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Russian bank VTB rolls out biometric terminals for retail age verification
Russia may be shut out of current EU-level discussions about age assurance, but that doesn’t mean it’s off the table. Russian companies are developing products to provide biometric age checks, in response to emerging regulations. Having looked...
Russian Woman Breaks Down Cost Of Living In Bengaluru: Internet Shocked By Her Expenses; '45K For House Help?'
Russian Woman Breaks Down Cost Of Living In Bengaluru: Internet Shocked By Her Expenses; '45K For House Help?' (Image Source - @yulia_bangalore/Instagram) Russian influencer Luliia Aslamova is back in the spotlight after breaking down the cost of...
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Russians attack Sumy district with drones, injuring two civilians
Smoke after an explosion. Photo: open sources Russian forces have once again used drones to attack civilian facilities in the Sumy district of Sumy Oblast, injuring two people. Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration...
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Russian FPV Drone Attack Kills Two Civilians in Novopavlivka, Zaporizhzhia
The vehicle that was attacked by an FPV drone of the Russian army in Novopavlivka, Polohy District, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on October 12, 2025. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Yesterday, October 12, Russian forces carried...
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IN BRIEF: What is known about overnight drone attack by Ukraine on Russian regions
MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted 103 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions during the night, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Two people were injured when a drone hit a private house in the Rostov Region. As a...
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Man charged with aggravated malicious wounding arrested in Petersburg
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Petersburg Bureau of Police, following a report of an assault on Oct. 11, found a male victim, around 10:45 p.m., on the 100 block of W. Old Street with life-threatening injuries. He was transported to a hospital for medical treatment. Officers...
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Who’s Recruiting Cubans To Fight In Ukraine? A Travel Agent In Provincial Russia For One.
The Cubans – two 19-year-olds identified as Alex Vega and Andorf Velasquez – recounted how they ended up wounded in battle alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Speaking from what they said was a military hospital in Russia’s Kaliningrad region,...
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Yale report on taken Ukrainian kids cited by senators, denied by Russia
The Humanitarian Research Lab last month released a report on abducted Ukrainian children being held at forced re-education camps. Kalina Brookfield 2:00 am, Oct 13, 2025 Staff Reporter Ximena Solorzano, Head Photography Editor A Russian official...
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Rosalin, defendant in PUA fraud case, seeks follow-up medical travel to Philippines
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Frankie Rosalin, one of seven defendants in a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program fraud case, is again asking a judge to allow him to travel to the Philippines for medical purposes. Rosalin was previously allowed by Magistrate Judge Michael...
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Ukrainian army launches about 90 drones at Russia’s Belgorod Region in past day
BELGOROD, October 13. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces launched over 20 projectiles and almost 90 drones at populated areas in Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region in the past day, the regional crisis center said in a statement. "Three attacks on...
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Playing Russian Roulette with women’s lives
When the Trump administration released Harvard data suggesting a possible link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism, the internet erupted with outrage and efforts to disprove the data. Those who dislike the administration were primed for...
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Russians attack Sumy region with drones, two civilians injured
In Yunakivka community of Sumy district, two people were injured as a result of a strike by a Russian drone. According to Ukrinform, Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Oleh Hryhorov reported this on Telegram. “As a result of the...
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A nation pauses: Ukraine’s daily moment of remembrance endures through intensified Russian attacks
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Bayfront Health breaks ground on Pinellas Park ER
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PINELLAS PARK – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of construction for the new Bayfront Health ER – Pinellas Park. The freestanding emergency center will be located just off Gandy...
UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Deepika Padukone, Mental Health, R Ashwin, Rishi Sunak & more
Sharpen your awareness of what’s shaping the world — from politics and the economy to science and global headlines. 1. Which Hungarian writer has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the...
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Person injured in Petersburg shooting, Crime Insider sources tell Jon Burkett
PETERSBURG, Va. — A person was injured in a shooting in Petersburg on Sunday evening, Crime Insider sources tell Jon Burkett. The shooting happened in the 800 block of East Bank Street. The victim was taken to an area hospital. Crime Insider...
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World News | Bridging the Volga and the Ganga: TIME Forum in Kazan Heralds New Era in India-Russia Ties
By Prabhdeep Singh Kazan [Russia], October 13 (ANI): On the banks of the Volga, in the heart of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, a quiet yet powerful diplomatic signal was sent this week in Kazan: India and Russia are not only open for business --...
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30 injured in Russian strike on passenger train in Ukraine -- report
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At least 30 people were injured Saturday when a Russian strike hit a passenger train at a railway station in the city of Shostka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, reported the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Oksana Tarasyuk, acting head of the...
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Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid as Moscow expresses ‘extreme concern’ over long-range U.S. weapons
Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv...
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Bridging the Volga and the Ganga: TIME Forum in Kazan heralds new era in India-Russia ties
By Prabhdeep Singh Kazan [Russia], October 13 (ANI): On the banks of the Volga, in the heart of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, a quiet yet powerful diplomatic signal was sent this week in Kazan: India and Russia are not only open for business --...
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