The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the overwhelming majority-338 votes-approved an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on minerals, reports RBC-Ukraine. It is noted that the approved agreement opens the way to the creation of a joint investment fund of recovery working on the principle of equal participation of the parties (50/50). As Prime Minister Denis Shmygal noted, the document guarantees Ukraine full control over subsoil and natural resources.

The Cardinal Conclave chose the new Pope. It was the American cardinal Robert Francis Prevo, who accepted the name of Leo XIV, reports Reuters. Thus, the American became dad for the first time. He was elected on the second day of voting. Cardinal Dominic Mamberti traditionally announced Habemus Papam - that is, “we have a dad”, announcing the election of Previa.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has declared “undesirable” the activities of Sdružení investigativních novinářů — Fond 19/29 , z.s. (Community of Investigative Journalists — Foundation 19/29 ), a Czechia-based organization that supports investigative journalism.

The founder of Microsoft Bill Gates announced his intention to distribute to the charity needs “almost all” his fortune - about $ 200 billion - over the next twenty years, thus completing the work of his charity fund by December 31, 2045. The billionaire, who is 70 years old this year, emphasized that he did not want to say after his death that “he died rich” when there are many urgent problems in the world requiring a solution.

The news The Insider May 8, 2025 The consequences of a night blow to Konstantinovka On the first eight hours of May 8, Russian missiles and drones were not recorded in Ukraine, the Air Force Air Force reported . Earlier, Vladimir Putin unilaterally announced a truce from May 8 to May 11.

Donald Trump stated in the Truth social network account about reaching an agreement with Great Britain on trade issues. He described the agreement as “full and comprehensive”, although specific details have not yet been disclosed. This is the first result in the framework of Trump's three -month pause in the trade war, which he initiated against dozens of countries.

No Russian missiles or drones were detected in Ukraine's airspace during the first eight hours of May 8, the AFU Air Force reported . On April 28, Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a ceasefire from 00:00 on May 8 to 00:00 on May 11.

The authors of the material recall that this is happening at a critical moment, when Russian ammunition reserves are exhausted and the country is forced to import them, in particular, from North Korea. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, in 2024, Russia produced about 2 million artillery shells of 122 mm and 152 mm caliber and imported another 2.7 million from the DPRK, but North Korean ammunition is often of low quality.

Former Deputy Minister of Defense Pavel Popov was hospitalized in a civilian hospital from the Moscow SIZO Lefortovo. This is written by TASS and RIA Novosti with reference to the lawyer Denis Sagach. “My client Popov has a number of chronic diseases. One of them has become aggravated now. He had to urgently hospitalize him from a pre -trial detention center to a civil hospital. The issue of surgical surgery is being resolved, ”TASS quoted his agency as saying.

The German publication Spiegel got acquainted with the 1108-page with a report in which the Federal Department of Protection of the German Constitution (BFV) explains the reasons for recognizing the extreme right-right party of the Alternative for Germany (ADG) with an extremist organization. The agency has gathered hundreds of examples of statements of 353 party members - from the regional to the federal level, including its leaders Alisa Vaidel and Tino Khopallla.

In the Indian regions, Jammu and Kashmir recorded explosions. According to Reuters, the Indian military called it a Pakistani attack using drones and missiles. Above the city of Jammu, plunged into darkness due to the disconnection of electricity, red flashes were visible, sirens sounded, air defense products worked.

In Argentina, 15 people were detained on charges of large banking fraud. One of the main suspects is a Russian, the owner of a famous semi-legal exchanger in Buenos Aires, Infobae reports . The detainee is Russian Ivan Materov, the newspaper writes. He is known among emigrants in Buenos Aires as the owner of one of the large semi-aligned exchangers Dolar Belgrano.

The leader of the Opposition Party “Tisa” and the deputy of the European Parliament Peter Magyar published an audio recording on Thursday on Facebook, at which allegedly the Minister of Defense of Hungarian Christoph Salai-Bobrovniki talks about the transition to the “zero phase to the war”.

The Karimun terminal in Indonesia has turned into the most important transit point for Russian oil products, where traders store goods, change their country of origin and then re -export, report industry sources of Reuters. Since October last year, the terminal, located in the free economic zone on the island about 37 km southwest of Singapore, has been accepting Russian oil products monthly, which then go to Malaysia, Singapore and China.

The aftermath of the late-night strike on Kostiantynivka No Russian missiles or drones were detected in Ukraine's airspace during the first eight hours of May 8, the AFU Air Force reported . On April 28, Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a ceasefire from 00:00 on May 8 to 00:00 on May 11.