❗US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has contracted COVID-19 and that he has moderate symptoms; his last personal contact with Joe Biden was on July 29

The mother of a child who was killed by Ukrainian shelling has appealed to the president of Ukraine

⚡📹Another 5 foreign mercenaries who took part in hostilities in the Donbass have been charged and will be judged by the Supreme Court of the DPR, a Sputnik correspondent reports:

▪Matthias Gustavsson (Sweden)

▪Vekoslav Prebeg (Croatia)

▪John Harding (UK)

▪Andrew Hill (UK)

▪Dylan Hill (UK)

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The Swedish mercenary told the DPR court that he bought Ukrainian citizenship for $700. In addition to his Ukrainian citizenship, he bought a Ukrainian driver’s license with a bribe.

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📞Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discuss by phone conditions for safe operation of Zaporozhye NPP - Russian Defense Ministry

🤔🇨🇳 Chinese scientists discover 6G radiation may increase size of brain cells

▪Scientists in China have made discoveries about terahertz radiation, technology considered among the main candidates for the next generation of communications, also referred to as 6G

▪“The abnormal development of neurons and the resulting abnormal neural network structure can lead to a variety of psychiatric and neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism and Parkinson’s disease,” the researchers say.

▪According to Li Xiaoli, a scientist at Beijing Normal University, the study found neuronal growth in mice after being exposed to low levels of terahertz radiation

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⚡️A British reconnaissance aircraft has violated Russia’s airspace - Russian MoD

❗️A MiG-31 aircraft forced the British plane to leave Russia’s airspace - Russian MoD

📹The Federal Security Service (Russian acronym FSB) has released a video showing the prevention of an attempt by Ukrainian special services to prepare a terrorist act of sabotage against an oil and gas facility in the Volgograd region

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🚨Three people were injured in a shooting in a parking lot of an amusement park north of Chicago, including a woman from Appleton, that sent visitors scrambling for safety, authorities said.

Officers responded about 7:50 p.m. Sunday after 911 calls reporting shots fired at Six Flags Great America, about 45 miles north of Chicago, the Gurnee Police Department said. "The shooting ... was not a random act, and appeared to be a targeted incident that occurred outside the park," police said in a statement on Facebook.

According to an initial investigation, police said a white sedan entered the parking lot and drove toward the park's front entrance. People got out of the car and shot at another person in the parking lot before driving away, police said. Authorities told WGN-TV that police are still searching the area to ensure all guests and employees are accounted for.

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📈Spain, Romania, and Bulgaria are the only EU countries with increased gas purchases from Russia since Russia's special military operation in Ukraine began, with increased deliveries and payments most noticeable in Spain.

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💠Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are scheduled to visit the UK and Germany for three charity events next month. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to be visiting many charities close to their hearts in early September,” a spokesperson for the couple told reporters.

Since moving to California, Harry and Markle have only returned to London a few times. The Sussexes secretly visited Elizabeth II in April, stopping in the UK as they headed to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games. It was the first time the former American actress had returned to the UK since the so-called “Megxit”.

While the couple has rarely been seen in public in California, Harry and Markle were spotted out and about in New York in July. Harry and his wife attended the United Nations facility for the UN Nelson Mandela Prize in New York.

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🥇Japanese teenager Baba Saki has won the 122nd US Women's Amateur golf championship. The 17-year-old high school student on Sunday became the first Japanese player to win the noscript since Hattori Michiko in 1985. The tournament is regarded as one of the world's top championships for female amateur golfers.

Baba faced off against Canadian Monet Chun in the 36-hole match-play final at the Chambers Bay course in Washington state.

The Japanese teenager secured a 7-up lead after the first 18 holes. Chun narrowed the margin on the 20th and 21st holes, but Baba birdied the next three holes and sealed her victory on the 27th hole with an 11-up lead.

Baba said that she is so happy to be able to write her name alongside Hattori Michiko's.

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🔶Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year sentences, setting the stage for a trial in October.

Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death. They and Thomas Lane were working with Derek Chauvin when he pinned Floyd's neck with his knee for more than nine minutes as the 46-year-old Black man said he couldn't breathe and eventually grew still.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill had a limited window for accepting a plea deal ahead of trial. Monday's brief hearing formalized the two ex-officers rejections of the state's offers.

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🔳The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib turned himself into authorities Monday after police identified him as the suspect in the shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas.

Police said that a murder warrant was issued for Yaqub Salik Talib, 39, in the fatal shooting on Saturday night of Michael Hickmon, 43, police in the Dallas-area city of Lancaster said.

According to witnesses, Talib pulled out a gun and shot Hickmon multiple times after a disagreement between the opposing coaching staff of two youth football teams over calls made by the officiating crew led to a physical fight, police said.

Police said they were still investigating the circumstances leading up to the shooting. Several people, including children, were present when Hickmon was killed, police said.

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WATCH: Footage of combat operations carried out by the Russian Uragan MLRS during the special operation in Ukraine

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🦈 A man had a fight with a shark on a Long Island beach in New York. Footage shows him pulling the shark by the tail while the animal tries to escape back into the water. Shark attacks have recently become more frequent, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul has urged residents to take precautions

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📹 A resident of Rubezhnoe believes that Ukrainian forces fired at houses containing civilians so that they could kill more people

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