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According to Vasily Anokhin, no one was injured Ukrainian troops have made several attempts to attack the Russian Smolensk Region; five UAVs were suppressed over the region, Governor Vasily Anokhin said. “At this point, the Ukrainian armed forces have attempted several terrorist attacks on the Smolensk Region with the use of UAVs. Overall five fixed-wing drones were suppressed by the air defense and electronic warfare systems of the Defense Ministry over Smolensk and its suburbs,” Anokhin wrote on his Telegram channel. Source: TASS

Social Democracy Party won the highest number of votes – 22.94% The Direction – Social Democracy (SMER) Party led by ex-Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is won the parliamentary election in the country, chairman of the state election commission Ladislav Orosz said. “The Direction – Social Democracy Party won the highest number of votes – 22.94%,” the official informed. Source: TASS

From April 1, 2024, all adult travelers must pay a resort fee in the amount of 100 rubles ($ 1,04) per day ST. PETERSBURG, October 1. /TASS/. The law on the introduction of a resort fee in St. Petersburg comes into force on October 1. From April 1, 2024, all adult travelers must pay a resort fee in the amount of 100 rubles ($ 1,04) per day, until then a zero rate will be in effect. No changes until April 1 “From October 1, in accordance with the legislation – federal and ours – we begin to form a register…

This bill ensures that active-duty troops will continue to get paid, travelers will be spared airport delays, millions of women and children will continue to have access to vital nutrition assistance, and so much more WASHINGTON, October 1. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden has supported the bill adopted by both chambers of Congress to extend the funding of the country’s government for 45 days (until November 17), which does not include aid to Ukraine, according to the president’s statement published by the White House. “Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an…

Director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin noted that this is “a very serious, thorough work” MOSCOW, October 1. /TASS/. The Central Bank of Russia is working with Latin American countries to introduce Russian Mir cards in there, Alexander Shchetinin, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Latin American Department, told TASS on the sidelines of the “Russia – Latin America” parliamentary conference. “You know, this work continues. This is the work that our Central Bank is engaged in,” he said in response to a related question. According to the diplomat, it is “very serious,…

Chinese hackers who subverted Microsoft’s email platform earlier this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from US State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday. The staffer, who attended a briefing of State Department IT officials, said the officials told lawmakers that 60,000 emails were stolen from 10 different State Department accounts. Although the victims weren’t named, all but one of them was working on East Asia and the Pacific, he said. The staffer, who works for Senator Eric Schmitt, shared the details of the briefing on condition that he not be identified by name. Allegations that…

US National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late on Wednesday. The joint advisory, which also came from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Japanese counterpart, urged firms to review the internet routers at their subsidiaries to minimise the risk of potential attack from the group. “BlackTech has demonstrated capabilities in modifying router firmware without detection and exploiting routers’ domain-trust relationships to pivot from international subsidiaries to headquarters in Japan and the United States, which are the primary targets,” the statement said. BlackTech has…

The European Union’s new, tougher approach to China is being shaped by French concerns that Beijing’s trade practices have started to pose a critical threat to core industries. The government in Paris has taken a key role in driving the policy shift, according to people familiar with its thinking, calculating that inaction now would put the bloc’s economy on a path to long-term damage. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity recalled the solar industry debacle a decade ago, when cheap imports from China gutted European production. One of the officials said Europe’s auto industry could potentially be vulnerable in the…

India’s central bank on Saturday extended a deadline to return the country’s highest value banknotes by another week, after billions of rupees’ worth remained in circulation. The Reserve Bank of India ordered the withdrawal of the 2,000-rupee note on May 19, giving people until the end of September to exchange or deposit 3.56 trillion rupees ($42.9 billion) at banks across the country. But as of Friday, notes worth 140 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) remained unaccounted for, the central bank said in a statement on its website. “As the period specified for the withdrawal process has come to an end, and…

Apple Inc. on Saturday said that recent claims of new iPhones getting too hot to the touch are due to a software-related bug and that fixes are coming soon. The company said the device can get warm in the first few days as the device works overtime to get set up and restore a user’s data, due to a bug in the latest iOS 17 software, and because of some third-party apps overloading the system. Bloomberg News reported on the issue last week. “The device may feel warmer during the first few days after setting up or restoring the device because of…