The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the closure of the Consulate General of Poland in Irkutsk. The corresponding note was presented to the Polish Ambassador today. Russian authorities called the measure a response to the Polish authorities’ withdrawal of consent to the functioning of the Russian Consulate General in Gdansk. The Consulate General of Poland in Irkutsk remained the last operating Polish consular office on Russian territory.

Polish police arrested a Russian citizen on suspicion of cyber attacks on local companies. This was reported by the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime. On November 16, law enforcement officers detained a Russian who is accused of unauthorized entry into the computer systems of Polish enterprises. According to investigators, he illegally crossed the Polish border in 2022, and a year later received refugee status.

At least 65 people have died and 280 remain missing after a massive fire in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in northern Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reports . 62 people remain trapped in buildings as firefighting efforts continue. According to the Hong Kong fire service, most people died at the scene, with several others dying in hospital. One of the dead was a firefighter. 76 people were hospitalized, 15 of them in critical condition, 28 seriously injured.

The Bank of Russia announced a deterioration in the financial position of companies and an increase in bad debt, but at the same time predicted that even a sharp deterioration in the situation would not pose a threat to financial stability. This is stated in the regulator’s report published on Thursday, quoted by Bloomberg: “As the economy slows, credit risk becomes a key vulnerability.

Scientists from the Federico II University of Naples examined the building materials of the ancient Roman Temple of Venus, built in the 2nd century AD in the thermal complex of Bailly on the Phlegrean Fields. The analysis showed that the Romans used a unique combination of volcanic materials from two different sources - the Phlegrean Fields and Vesuvius - to create especially strong structures, many of which survive to this day. The work was published in the journal Geoheritage.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation granted the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office demanding that the American legal entity Anti-Corruption Foundation, Inc. be recognized as a terrorist organization.

On November 27, the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft with a crew of cosmonauts Kud-Sverchkov, Mikaev and astronaut Lee Williams launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, heading to the ISS. During the post-flight inspection, it turned out that a gas jet from the engine of the first stage of the rocket tore off a fragment of launch complex No. 6 on site No. 31.

Russia’s Supreme Court has granted a request by the Prosecutor General’s Office to designate the U.S.-registered legal entity of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (Anti-Corruption Foundation, Inc.) as a terrorist organization. The ruling was issued by Judge Oleg Nefyodov, who previously declared the so-called “international LGBT movement” and the “international Satanist movement” to be extremist.

Polish police have detained a Russian national on suspicion of carrying out cyberattacks against local companies, a statement from the country’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) notes. The man was taken into custody on Nov. 16 and stands accused of gaining unlawful access to computer systems belonging to Polish businesses. Investigators say he crossed into Poland illegally in 2022 and obtained refugee status a year later.

Indeed, many U.S. government accounts have looked unusual since Trump took office for his second term. Posts from the Department of Homeland Security, in particular, evoke bizarre feelings. One of them is a video that opens with dark footage of men preparing weapons and gear in the shadows. The voiceover is Robert Pattinson’s line from The Batman: “They think I hide in the shadows. But I am the shadows.” The caption reads: “Darkness is no longer your ally.

Russia’s Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced all eight defendants in the Kerch Bridge bombing case to life imprisonment, according to a Mediazona correspondent reporting from the courtroom. They were found guilty of terrorism and transporting explosives in connection with the Oct. 8, 2022 attack on the key transport route connecting mainland Russia to Russian-occupied Crimea.

Roskachestvo is finalizing the draft GOST standard for shawarma, analyzing all received reviews, the department’s press service told RIA Novosti. It was previously reported that the standard should be approved by the end of the year. “After an active public discussion, the draft national standard for shawarma moved to the next stage - detailed revision. We are analyzing all the feedback received so that the final document is practical and useful for everyone,” the press service said.

A court in Lima sentenced former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in prison and ordered his immediate detention. He was also banned from holding public office for 9 years. This was reported by Reuters and AP .

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced all eight defendants in the case of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge to life imprisonment. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. They were found guilty on charges of terrorist attack and transportation of explosives.

President Vladimir Zelensky responded in general terms, saying that he supported the investigation by NABU and SAPO, but did not name any names: “Energy, every industry, everyone who built the schemes should receive a clear procedural answer, there should be sentences, and officials should work together with NABU, together with law enforcement agencies, and work as needed for the result.” At the same time, the president admitted that measures to cleanse Ukraine of corruption are not enough, and