📹 "They lay in hospital for a month and a half and couldn't go to work": A crane operator from Mariupol's Azovstal plant describes how Azovites* beat up his colleagues over a Soviet symbol on a passport cover

*recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia

💬 Blinken says Gorbachev "never lost faith in transformative power of engagement", his life serves as "reminder of what can be achieved through dialogue"

It may have come as a surprise to some that reality is different from a videogame 🤷‍♂️

❗World monkeypox outbreak cases top 50,000: WHO

🇬🇧 ‘Warm banks’ may appear in UK amid cost of living crisis

UK Councils are looking at organizing public “warm banks” for those residents who will not be able to pay their electricity bills in the coming winter, according to The Daily Telegraph.

▪The idea of public heating places was supported by the municipalities of Birmingham, Bristol, Dundee, Glasgow and Aberdeen;

▪According to the initiative, public centers and libraries can become places of heating;

▪This comes after local authorities expressed concerns about rising energy prices

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🇷🇺 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (NUST MISIS) have made a coating meant to protect metals from corrosion and high-temperature oxidation. It is one and a half times more resistant than base coats.

📹 Watch our video to find out the details about how it is created

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📹 “The explosion was so powerful that the trees doubled over”: A pensioner from Donetsk describes how Ukrainians shelled a neighboring house

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🇦🇫🇺🇸 1 year since US troop pullout from Afghanistan

The Taliban* declared August 31, the date when US troops withdrew from Afghanistan, a public holiday. Let's remember what happened a year ago, when the developments in Kabul really tarnished the US’ reputation among its partners.

*under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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💬Estonian Foreign Minister says his country "with allies" plan to ban entry to most Russians within next few days or weeks - report

“She survived a concentration camp only to die from hypothermia in March 2022”: In Rubezhnoye, LPR, a pensioner suffering from dementia froze to death in her apartment after the retreating Ukrainian military smashed her windows.

⚡Syrian air defense forces reportedly hit targets in sky over Damascus

🇷🇺 "One day we will have to negotiate as we live next to each other", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says

🇮🇶🇺🇸 Joe Biden in call with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi offers full support for efforts to de-escalate tensions in region through dialogue - White House

🐵 A monkey called Caesar who escaped from its owner in Magnitogorsk, Russia has been caught, authorities say

💉 US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

The US on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. “These updated boosters present us with an opportunity to get ahead” of the next COVID-19 wave, said FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf.

The newest boosters contain half that original vaccine recipe and half protection against the newest omicron versions, BA.4 and BA.5, that are considered the most contagious yet. This boosters are only for people who have already had their primary vaccinations, using the original vaccines.

The US has purchased more than 170 million doses from the two companies. Pfizer said it could ship up to 15 million of those doses by the end of next week. Moderna didn’t immediately say how many doses are ready to ship but that some will be available “in the coming days.”

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