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⚡️ 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

Watch: Footage of Grad multiple launch rocket systems in action has been released by the Russian Defense Ministry

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⚡️ US Senate asks Biden to impose secondary sanctions on Russia, limit dual export items, waive sovereign immunity for suing Russia

⚡️ Biden told Xi that US policy on Taiwan has 'not changed', White House says

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has responded to a recent tweet by Leonardo DiCaprio in which the actor raised the issue of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, telling him: "give up your yacht before lecturing the world."

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BIDEN: "Chairman Powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say we're not in a recession."

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🏎 Sebastian Vettel, one of the most successful drivers in the history of Formula 1, four-time world champion, and the driver for Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team, on Thursday announced his decision to retire at the end of 2022 season.

The racer added that the decision to retire has been difficult for him, adding that his "goals have shifted from winning races and Championships to seeing my children grow, passing on my values and being able to learn from them."

During his career, Vettel won four Formula One Drivers' World Championships, 53 races, and podiumed 122 times. He is the third in the number of Grand Prix victories, behind only British racer Lewis Hamilton (103 victories) and German driver Michael Schumacher (91 victories).

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Russian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held talks in Tashkent at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Ministerial Summit. The ministers confirmed their readiness to increase cooperation and coordination within the framework of multilateral formats with the participation of the two countries, which once again refutes statements by the US State Department about the global isolation of Russia.

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