💰 Progressive mega-donor George Soros contributes $1Mln to Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’Rourke, making this the largest-ever contribution, reports say.

The move emerged when O’Rourke revealed that he had raised $27.6Mln between February and June, thus setting a new record for fundraising in Texas, according to Fox News

Soros, the Hungarian-born American billionaire businessman and philanthropist, has been a prominent contributor to Democrat Party's candidates and causes for decades.

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⚡ Ukrainian combat drones attack Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, region's administration says

''Outstanding and beautiful'' - Donald Trump paid tribute to his first wife Ivana Trump on the eve of her funeral Mass in New York City.

Ivana was an icon of wealth and excess in the Eighties and aided Trump in building his empire that led him to the presidency.

In an interview for the New York Post, Trump mentioned that he and Ivana ''began their lives together with such a great relationship''.

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🗣 Kamala Harris is "unbelievably extremist", "messes up everywhere she can" - says former US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, in an interview with America Reports.

During the interview, Nikki Haley criticized US vice-president Harris' handling of the border crisis and statements on the Supreme Court abortion ruling.

💬 "She's outrageous on everything, whether she compares pro-life supporters to trying to stop people voting at the polls, whether she talks about this and trying to compare it to slavery, whether she wants to talk about ending the filibuster. She's unbelievably extremist, at the end of the day. Kamala continues to mess up everywhere that she can. The one job that she's been given has been the border. She refuses to go there," Haley fulminated.

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“Hasta la vista, baby!” Boris Johnson has addressed Parliament in his last appearance at PMQs, describing his task as British PM as “largely accomplished.”

❗️ EU adopted a 7th package of sanctions against Russia

The new batch of sanctions includes an embargo on Russian gold imports, new export control measures, and an asset freeze on Sberbank, among others.

📹 "This food is for those from Ukraine": Polish people face discrimination in their own country.

💰A $5,000 reward has been offered for info on the suspect accused of taking Lady Gaga's dogs

US Marshals have offered a $5,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of a suspect who allegedly kidnapped Lady Gaga's dogs and shot her dog-walker.

The suspect, James Howard Jackson, was erroneously released from jail due to a "clerical error" on April 6 of this year, the NYT reported.

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⚡️⚡️ Tory leadership race: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak make final two

🇺🇸🪙The Federal Reserve left US interest rates unchanged during its policy meeting, marking the third time in a row for such a decision after 11 prior interest rate hikes to help ease inflation.

The 5.25%-5.5% range, in place since July, is the highest level in lending rates that the United States has practiced since 2001.

It was further indicated that three rate cuts were on the board in 2024, with another four in 2025. Three additional cuts were forecasted for 2026, with the ultimate goal being to cut rates to between 2% and 2.25%.

⚽️Barcelona have signed Polish striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich on a four-year contract worth 50m euros.

💬 "I'm here to help Barca get back to the top and win as many noscripts as possible," Robert Lewandowski said about his transfer.

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⚡️📹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discusses 'pointless' peace talks with Kiev, Russia sanctions and how they backfired on the West in an interview with Sputnik and RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan

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