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28 сюжетовTrump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for neutrino discovery
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in Stockholm. Halz…
Нобелевская премия по физике присуждена исследователю нейтрино IceCube Фрэнсису Халзену
Шведская Королевская академия наук сообщила 6 октября, что Нобелевская премия по физике 2026 года присуждена Фрэнсису Халзену из Висконсинского университета в Мэдисоне за решающий вклад в создание нейтринной обсерватории IceCube и открытие …
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia back in court as US seeks deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, was due back in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday in his fight against deportation to Liberia. The government is asking U.S…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC early review of its broadcast licenses
ABC asked a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, calling it retaliation for content President Trump dislikes. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan did not rule immed…
Министерство транспорта Японии устанавливает четыре уровня риска затопления для подземных переходов
Министерство земли, инфраструктуры, транспорта и туризма Японии 6 октября опубликовало руководящие указания, классифицирующие подземные переходы по всей стране по четырём уровням риска затопления и призывающие к установке дистанционно управ…
Нобелевская премия по медицине присуждена трём исследователям за оптогенетику
Каролинский институт 5 октября объявил, что Нобелевская премия по физиологии и медицине 2026 года присуждена Карлу Дайсероту из Стэнфордского университета, Петеру Хегеману из Берлинского университета имени Гумбольдта и Георгу Нагелю из Вюрц…
Trump says he is considering suspending federal gas tax ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is considering suspending the federal gas tax, as pump prices remain far above last year's levels a month before the midterm elections. Any suspension would require Congress, which is n…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC's early review of its broadcast licenses
Disney's ABC asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, arguing the proceeding was launched to retaliate over content that offended the Trump administration. The FCC…
Армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки ICE вызывают боль, покорность и страх, сообщает AP
Ранее не публиковавшееся армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки, которые сейчас закупает Иммиграционная и таможенная полиция США (ICE), вызывали сильную боль, немедленную покорность и страх повторных ударов током во вр…
Justice Department files denaturalization actions against 40 people
The U.S. Department of Justice said it filed denaturalization actions in multiple federal district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, voluntary manslaughter and …
Scientists report first evidence of a planet formed from a dead star's ashes
A study published Monday in Nature Astronomy says a planet may have formed from material expelled by its dying star, which would be the first recorded “second-generation” planet. The likely gas giant orbits a white dwarf called HS 0209+0832…
Japan audit finds ¥14.9bn in road repair subsidies used for ineligible work
Japan's Board of Audit found that about ¥14.9 billion in state subsidies for bridge and tunnel repairs went to work outside the subsidy programme's scope, in 469 contracts at 88 municipalities, according to Asahi Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimb…
Shizuoka to charge for off-season Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues, aligning with Yamanashi
Shizuoka Prefecture will make climbers rescued by prefectural disaster helicopters during Mount Fuji's closed season pay for the rescue, Gov. Suzuki Yasutomo formally announced at the prefectural assembly. An ordinance is to be enacted with…
Верховный суд открывает новый срок слушаниями по климатическому делу Боулдера
Верховный суд открыл свой новый девятимесячный срок в понедельник, 5 октября, заслушав аргументы по иску города и округа Боулдер, штат Колорадо, который добивается привлечения ExxonMobil и Suncor Energy к ответственности за местные издержки…
Fukushima's Futaba to lift evacuation order for two districts in December
Two districts in Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba Town are expected to have their evacuation orders lifted around December, which would let residents live there again after about 15 years and 9 months. It would be the first lifting in a “speci…
LDP approves bill to cut food consumption tax to 1% for two years
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill at its general council on Oct 6 to cut the consumption tax on food to 1% for two years from next April, according to TBS NEWS DIG and NHK. The bill also includes an income-linked benef…
Japan minister: two Futaba districts may see evacuation orders lifted by December
Reconstruction Minister Hosono said on October 6 that the government will work with relevant ministries so that evacuation orders can be lifted in two districts of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, possibly within December. The districts a…
Диссерот, Хегеманн и Нагель получили Нобелевскую премию по медицине 2026 года за оптогенетику
Нобелевская премия по физиологии или медицине 2026 года была присуждена Карлу Диссероту, Петеру Хегеманну и Георгу Нагелю за работу по оптогенетике — технике, использующей свет и генетику для управления нервными клетками. UPI сообщило, что …
US deports Nicaraguan torture survivor, who is jailed again in Managua
Jeffrey Jarquín, a 35-year-old Nicaraguan who was tortured after protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government, was deported from the United States last week and taken straight back to El Modelo prison in Managua, relatives and hi…