The banned terrorist organization "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility for the attack in Vienna, according to the portal SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the activity of terrorists. It follows from the IS statement that the attack was carried out by Abu Dujana al-Albani. The organization publishes a video where the terrorist swears allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State. Whether the shooter had accomplices is not specified in the report.

The authorities urge the population to endure to the vaccine. But you may have to endure for a long time Russian officials vying promised that by the end of the year, mass vaccination from Covid-19 will begin in the country. But, as The Bell found out , while not a single vaccine manufacturer is ready to provide it. Mass - if you understand millions and tens of millions of doses by it - vaccination by the end of the year is unlikely to become even in Moscow.

In the USA, the presidential election is being completed - this night or in the early morning we can find out who won: Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Biden has a serious advantage, but Trump can still make a miracle. The Bell monitors voting, the first results and votes in online mode.

The presidential elections in the USA and the intrigue around their outcome led to the fact that the bookmaker market exploded - the players put a record $ 367 on the confrontation of Donald Trump and Joe Bayden, writes Forbes. Bookmakers believe that the total amount of bets can reach $ 500 million. Due to the American elections, money flowed to bookmakers. The largest company in the world Betfair attracted more bets in the world than at any other event in its entire twenty -year history.

Following the results of 9 months of 2020, the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel recommended paying dividends in the amount of $1.2 billion - before that, the owner of the company, Vladimir Potanin, proposed to refrain from payments in order "not to irritate people during a crisis." In the release, the company indicated that the total amount of cash that is planned to be used to pay dividends will be 98.64 billion rubles (about $1.2 billion) - 623.35 rubles per ordinary share (about $7.74 at

The backpack of Igor Koropov, co-founder of the Skillbox platform, was found in the sea, and has not been contacted for the third day, the Investigative Committee reported. The businessman's phone was found on the shore. The businessman's whereabouts are still unknown. On the night of November 1, Koropov left the hotel in Sochi and headed towards the pier of the Nizhneimeretinsky port. Since then, his whereabouts are unknown.

American business and government agencies are preparing for possible protests and riots after the November 3 election: cafe managers board up shop windows, and national security agencies warn that they will crack down hard on looters. Before Election Day, a security fence was erected around the White House in case the protests escalated into riots, writes The Hill. Companies in Washington DC and other US cities are closing shop windows to protect them from burglars and vandals.

The Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges have postponed the initial public offering (IPO) of Alibaba's financial subsidiary, Ant Group, scheduled for November 5. It was supposed to be the largest in world history - at $ 37 billion. The IPO was suspended a day after Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Ant executives were called in by Chinese regulators.

The victims of the terrorist attack in Vienna, according to the latest data from the Austrian authorities, were five people, another 22 were injured. Among the wounded is one policeman, he was successfully operated on, said . the country's interior minister On the evening of November 2 in Vienna, several Islamists opened fire near the city's main synagogue and in other parts of the Austrian capital. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called the incident a terrorist attack.

The consumer spending of Russians showed the deepest decline since the end of May, declining between October 26 and November 1 by 10.8% yoy, RBC writes , citing a report from Sberbank's SberIndex project. In the “Services” category, spending by the population over the last week of October fell by almost a third (-32%) compared to the same period last year - this was the strongest collapse since the beginning of June. In the Non-Food category, spending fell by 5%.

Russian officials vying promised that by the end of the year, mass vaccination from Covid-19 will begin in the country. But, as The Bell found out, while not a single vaccine manufacturer is ready to provide it. Mass - if you understand millions and tens of millions of doses by it - vaccination by the end of the year is unlikely to become even in Moscow.

A pig farming boom in China and a lean summer have led to a significant increase in corn prices and thwarted government plans to introduce biofuels. Producers of corn ethanol and oil companies that make biogasoline E10 based on it cut supplies due to increased costs. The shortage of corn may last until the end of next year. China planned to introduce E10 throughout the country by 2020.

Pregnant women with coronavirus are in intensive care and on mechanical ventilation three times more often than non-pregnant women, and they die from COVID-19 twice as often, writes The Washington Post, citing an official report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

On October 30, 2020, Roskomnadzor and the FSB included the Russian entertainment sites Pikabu and YaPlakal in the register of information dissemination organizers (ORI), the public organization Roskomsvoboda discovered . There are already 263 sites on the list. By law, a registry participant must store data on all actions and interactions of its users in the territory of the Russian Federation, including text, voice and other information, images, audio, video and other electronic messages.

The Mask system is being developed in Russia - it will analyze images from cameras in hospitals and government agencies and identify people without masks, writes RT. The channel was told about the development of such a system in the National Technology Initiative (NTI). It is planned that the system will be used to control the wearing of masks by doctors and patients in hospitals, visitors to government institutions, and in case of violations, notify responsible employees about this.