The London Mathematical Society (LMS), Britain's leading mathematics organisation, has withdrawn its transgender inclusion policy following legal threats from one of its members, The Times reports . The threats came from John Armstrong, senior lecturer in financial mathematics, probability and statistics at King's College London, who objected to the policy approved by the society in September.

About 6.7 thousand motor carrier companies are in the process of liquidation or bankruptcy, Izvestia writes, citing data from industry associations and Rusprofile. In total, 458.2 thousand legal entities are registered in Russia in the category “Activities of road freight transport and transportation services.” Associations have been recording a shortage of carriers since the end of October, while simultaneously noting an increase in transportation costs and a decrease in profitability.

Despite large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, Russian oil refining has fallen by just 3% this year. Russian refineries coped with the damage by using reserve capacity, which made it possible to compensate for losses from the strikes. This was stated by Reuters sources in the Russian oil industry, confirming these data with statistics. Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian territory, targeting oil refineries, fuel storage facilities and pipelines.

Lithuanian authorities have banned rapper Alisher Morgenstern from entering the country. The local publication BNS writes about this with reference to the representative of the country's migration department, Rokas Pukinskas.

Доступно на русском Authorities in Russia’s Smolensk Region are planning to severely restrict access to abortions in private clinics, governor Vasily Anokhin announced on Nov. 10. The official insisted the measure was only a “recommendation,” but based on the experience of other regions, such regulations make it virtually impossible for women to terminate a pregnancy absent a clear medical justification.

In villages of the Gazimuro-Zavodsky District in Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai, military police officers are torturing civilians in an effort to locate servicemen who have deserted their units, the local outlet Lyudi Baikala reports . On Nov. 2, a group of armed men wearing masks and camouflage forcibly dragged 24-year-old Pavel from the village of Trubachevo into a service vehicle.

Kyrgyzstan was the first in the world to issue a state-owned stablecoin backed by gold worth $50 million. According to the plan, it should solve the problem of cross-border transfers. Reuters reports this. The exchange rate of the new currency USDKG is pegged to the US dollar in a 1:1 ratio. The issuer of the token was the state company “Emitter of Virtual Assets”, the founder and sole shareholder of which was the Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyzstan.

In the United States, a record 43-day federal government shutdown ended : the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to restore funding by a vote of 222 to 209. The document was supported by the Republican faction with the participation of six Democrats, while the leadership of the Democratic Party opposed the agreement due to the lack of extension of health insurance subsidies under the Obamacare program.

American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors, discussed possible contacts with Russian diplomats to “give them insight” into Donald Trump shortly before his meeting with Vladimir Putin in 2018. Politico writes about this with reference to Epstein's emails published by Democrats. The publication, in particular, cites Epstein’s correspondence with former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland.

German equipment destined for the Russian company Uralkali, one of the world's largest fertilizer producers, was imported into Russia via Uzbekistan, according to an investigation by the independent German outlet Correctiv . EU sanctions prohibit the delivery of certain equipment to the company.

Russia’s military has officially created a new branch dedicated to unmanned aerial systems, Deputy Commander Sergey Ishtuganov announced on Nov. 12. In an interview with the pro-Kremlin outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda , Ishtuganov said that regular regiments, battalions, and other units of Russia’s new drone forces have already been formed. “Their combat work is carried out according to a unified plan and in coordination with other military formations,” he said.

The weighted average cost of a new passenger car in Russia in October reached 3.43 million rubles, according to data from the Autostat agency. This is the highest figure on record. Compared to September, prices increased by 2.2%, and over the year - by 8%. Moreover, for 15 months in a row the average cost of new cars has exceeded 3 million rubles.

Anthropic has detected and stopped the first large-scale cyberattack in history largely automated by artificial intelligence, according to its report . In mid-September 2025, the firm's analysts identified the activities of a Chinese state-owned group, which they designated as GTG-1002. The operation featured unprecedented integration of AI across all phases of the attack, from target reconnaissance to data theft.

Thai cyber police announced the arrest in Phuket of a 35-year-old Russian citizen, who is wanted by American authorities on charges of hacker attacks on government agencies in Europe and the United States. He was detained as a result of a joint operation with the FBI, which transmitted information to Thailand that the suspect entered the kingdom on October 30 and checked into a hotel in Thalang district.

The BBC is set to formally apologize to Donald Trump after the US president threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion, The Telegraph reports . Trump accused the network of “negligent disregard for the truth” and demanded that the company publish a retraction, apologize and pay compensation for “damages caused” by Friday, November 14. BBC lawyers are already working on formulating a response to the president.