18.01.2026, 19:38 3671

Five skiers died in avalanches in western Austria

Five skiers were killed in avalanches in the Salzburg-Eben-im-Pongau area in the west of the Republic of Austria, iz.ru cites the CNN.

Four skiers died in a snowslide in the Gastein Valley, south of the city of Salzburg. (...) About 90 minutes earlier, a female skier died after being covered by an avalanche in the nearby Bad Hofgastein area," the article says.


It is specified that in the area where the bodies of four people were found, people who managed to survive were also identified: two of them were injured, and another remained unharmed. Four rescue helicopters participated in the search operations, as well as three teams of specialists: mountain rescue, dog training from the Red Cross and emergency response.
 

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17.01.2026, 19:58 9851

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in Kamchatka

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in Kamchatka
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Kamchatka. The readings were recorded on January 17 by the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, iz.ru reports.

Coordinates: 52.3950, 161.1986. Magnitude (Ml): 5.8," data on the seismic event is provided in the Telegram channel of scientists.


According to the RAS service, the tremor occurred at 18:46, its epicenter was located 190 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The earthquake was centered at a depth of 39.4 km. Later, data appeared on the seismologists' website that the magnitude of the earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was 4.7.
 

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16.01.2026, 14:48 13256

Ex-South Korean President sentenced to 5 years in prison over obstruction of justice, other charges

Ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges including the obstruction of investigators' attempt to detain him last year, Yonhap reports.

The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence in the first ruling on charges stemming from Yoon's short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.
 

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12.01.2026, 15:48 46086

China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters

China, Russia and Iran began a week of joint naval exercises in South Africa's waters on Saturday in what the host country described as a BRICS Plus operation to "ensure the safety of shipping and maritime economic activities", Reuters reports.

BRICS Plus is an expansion of a geopolitical bloc originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - and seen by members as a counterweight to U.S. and Western economic dominance - to include six other countries.
 

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11.01.2026, 18:10 55116

Chinese researchers develop "smart eyes" for grazing robots

Chinese scientists have successfully developed a lightweight model for beef cattle behavior recognition from quadruped robot video in grassland pastures, improving the efficiency of herd feeding and management, Xinhua reports.

The lightweight model MASM-YOLO was proposed by the Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the relevant research was published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

Accurate and rapid identification of typical cattle behaviors is fundamental to disease diagnosis, estrus monitoring, calving prediction, and health assessment.

MASM-YOLO enables precise multi-behavior detection under complex conditions, suitable for real-time execution on board a mobile robot.

By integrating the Multi-Scale Focus and Extraction Network, the Adaptive Decomposition and Alignment Head, and other technologies, MASM-YOLO addresses key challenges, including lighting variations, motion blur, and occlusions within cattle groups.

MASM-YOLO achieves rapid recognition of six typical behaviors of beef cattle, including feeding, resting, locomotion and licking. It strikes an optimal balance between recognition accuracy and computational efficiency.

This model provides key technical support for the full-scale development of grazing robots.
 

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10.01.2026, 19:36 61701

Wildfires have destroyed over 130 buildings in southeastern Australia

Wildfires have destroyed over 130 buildings in southeastern Australia
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As a result of forest fires in Victoria, which is located in the south-east of Australia, more than 130 buildings and residential buildings were destroyed, and 38 thousand people were left without electricity, iz.ru cites the Reuters.

Those involved in extinguishing the flames, which have already destroyed 300,000 hectares, said that these fires were the largest in the state since the "Black Summer" of 2019-2020, when an area the size of Turkey was burned out on the continent, killing 33 people in the state.

My thoughts are with the Australians in these regional communities at this very difficult time," the words of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are quoted in the material.


Jacinta Allan, the prime minister of the state where wildfires are currently being recorded, said thousands of firefighters were trying to contain the fires and "bring them under control if possible."
 

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10.01.2026, 16:10 61391

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was recorded in Kamchatka

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was recorded in Kamchatka
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An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in Kamchatka, iz.ru cites the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center (FIT) of the Unified Geophysical Service (USGS) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

Coordinates: 161.2486, 52.8566 (...) Magnitude (Ml): 5.8," the earthquake data is provided in the Telegram channel of the service.


According to operational data, the seismic event was registered on January 10 at 19:57 local time (10:57 Moscow time). The earthquake was centered at a depth of 25.8 km, and the distance from the epicenter to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was 178 km.
 

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08.01.2026, 13:10 76566

U.S. intercepts tanker in the Caribbean as Russia raises legal objection

U.S. authorities said they intercepted a tanker in the Caribbean during a pre-dawn operation, while Russia later said the vessel was legally registered under its flag and seized on the high seas, Qazinform News Agency reports.

U.S. Southern Command said the interdiction took place as part of Operation Southern Spear, describing the ship as a stateless, sanctioned tanker involved in illicit activity in international waters. According to the statement, the operation was carried out with the participation of the Department of War, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard. The tanker, identified as M/T Sophia, is being escorted to the United States for what officials called final disposition.

ussian authorities offered a different account. The Russian Ministry of Transport said the vessel, which it referred to as Marinera, had received temporary permission on December 24, 2025 to sail under the Russian flag in line with national legislation and international law. The ministry said that at about 3 p.m. Moscow time, U.S. naval forces boarded the ship in open waters beyond any state’s territorial sea, after which contact with the vessel was lost.

In its statement, the ministry cited the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, noting that freedom of navigation applies on the high seas and that states are not entitled to use force against vessels properly registered under another jurisdiction.
 

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07.01.2026, 17:41 84361

China activates emergency response after quake hits NW China's Xinjiang

The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) initiated a Level-IV emergency service response after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in the Kashgar region in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early on Wednesday, Xinhua reports.

The earthquake struck the county at 3:17 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 37.58 degrees north latitude and 74.93 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the CENC said.

Following the quake, the administration instructed the CENC and the regional earthquake agency of Xinjiang to launch emergency response, urging joint consultations, strengthened seismic monitoring, post-earthquake situation assessment, and timely updates.

The average altitude within 10 km of the epicenter is around 4,545 meters, according to the CEA. No casualties have been reported so far.
 

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