A recent report from the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) makes it clear that funding for commercial fusion programs has accelerated significantly over the past 12 months. An increase in the flow of funds into the development of commercial fusion reactors directly signals an increase in investor confidence, which gives hope for a mature solution within the next 20 years.

According to an FIA survey of industry participants, in the last year by the time of the report, private fusion funding has increased by 139% to $2.83 billion. ”, said Andrew Holland, CEO of the Fusion Industry Association.

Of the surveyed companies in the sector, 93% are confident that fusion reactors will begin commercial electricity generation in the 2030s. A year ago, a smaller number of respondents shared this confidence - 83%. At the same time, 84% of respondents believe that a thermonuclear plant will demonstrate a sufficiently low cost and high efficiency to be considered commercially viable in the same time frame.

No one will tell you that this guys promised working reactors in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s. And will go on and on and on.

The World Health Organization held a regular meeting of the International Health Regulations emergency committee in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee expressed concern about the sharp decline in testing people for covid in many countries, which leads to a decrease in the coverage and quality of surveillance. Together with the conclusion of the committee, WHO published the recommendations of the director general of the organization. He calls for the use of all measures that have previously been developed to reduce the spread of the virus. For example, wearing well-fitting masks, social distancing, isolating while sick, washing hands frequently, avoiding closed spaces with poor ventilation, crowded places.

The WHO also recommends that countries prepare to rapidly scale up health and social measures in response to changes in the virus and population immunity, as COVID-19 can still overwhelm public health capacity and result in deaths. In addition, the large number of coronavirus patients is jeopardizing the ability of healthcare systems to treat other acute and chronic conditions.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa has proposed cutting Russia's population in half, writes Le Figaro. In a conversation with journalists from a French newspaper, the Nobel Prize winner suggested that there are only two ways to tame Moscow: the first is a coup d'état with a complete change of power, and the second is a reduction in the population to 50 million people. Currently, 144 million people live in Russia.

Yes, he means genocide. Not waiting for it to happen naturally. Sound like copy of Hitler papers and ideas.

Due to the departure or decrease in activity in the Russian market due to events in Ukraine, well-known foreign electronics manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung, Dell, Chinese brands of phones, tablets, laptops and home appliances began to fill the domestic market.

In the first half of 2022, the Chinese smartphone brands Realme, Vivo, Mi, Tecno, Infinix, iTel and Nokia (Chinese holding HMD Global) became the leaders of the Russian market in terms of sales in physical terms, Marvel Distribution told Kommersant. In particular, Tecno, Infinix, Realme and Xiaomi increased their sales by more than 100%. Poco (a Xiaomi sub-brand) saw unit sales up 16% year-over-year, Nokia up over 40%. At the same time, Apple's market share declined by 14% and Samsung by 15%. In total, a little more than 10 million mobile phones were sold in Russia during the reporting period, which is 23% less than in the first half of 2021.

According to Ozon, unit sales of Tecno smartphones in the first half of the year grew more than 20 times, Doogee - five times, Digma - almost eight times. Yandex Market reported that in the first quarter, the share of sales of Chinese electronics brands doubled compared to last year.