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❗EU decision to suspend visa facilitation agreement will not remain without consequences, Russia may take both symmetrical and asymmetric measures in response to the decision - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko
💬Estonian Foreign Minister says his country "with allies" plan to ban entry to most Russians within next few days or weeks - report
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“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.
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⚡Syrian air defense forces reportedly hit targets in sky over Damascus
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⚡Syrian air defense forces reportedly hit targets in sky over Damascus
🇸🇾 Videos of flashes in the sky over Damascus filmed by social media users have emerged online. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, the country's air defense systems repelled an Israeli airstrike over Damascus and its suburbs
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🇷🇺 "One day we will have to negotiate as we live next to each other", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says
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Lavrov: Reasonable Voices Emerge in Europe Willing to Take Steps Towards Russia
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European politicians are starting to express opinions in favor of cooperating with Russia, but new whims of the West cannot be ruled out, based on the existing experience, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "Reasonable…
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🇮🇶 In an address to supporters, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave protesters one hour to leave the Republican Palace and Baghdad's Green Zone, threatening to leave the Sadrist Movement if they don't. 📹 According to videos from social media, the protesters…
🇮🇶🇺🇸 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
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🙂 You may have heard the old belief that the streets of Russian cities are full of bears. If you believe in this, we won't even try to dissuade you, but here's video proof that not only bears can be spotted hanging around 🐒 A monkey has been spotted in Russia's…
🐵 A monkey called Caesar who escaped from its owner in Magnitogorsk, Russia has been caught, authorities say
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💉 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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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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🔫 New York to restrict gun carrying after Supreme Court ruling
Across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” The sprawling Manhattan tourist attraction is one of scores of “sensitive” places — including parks, churches and theaters — that will be off limits for guns under a sweeping new state law. The measure, passed after a US Supreme Court decision in June expanded gun rights, also sets stringent standards for issuing concealed carry permits.
New York is among a half-dozen states that had key provisions of its gun laws invalidated by the high court because of a requirement for applicants to prove they had “proper cause” for a permit.
Under the law, applicants for a concealed carry permit will have to complete 16 hours of classroom training and two hours of live-fire exercises. Applicants also will have to provide a list of social media accounts for the past three years.
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Across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” The sprawling Manhattan tourist attraction is one of scores of “sensitive” places — including parks, churches and theaters — that will be off limits for guns under a sweeping new state law. The measure, passed after a US Supreme Court decision in June expanded gun rights, also sets stringent standards for issuing concealed carry permits.
New York is among a half-dozen states that had key provisions of its gun laws invalidated by the high court because of a requirement for applicants to prove they had “proper cause” for a permit.
Under the law, applicants for a concealed carry permit will have to complete 16 hours of classroom training and two hours of live-fire exercises. Applicants also will have to provide a list of social media accounts for the past three years.
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‼️ Pentagon: 'We are not running out of aid' for Ukraine ➡️ LIVE UPDATES
US Moving Into Third Stage of Military Aid to Ukraine - Danish Defense Chief
The nations in the NATO alliance are now moving into the third phase of their flow of military aid to Ukraine against Russia, Denmark's Minister of Defense Morten Bodskov told a meeting at the Atlantic Council.
"Security for weapons donations, training initiatives and de-mining initiatives will be on the third phase," Bodskov said on Wednesday.
The first stage of NATO military aid to Ukraine was a spontaneous and unplanned flow of military equipment and supplies from the inventories of NATO member nations, the Danish defense chief said.
The second stage was the Ramstein format which had been lead and organized by the United States and had resulted in an enormous flow of equipment, he said.
A senior US military official on Monday denied reports that US security packages for Ukraine are depleting certain American ammunition stockpiles and affecting its military readiness. The Wall Street Journal, citing US military officials, reported that certain US stockpiles of ammunition, specifically 155 mm shells for the howitzers, were running uncomfortably low because of the Ukraine aid packages and that there are concerns about US military readiness.
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The nations in the NATO alliance are now moving into the third phase of their flow of military aid to Ukraine against Russia, Denmark's Minister of Defense Morten Bodskov told a meeting at the Atlantic Council.
"Security for weapons donations, training initiatives and de-mining initiatives will be on the third phase," Bodskov said on Wednesday.
The first stage of NATO military aid to Ukraine was a spontaneous and unplanned flow of military equipment and supplies from the inventories of NATO member nations, the Danish defense chief said.
The second stage was the Ramstein format which had been lead and organized by the United States and had resulted in an enormous flow of equipment, he said.
A senior US military official on Monday denied reports that US security packages for Ukraine are depleting certain American ammunition stockpiles and affecting its military readiness. The Wall Street Journal, citing US military officials, reported that certain US stockpiles of ammunition, specifically 155 mm shells for the howitzers, were running uncomfortably low because of the Ukraine aid packages and that there are concerns about US military readiness.
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🚨 BREAKING | Singapore-Flagged tanker reportedly runs aground in Suez canal
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🚀 NASA moves next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to September 3rd
The space agency moved the date for the next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to Saturday, September 3rd, after determining that the initial plan for Friday was going to run into bad weather.
There was a 60 percent chance that the launch would have been delayed for weather on Friday, officials said during a media briefing. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17PM.
This will be NASA’s second attempt this week at launching its massive next-generation rockets. The first attempted launch on Monday was scrubbed after one of the four RS-25 engines failed to reach the appropriate temperature to allow for liftoff.
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The space agency moved the date for the next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to Saturday, September 3rd, after determining that the initial plan for Friday was going to run into bad weather.
There was a 60 percent chance that the launch would have been delayed for weather on Friday, officials said during a media briefing. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17PM.
This will be NASA’s second attempt this week at launching its massive next-generation rockets. The first attempted launch on Monday was scrubbed after one of the four RS-25 engines failed to reach the appropriate temperature to allow for liftoff.
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💳 Meta* is planning more paid features for Facebook* and Instagram*
The company is setting up a product organization to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook*, Instagram*, and WhatsApp, according to an internal memo sent to employees last week.
The new division is Meta*’s first serious foray into building paid features across its main social apps, all three of which boast billions of users. It’s being set up after Meta*’s ads business was severely hurt by Apple’s ad tracking changes on iOS and a broader pullback in digital ad spending. The group, called New Monetization Experiences, will be led by Pratiti Raychoudhury, who was previously Meta’s head of research.
In June, Mark Zuckerberg said the company wouldn’t take a cut of transactions from paid features and subnoscriptions until 2024.
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*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
The company is setting up a product organization to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook*, Instagram*, and WhatsApp, according to an internal memo sent to employees last week.
The new division is Meta*’s first serious foray into building paid features across its main social apps, all three of which boast billions of users. It’s being set up after Meta*’s ads business was severely hurt by Apple’s ad tracking changes on iOS and a broader pullback in digital ad spending. The group, called New Monetization Experiences, will be led by Pratiti Raychoudhury, who was previously Meta’s head of research.
In June, Mark Zuckerberg said the company wouldn’t take a cut of transactions from paid features and subnoscriptions until 2024.
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*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
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‼️ Pentagon: 'We are not running out of aid' for Ukraine ➡️ LIVE UPDATES
‼️ Russia has resources for victorious outcome of operation in Ukraine - Upper House Speaker
“Now, six months later, it is clearly visible how great the threat looming over our country was, how timely the decision to conduct a special military operation was,” Matviyenko wrote in her blog on the website of the Russian upper house of parliament.
Matviyenko said Russia is confronted on the battlefield in Ukraine not only by the armed forces of Ukraine and its Nazi battalions, but also by the collective West and NATO.
"The outcome of the operation determines not only the existence of our country as an integral, sovereign, strong state, but also what the world will be like after its completion. Whether it will continue to move towards a multipolar model, the establishment of the principles of equality, cooperation, justice in international relations. Or the US and its allies will establish their global hegemony," she wrote.
“Now, six months later, it is clearly visible how great the threat looming over our country was, how timely the decision to conduct a special military operation was,” Matviyenko wrote in her blog on the website of the Russian upper house of parliament.
Matviyenko said Russia is confronted on the battlefield in Ukraine not only by the armed forces of Ukraine and its Nazi battalions, but also by the collective West and NATO.
"The outcome of the operation determines not only the existence of our country as an integral, sovereign, strong state, but also what the world will be like after its completion. Whether it will continue to move towards a multipolar model, the establishment of the principles of equality, cooperation, justice in international relations. Or the US and its allies will establish their global hegemony," she wrote.
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‼️ JUST IN | Democrat Mary Peltola defeats former Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska’s House special election
Peltola’s win in the Last Frontier State effectively makes her the first Alaska Native to serve in the US Congress, as well as the first Democrat to hold the congressional House seat in decades.
Peltola’s win in the Last Frontier State effectively makes her the first Alaska Native to serve in the US Congress, as well as the first Democrat to hold the congressional House seat in decades.
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🔋 The shift to electric vehicles is about to overwhelm meager US mining operations
EVs need batteries, and batteries need minerals like nickel, cobalt, and lithium. The US has some of these minerals underground, and it wants to dig them up, expeditiously, so that it doesn’t have to rely as much on other countries.
The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA), says the current mining laws do not reflect the urgency to ramp up the domestic supply of minerals: “If EVs were to represent 100 percent of new car sales (17 million annually), current lithium carbonate equivalent production would only meet 0.05 percent of total domestic EV battery pack demand.”
New mine in the US can take 7 to 10 years to complete all the permitting and paperwork before going online. In Canada and Australia, that process only takes 2 to 3 years. The US currently has one operating nickel mine, in Michigan. Its resources are expected to be exhausted by 2026.
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EVs need batteries, and batteries need minerals like nickel, cobalt, and lithium. The US has some of these minerals underground, and it wants to dig them up, expeditiously, so that it doesn’t have to rely as much on other countries.
The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA), says the current mining laws do not reflect the urgency to ramp up the domestic supply of minerals: “If EVs were to represent 100 percent of new car sales (17 million annually), current lithium carbonate equivalent production would only meet 0.05 percent of total domestic EV battery pack demand.”
New mine in the US can take 7 to 10 years to complete all the permitting and paperwork before going online. In Canada and Australia, that process only takes 2 to 3 years. The US currently has one operating nickel mine, in Michigan. Its resources are expected to be exhausted by 2026.
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