King Edward VIII reports his renunciation of the throne on the BBC air, December 11, 1936 Photo: Global look Press This week, at the British publishing house PEGASUS BOOKS, the book of Andrew Lawny “King of the Representative: the scandalous exile of the Duke and the Duchess of Vindzor” was published.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a new wave of emigration of scientists. Among the departed - one of the most famous Russian medievists, a specialist in the culture and art of the medieval West, an ordinary professor of the Higher School of Economics, co -founder of the Stradarium project Oleg Voskobobonikov. He is sure that the gap with the Western education system will negatively affect the Russian humanitarian environment.

Boris Johnson announced that he was leaving the post of leader of the conservative party and the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain. At the same time, he will fulfill the duties of the prime minister before the election of the new head of the ruling party. Boris Johnson. Photo: wikipedia.org Boris Johnson's resignation was called by members of the Cabinet of Ministers. Recently, many of them themselves resigned in protest.

After a two -year pandemic crisis, a cultural and entertaining life in Europe comes to life noticeably. True, this year other difficulties appeared - voltage in connection with the war in Ukraine, increasing fuel prices and transport chaos with serious delays in the arrival of trains, buses and aircraft, thousands of dissatisfied passengers, as well as traffic jams at the airports and stations.

Cancer cells Photo: Annie Cavanagh / Wellcome images A fragment of the book of the Australian geneticist Edwin Kerok “ A boy who did not stop growing ... and other stories about genes and people” (is published in July at the Alpine Non-Fix ). Subscribe to read the whole Make a subscription Redefine.media to read Republic Subscribe [you can pay for a Russian or foreign card. The subscription is extended automatically.

The cover of the photo album. Photo: Author is unknown / Private collection of Arthur Bondar The period of wartime is completely poorly reflected in Soviet amateur photography for many reasons.

The scandal around the mass expulsion of employees of the Russian embassy in Sofia is gaining momentum: yesterday, three days after 70 Russians-diplomats and administrative-technical personnel-went home to their homeland on two “sides”, Bulgaria went to another unprecedented step-she blocked the money transfer to the Russian Embassy in the amount of $ 890 thousand.

We all roughly imagine how censorship works and how tendencies arise in the presentation of information in state media (no matter, Russian or North Korean). There is a certain ideological canvas, there is a state position on specific issues, for the justification of which journalists select convenient facts and interpretations.

If physical exercises are useful, why do most ignore them? If we are born to run and walk, why are we trying to move as little as possible? How to understand the endless stream of information about physical activity? Is a sedentary lifestyle really new smoking? What is more useful- cardio or strength training?

Europe returns to coal, the United States announces the emergency mode due to energy deficiency, critics of global warming joke whether Greta Tunberg will freeze in winter so as not to warm up with “dirty” energy, and Warren Buffett puts it in the “oil industry”. Is this the end of the idea of ​​"green" energy or does it have a future? And wait for a collapse of oil prices and gas? We talked about this with the investment adviser and specialist in "green" energy Vladimir Vereshchak.