🇬🇧Extinction Rebellion environmentalists superglued themselves to the Speaker's Chair inside the UK House of Commons in their latest protest.
▪️The activists held signs reading “let the people decide” and “citizens’ assembly now,” with one saying: “We are in crisis. We cannot afford to carry on like this.”
▪️The campaign group posted a photo, showing three members hand-in-hand in front of the seat while two other members held up signs.
▪️Another protester draped a banner outside the Palace of Westminster after climbing up scaffolding, which again said: “Let the people decide – citizens’ assembly now”.
🗯️“The protest points to the need for a Citizens… Assembly to cut through the corruption in Westminster, update politics & let the people decide.” An XR spokesman said, commenting on the activists’ actions.
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▪️The activists held signs reading “let the people decide” and “citizens’ assembly now,” with one saying: “We are in crisis. We cannot afford to carry on like this.”
▪️The campaign group posted a photo, showing three members hand-in-hand in front of the seat while two other members held up signs.
▪️Another protester draped a banner outside the Palace of Westminster after climbing up scaffolding, which again said: “Let the people decide – citizens’ assembly now”.
🗯️“The protest points to the need for a Citizens… Assembly to cut through the corruption in Westminster, update politics & let the people decide.” An XR spokesman said, commenting on the activists’ actions.
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❗Russia continues to fulfill all its obligations to international partners on food supplies, Russia's Ministry of Agriculture reports.
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🇺🇸Reports of sexual assaults across the US military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
▪️36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, US defense and military officials said.
▪️According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.
▪️Previously, Capitol Hill had been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.
▪️36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, US defense and military officials said.
▪️According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.
▪️Previously, Capitol Hill had been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.
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🇺🇸US Secretary of State Blinken condemns assassination bid on Argentina VP, rejects "violence and hate"
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❗European Commission to work with EU countries to impose price cap on Russian oil on EU level, EU commissioner says.
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❗The US Navy confirmed a new "incident" in which Iran seized two US drones in the Red Sea, spokesman Tim Hawkins told Sputnik on Friday.
Earlier in the day, media reported that Iran's Navy briefly seized two US surface drones in the Red Sea, accusing them of jeopardizing maritime safety.
🗯️"We are aware of the claims. There was indeed an incident. We will look to provide additional information when we can," Hawkins said.
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Earlier in the day, media reported that Iran's Navy briefly seized two US surface drones in the Red Sea, accusing them of jeopardizing maritime safety.
🗯️"We are aware of the claims. There was indeed an incident. We will look to provide additional information when we can," Hawkins said.
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🇺🇸🚨US officials raise alarms as a dozen of migrant children reported missing in Houston
Federal and local officials are trying to locate close to a dozen unaccompanied migrant children after Houston police raised concerns about a trend of migrant children going missing in the Texas city, according to US government officials and related emails reviewed by Reuters.
Earlier this summer, a Houston police detective alerted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after discovering what looked like a pattern of migrant kids missing from the homes of their US sponsors, according to an HHS official who declined to be identified.
The cases underscore the challenges to US President Joe Biden's administration as it faces a record number of unaccompanied children arriving at the southwest border who it must safely and quickly release to sponsors in the United States.
Federal and local officials are trying to locate close to a dozen unaccompanied migrant children after Houston police raised concerns about a trend of migrant children going missing in the Texas city, according to US government officials and related emails reviewed by Reuters.
Earlier this summer, a Houston police detective alerted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after discovering what looked like a pattern of migrant kids missing from the homes of their US sponsors, according to an HHS official who declined to be identified.
The cases underscore the challenges to US President Joe Biden's administration as it faces a record number of unaccompanied children arriving at the southwest border who it must safely and quickly release to sponsors in the United States.
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❗Ukrainian army's General Staff admits that Ukrainian troops launched strikes in Energodar area, where the Zaporozhye NPP is located.
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🇷🇺Russia launches the first ice-resistant platform "North Pole", a floating research center for year-round expeditions in the Arctic Ocean.
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❗Nord stream stopped indefinitely after Rostekhnadzor issued warning about turbine malfunction, Russian gas company Gazprom reports.
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❗White House: Вiden administration to request $2bln from Congress to address impact of Ukraine conflict on domestic energy supply
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❗White House: Вiden administration to request $2bln from Congress to address impact of Ukraine conflict on domestic energy supply
White House: Biden administration requesting $11.7bln for first quarter of fiscal year 2023 for security and economic assistance to Ukraine
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📹Here is a look at the unflattering results of the US Department of Defense annual report on sexual assault in the US military. It appears that reports of sexual assaults across the armed forces jumped by 13% in 2021.
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❗A drone with live charges was shot down near the Zaporozhye NPP, the projectile did not detonate, the local government in Energodar says.
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‘It’s time, my dear Thanos, to show everyone your thirst for knowledge and your talents. I am sure your teachers will be very happy to have you in their classroom. And please don’t forget to WIPE YOUR desk after class!’
😂This phrase may become increasingly common as US parents keep naming their kids Thanos!
It’s hard to believe, but Thanos has blossomed into a popular baby name since the character became a pop culture mainstay after “Avengers: Infinity War” was released four years ago.
Based on the US Social Security Administration data, Thanos is the ninth-most-popular baby name from a Disney-owned character. Quill, after the Guardians of the Galaxy's Peter Quill/Star-Lord, reigns supreme and is followed by Kristoff, Rey, Aladdin, Merida, Belle, Simba, and Olaf.
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😂This phrase may become increasingly common as US parents keep naming their kids Thanos!
It’s hard to believe, but Thanos has blossomed into a popular baby name since the character became a pop culture mainstay after “Avengers: Infinity War” was released four years ago.
Based on the US Social Security Administration data, Thanos is the ninth-most-popular baby name from a Disney-owned character. Quill, after the Guardians of the Galaxy's Peter Quill/Star-Lord, reigns supreme and is followed by Kristoff, Rey, Aladdin, Merida, Belle, Simba, and Olaf.
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❗ZNPP's physical integrity breached due to shelling, IAEA Chief says.
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🇺🇸US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral in Moscow this weekend, a State Department spokesperson told Sputnik on Friday.
🗯️"We can confirm Ambassador Sullivan will attend," the spokesperson said.
Gorbachev died on Tuesday at the age of 91 in Moscow after a long and serious illness, according to the Central Clinical Hospital. Gorbachev will be laid to rest at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow after a public farewell ceremony on Saturday.
🗯️"We can confirm Ambassador Sullivan will attend," the spokesperson said.
Gorbachev died on Tuesday at the age of 91 in Moscow after a long and serious illness, according to the Central Clinical Hospital. Gorbachev will be laid to rest at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow after a public farewell ceremony on Saturday.
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🤔Hungry? There's a solution for hunger-stricken African nations from the UK: farming... insects.
🇬🇧The UK is encouraging hunger-stricken Africans to eat insects, funding projects aiming to develop the practice in the DRC and Zimbabwe, the Guardian reported.
In an attempt to realize the substantial on-paper benefits of insect-eating, a £50,000 UK aid project in the DRC is putting African caterpillars, migratory locusts and black soldier flies on the menu.
The project is listed on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s development tracker website as seeking “to promote the production of insects for human food and for use in the manufacture of animal feeds”.
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🇬🇧The UK is encouraging hunger-stricken Africans to eat insects, funding projects aiming to develop the practice in the DRC and Zimbabwe, the Guardian reported.
In an attempt to realize the substantial on-paper benefits of insect-eating, a £50,000 UK aid project in the DRC is putting African caterpillars, migratory locusts and black soldier flies on the menu.
The project is listed on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s development tracker website as seeking “to promote the production of insects for human food and for use in the manufacture of animal feeds”.
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🔹The average life expectancy of people in the United States dropped for a second consecutive year in 2021, with the decline to 76 years and one month representing a fall of almost a full year from 2020, according to a government report released on Wednesday.
Among racial groups in the US, Asians had the highest life expectancy at 83 years and six months. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated US life span was shortened by nearly three years. The last comparable decrease happened in the early 1940s, during World War II.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials blamed the coronavirus for about half the decline in life expectancy in 2021, a year when vaccinations became widely available. Still, new virus variants caused waves of hospitalizations and deaths. Other contributors to the decline are long-standing maladies: drug overdoses, heart disease, suicide, and chronic liver disease.
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Among racial groups in the US, Asians had the highest life expectancy at 83 years and six months. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated US life span was shortened by nearly three years. The last comparable decrease happened in the early 1940s, during World War II.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials blamed the coronavirus for about half the decline in life expectancy in 2021, a year when vaccinations became widely available. Still, new virus variants caused waves of hospitalizations and deaths. Other contributors to the decline are long-standing maladies: drug overdoses, heart disease, suicide, and chronic liver disease.
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