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Спрос на агрокредиты во время войны изменился, и фермеры ищут не только деньги. Фокус разобрался, как аграрии финансируют посевные кампании, модернизируют технику, инвестируют в энергонезависимость и какие именно программы выбирают в 2026 году.

Украинская телеведущая Василиса Фролова, которая последние четыре года живет в ОЭА, впервые за долгое время вернулась в Украину.

Ученые, исследующие затонувший корабль XVII века в Кадисском заливе, обнаружили, что он был связан с атлантической контрабандной сетью. Затонувший корабль, известный как "Дельта I", подняли с морского дна во время строительных работ, связанных с портом Кадиса, но недавний археологический анализ дал гораздо более четкое представление о прошлом судна.

Украинцы стали покупать значительно больше авто из Китая, причем теперь выбирают не только электромобили, но и экономные гибриды.

Семь лет назад Владимир Зеленский обещал закончить войну, победить коррупцию и построить "страну мечты" без кумовства и бедности. Часть обещаний удалось выполнить лишь частично, часть — провалилась, а сама Украина после 2022 года изменилась до неузнаваемости. Фокус разобрался, что осталось от главных обещаний Зеленского спустя семь лет у власти.

Повышенный радиационный фон зафиксировали на обломках российского ударного дрона, которым войска РФ атаковали Черниговскую область в ночь на 7 апреля 2026 года. Речь идет о фрагментах ракеты Р-60, найденных вблизи поселка Камка.

The deal marks a shift from Boeing to Airbus for the Italian Air Force, which flies four Boeing 767-based tanker aircraft which entered service from 2011.

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says Hyperliquid’s token is not priced as if it is tied to a “global super-app,” arguing the platform is more than just a crypto platform. Crypto asset manager Bitwise has called Hyperliquid “one of the most mispriced assets in crypto today,” despite its outperformance so far this year. “Hyperliquid is one of the most important crypto projects to emerge in years,” Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan said in a note on Tuesday.  “Its native token, HYPE, is the best-performing large-cap crypto asset of 2026, up 77% YTD [year to date]. And yet I still think investors are underestimating its impact and its value.” Read more

Популярный американский научно-фантастический анимационный сериал для взрослых "Рик и Морти" станет полнометражной картиной.

Samen dingen uitpluizen, bij de koning op bezoek: wat maken professionals mee? Deze week: Thijn Brummelkamp (1975), van het Nederlands Kanker Instituut (NKI).

Financial regulators are also asked to review regulations that could be amended to streamline applications for eligible fintech firms seeking bank and credit union charters. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to review any barriers that might be stifling fintech innovation or preventing access to banking partnerships and payment rails. The order directs the Federal Reserve Board to evaluate the legal, regulatory and policy framework governing fintech and crypto firms' access to Federal Reserve payment systems and submit a report to Trump within 120 days. The governors have also been asked to assess the Federal Reserve's legal authority to grant direct access to fintech and crypto firms and to explore “options for expanding such access to the extent permitted by law, subject to appropriate risk management requirements.” Read more

Украинка, которая переехала в Испанию два года назад, рассказала, что в северном регионе "Страна Басков" зарплаты значительно выше, чем на популярном среди мигрантов восточном побережье. По ее словам, особенно хорошо там зарабатывают водители грузовиков.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices on multiple applications seeking early hearing of sentence suspension pleas filed by human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chatha in the social media posts case. During the hearing, the couple’s lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi, requested Justice Muhammad Azam Khan to fix the matter for Monday (May 25). Issuing notices, Justice Khan remarked, “Let us hear the other side as well.” At the same time, the judge observed that Monday would be the last working day before Eidul Azha and said the matter could not be fixed on that day. Siddiqi responded that if the other side sought an adjournment on Monday, his clients would not object. Justice Khan then remarked that the case would instead be fixed for the first working day after Eid, adding, “Now your fate is like this, what should I do?” Former president of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) Riasat Ali Azad also requested the court to fix the matter for Monday, saying bo...

Обыски и задержания высокопоставленных сотрудников Нацполиции и Министерства внутренних дел Украины прошли 20 мая.

GitHub said the activity involved the exfiltration of about 3,800 internal repositories, and it removed the malicious code extension. GitHub said on Wednesday it is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories following the compromise of an employee's device.  “While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories, we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity,” the developer platform said in a statement. In a subsequent post, GitHub said it detected and contained a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned VS Code extension on Tuesday. “We removed the malicious extension version, isolated the endpoint, and began incident response immediately,” it added.  Read more

Потап и Настя Каменских накануне объявили о возвращении своего дуэта на сцену после 9-летнего перерыва. Разведенные артисты сделали совместное заявление на русском языке и даже анонсировали первый концерт в США.

Approximately 49,000 workers were laid off in 2026 as companies adopted a more AI-reliant business model. Meta has reportedly begun cutting staff in Singapore as the company executes a plan to reduce employee numbers by 8,000 to lean more heavily on AI.  Emails were sent out at 4 a.m. Singapore time to affected employees, and staff in the US and Europe were also expected to be notified that morning, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Meta’s engineering and product teams are expected to be hit hardest.  Meta is one of several Big Tech firms cutting staff while investing heavily in AI infrastructure in an effort to streamline operations and reduce costs. An estimated 49,135 layoffs have occurred at US companies in 2026 as a result of AI integration.  Read more

Massie's concession on Tuesday night included a dig at Gallrein’s purported relationship to Israel.

According to the forecast prepared by Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, ultra-Orthodox Jews could account for nearly a third of the Jewish population in Israel by 2050. Little change is foreseen in the breakdown of the Israeli population between Jews and Arabs

The remittance company partnered with Stripe-incubated blockchain Tempo to support stablecoin settlement and help validate transactions across its global payments network. MoneyGram partnered with payments-focused blockchain Tempo to support stablecoin settlement and help validate remittance transactions on the network, as remittance companies increasingly adopt blockchain technology for cross-border transfers. The companies said Stripe plans to settle transactions to MoneyGram using Tempo’s infrastructure as part of efforts to move treasury and payment flows onto stablecoin rails. Tempo is a Layer 1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm that focuses on stablecoin transfers and cross-border payments. In April, Visa became an early validator on Tempo, alongside companies including Stripe and Zodia Custody. Read more