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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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🇦🇷Thousands of people are marching in support of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, paralyzing the center of Buenos Aires.
Today has been declared a day off in the country so that many demonstrators could attend the rally, including children.
According to local media, the assassination attempt on the vice president will be investigated as attempted aggravated murder.
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Today has been declared a day off in the country so that many demonstrators could attend the rally, including children.
According to local media, the assassination attempt on the vice president will be investigated as attempted aggravated murder.
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😷The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 600 million, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO). As of Thursday, WHO reported that there had been 600,555,262 confirmed COVID-19 cases globally, including 6,472,914 deaths.
The United States has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths, with more than 93.21 million cases and over 1.03 million deaths. Together, these account for nearly 15 percent of the global total. The next highest totals have been recorded in India and Brazil, which have confirmed cases exceeding 44 million and 34 million, respectively, and 527,911 and 683,851 deaths.
In terms of WHO regional offices, Europe and the Americas have reported more than 248 million and 175 million confirmed cases, as well as 2,077,355 and 2,817,530 deaths, respectively. The two regions combined account for over 70 percent of the world's total confirmed cases and over 75 percent of deaths.
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The United States has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths, with more than 93.21 million cases and over 1.03 million deaths. Together, these account for nearly 15 percent of the global total. The next highest totals have been recorded in India and Brazil, which have confirmed cases exceeding 44 million and 34 million, respectively, and 527,911 and 683,851 deaths.
In terms of WHO regional offices, Europe and the Americas have reported more than 248 million and 175 million confirmed cases, as well as 2,077,355 and 2,817,530 deaths, respectively. The two regions combined account for over 70 percent of the world's total confirmed cases and over 75 percent of deaths.
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📈The cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom could plunge 3 million more people into poverty next year, and household income is set to drop by the steepest rate in a century, a new report has found.
London-based think tank the Resolution Foundation predicts that real household income will fall by 5 percent next year and drop again by 6 percent in 2024. Taken together, this would represent a more drastic drop in revenue than the country experienced during the 2009-10 financial crisis or the recession of the 1970s.
The winner of the race to be the leader of the governing Conservative Party and the country's new prime minister should be named on Sept 5, and the authors of the report said the new leader risks a disastrous legacy if he or she does not take firm measures to address a "terrifying" living standards crisis.
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London-based think tank the Resolution Foundation predicts that real household income will fall by 5 percent next year and drop again by 6 percent in 2024. Taken together, this would represent a more drastic drop in revenue than the country experienced during the 2009-10 financial crisis or the recession of the 1970s.
The winner of the race to be the leader of the governing Conservative Party and the country's new prime minister should be named on Sept 5, and the authors of the report said the new leader risks a disastrous legacy if he or she does not take firm measures to address a "terrifying" living standards crisis.
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🔹A judge ruled on Friday that Facebook* owner Meta* repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign finance law and must pay penalties, the Washington state Attorney General's Office said.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office said the penalties would be determined later and that the court also denied Meta*'s effort to invalidate Washington's law on political ad transparency. The oral ruling happened during a hearing before King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North, The Seattle Times reported.
In a statement, Ferguson said his office defeated Facebook*'s "cynical attempt" to gut Washington's campaign-finance transparency law. The social media giant, which also owns Instagram and other social media platforms, has repeatedly objected to the requirements and argued in a summary judgment motion that Washington's law "unduly burdens political speech" and is "virtually impossible to comply with."
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*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office said the penalties would be determined later and that the court also denied Meta*'s effort to invalidate Washington's law on political ad transparency. The oral ruling happened during a hearing before King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North, The Seattle Times reported.
In a statement, Ferguson said his office defeated Facebook*'s "cynical attempt" to gut Washington's campaign-finance transparency law. The social media giant, which also owns Instagram and other social media platforms, has repeatedly objected to the requirements and argued in a summary judgment motion that Washington's law "unduly burdens political speech" and is "virtually impossible to comply with."
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*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.
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◾️A high school student in Baltimore was shot and killed Friday in the school's parking lot as students were leaving for the day, police said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said a student from another city school approached the victim while walking through the Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School parking lot, and the encounter became heated. The gunman shot the victim multiple times and fled on foot, Harrison said.
School resource officers were in the parking lot when the shooting occurred and chased the gunman. Harrison said the suspect was arrested "within seconds," and the gun, which the suspect discarded, was recovered.
The victim was rushed to a hospital but later died of his injuries. Harrison did not identify the victim or the suspect or provide their ages. Harrison would only say they were high-school age.
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Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said a student from another city school approached the victim while walking through the Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School parking lot, and the encounter became heated. The gunman shot the victim multiple times and fled on foot, Harrison said.
School resource officers were in the parking lot when the shooting occurred and chased the gunman. Harrison said the suspect was arrested "within seconds," and the gun, which the suspect discarded, was recovered.
The victim was rushed to a hospital but later died of his injuries. Harrison did not identify the victim or the suspect or provide their ages. Harrison would only say they were high-school age.
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🔎A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment Friday charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on the third anniversary of one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history.
Captain Jerry Boylan, 68, failed to follow safety rules, federal prosecutors said. He was accused of “misconduct, negligence, and inattention” by failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills, and have a roving night watchman on the boat when the fire ignited.
But the indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, which U.S. District Judge George Wu said was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter and must be listed in the indictment. Boylan originally was indicted on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter, with each carrying a possible prison term of 10 years if he was convicted.
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Captain Jerry Boylan, 68, failed to follow safety rules, federal prosecutors said. He was accused of “misconduct, negligence, and inattention” by failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills, and have a roving night watchman on the boat when the fire ignited.
But the indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, which U.S. District Judge George Wu said was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter and must be listed in the indictment. Boylan originally was indicted on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter, with each carrying a possible prison term of 10 years if he was convicted.
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An explosives attack on a police vehicle in southwestern Colombia leaves eight officers dead, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Friday.
"I condemn the explosive attack that killed eight police officers in Huila [Department]... These actions indicate clear sabotage of peace," Petro said on Twitter.
Local broadcaster BLU Radio cited the police as saying that the explosives detonated when the police car carrying the said officers was driving by. It is unknown who was behind the attacks, but local media report that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army, a guerrilla group, is operating in the region.
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"I condemn the explosive attack that killed eight police officers in Huila [Department]... These actions indicate clear sabotage of peace," Petro said on Twitter.
Local broadcaster BLU Radio cited the police as saying that the explosives detonated when the police car carrying the said officers was driving by. It is unknown who was behind the attacks, but local media report that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army, a guerrilla group, is operating in the region.
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🇨🇳 The traffic of ships in the Bosphorus Strait has been suspended due to the breakdown of a vessel en route from Istanbul to Ukraine - Turkish Coast Guard
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🎾 Former world number one Serena Williams lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open - 5:7, 7:6, 1:6.
❗️ For 40-year-old Williams, this was probably the last game of her career. She previously revealed that she plans to retire from tennis and the US Open could be her last tournament.
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❗️ For 40-year-old Williams, this was probably the last game of her career. She previously revealed that she plans to retire from tennis and the US Open could be her last tournament.
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🇨🇳 The traffic of ships in the Bosphorus Strait has been suspended due to the breakdown of a vessel en route from Istanbul to Ukraine - Turkish Coast Guard
⚡️ Vessel traffic across the Bosporus Strait has been restored after the breakdown of a dry cargo ship en route to Ukraine
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📌 LIVE UPDATES: Gazprom announces indefinite shutdown of Nord Stream due to engine malfunction
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😳 A fisherman was miraculously rescued after surviving 11 days adrift in a freezer, which he clambered into when his boat began to sink in the Atlantic.
▪️ Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues, 44, left Oiapoque, Amapa state, northern Brazil in late July in a wooden boat approximately seven meters (23 feet) long to go to Ilet la Mere.
▪️ According to Brazilian media, he planned to spend a few days fishing but his boat began to take on water during his trip and sank.
▪️ Desperate to survive, the 44-year-old climbed into a freezer which he had on board. Rodrigues spent his time adrift without food or water, and believes he lost around five kilograms during the 11 days.
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▪️ Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues, 44, left Oiapoque, Amapa state, northern Brazil in late July in a wooden boat approximately seven meters (23 feet) long to go to Ilet la Mere.
▪️ According to Brazilian media, he planned to spend a few days fishing but his boat began to take on water during his trip and sank.
▪️ Desperate to survive, the 44-year-old climbed into a freezer which he had on board. Rodrigues spent his time adrift without food or water, and believes he lost around five kilograms during the 11 days.
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