Borrell’s complaint on being less popular than Lavrov in media justified, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says

⚡️ Peskov described as "fake" American data about losses sustained by the Russian army in Ukraine: "Nowadays, even the most reputable newspapers spread all kinds of fake news"

🇰🇵 Kim Jong-un said the "powerful force" of the DPRK is ready to eliminate "Yoon Suk-yeol's regime and his army" in South Korea as the neighboring democracy "devises tactics for a military confrontation". Kim added in a speech to mark the anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 1953, that he is ready for any battle with the US.

The North Korean leader underlined that “US imperialists are pushing the South Korean authorities into a suicidal confrontation” with the DPRK, the state’s official Korean Central News Agency reports

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Russia’s top diplomat held talks today with the Chinese FM Wang Yi. They meet in the hallway of the SCO ministerial summit venue with Lavrov assuring Wang Yi that he’s among friends. China is also one of the SCO founding members, which formed the alliance with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan in 1996, paving road for other nations to join. The organization is headquartered in Beijing. While first documents adopted by the bloc were related to military co-operation and border security, its current priorities go far beyond that, with member nations working together in the areas of transportation, energy, telecommunications, finance.

📹Life-threatening floods in Hazard, Kentucky: More than 10 inches of rain has fallen, numerous homes have been severely flooded, and cars are being washed away, reports say

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The grandmother of a girl who was injured by Ukrainian shelling, appealed to the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) in 2020 and has still had no reply

⚡️ Austrian chancellor: EU embargo on Russian gas impossible, it will hurt union more

⚡️ Hungary continues to oppose EU embargo on Russian gas, PM Orban says

⚡️ US Q2 GDP down 0.9% after Q1 1.6% drop, technically placing economy in recession, Commerce department says

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LIVE | Lavrov holds presser following meeting with Uzbek president in Tashkent

⚡️ Countries wishing to join SCO line up in queue amid upcoming summit in Samarkand, Lavrov says

Russian FM Lavrov after meeting with Uzbekistan President: whole spectre of agreements between Moscow and Tashkent was on the agenda - cooperation on higher education, multilateral organization membership aspects, preparations for the SCO summit. Lavrov adds that the Samarkand summit will see many potential new members of SCO taking part. Afghanistan is another issue that was discussed. Russia and Uzbekistan both want to co-operate with Afghanistan's current leadership as per Lavrov.

⚡️ Russia, Ethiopia making progress on switching settlements to national currencies, Ambassador to Addis Ababa says

US President Joe Biden, commenting on data on a decline in GDP for the second quarter, said that the country's economy is on the "right path,” and that it is "slowing down" is not a surprise, without mentioning the recession

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According to the New York Post, Hunter Biden’s former business partners referred to Joe Biden as “the Big Guy” in a message the same day The Post broke news of the infamous laptop from hell left behind by the president’s son

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⚡️ Biden's video call with Xi ends after nearly 2 hour 30 minutes, White House says

Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus are continuing their crusade on American celebrities and, after duping Stephen King, decided to spoof “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch.

In a conversation with one of the pranksters, who was posing as Volodymyr Zelensky, Lynch called on "the Ukrainian president" to initiate peace efforts and do everything in his power to end the conflict peacefully.

The director then suggested that Zelensky should talk to Vladimir Putin directly by arranging a "virtual dinner" and "grabbing a couple of beers"

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⚡️ Xi Jinping, speaking about Taiwan issue in conversation with Biden, said that 'one who plays with fire' will certainly burn himself, state tv reported