📹 Euro zone inflation hit a new record high in August of 9.1%, according to flash figures from Europe’s statistics office Eurostat, with high energy prices the main driving force.

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⚡️ Two IAEA employees will remain at the Zaporozhye NPP on a permanent basis, Russian diplomat says

⚡️There are no Russian heavy weapons near Zaporozhye NPP, Shoigu says

⚡️ Russian Defense Minister Shoigu’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant create a real threat of catastrophe in Europe; in fact, it is nuclear terrorism.


▪️ The task of Russia is to ensure the safe operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plants; Moscow expects that the results of the IAEA mission will be communicated to the world community.

▪️ Ukraine continues its offensive attempts, and has suffered significant losses.

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⚡️📹Footage has emerged from Afghanistan's Herat province, where a mosque was rocked by an explosion earlier on Friday.

😱Professors and students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that combines the physical and digital worlds. It makes it possible to physically interact with objects behind a digital screen.

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⚡️ Kremlin: G7's Russia oil price cap will destabilize market, but Moscow has 'alternative scenarios'

⚡Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with the permanent members of Russia's security council on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says.

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💻🙅‍♂️ President Putin does not plan to create personal accounts on social networks, Kremlin spokesman Peskov says

❗Ukrainian troops fired HIMARS rockets at a residential building in Kherson, where two people were killed, representatives of emergency services told Sputnik.

📹 Servicemen from Russia's Central Military District delivered food and school supplies to a boarding school in the LPR.

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🇮🇳India has inducted its first domestically-produced aircraft carrier, which can carry 30 aircraft and 1,700 sailors.

▪️What is more, New Delhi is also considering plans to commission a third carrier to add to its naval capabilities, which already include an older, Soviet-made carrier.

🗯️“Carriers give countries the ability to exert influence by being present at faraway places continuously… It’s a much needed shot in the arm when the Indo-Pacific is militarizing’,” said retired Commodore Srikanth Kesnur, who teaches at the India’s Naval College in Goa.

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❗The G7 prepares to announce a price cap on Russian oil from December 5, and on Russian petroleum products - from February 5, the Financial Times reports

The G7 hopes that India will join the introduction of a ceiling on prices for Russian oil and petroleum products, Financial Times reports.

📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage showing the combat operation of Ka-52 helicopter crews during the special military operation.

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🇦🇴 While the West is eyeing Angola as a potential satellite, the Chinese have expanded their influence in the African country and received strong government support.

For its part, Russia has largely limited its cooperation with Angola to food and military technologyt However, in the past, the Soviet Union and Angola maintained comprehensive multi-level cooperation.

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⚡The Russian Federation provided the IAEA mission at the NPP with safety guarantees, Russian energy company Rosenergoatom says.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese warships, taking part in the Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercise, met in the Sea of Japan.

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📹 A resident of Donetsk, whose house was damaged by Ukrainian shelling, said that shrapnel killed his dog.

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🤔 What droughts around the world have revealed

☀️ Droughts are now being observed almost everywhere - in America, in Europe, and in China - and in many countries there have not been such droughts for many years.

Have a look at Statista research’s infographic to find out what the heat waves around the globe have revealed recently.

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⚡G20 energy ministers meeting ended without adoption of common document due to destructive, politicized proposals from west, Russian Energy Ministry reports.

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