❗️ Turkey's Ministry of Defense said that the arrival of the first ship with grain from Odessa to the entrance of the Bosphorus Strait is expected tonight at 21:00 local time.

❗️📹 A chemistry student from Rubezhnoye reveals how drugs from Ukrainian biolab Pharmbiotest were tested on people.

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🇺🇸🦠 White House says that Biden remains COVID-19 positive, experiencing the return of loose cough

❗️ Hong Kong Chief Executive condemns Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

❗️ Taiwanese Defense Ministry condemns upcoming Chinese exercises near the island, saying they are aimed at "psychological intimidation of citizens."

❗️ Russia sees Pelosi's visit to Taiwan as clear provocation, Foreign Ministry says

❗️ Russia's Foreign Ministry: China has the right to take measures to defend its sovereignty.

❗️The first ship with grain from Odessa has arrived in Istanbul: Turkey's Defense Ministry

❗️📹 Russian military correspondent shows Ukrainian machine gun point in Artyomovsk from which neo-Nazis attacked peaceful settlements of the DPR.

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❗️📹 The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that it has summoned the US ambassador to protest Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

"Nobody but us": Russia celebrated its annual Airborne Forces Day, aka Paratroopers' Day.

The mission of the blue-beret wearing troops of the Russian Airborne Forces is to attack the enemy from the air and carry out operations behind enemy lines in order to disrupt its command and communications, as well as capture or destroy the enemy's weapons.

The elite forces took part in military operations in Afghanistan, Georgia and Ukraine and their holiday is celebrated on August 2.

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➡️ LIVE UPDATES ‼️ White House: US expects China to continue to react to Pelosi visit over longer term

The United States expects China to continue to react to the visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan over a longer period of time beyond the trip itself, National Security Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Tuesday.

"China has positioned itself to take further steps and we expect that they will continue to react over a longer-term horizon," Kirby told a briefing. "I couldn't give you a date of certain of what that horizon looks like but we certainly would expect them to react even beyond her trip."

Kirby further underscored that the US “does not seek and does not want a crisis,” while noting that US President Joe Biden “respects” Pelosi’s decision to visit Taiwan.

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🚨 California governor declares monkeypox state of emergency

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step. Newsom said the declaration would help California coordinate a government-wide response, seek more vaccines and lead outreach and education efforts on where people can get treatment and vaccination.

The type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful, and they can prevent swallowing or bowel movements if in the throat or anus. Nearly 800 cases of monkeypox have been reported in California, according to state public health officials.

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‼️ Chinese Ambassador to UK urges London to not 'dance' to US 'Tune' & dispatch delegation to Taiwan

🚨 Department of State updates its 'Worldwide Caution to U.S. citizens' after Zawahiri strike, warns of risk of AQ reprisal attacks

‼️China will do everything to reunite with Taiwan peacefully - Foreign Ministry

China will try to unite with Taiwan peacefully but the military solution remains an option for deterrence, Chinese Foreign Ministry Arms Control Department Director General Fu Cong told Sputnik.

"We will try our best to unite our country in a peaceful way. The reason why we do not give up the option of a military solution is because we need to deter those potential separatists and so that they will not go too fast," he said on Tuesday on the margins of the 10th Review Conference on the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations.
Fu added that Beijing believes "there may be more conflicts" in the near future on account of the "world situation" being "quite tense."