The US Senate approved a plan to combat climate change and reduce inflation. A significant portion of the total package — $370 billion — will aim to achieve a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
In particular, the bill provides Americans with a tax credit of up to $ 7,500 when buying an electric car, as well as a 30% discount on installing solar panels.
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Over the past two years, Apple Inc. sharply slowed down the pace of transactions. The company spent just $33 million on acquisitions in the last fiscal year and $169 million in the first nine months of this year. This is far less than the $1.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
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Beeline stops the development of its cellular network in Russia. Kaan Terzioglu, CEO of Veon (owned by Beeline), said that the company has no equipment suppliers left, and current stocks will only last for a couple of months. Now Veon is negotiating the sale of communication towers outside of Russia — in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ukraine.
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The US Treasury imposed sanctions on the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, and all because hackers from the Lazarus Group used this service to cover their tracks and launder $455 million.
Tornado Cash is a virtual currency mixer that runs on the Ethereum blockchain and facilitates anonymous transactions by hiding their origin, destination and counterparties without attempting to determine their origin. Tornado receives many transactions and mixes them before sending them to individual recipients.
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US automaker Tesla has signed contracts worth about $5 billion to buy materials for its batteries from nickel refiners in Indonesia.
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Finland intends to limit the issuance of new Schengen visas for Russian citizens to those who used the visa for transit to other countries.
“We will intervene if the Russians start traveling around the Finnish Schengen somewhere else,” said Jussi Tanner, head of the consular service of the Finnish Foreign Ministry.
In addition, the Finnish Foreign Ministry has already limited the possibility of making an appointment at the country’s diplomatic missions in Russia.
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Beeline stated that there were no problems with telecommunications equipment. The Beeline press service told Podyom that the company will continue to build new base stations and work to improve its own network.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow is unilaterally ending the implementation of a key clause of the START-3 treaty, the last valid Russian-American agreement on the limitation of nuclear weapons. Since August 8, Russia has been blocking access for American inspectors to its nuclear facilities regulated by START. The statement says that Russia’s goal is to ensure the functioning of all START mechanisms in strict accordance with the principles of parity and equality of the parties.
START was signed by Russia and the United States in 2010. According to its terms, each of the parties reduces its strategic offensive arms in such a way that, seven years after its entry into force and thereafter, their total numbers will not exceed 700 units for deployed ICBMs, ballistic missiles of submarines and heavy bombers, 1550 units for warheads on them , 800 units for deployed and non-deployed launchers of ICBMs, SLBMs and TBs.
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Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have developed WHIRL / This is a robot that can mimic a person in natural conditions. He was able to learn many daily activities simply by watching people do them. The developers presented their research in July at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference in New York.
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The Moscow City Court left Ilya Yashin in custody. He did not satisfy the appeal against the detention of the oppositionist until September 12
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The World Bank announced the allocation of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $4.5 billion from a grant provided by the United States. This funding package is for «immediate needs» — covering social transfers, medical services and pensions, the organization said in a statement.
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The Russian subsidiary of the Swedish Tetra Pak, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of food packaging, is changing its owner: Eaton Investments LLC will be the sole shareholder of Tetra Pak JSC, two sources familiar with the situation told Interfax.
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Russia and Belarus will conduct exercises in Belarus near the border with Kazakhstan at the Ashaluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. The purpose of the events is to increase the coherence of formations and military units in the performance of combat missions, the Ministry of Defense reported.
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In Kaliningrad, they said that they had exhausted the limits for the transit of goods through Lithuania. According to Alikhanov, we are talking about a “rather large nomenclature” for which the Kaliningrad region “already has no opportunities due to the quotas established by the [European Union]”
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Zuckerberg announced new features in WhatsApp. New features relate to the protection of privacy in the messenger, in particular, users will be able to leave group chats without telling others about it
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Reuters reported the arrival of the first tanker with oil from the United States in Germany. The tanker loaded the crude oil off the coast of Louisiana and offloaded it at Rostock.
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Russians were no longer allowed into the Chateau de Vincennes in France, which houses the headquarters of the historical service of the French Ministry of Defense, which is responsible for military archives.
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The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to collect the biometric data of Russians in the Unified Biometric System (UBS) without their consent, the Kommersant newspaper writes. This will allow collecting biometrics from cameras near the metro, banks and multifunctional centers
The agency has prepared amendments to the draft order defining the procedure for collecting and storing biometrics in the EBS. They were sent to the Analytical Center under the Russian Government on 2 August.
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The United States issued a warrant for the seizure of the Airbus A319-100 aircraft. According to the US Department of Justice, it belongs to United Russia MP Andrey Skoch, who is under sanctions due to a possible violation of the anti-money laundering law. Forbes estimated the fortune of the deputy and his family at $4.7 billion in 2022.
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In Kazakhstan, Jusan Bank and Forte Bank have stopped accepting payments and transfers in national currency from customers of the local subsidiary of Sberbank, Sberbank JSC reported.
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The Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan has announced a competition for the creation of a national social network of international level.
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Passenger car sales in China rose 20.4% year-on-year in July, according to final data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). A total of 1.81 million vehicles were sold in the country last month
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Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd laid off 9,241 workers in April-June, Bloomberg reported, citing company documents.
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LLC RN-Yuganskneftegaz (the largest oil producing enterprise of Rosneft) invested more than 5 billion rubles in 2021. in environmental protection measures, including increasing the useful use of associated petroleum gas, improving the reliability of pipelines, as well as energy saving and land reclamation. This was said in a statement.
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Payment for cargo transit to the Kaliningrad region could be made through an account opened with the Lithuanian Treasury, said the governor of the region, Anton Alikhanov.
As reported, Lithuania believes that Russia should find ways to pay Vilnius for transit to the Kaliningrad region.
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In 2022, more than 3,000 foreigners from 50 countries applied for admission to Moscow State University, more than 80% of them are citizens of Asian countries, MSU Rector Viktor Sadovnichy said at a press conference.
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Scientists from South Korea have created a polymer coating that can quickly and repeatedly self-repair under the influence of infrared radiation. It is suitable for painting cars — scratches will disappear in half an hour in the sun.
The new coating is more practical and better than analogues. It can be applied over regular paint. It is also suitable for smartphones and other constantly damaged devices.
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The European Union will continue to support the Belarusians and does not recognize the legitimacy of Alexander Lukashenko, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell
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Searches at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The main thing
former US President Donald Trump issued a statement in which he complained about the cracked safe and «dark times», linked the search with his possible participation in the 2024 elections, did not know anything about the search itself
The FBI may have been interested in classified documents that Trump took with him from the White House (NYT sources)
The White House knew nothing about the searches, and the FBI concentrated on the part of the house where Trump’s offices and private rooms are located (CNN sources)
FBI action sanctioned by court (ABC News)
Trump himself was in New York during the searches (source Politico)
The FBI gave advance notice of the search to the Secret Service, and its officers, who continue to guard Trump, assisted the agents by letting them into the estate (NBC)
Fox News, citing a source, said FBI agents at the Trump estate «looked over every office, safe, and took documents and boxes without examining their contents on the spot … to examine them later.»
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A new natural gas field has been discovered in Poland, writes Wprost magazine. The well reserve is estimated at about 650 million cubic meters.
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Europe has postponed the collection of entry fees for travelers from non-EU countries. The launch of ETIAS, the tourist pre-registration system, has been delayed until November 2023, according to the service’s website. The reasons for the transfer are not specified. ETIAS was originally expected to be operational in May next year.
The new system will oblige travelers who have the right to visa-free entry to the Schengen countries to check in online before traveling to Europe and pay an entry fee of 7 euros. The rule will affect citizens of 59 countries, including the UK and the US. Residents of the EU do not need authorization.
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Новый проект приказа Минцифры о передаче биометрических данных в Единую биометрическую систему (ЕБС) не предполагает отказа от получения согласия на это от граждан, заявили в ведомстве. Так министерство прокомментировало публикацию «Коммерсанта».
Там уточнили, что подготовленный проект приказа «не предполагает отмену получения согласия граждан на сбор их биометрических данных», а регулирует «процессы импорта ранее собранных биометрических данных, хранящихся в коммерческих системах, в основном в банках, в государственную единую биометрическую систему (ЕБС)».
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