On the night of May 14, Russia struck Ukraine with a blow that, in terms of its cumulative scale, is already being called the largest—or at least one of the largest—of the entire war. In two days, Russia, according to Vladimir Zelensky, used more than 1,560 drones. On the last night alone - 675 drones and 56 missiles, including Kinzhals, Iskanders and X-101 cruise missiles.

Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for the first state visit of an American president to China in nine years. At the talks in the Great Hall of the People, the parties discussed the war in Iran, Taiwan and trade.

In the disciplines where it is easiest to use AI, there are more excellent students, but high scores are not always backed by real knowledge. Universities are debating how to separate learned material from well-written prompts, and employers are wondering whether grades can still be trusted to select graduates. What's happening Since the launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, the number of excellent grades (“A”) at American universities has increased dramatically.

Ahead of this year's expected flotations of artificial intelligence giants SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic, the biggest IPO of the year was California-based AI chip maker Cerebras Systems. The company raised $5.55 billion (instead of the planned $4.8 billion) at a valuation of $40 billion and was oversubscribed by 20 times. Its valuation has jumped fivefold in less than a year: the latest investment round in September was valued at $8.1 billion. What kind of company?

Tatyana Moskalkova left the post of Commissioner for Human Rights - two days after she reported to Putin for the last time for 10 years of work. The State Duma is today considering three candidates for her place: Artem Prokofiev from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Ivan Sukharev from the Liberal Democratic Party and Yana Lantratova from A Just Russia. According to Vedomosti, Lantratova should be supported by all factions, including United Russia.

Documents on the provision of subsidies to the “Main Radio Frequency Center” (GRFC, a subordinate enterprise of RKN) for 2025 and 2026 , which stated the task of blocking VPNs by 92% by 2030, disappeared from the Roskomnadzor website. Now, when trying to open both files using the same links, the message “404 NOT FOUND” appears, The Bell discovered.

The US Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the new head of the Federal Reserve by a record margin of votes. He will succeed Jerome Powell at a time when inflation is accelerating due to the war with Iran, and Donald Trump is demanding urgent rate cuts. Getty Images @ Kevin Warsh