German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to the Financial Times, is ready to block the seven-year EU budget unless all members of the bloc commit to financially supporting Ukraine; the issue will be discussed at a leaders' meeting in Dublin.
The Russian military continues striking Ukrainian facilities involved in supplying equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said, reporting a hit on a logistics center at the port of Odessa.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow welcomes Washington's approach to discussing security guarantees at the upcoming trilateral talks with Kyiv.
At a meeting with the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the authorities, together with the regions, will tackle the issue of low grain prices.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says EU states plan to push Ukrainian draft evaders back home and by year-end make it harder for them to get financial services, jobs and housing.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian troops struck energy facilities supporting Ukraine's defense industry and drone storage sites overnight.
The anti-fascist resistance in Odesa told RIA Novosti that critics of Volodymyr Zelensky's regime and Ukrainian security forces are placed in secret torture prisons; it cited the "Biblioteka" basement near Mariupol as an example.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine's borders may change as part of a peace settlement and expressed confidence the conflict will end soon. Trilateral consultations between Moscow, Kyiv and Washington on security guarantees are planned in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11.
US President Donald Trump said the meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Shenzhen is planned to discuss denuclearization. The Kremlin said preparations for the trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit have already begun.
A short questionnaire about unpredictability in home life helped spot problems in children not flagged as at risk by the usual adversity questionnaire.
A study found that inner confidence in one's social skills and low anxiety matter more for quality of life than the ability to behave "correctly".
An Australian study with over 30 years of follow-up: children with high aerobic endurance had depression less often by middle age, especially women. The link does not prove causation.
A study found that when a partner does not apologize but makes excuses or blames, people with high anxious attachment more often avoid the partner and do not forgive. But the link depends on the offender's response.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks with Iran have so far yielded little because Tehran's demands are unacceptable, and the sides are not on the verge of a settlement.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created glasses with ultra-sensitive sensors that are powered by facial movements and recognize facial activity with accuracy up to 99%.
Microsoft President Brad Smith said real and effective safety standards are needed for artificial intelligence, proposing emergency brakes for AI agents and mandatory incident reporting.
The new design combines fast muscles and a controllable "swim bladder", allowing complex three-dimensional maneuvers.
A survey in Europe found that cheap small electronics are bought en masse, but when they break they are often thrown out with ordinary waste or kept at home. Experts warn of resource losses and fire risks.
Generative AI can explain a concept, solve a problem or fix a sentence in seconds, but getting a ready answer is not the same as learning, researchers note.
Google announced at an AI summit in Dublin that 200 European researchers selected under the RAISE program will get access to its most advanced AI models, including AlphaFold 3 and WeatherNext.
Researchers found that the electron beam damages sodium batteries, and discovered an unexpected side effect that helps reveal their interior.
In Pakistan's megacity of Karachi, robot waiters deliver pizza to diners. A local engineer built them from locally sourced parts, and families now come from across the city to see the technology.
Security sources told RIA Novosti that Russian military struck a crew of an elite Ukrainian National Guard unit; senior sergeant Nikolai Koptev, call sign Mosya, was killed along with it.
The Zaporizhzhia NPP press service said external power supply has been restored; radiation levels remain stable and backup diesel generators operated normally.
Calculations show that even if "stupendously large" primordial black holes exist, their contribution to dark matter is negligible.