Australia's Attorney General Christian Porter and Defense Secretary Linda Reynolds lost their posts in a government reshuffle launched as part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's efforts to limit the political damage caused by a string of rape scandals.

Container ship Ever Given, blocking the Suez Canal, has been taken aground, as maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping said.

Kiev's efforts to reclaim Crimea are in vain, no matter who is doing it. This position was voiced by RIA Novosti State Duma deputy from Crimea Dmitry Belik.

Taxi fares may increase by five to ten percent due to rising fuel prices. Izvestia writes about this with reference to the Public Council for the Development of Taxi.

According to WHO, the most likely scenario for the origin of COVID-19 is the transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal, and its leak from the laboratory, on the contrary, is "extremely unlikely."

In Alaska, 56-year-old Czech billionaire Petr Kellner was killed in a helicopter crash, as Reuters reported, citing state military personnel.