Export of ice cream from Russia in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 11.4% compared to the indicator for the same period in 2019 and amounted to 5.6 thousand tons, the Ministry of agriculture said in a statement.

By 2025, China will take a leading position in Autonomous shipping. This forecast is given in a study by the British consulting company Thetius.

In Canada, the debt burden of households is increasing. Long before the coronavirus crisis, there were alarm signals, but now the population's debt can become a trigger for an economic crisis.

Russia's revenue structure still depends on exports. This is one of the important reasons why the government may not be very interested in strengthening the ruble in the current situation.

After a meeting between representatives of the military command of India and China over territorial disputes in the border areas of the two countries, a statement appeared on the website of the Indian foreign Ministry on June 7 that "both sides agreed to peacefully resolve the situation in the border areas in accordance with bilateral agreements, adhering to the agreement between the leaders of the two countries that peace and calm in the Indian-Chinese border areas are essential for the overall development of bilateral relations."

Employees of the Sochi national Park discovered a rare plant — anacampsis pyramidalis (Anacamptis pyramidalis) from the family Orchidaceae. Anacampsis bloomed in the arboretum Park.

In Italy, employees of the Main Department of archeology, fine arts and landscape of the city of Verona unearthed a magnificent mosaic of an ancient Roman Villa, which was hidden under a vineyard for the last century.

Evaluating Rosstat data on the reduction of industrial production last April, experts From the center for macroeconomic analysis and short-term forecasting note that the result was significantly more optimistic than the expectations of most analysts.

Scientists of the Murmansk region have found microorganisms in the Arctic that can destroy oil. This was reported in the Kola scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where research is being conducted in this direction in the framework of the project "Bioremediation of the Arctic coast". The project belongs to the Kolarctic cross-border cooperation program, in which Russia and the Scandinavian countries participate.

Poor Kalmykia may eventually become a serious oil and gas region of Russia. According to experts, there are large deposits of hydrocarbons in the steppe Republic.