The world's central banks increased gold reserves by 32.7 tons in April, according to a preliminary assessment by the World Gold Council (WGC), cited by Interfax.

The Russian economy is severely overheated, and its capacities are loaded to the limit. This was stated by the President of Sberbank German Gref, speaking at the Federation Council, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

Serbia currently remains the only European country that rejects Russophobia. This was stated by the Minister of the new government of Serbia, Nenad Popovich, in an interview with Lenta.

In the Teriberka area of the Murmansk region, tourists found a red book humpback whale entangled in nets. This was announced by the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova in her Telegram channel.

An athlete from Omsk set two records at the international extreme power tournament in Guangzhou, China. This is reported by Top24News with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Sports of the Omsk region.

Scientists at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Marine Research and other scientific institutions have discovered a fungus capable of decomposing plastic in the ocean.

The Lithuanian Seimas has launched a mechanism for introducing universal conscription for military service, approving the relevant reform project. This is reported by TASS.

Global warming will make forest fires more widespread and frequent in Russia and around the world. The deterioration of the situation was predicted by Grigory Kuksin

Russia has summed up the results of the spring "Clean Games" ― team competitions for garbage collection and sorting.

MOEX, 04.06.2024, 17:59 MSK.  US dollar and euro exchange rates