🚨Seven people were injured after a shooting over the weekend near a college campus in Virginia, police said. Norfolk Police said on Twitter that the call came in around midnight on Sunday.

According to the post, seven people were taken to the hospital, two with life-threatening injuries and five with non-life-threatening injuries.

“Initial indications are that our students were innocent bystanders of a shooting at an evening house party," the Norfolk State university said. "The investigation is pending, and additional details will be made available upon receipt. In the meantime, the campus community is asked to keep the injured and their families in our thoughts and prayers."

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🔎The Pentagon has launched a project to rapidly increase the sale of US weaponry to foreign allies to compete with China. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Pentagon had created a task force last month to address inefficiencies in arms sales to foreign countries.

This information comes after the State Department approved a $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan on Friday. The package includes 60 anti-ship missiles, 100 air-to-air missiles, and surveillance radar equipment. China has reportedly exported $17 billion in weaponry between 2010 and 2020, with about 77 percent going to Asian countries and 20 percent going to Africa.

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💧Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon in Chattooga and Floyd Counties, directing all state resources to help with “preparation, response and recovery activities.” The National Weather Service said rainfall of up to one inch per hour was causing creeks, streams, roadways, and urban areas to experience unusually high-water levels. Up to 12 inches of rain was estimated to have fallen in the area, according to Kemp’s executive order.

“This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order,” the service said.

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📌Canadian police say that ten people have been killed and at least 15 others injured in two remote communities in Saskatchewan on Sunday. "We have located ten deceased individuals in 13 locations in the community of James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told a news conference.

"Several additional victims have been injured, 15 of which at this point have been transported to various hospitals," she added.

The James Smith First Nation is an indigenous community north of Melfort, Saskatchewan. The community, with a population of 2,500, declared a local emergency, while many Saskatchewan residents were urged to seek shelter locally. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a mass stabbing "horrific and heartbreaking." "I'm thinking of those who have lost a loved one and those who were injured," he tweeted.

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🎙The former vice president said last month that he would give "due consideration" to any formal invitation to testify before the House select committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol.

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat on the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot, believes Mike Pence will testify before the January 6 panel.

Pence defied Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election and confirmed then President-elect Joe Biden as the winner, which is said to have been a turning point in their relationship. Pence claimed that Trump was wrong to believe that a vice president had the power to overturn the election's outcome.

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📢Chileans rejected a proposal for a new constitution to replace the one adopted during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. With 98.43% of the votes processed, the new, left-leaning constitution was supported only by 38.10%, while 61.90% of Chilean citizens voted against the draft text. The constitution was drafted after political and social unrest swept Chile in 2019.

Unlike previous elections, the vote is mandatory for more than 15 million eligible voters. The dwindling support for the new law could at least partly be blamed on the prominence given to Chile's Indigenous population, which makes up almost 13% of the country's 19 million people. It offers them greater autonomy, particularly on judicial issues.

There are also concerns that it will legalize abortion in a country where half of the population is Roman Catholic. In addition, it puts the environment on center stage in a country that is the world's top copper producer.

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🇺🇸A great contrast: both Donald Trump and Joe Biden held rallies in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania this week, but one of them had several times more participants than the other.

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A rainy, but very good morning here in Vladivostok. I will be at the Eastern Economic Forum for the next 3 days, stay tuned!

🐯 Russian state corporation Rostec contributed a tiger sculpture made of Baltic amber for the 2nd Intl Tiger Forum, which is being held together with the main event.

#EEF2022

"I speak Russian a bit, but I speak Arabic even better": Former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl spoke to journalists in Russian at the EEF

#EEF2022

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 A highlight from a Russia-China joint exercise within Vostok 2022 drills (footage by Russian MoD):

▪Combat ships have repelled mock enemy's aircraft attack using air defense artillery systems

▪Taking off and landing: shipborne helicopters have operated with carrier ships

▪Low-caliber artillery weapons have eliminated a simulated waterborne mine

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⚡️A "drop tower" attraction collapsed in an amusement park in Punjab’s Mohali.

A video showing the cabin with people falling to the ground and hitting the platform is making the rounds on social media. At least 16 were injured in the incident.

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⚡An explosion occured near the Russian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan - report

📹 Night launch: Russia's Iskander crews fire missiles at Ukrainian army infrastructure during special military operation (video by Russian MoD)

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🇬🇧 At 11:30 GMT, a new Prime Minister of Britain will be named: the results of the election of the leader of the ruling Conservative Party will be summed up.

▪According to the polls conducted over the past few weeks and betting data, Foreign Minister Liz Truss is likely to win in the race against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak;

▪The UK press say that the new PM will face the biggest challenges in decades; one of them is inflation, while UK citizens are experiencing a rising cost of living and energy bills;

▪You can check the details on how the UK Prime Minister is being chosen in our explainer article

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