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460 people were killed in an attack on a maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is shocked and appalled by reports of the tragic deaths of more than 460 patients and their caregivers in an attack on a maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.

Prior to this attack, the WHO had recorded 185 attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, killing 1,204 people and injuring 416 since the conflict began in April 2023. Forty-nine of these attacks occurred this year alone, killing 966 people, mostly healthcare workers and patients.

"All attacks on healthcare facilities must stop immediately and unconditionally. All patients, medical staff, and healthcare facilities must be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

El Fasher was besieged for over 500 days. The Rapid Intervention Force reported the city's capture two days ago. Fierce fighting is currently underway there. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) previously reported that approximately 26,000 people fled El Fasher in the past two days.

However, tens of thousands of people remain in the city. They live in dire straits, facing severe shortages of food, water, and medicine. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is concerned about the fate of the children there. "No child is safe," said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

She noted that "the true scale of what's happening remains unclear due to widespread communication blackouts." There are approximately 130,000 children in El Fasher, all of whom are in grave danger. According to Russell, there are reports of abductions, murders, and sexual violence in the city. There are also reports of humanitarian workers being detained and killed.

UNICEF calls for an immediate ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian aid flows, the protection of civilians, especially children, and the creation of safe evacuation options for families seeking refuge, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Those responsible for violations must be held accountable, the UNICEF statement states.

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The Russian Industrialist Forum: New Partners and Technological Development at Polytechnic University

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The "Russian Industrialist" Forum and Exhibition continues. On October 30, SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy signed a cooperation agreement with Evgeny Klovach, CEO of the Engineering Group, in the presence of Vadim Medvedev, Rector of University 2035 and Head of the NTI Foundation. The company provides full-cycle development for key industries: energy, mechanical engineering, electronics, high-tech, and medicine, and also produces its own line of immersion cooling systems and server equipment.

"We plan to collaborate through our Supercomputer Center and AI systems. I'm confident our partnership will be long-term and productive," Andrey Rudskoy emphasized.

The Polytechnic University rector also held a working meeting with Mikhail Silnikov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Furthermore, Andrey Rudskoy visited the booth of the Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle Plant (Zvezda LLC), where he learned about the company's products.

SPbPU Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Lyudmila Pankova participated in the 11th All-Russian Forum "National Qualifications System of Russia," speaking at the session "Dialogue between the Labor Market and Vocational Education: New Trends and Development Prospects."

The St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's technological development strategy, based on an effective model for science and industry collaboration, was presented at the "Russian Industrialist" international forum. Yuri Fomin, SPbPU Vice Rector for Research, discussed the approach, which has already proven effective in addressing import substitution challenges.

The key element was a systematic transition from disparate research to targeted work in cross-cutting technological areas.

"We've moved from isolated research to systematic work in our stated areas. Our model allows us to create complete technological chains—from concept to mass production," noted Yuri Fomin.

As part of the "Priority 2030" program, the university focused its efforts on three strategic areas: systems digital engineering, new materials and additive technologies, and engineering artificial intelligence for cross-industry applications. Research teams were structured by specialization: cross-industry, industry-specific, and developing groups.

The effectiveness of this approach is confirmed by completed projects with leading industrial companies, such as the development of key components for power engineering in collaboration with Gazprom, UEC, and Nevsky Zavod.

The university's R&D volume is showing steady growth: by 2030, digital engineering is expected to reach 3 billion rubles, and new materials research is expected to reach 24 billion rubles. This approach strengthens the country's technological sovereignty and confirms the implementation of the state strategy for scientific and technological development.

A lecture hall was also opened at the Polytechnic University booth at the "Russian Industrialist" forum and exhibition. University faculty and staff members presented their papers there. Alexey Chechevichkin, a research engineer at the Industrial and Surface Wastewater Treatment Technologies Research Laboratory, spoke about the history of gas masks. Leonid Yakunin, a research engineer, presented a paper titled "Surface Wastewater Treatment as an Important Element of Urban Environmental Protection." Yegor Temirgaliyev, a senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Industrial Management, shared his experience designing unmanned logistics systems, and Anastasiy Klimin, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Management, spoke about the Blue Ocean strategy in industrial markets.

Additionally, Vsevolod Gaiduk, an engineer at the Higher School of Transport, presented a paper on "The Specifics of Developing and Using Robotic Platforms for Firefighting." Alexander Gurgenidze, an engineer at the Center for Technology Projects, spoke about the creation of a marine dronesphere.

Associate Professor Daria Bylyeva of the Higher School of Social Sciences led an interactive discussion game, "The Future [without?] Artificial Intelligence," where visitors to the Polytechnic University booth were able to discuss ethical issues related to AI, its development, and its impact on society in a playful and interactive format.

Svetlana Ulyanova, a professor at the Higher School of Social Sciences, presented a lecture entitled "Industrial Pragmatism in the Development of Russian Technical Education in the 20th Century."

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Volunteers of the 8th China International Import Expo took the oath

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SHANGHAI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Volunteers for the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) took their oaths and began their duties in Shanghai, east China, on Wednesday.

Among them are 129 volunteers who will provide services in more than ten foreign languages in addition to English, in particular, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, etc.

The 8th CIIE will be held from November 5 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. All volunteers participating in this year's event have already completed the necessary pre-training, fully understood the service procedures, and are familiar with their duties.

According to the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, a total of 34,000 volunteers participated in volunteer activities during the seven previous CIIEs. 3,865 volunteers have been recruited for the upcoming CIIE, providing services such as on-site consultation and navigation, registration management, public relations support, transaction statistics, and medical assistance.

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Polytechnic University students have created Russia's first transport module for agricultural drones.

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A young engineering team from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has developed Russia's first transport module—a trailer for two agrodrones with a high-capacity mortar unit. The project was completed as part of the federal project "Personnel for Unmanned Aerial Systems" under the leadership of Alexey Grachev, Director of the Higher School of Transport, and commissioned by Khizara.

The Polytechnic University, with its developed engineering school and modern laboratory facilities, became one of the key universities providing the federal project and a platform for training young engineers.

The project is being implemented on the basis of the university as a support center for training personnel for unmanned aerial systems, selected by the ANO "University of the National Technological Initiative 2035" in 2024The mission of the support centers is to develop and implement additional professional development and retraining programs aimed at mastering the full lifecycle of an engineering project—from technical specifications to the finished product. The practical portion of the training is built around solving specific industry-specific engineering problems, one of which was the creation of a transport module for agricultural drones.

The implementation of such programs at the Polytechnic University is supported by the Directorate of Continuing Education and Industry Partnerships, working with specialized institutes and higher education institutions. This allows for the integration of engineering, educational, and applied components within a single project framework.

"The students were given a very specific task by an industrial client: to design a mobile system that would provide agrodrone operators with everything they needed for effective field work," noted Ivan Kurta, Head of SPbPU's Directorate of Continuing Education and Industry Partnerships. "We tried to approach the task as practically as possible, and the students accomplished the task brilliantly."

Young engineers designed and manufactured a trailer measuring 3.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and 1.8 meters high. The key feature of the development is its comprehensive solution for drone logistics and servicing. The module provides operators with everything necessary for quickly loading and unloading drones, preparing them for flights, and performing post-flight maintenance, including battery charging and solution refilling. To this end, the trailer is equipped with a 1,000-liter solution tank with a built-in mixer, an automated pump station, a battery charging system, and a flow meter for precise refill monitoring.

The economic impact of the development is significant: the prototype costs no more than 500,000 rubles, making it six times more affordable than imported equivalents, which start at 3 million rubles.

"This project is a clear example of the successful integration of the educational process with real-world industrial needs," comments Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice Rector for Pre-University and Continuing Education. "Students gain invaluable experience working on a specific engineering challenge, while our industrial partners gain a ready-made, competitive solution. The development of projects like 'Staff for UAS' strengthens the country's human resources potential in the high-tech unmanned systems industry."

According to Alexey Kovalev, CEO of the customer company, Khizar, operational testing of the trailer is already planned for the coming year. In the future, the development could be scaled up for use in Russia's agricultural sector.

By the end of the year, 76 young engineering teams will participate in the federal project "Personnel for UAS," presenting their developments for the unmanned vehicle industry. Polytechnic University will continue to play a key role in training specialists and creating applied solutions that contribute to the country's technological sovereignty.

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China reveals new space mission objectives, including mouse experiment

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Jiuquan, October 30 (Xinhua) — The crew of the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft will deliver four mice to the Chinese space station for scientific research, a key element in a series of new scientific and practical projects to be implemented during their six-month stay in orbit, the China Manned Space Administration (CMSA) announced on Thursday.

This will be the first time that China will conduct a scientific experiment involving mammalian rodents in space, CMSA spokesman Zhang Jingbo said at a press conference held a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-21 mission.

He said the mice (two males and two females) will be kept in orbit, and the research will focus on studying the effects of space conditions such as microgravity and confined spaces on the animals' behavior.

The mice will then be returned to Earth on a spacecraft, and further scientific research will then be conducted to study the stress response and adaptive changes in numerous tissues and organs of the mice in space conditions, he added.

Four mice were selected after more than 60 days of intensive physical fitness and cognitive training. They will be part of five- to seven-day scientific experiments in space, helping fill a gap in research involving small mammals aboard China's Tiangong space station.

Previous animal experiments at the Chinese space lab have included zebrafish and fruit flies.

The launch of the Shenzhou-21 manned spacecraft is scheduled for 11:44 PM Beijing Time on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang will carry out the Shenzhou-21 mission.

The 27 new experiments in orbit that will be conducted by astronauts during the mission cover areas such as space life sciences and biotechnology, space medicine, space materials science, microgravity fluid physics and combustion, and new space technologies.

CMSA also outlined planned in-orbit studies of the relationship between the origin of genetic codes and chirality, lithium-ion batteries for space applications, and intelligent computing platforms.

It is noteworthy that crew member Zhang Hongzhang, a payload specialist, is a researcher in the field of new energy sources and new materials at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

During the Shenzhou-21 mission, his ideas developed on Earth are expected to yield results in the orbital laboratory, as the experiments he designed will be conducted on the space station.

He will be responsible for conducting experimental procedures, making observations, collecting data, and processing and analyzing data.

“It is a great honor for me that the experimental project to which I contributed will be carried out in space,” said the scientist-turned-astronaut. -0-

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China to include HPV vaccine in national immunization program

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BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — China will include the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the national immunization program starting from November 10, 2025, the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration said Thursday.

This decision was made in order to reduce the burden of HPV-associated diseases and to better meet the needs for disease prevention and public health protection.

According to a circular issued by the department, girls aged 13 and above can receive two doses of the bivalent HPV vaccine free of charge, with an interval of six months between doses, starting November 10. -0-

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China optimizes duty-free trade policy to boost consumption

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Beijing, October 30 (Xinhua) — China will streamline its duty-free shopping policies to stimulate consumption, according to a notice jointly released by the Ministry of Finance and four other government agencies on Thursday.

According to the notice, the policy is aimed at stimulating domestic purchases and will take effect on Saturday.

The main measures focus on four aspects, including optimising tax incentive and duty exemption policies, as well as further expanding the range of goods in duty-free shops.

In addition, efforts will be made to delegate authority over the approval of such stores and improve measures to facilitate procedures and strengthen supervision, the notice said. -0-

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A delegation from St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU) participated in an international design conference in Yerevan.

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Mikhail Bryukhov, Alena Vedernikova, Yana Volkova, Olesya Samodolova and Dmitry Ulrich

From October 24 to 26, the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA) in Yerevan hosted the International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering. The conference brought together leading specialists, scholars, and experts in civil and environmental engineering from around the world to exchange scientific expertise and strengthen collaboration.

SPbGASU was represented at the conference by a delegation led by Dmitry Ulrikh, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Urban Management, who was a member of the conference's scientific committee. The delegation also included Mikhail Bryukhov, Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs of the faculty; Yana Volkova, Acting Head of the Department of Geodesy, Land Management, and Cadastre; Alena Vedernikova, Acting Head of the Department; and Olesya Samodolova, Deputy Dean for Career Guidance.

The following topics were covered at the conference:

Building design, construction, operation and process management; innovative and sustainable building materials and technologies; engineering and transport infrastructure; energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in construction; sustainable urban environment; geodesy, geodynamics and cartography.

"This conference is not just a scientific event, but a place to exchange experiences, ideas, and knowledge with colleagues from different countries, as well as discuss new approaches and innovative solutions that will undoubtedly open new horizons for further collaboration between the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, and other universities. I am confident that through joint efforts, we will be able to achieve significant results in the areas discussed at the conference," said Dmitry Ulrikh.

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The Ministry of Education gives the go-ahead: a new dissertation council on agricultural economics has opened at the State University of Management.

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By order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation dated October 28, 2025, No. 1051, a dissertation council 24.2.293.04 was established at the State University of Management for the scientific specialty 5.2.3. "Regional and sectoral economics (economics of the agro-industrial complex (AIC), economic sciences)."

The council includes leading economists from SUM and invited specialists from the country's largest specialized universities. The decision by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science confirms the high level of our university's research and expands opportunities for graduate students and researchers to defend dissertations on current development areas in the agro-industrial complex.

Today, the State University of Management has five dissertation councils in economic and technical sciences, including a joint council with the Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov (BSTU). These are large-scale platforms where a modern scientific school of management is being formed and research in the fields of global, regional, and sectoral economics, as well as management, logistics, and transportation, is advanced.

In October, the joint council of the State University of Management and the Belarusian State Technical University named after V. G. Shukhov held the first defenses of candidate dissertations in technical sciences (scientific specialty 2.9.9 "Logistics Transport Systems"), completed by graduate students from the State University of Management's Department of Transport Complexes.

In addition, this month, by order of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, academic degrees of Doctor of Science and Candidate of Economic Sciences were awarded to the following staff and graduates of our university's postgraduate program:

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Karelina, Associate Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations — Doctor of Economics (Order No. 951/nk dated 06.10.2025); Dmitry Aleksandrovich Repnikov, Associate Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations — Doctor of Economics (Order No. 1044/nk dated 28.10.2025); Ahmed Mohamed, postgraduate student of the State University of Management, citizen of the Syrian Arab Republic — Candidate of Economic Sciences (Order No. 954/nk dated 06.10.2025); Tatyana Alekseevna Gololobova, employee of the Department of Management in International Business and Tourism Industry — Candidate of Economic Sciences (Order No. 954/nk dated 06.10.2025).

We sincerely congratulate our colleagues on this high recognition of their research results! Thus, the State University of Management and Management continues to consistently strengthen its position as a leading research and educational center in the fields of management, economics, and transportation, providing training for researchers to address the strategic objective of achieving technological leadership in the Russian Federation.

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Pedagogical Innovations: Polytechnic University Teachers Share Experiences at a Conference in Belarus

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SPbPU faculty took part in the IX International Scientific and Methodological Conference "Problems of Modern Education in a Technical University," which was held at the P. O. Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University (Belarus).

The plenary session was opened by Natalia Leonova, Associate Professor of the Physics Department at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics at SPbPU. She presented a report on the network collaboration between technical universities and regional schools located in small towns and remote from federal educational institutions. This collaboration not only fosters a motivated flow of applicants prepared for modern scientific challenges but also enhances the prestige of physics and mathematics education among schoolchildren.

Associate Professors of the Physics Department, Victoria Mizina and Tatyana Andreeva, participated in the conference sessions, presenting the results of their scientific and methodological research and innovative approaches to teaching natural sciences. T. A. Andreeva's report was dedicated to a joint project between the Physics Department of the Institute of Physics and Management and the Industrial Stream Data Processing Systems Laboratory of the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering"—a virtual laboratory with digital copies of real devices, the 3D models of which fully replicate the functionality of the originals.

V. V. Mizina presented SPbPU's new master's program, "Physics and Applied Mathematics in Science and Education." The program's uniqueness lies in the fact that master's students are awarded two qualifications (the second being "Pedagogical Education"), significantly expanding graduates' career opportunities. Another key feature of the program is its networking with the A. I. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, which allows for the integration of resources between educational institutions to improve the quality of student training.

Conference participants also discussed prospects for cooperation between the Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, including joint research projects and academic exchanges.

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