Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak announced the dismissal of the press secretary of the Ukrainian leader Yulia Mendel.

The Labor Inspectorate of Latvia demanded an explanation from Olga Konopleva, a citizen of the country, for using the Russian language in a post on Facebook.

British scientists have studied the relationship between body mass index and the nature of the course of the coronavirus, and concluded that being overweight contributes to the development of a severe form of the disease.

The European Commission decided that Apple had abused its leading status as the owner of the App Store in the distribution of applications for the iPhone and iPad.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey, within the framework of agreements with Russia, will receive "an impressive amount" of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.

Protesters interrupted a speech by US President Joe Biden in Georgia with calls for the closure of private penitentiaries. It is reported by the Newsweek edition.

A German tourist consumed a shamanic concoction and wandered for seven days in the jungle of the Amazon. Edition LADbible writes about it.

The Ministry of Energy proposed to ban the export of gasoline from Russia for three months.

Press Secretary of the US Embassy in Moscow Rebecca Ross commented on the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the need to return to normal relations between Russia and the United States.

The "particularly vicious" variant of the coronavirus, which spread to India and became known as the "double mutant", is most likely a recombinant strain that has undergone five to six mutations at once, which could make it more infectious.