Electric SUV and pickup truck maker Rivian has filed for an IPO in the US. The company announced its intention to go public just a few weeks before it delivers its first electric pickups. The company's valuation could be around $70-80 billion, making it one of the most valuable automakers in the world, a source told The New York Times.

US intelligence released the findings of its classified report on the origin of the coronavirus. Intelligence agencies have not been able to reach a unanimous opinion whether the coronavirus is the result of a leak from a laboratory or human contact with an animal. However, they concluded that the virus was not designed as a biological weapon. In May, Joe Biden instructed the US intelligence community to check all versions of the spread of COVID-19.

The police came at night to the German musician, lead singer of the Rammstein band, Till Lindemann, who was staying at the Zavidovo country hotel near Tver. According to Interfax , citing sources, the artist was warned of the need to comply with restrictions on mass events due to the coronavirus.

The US military attacked one of the members of the "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan. The attack killed one person believed to be responsible for the attack in Kabul. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to the Central Command of the US Armed Forces. The strike was carried out using a drone in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

The main events of the summer in the final mailing of The Bell By tradition, in the last August Friday, we recall the main thing that managed to happen over the summer. We met its beginning with hot disputes about compulsory vaccination and anxious inflation data, and we escort with fresh data on the July record for coronavirus deaths in Russia, a headquarters of the Central Bank, an increased 1.5 points immediately.