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In 27 Russian regions, there is a generalised HIV epidemic. This was reported by the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. Scientists use this term for the stage when the human immunodeficiency virus spreads in the general population rather than only among risk groups. In these regions, HIV is diagnosed in more than 1% of pregnant women. The situation is most serious in the Kemerovo, Irkutsk and Sverdlovsk regions. And although, according to the Central Research Institute for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, 45,000 new HIV cases were detected in Russia in 2025, which is 13.4% lower than…
Published on 9 November 2026 – 9:07 GMT+1 Acclaimed filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, whose ground-breaking drama Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) took home an Oscar and a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, died on Friday (6 November) at the age of 52. His partner Amalia Kassai announced his death on Instagram, citing health reasons without specifying the cause of death. “His memory will remain forever among us,” the announcement read. “He was a beautiful person who contributed to Chilean culture in great moments of its history.” Chilean media reports that he died at his home in Las…
A Polish man, who fatally shot six people after driving onto Kraków’s main square Saturday, died in hospital Monday, local police reported. “We would like to inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died in hospital early this morning,” police wrote on X. The masked 24-year-old opened fire on passersby in central Kraków, killing six people, including a British citizen, and injuring 16 — 12 of whom remain in critical condition. Police shot and detained the attacker. They also found his parents and sister dead at their family home Sunday. Investigators are examining those deaths alongside the Kraków…
US President Donald Trump has defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang following reports of his links to a woman suspected of spying for China. Trump praised Huang and said he had not spoken to him about the allegations. “I have not spoken to him about it. I just know he’s a fine person, you never know what’s going on. I’m sure, I hope everything’s fine. He’s done such an incredible job, so I would certainly hope that, he’s a fine person, in my opinion.” Asked whether he regretted not acting on intelligence about the alleged relationship earlier, Trump replied: “I think…
When Americans voted last week, European investors were watching one question above all: how much room would Donald Trump have left to govern? By Wednesday morning, they had their answer. Democrats took control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a clear defeat for the US president halfway through his term. On trading floors, the result quickly earned a name: the “blue tsunami”. At first glance, Europe’s stock market barely reacted. The Stoxx 600 jumped 1.8% on Wednesday, then gave most of it back. By Friday’s close it stood just 0.4% above Tuesday’s level. The Euro Stoxx 50,…
A question many of us have posed in our minds is where would you go if you had a time machine? Would you head for the year 3000 to see what has become of the human race? Or would you crank the dial backwards like Marty McFly and risk sabotaging your own future? Before you start packing, a physicist has some news that may ruin a few Marvel movies: you may only be able to go one way, and it isn’t backwards. Hongsheng Zhang, a researcher at the University of Jinan in China, has shown that in a broad class…
Christmas is still over 6 weeks away, but the festive releases are already starting to defrost with Ebenezer, Ti West’s new “A Christmas Carol” adaptation. Meanwhile, for U2 fans Christmas has come early as the band release their 16th studio album, ‘Carnaval De Luz’, with an upcoming studio tour to follow. We’re also being treated to the opening of two new landmark exhibitions on the history of street art and Brussels’ turn-of-the-20th-century art, in London and Paris respectively. Other added bonuses not mentioned below include ‘Arcana Borealis – Northern Women and Esotericism’ at the Ateneum Art Museum in Finland and…
Polanski meanwhile told the BBC in October that he would not seek to overturn the motion himself — and that he would not be able to even if he wanted to. Polanski’s current stance — making amendments to the motion at the first available opportunity in 2028 — remains unchanged, a Green Party official told POLITICO. They stressed that his support for governance changes is geared towards a long-overdue rule update rather than this specific policy. But Green MPs hope to use the pressure of public interventions to get results sooner. Adrian Ramsay, a former leader of the party, has…
Published on 9 November 2026 – 8:08 GMT+1•Updated 8:24 Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping might meet in China for trilateral talks next week to discuss the ending of the Iran war. Trump told reporters he expected to meet Russian and Chinese leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for November 18-19. “Well, I’m going to be going to China,” Trump said on Sunday, “and one of the meetings I think will be with President Putin and President Xi, and that’ll be interesting.” He added: “We’ll talk a lot of things, including denuclearisation, but we’ll be talking…
The so called Austrian backpack was created in Austria to replace traditional redundancy pay and build up a safety pot. Analysts disagree on whether it would work in Spain. With just a few weeks to go before the general election on 29 November, pensions are once again at the centre of the campaign. Spain spends around 14,498 million euros a month on contributory Social Security pensions, according to the latest official data for September 2026, an increase of 6.3% on the previous year. The more than nine and a half million pensioners are closely following the parties’ proposals and every…