⚡️ Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang over Beijing's 'increasingly aggressive behaviour' towards Taiwan

❗️ EU is discussing ban on the issuance of Shengen visas to Russians as part of the seventh package of sanctions

"Fundamentally, in the EU, we are in the process of discussing how ... the seventh package of sanctions should look like, what components it may contain. And the issues you raised [visas] play a role in that. There is still no consensus on this issue, also from the federal government, how to relate to this," German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Wednesday.

📹 A prominent Saudi diplomat died at a conference in Egypt.

▪️ He became ill during his speech. It was not possible to save him. The cause of his death has not been reported.

▪️ According to some media outlets, his last words were: "Wherever you are, death will overtake you."

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❗️ US year-on-year inflation in July has slowed for the first time since April to 8.5% instead of 9.1% in June

❗️IAEA head decides to cut his holiday short and take part in UNSC meeting in Zaporozhye NPP, Russian envoy in Vienna says

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🇻🇳 The Anniversary of the Agent Orange disaster: How the Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) helps to deal with the consequences of the US’ inhumane war.

“Over the past 18 years, VAVA has raised more than 30 trillion dong (some $1,300,000) and built 26 rehabilitation and care centers for Agent Orange victims. We also create jobs, provide vocational training, and offer them livelihood opportunities,” Lieutenant General Dr. Dang Nam Dien told Sputnik.

▪️ VAVA also pays great attention to the involvement of volunteers and socio-political organizations in helping victims in dealing with the consequences of the Vietnam War.

▪️ The Vietnamese government has also taken measures to help, such as providing low-interest loans to start their own businesses and productive labor and housing at no cost to families of victims who are in difficult situations.

▪️ VAVA is actively fighting to seek justice for the victims, organizing lawsuits against chemical companies in the US.

⚖️ Donald Trump has arrived at the New York attorney general's office, where he is scheduled to testify as part of a civil investigation into his family's business practices.

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❗️ Pelosi will hold her first major press conference in Washington today at 4:30 pm (GMT) after returning from her controversial Asian tour.

⚡️⚡️ Head of Mali сalls Putin, leaders discuss potential trade in Russian food, fertilizer & fuel

❗️What is Agent Orange, and how does it affect people and the environment?

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Donald Trump said that he declined to answer questions in the New York Attorney General’s probe into his business practices.

💬 "[U]nder the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution," Trump said in a statement, referring to the Fifth Amendment.

Trump added that he "did nothing wrong" and that is why neither federal nor state or local governments have found anything on him after five years of searching.

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⚡️⚡️ US DoJ сharges IRGC member with allegedly plotting ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton's murder

❌ Today is hacked: Hackers from the Anonymous group have attacked the website of the Security Service of Ukraine. According to the hackers, the resource will be unavailable for about four hours.

Earlier in the day, the pro-Russian hacking group Killnet "put down" the website of the US military company Lockheed Martin.

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🇺🇸 🎥 A registered nurse was charged with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fiery crash in Windsor Hills last week that killed a pregnant woman, a baby and three other adults, the Los Angeles County district attorney announced.

Prior to that, the sister of the pregnant woman who died in the crash alongside her infant son said that her family forgave the nurse.

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#LIVE | Black Sea initiative coordinator holds briefing about Ukrainian grain being shipped to Istanbul

🇻🇳 Almost 40 km from Hanoi in the Yen Binh Commune, there is a Center for Social Protection for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin in Vietnam.

The center is a place where people affected by the US chemical warfare can get treatment and rehabilitation.
It is a place where people affected by Agent Orange find hope to make their lives better and to be integrated into a healthy society.

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❗️Pelosi claims that the purpose of her Asia trip was to show US and Taiwan have a strong status quo relationship.