The Russian government, as part of the national project “New Health Saving Technologies,” is funding a large-scale anti-aging program worth $26 billion, including bioprinting of organs, xenotransplantation using minipigs and gene therapy, The Wall Street Journal reports .

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov asked the government to freeze planned budget expenditures of 2.9 trillion rubles in various areas to cover the growing costs of the war with Ukraine. The British newspaper The Financial Times writes about this with reference to Siluanov’s February letter. According to the appeal, the cost of military operations this year may exceed the budget by at least 2 trillion rubles. In a negative scenario, this amount could rise to 4 trillion rubles.

Paleontologists have described a new species of dinosaur from the Unenlagin family, which lived about 70 million years ago in southern Patagonia. Based on the structure of the cervical vertebrae, it resembled modern herons and, apparently, hunted fish. The study was published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The new species is named Kank australis.

At the same time, until now, all known peace initiatives from the United States and Iran have diverged in key points: the fate of the enriched uranium reserves already accumulated by Iran, operating mode of Iranian nuclear industry facilities, control over the Strait of Hormuz, payment of compensation for damage caused, cessation of hostilities against Iran's allies in the region.

The Romanian authorities declared the Russian Consul General in Constanta, Andrei Kosilin, persona non grata and closed the diplomatic mission itself.

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 60 defendants in politically motivated cases were sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment. This is stated in the human rights report “You Won’t Get Out of Here,” dedicated to the use of punitive psychiatric practices in modern Russia. Data on such decisions were provided to researchers by OVD-Info.

On the night of May 29, during a Russian attack on Ukraine, a drone entered Romanian airspace and fell on the roof of a residential high-rise building in Galati. This was reported by the Romanian Ministry of National Defense. This is the first time that “Shahed” hit a residential high-rise building in the country. Updated 19:50. The drone in Galati fell after it was shot down by Ukrainian air defense, Romanian President Nicusor Dan said .

China is building an extensive network of launch sites, bunkers and communications centers near nuclear mines in the Hami region in the Xinjiang desert, Reuters reports . According to security analysts, the infrastructure is designed to provide a guaranteed retaliatory strike in the event of a preemptive US attack on the Chinese arsenal.

The former abbot of the Chinese Shaolin Monastery, considered the birthplace of kung fu, was sentenced to 24 years in prison on charges of corruption and embezzlement. This was reported by Reuters with reference to Chinese state media. 60-year-old Buddhist monk Shi Yongxin was arrested following an investigation that began in the summer of 2025.

The death of the minister upset the balance of power within the junta. The killings exposed the vulnerability of the ruling faction and fueled speculation that the rebels were benefiting from detailed intelligence from associates within the government. The attack was probably carefully planned: JNIM and FLA fighters used saboteurs dressed in Malian army uniforms. The attackers reportedly targeted military barracks, airports, intelligence facilities and the homes of senior officials.

The European Commission has agreed to release €16.4 billion of frozen funds for Hungary following reforms carried out by the country's new government. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar and Ursula von der Leyen took place today, May 29.

The Insider examined the data provided by the Starboard monitoring service and came to the conclusion that the description of the Ukrainian Navy probably fits the bulk carrier ANT with IMO 9412311. According to ship registries, the ship belongs to the Turkish company Maksimar Denizcilik Nakliyat ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. The cargo ship actually flies under the flag of Vanuatu. His latest destination is listed as Sulina in Romania, located near the Danube Delta.

The authorities of a number of American cities, having terminated contracts with the Flock Safety company, were faced with a problem: how to turn off CCTV cameras before they had time to physically dismantle them. As a result, in Dayton (Ohio) and Evanston (Illinois), cameras were simply covered with garbage bags, Cnet reports . Dayton suspended its network of 72 Flock cameras after an audit found gross data irregularities as the system recorded 7,100 immigration searches.

According to Krasnoborodko, in August 2022, he returned home after a night shift and found his stepson Andrei with a severe head injury. He called an ambulance and the police, but soon found himself under suspicion. After several interrogations, he was again summoned to the police department, where, according to the pensioner, one of the employees told him: “I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal, this is our job,” after which he was tortured to extract a confession.

Two vessels of the Russian “shadow fleet” and a refueling tanker called at the port of the Syrian city of Tartus, where a Russian military base is located, in May, The Maritime Executive writes . They were accompanied by the Russian Navy frigate Admiral Kasatonov. The ships, in all likelihood, delivered military equipment to Tartus, the publication notes.