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61 storiesOne worker injured in rock collapse at Vostochny mine in Russia's Primorye
A rock collapse at the Vostochny mine in Primorsky Krai injured one worker, with no fatalities reported. Twenty-two people were in the shaft at the time; rescuers brought the injured miner to the surface and handed him to ambulance crews. P…
NASA delays Crew Dragon undocking from ISS to no earlier than 7 October
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, TASS, iXBT and Interfax reported. The departure was originally expected on 5 October and is now set for …
Nobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi; Sirius beaches closed
A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, according to Russian state and business outlets. The head of the Sirius federal territory administration, Dmitry Plishkin, said its beaches would be temporarily closed and that water and air…
Russian citizen dies after road accident in Phuket, consulate says
Russia's consulate general in Phuket confirmed that a Russian man died after a road accident, saying he died in hospital from his injuries and that the consulate is helping to repatriate the body. Diplomats did not give the circumstances of…
Truck collision collapses pedestrian overpass in Tatarstan, two injured
An elevated pedestrian crossing over the Kazan–Shemordan road in Tatarstan partially collapsed after a truck struck a load-bearing structure, according to the republic's emergencies ministry. Two people — the driver and a passenger of the t…
Two killed, including a child, in Moscow region house fire
A fire at a private house in the SNT “Stankoagregat” gardening association in Bogorodsky city district, Moscow region, killed two people, the regional branch of the Emergencies Ministry said. Firefighters found the bodies of a woman born in…
Mi-8 hard-lands in Kamchatka; no injuries as prosecutors and investigators open checks
A Mi-8 helicopter of JSC Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise made a hard landing near the Zhupanova river in Kamchatka's Yelizovsky district on Tuesday, with three crew members on board and no injuries reported. The helicopter tipped onto its sid…
Car hits bear on Tomsk region road, three people hospitalised
A Ford Mondeo hit a bear that walked onto a road in Tomsk Oblast on the evening of 5 October, then went into a ditch and overturned. Three people in the car — a 28-year-old driver, a 19-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man — were taken to h…
Teenager survives cliff fall in Russia’s Perm Krai
A teenager fell from a cliff in Perm Krai, Russia, according to TASS and RIA Novosti. The boy was taken to hospital, TASS reported, and RIA Novosti said he survived. Authorities are establishing the circumstances of the fall.
Sun records M1.0 solar flare, largest in a month
An M1.0 class solar flare was recorded on the Sun, the largest since September 5, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The flare occurred around 22:00 Moscow time, R…
Fire in 19th-century Moscow building blocks Bolshaya Nikitskaya traffic
A 19th-century building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in central Moscow caught fire, TASS reported. Traffic on the street was blocked. RBC later reported that the closure was due to burning garbage, citing the Moscow traffic police.
Strong solar flare reported on the Sun, Russian agencies say
A strong solar flare occurred on the Sun, according to Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said it was the first strong flare since the beginning of September and was of the penultimate class of power. RIA Novosti describ…
Kamchatka warned of powerful cyclone and possible river flooding
Authorities warned residents of Kamchatka about an approaching powerful cyclone, RIA Novosti reported. TASS said the cyclone could raise water levels in rivers of the Yelizovsky district by up to 20 cm per day.
One passenger killed, another injured in bus-truck crash in Novosibirsk Oblast
A passenger died and another was injured when an intercity bus crashed into a stationary truck in Novosibirsk Oblast, according to the regional traffic police. The bus was on the Karasuk-Novosibirsk route and carried 42 passengers when it h…
Two tourists, a woman and a child, missing near Sofia Lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia
A woman and a child are missing in the area of the Sofia Lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia, with rescuers sent to search for them, the regional emergencies ministry press service said. The two had strayed from the trail, TASS reported. The lakes…
Rescuers search third day for two missing fishermen in Tatar Strait
Two men aged 37 and 45 left Siziman Bay in Khabarovsk Krai’s Vaninsky district on October 2 in a PVC boat with an outboard motor and have not been located since, the regional emergencies ministry said. Rescuers and a Mi-8 helicopter crew fr…
Fire breaks out on French carrier Charles de Gaulle at Toulon base
A fire broke out on Monday aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was undergoing maintenance at the naval base in Toulon, according to Le Figaro and the Mediterranean maritime prefecture as cited by Russian outlets. T…
Woman and child missing near Sofia lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia in contact with rescuers
A woman and child who went off a trail near the Sofia lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia are being searched for, with RIA Novosti first reporting the search and TASS saying they are in contact with rescuers. RBC reported the pair had made contact…
Ten earthquakes recorded in Kamchatka in 24 hours, no tsunami threat
Ten earthquakes were recorded in Kamchatka over the past 24 hours, the regional emergencies ministry said. One was felt in some districts of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with an intensity of up to two points, and there was no tsunami threat. Th…