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Ukrainians may have their housing benefit amount reviewed if their household’s average monthly total income has changed by more than 50% either upwards or downwards. Such a recalculation is carried out automatically twice a year.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated that the escalation in the Middle East has already reached a level that threatens to trigger a wider war with global consequences. He also warned against any further blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, which is already taking its toll on the global economy and the poorest countries.
The White House has announced a new phase in the process of reuniting Ukrainian children separated from their families by the war. Six children currently in the Russian Federation are set to return to their families, and plans are in place to reunite another child with their relatives later this month.
Increased geomagnetic activity is forecast for 3 and 4 April. According to NOAA, the Kp index could reach 5.67 on Friday and 6.00 on Saturday, corresponding to red-level storms.
On 3 April, according to the new church calendar, the faithful honour the Venerable Confessor Nikita, abbot of the Midiki Monastery, and pray before the icon of the Mother of God known as the ‘Ever-Blooming Flower’. This day was associated not only with prayer, but also with concerns for domestic peace, harmony within the family, and weather omens.
In New York, a seven-month-old baby was killed by a stray bullet during a street shooting in Brooklyn. According to the police, the attack was likely gang-related, and the infant was not the shooter’s intended target.
The experimental X-59 QueSST has resumed flights following a failed test, which had to be aborted due to a false warning in the cockpit. The NASA and Lockheed Martin project aims to demonstrate whether supersonic flights over land can be made significantly quieter.
Russian rapper Artem Brovkov, known as Fuze, has died in a road accident. He was the founder of the band Krec, who left Russia after the outbreak of the full-scale war, spoke out publicly against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and was added to the Russian Ministry of Justice’s register of ‘foreign agents’.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation has highlighted the financial risks facing higher education institutions following the increase in the basic salaries of academic and teaching staff. Parliament drew attention to the shortfall in the special fund for higher education institutions and the absence of a budget programme specification as of the date of consideration.
Telegram has released an update featuring a built-in AI text editor, enhanced polling capabilities, support for Live and Motion Photos, managed bots, and a PDF document scanner on iOS.
Bill No. 15114 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada; it proposes to increase administrative and criminal liability for offences relating to military registration, medical examinations and conscription. For certain offences involving the unlawful enrichment of members of the medical examination board, the bill provides for up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Roman Danilyshyn, an officer with the Civil-Military Cooperation Unit of the Sviatoshyn District Territorial Coordination Centre in Kyiv, submitted a corrected declaration following the controversy surrounding his 2025 declaration. In the new version, he stated 4,716.24 Tether instead of 4,716.24 Ethereum, whilst the declared value of the asset remained unchanged at 195,016 UAH.
