Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, the former head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, blessed an AI-generated icon on October 11, the Belarusian outlet Katolik.life reported . The image is in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Novolukoml. It depicts Carlo Acutis, a teenager whom the Vatican canonized a year ago. Katolik.life said believers criticized the blessing on social media, insisting that an AI-generated image cannot be considered an icon.

Overnight on October 11, Ukrainian forces launched a drone strike on a Yandex data center in Russia’s Vladimir region. It was the third attack in a row on the Russian tech giant’s infrastructure: On October 8 and 9, drones targeted facilities in Sasovo , in the Ryazan region, and in Kaluga , respectively. Each strike caused widespread outages across the Russian internet.

Актер Ар Джей Митти умер в возрасте 34 лет, сообщают TMZ и Deadline . Unique Nicole / Getty Images Представители Митти подтвердили его смерть, не назвав причину. По информации TMZ, это было самоубийство. Ар Джей Митти наиболее известен по роли Уолтера Уайта — младшего, сына главного героя сериала «Во все тяжкие» Уолтера Уайта. У Митти, как и у его персонажа, был церебральный паралич. Митти использовал свою известность, чтобы привлекать внимание к проблемам людей с инвалидностью.

Бывший глава католической церкви Беларуси, архиепископ Тадеуш Кондрусевич 11 октября благословил икону, созданную с помощью искусственного интеллекта. Об этом сообщило белорусское издание Katolik.life. Образ, о котором идет речь, находится в костеле святой Марии Магдалины в городе Новолукомле. Он изображает Карло Акутиса — подростка, которого Ватикан канонизировал год назад.

Russian forces attacked Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskyi district with “Banderol” missiles on the evening of October 12, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said . An entire section of a five-story apartment building “collapsed” in the attack, he said. People may be trapped under the rubble. Five people were injured, according to the latest update from Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the regional military administration.

The board of Amber Latvijas balzams has called a shareholders’ meeting for November 3 to consider whether the company can continue operating and whether to begin insolvency proceedings. The decision will take shareholders’ proposals into account. In early October, Amber Latvijas balzams asked the Riga City Court to end its legal protection proceedings . The company sought court protection in early 2026 after accumulating more than 28 million euros in unpaid taxes owed to the state.

Maxim Konankov / NurPhoto / Getty ImagesView from Belgrade Fortress of a residential and business complex that includes a Yandex office. Belgrade. January 2024 On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s mobilization, we asked you, our readers, about your experiences living abroad. We received many letters from all over the world — thank you so much! While many of you say you’re happy with your lives abroad, almost every story includes struggles with adjusting to a new place or missing Russia.

Вечером 12 октября российские военные атаковали Холодногорский район Харькова ракетами «Бандероль», сообщил глава города Игорь Терехов. По его словам, в результате атаки «сложился» целый подъезд жилой пятиэтажки. Под завалами могут находиться люди. По последним данным главы областной военной администрации Олега Синегубова, пострадали пять человек.

Перед промежуточными выборами в Конгресс США, которые пройдут в ноябре 2026 года, предприниматель Илон Маск направил как минимум 276 миллионов долларов на поддержку республиканцев, подсчитала The New York Times. Представитель Маска подтвердил эти данные. Газета учитывала пожертвования Маска, сделанные с июля 2026 года. Сумма этих пожертвований превратила его в крупнейшего известного донора промежуточных выборов и доказала его приверженность правым взглядам, подчеркивает NYT.

Russia and the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a resolution on teaching Russian in the CAR’s schools, the Russian Education Ministry’s press office said . Under a pilot program, Russian classes will begin at three schools in the CAR for students in sixth grade and above. The ministry has already supplied the CAR with 500 textbooks for learning Russian as a foreign language. Plans for further cooperation include establishing a Russian-language department at the University of Bangui.

Russian businesses had been preparing for attacks on data centers long before Ukraine began striking them, the BBC Russian Service reported. Yandex, for example, regularly held drills to shut down systems and reroute traffic. Russian companies are also buying mobile data centers in large numbers. According to the BBC, one supplier is linked to the son of a senior general in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Demand for mobile data centers has increased since late summer, the BBC reported.

Germany and the European Union do not plan to follow the U.S. example and strike a deal with Russia for diesel supplies, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, according to Der Spiegel. Such a decision is unacceptable to Germany and Europe. Russia will only negotiate seriously under pressure, so we are maintaining our sanctions against it. Merz said Russia had responded to Donald Trump’s proposal for an energy ceasefire with fresh strikes on Ukraine’s civilian and energy infrastructure.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius suggested more strikes on Russian data centers when asked at the Warsaw Security Forum how European countries could protect their elections from interference, LRT reported. I think we should ask Mr. Zelensky to strike more data centers in Russia, and that might help. During his remarks, Sinkevičius also urged European countries to invest more in defense and strengthen security cooperation.

The war Russia launched has killed hundreds of thousands of people and harmed millions. Exactly how many are children is unknown. The two sides keep their own counts, but their methods differ, making comparisons difficult. Official U.N. figures also appear incomplete. Meduza examined all available information, checked it against as many public sources as possible, and established a minimum number of children who have died during the war. The answer is in the headline.

Власти России и Центральноафриканской Республики (ЦАР) подписали постановление об изучении русского языка в общеобразовательных школах ЦАР. Об этом сообщила пресс-служба Минпросвещения. В рамках пилотного проекта преподавание русского начнется в трех школах ЦАР для учеников шестого класса и старше. Минпросвещения уже передало ЦАР 500 учебников по русскому языку как иностранному. Среди дальнейших планов сотрудничества — создание кафедры русского языка в университете города Банги.