Bloomberg has compiled a list of global "hot spots" in which rising food prices are "of particular concern" and could provoke public discontent and protests. It included Russia, India, Brazil, Türkiye and Nigeria. Bloomberg analyzed which countries over the past six years have seen food price increases so severe that they could lead to shortages of food available to the general population and provoke protests.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taken to a colony in the Vladimir region and is in quarantine, a representative of the Public Monitoring Commission said. The colony in the city of Pokrov is known for its tight control over prisoners. After the delivery of Navalny, the prisoners fear that the prison authorities will “tighten the screws” even more. Alexei Navalny arrived at penal colony No.

On the morning of February 28, Myanmar police opened fire on peaceful demonstrators protesting the military takeover. Reuters reports at least seven civilian deaths and several wounded. The unrest began in Myanmar on February 1, when the country's armed forces carried out a military coup, declared a state of emergency and transferred power to the commander of the armed forces of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlein.

Former assistant to 63-year-old New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Charlotte Bennett accused him of harassment. The girl claims that Cuomo asked her questions about her sex life and made explicit hints, after which she decided to quit. This is the second such accusation against Cuomo in the past few days. Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, spoke to The New York Times about sexual harassment by an official.

by US President Joe Biden appeared on the official website of the White House On February 27, a statement , announcing the approval of the third and first single-component coronavirus vaccine. It was registered by Johnson & Johnson.

From the end of April, Mir cards will appear in the Apple Pay mobile wallet used by iPhone owners. On "Mir" salaries to state employees are accrued. The card can also be used to pay in Crimea, where Visa and MasterCard systems are not working due to US sanctions. From April 27, banks will be able to add Mir cards to the Apple Pay smartphone payment service, writes RBC . This is stated in the bulletin, which the payment system sent out to credit institutions.

On Saturday, billionaire Warren Buffett published his traditional annual letter to investors. In it, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway urged "not to sit in bonds," boasted of selling $11 billion in Apple shares, and spoke of an "ugly loss" of the same amount from a failed investment in an industrial company.