Apple showed the iPhone 12: why can it provide a breakthrough year and what Russian customers need to know Today's presentation Apple was one of the shortest in the history of the company. The new iPhone is becoming a less historical event every year - as it should be for the point of entering the services that have long been the main product of Apple. Nevertheless, analysts call redesign the largest in three years and predict excellent sales to new devices.

The Russian steel and mining company Evraz was ranked second in the world ranking of environmentally responsible companies according to The Wall Street Journal. The authors of the rating, in particular, highly appreciated the manufacturer for caring for air quality and waste management. Evraz has invested more than $174 million in environmental projects to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency at its facilities and plans to invest another $50 million this year, the WSJ notes.

On October 13, Apple held a presentation of new devices. The main announcement is several versions of the iPhone 12 with 5G support. iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini All new iPhone models will work in 5G networks, and not just senior, as expected. The younger model of the iPhone 12 received an OLED display. Diagonal - 6.1 inches. Apple called this display the strongest in the market. Inside is the A14 Bionic processor. It is 50% faster than A13, which were completed last year's smartphones.

The former head of the Belarusian subsidiary of Gazprombank, Viktor Babariko, who was considered the main contender for victory in the presidential elections in Belarus, said that at the meeting no agreements were reached by his lawyers . with Alexander Lukashenko in the pre-trial detention center, and named his conditions for a dialogue with the current president.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has entered the list of the richest women in the United States, who independently made their fortune compiled by Forbes. Sharapova took 87th place in the list. The American Forbes estimates Sharapova’s state of $ 200 million. The magazine indicates that the prize tennis players in the entire career amounted to $ 39 million - this is the third place among women in history.

The world's highest paid soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19, has announced the Portuguese Football Federation . On this news, the shares of the Italian club Juventus, for which the Portuguese footballer plays, fell by 6.4%, but quickly recovered. After reports of Ronaldo's diagnosis, Juventus shares fell from €0.76 to €0.72 per share, the club's capitalization lost €65 million and fell below €1 billion.

Co-founder of the international venture fund Gagarin Capital Nikolay Davydov leaves the organization and sells his share to partner Mikhail Taver. Davydov plans to take up his own entrepreneurial projects. Founded in 2016, Gagarin Capital specializes in investing in technology startups in the field of artificial intelligence. Over 4 years, the fund has invested in 19 companies, including iFarm, Prisma, Earth AI, Wallarm.

The head of the Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov said that the bill on the State Council with a new status and powers, which follows from the amendments to the Constitution adopted in the summer of 2020, is almost ready . According to the draft, the President will head the State Council. When asked by journalists about who should head the State Council, Krasheninnikov replied : “Of course, the head of state will head, but how else? It is within his authority.

Deputy chief physician Anatoly Kalinichenko, who oversaw the treatment of Alexei Navalny in the Omsk emergency hospital, quits and goes to work in a private clinic. According to the doctor himself, the dismissal has nothing to do with politics.

Due to the better-than-expected pace of economic recovery after the lifting of the first restrictive measures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) improved its forecast for a fall in global GDP, including Russia's. At the same time, the estimate of the total losses of the global economy from the pandemic rose to $28 trillion. In 2020, global GDP will fall by 4.4%, according to the latest IMF report .

China's stock market capitalization topped $10 trillion for the first time since 2015, when a bursting speculative bubble wiped out nearly half of the stock's value and drove millions of investors into losses, reports .

Sberbank President German Gref resigns from Yandex's board of directors, Interfax writes , citing an Internet company. At the annual meeting, which will be held on October 29, shareholders will be able to re-elect Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh and former CTO of the company Mikhail Parakhin to the board of directors, the materials say.

The Supreme Court of Russia (SC) proposed that minor crimes of businessmen, including theft and fraud without aggravating circumstances, illegal formation of a legal entity and evasion of customs payments, be considered criminal offenses, subject to compensation for harm. If the crime is recognized as a misdemeanor, the offender will not have a criminal record.

On October 13, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced an ultimatum to Alexander Lukashenko - the head of the Belarusian opposition gave the president 13 days to leave his post and release political prisoners, otherwise a large-scale strike and an indefinite rally will begin in the country. “Two months of political crisis, violence and lawlessness have passed and we've had enough. On October 25, we announce the People's Ultimatum.

Microsoft has launched a massive campaign to take down the Trickbot botnet on millions of devices ahead of the November 3rd US election. The order was given by the court. The botnet has been used to distribute a variety of malware, including a variant of the Ryuk ransomware virus (which paralyzes the device until money is transferred to hackers), which the US government has called a potential election threat.