. An RBC source said that work on the climate display case that contains the icon has been completed. On September 12, Echo and religion researcher Ksenia Luchenko, citing sources, reported that the special climate chamber in which the icon is located was broken.

Abdul Saboor / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Mass protests by schoolchildren continue in France. Students are dissatisfied with overcrowded classes, a shortage of teachers, the poor condition of educational facilities and what they consider to be a schedule that is too crowded. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 256 thousand people took part in school protests on October 6, including 56 thousand in Paris.

An oil refinery in Volgograd completely stopped oil refining after an attack by Ukrainian drones on October 2, Reuters reports, citing sources. The agency does not provide any other details. The governor of the Volgograd region, Andrei Bocharov, reported a “massive UAV attack on industrial infrastructure,” but did not specify which enterprises were targets. Eyewitnesses published photos and videos of a strong fire in the area where the Volgograd Oil Refinery is located.

Residents of Sochi reported a fire on a ship in the Black Sea. “The fire can be seen from all over the coast,” one local resident told Beware the News. Videos and photographs released showed thick black smoke rising over the city. Update. On the evening of October 6, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced that an oil tanker was attacked by unmanned boats off the Black Sea coast. On board the ship, which was flying the flag of Liberia, there was a crew of 23 people.

Out of control, AI agents of OpenAI conducted unauthorized activities on the portals of Wikimedia, the foundation that manages Wikipedia. The foundation itself announced this on its blog. Unauthorized actions included making edits, attempting to hack services, and creating a huge load on the infrastructure. Agents made edits mainly in internal sections that ordinary Wikipedia readers do not see.

A participant in the action on the anniversary of the shooting of the White House in Moscow - about what happened there Communist Party of the Russian Federation On October 4, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation held a coordinated action in the center of Moscow dedicated to the anniversary of the shooting of the White House.

Paramount has closed its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. The combined company was named Skydance, and in addition to two film studios, it will include dozens of television channels, including CBS News and CNN, as well as streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max. The transaction cost was $110 billion, Bloomberg writes. Under the terms, the company will also have to pay off Warner Bros. debts. worth 80 billion dollars.

Report by “People of Baikal” about how local residents are trying to understand what is happening Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Hospital building in Shelekhov, Irkutsk region. October 5, 2026 On the night of October 2, 28-year-old employee of the Anti-Plague Research Institute Daria Shipilova died in the satellite city of Irkutsk Shelekhov.

The criminal case against the founder of the House with a Lighthouse hospice, Lida Moniava, was dropped due to the lack of corpus delicti. According to the telegram channel of Moniava’s support group, the investigator informed lawyer Mikhail Biryukov that the case was being dismissed. The case against Moniava was carried out under an article about the dissemination of “fake stories” about the Russian army. The basis for it was a post in her telegram channel, published in February 2023.

Unidentified drones attacked two merchant ships off the coast of Bulgaria, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. The crew of the first ship was evacuated, the second sank after the attack. The fate of the sailors on board is still unclear. The attack took place approximately 110 kilometers off the Bulgarian coast, in the country's exclusive economic zone.

And why wasn’t one large station initially built on the Square of Three Stations? In December 2026, reconstruction of the Yaroslavl station will begin in Moscow. A wavy glass canopy will appear between it and the neighboring Leningradsky: passengers will be able to change from one station to another without going outside. The work will last until 2028.

They said that the prison warden promised them deportation “to your cozy Gulag.” Mike Stewart / AP / Scanpix / LETA 14 Russians held in an immigration prison in Georgia have signed a collective complaint against conditions of detention and announced that they plan to go on a hunger strike. A copy of the complaint was received by the publications “That’s So” , “Agency” and The Insider.