💻 Remember when Joe Biden asserted that Facebook is "killing people"? Well, now it looks like he changed his mind.

After delivering remarks on Monday about the US economy's pathway to recovery, Biden clarified to reporters that his administration does not believe Facebook and other social media platforms are single-handedly "killing people" with misinformation.

🗣 "Facebook isn't killing people. These 12 people are out there giving misinformation," he said, making reference to a May report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. "Anyone listening to [the misinformation] is getting hurt by it. It's killing people. It's bad information."

🗣 The US is vigorously investigating mysterious health incidents similar to the Havana Syndrome among its diplomatic personnel in Vienna, US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing on Monday.

⚡️🇺🇸🇩🇪 The United States and Germany are expected to announce a deal to resolve their dispute over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the coming days, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The agreement will avert the resumption of currently waived US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, according to the report.

🇷🇺 Earlier on Monday, Russia's Admiral Gorshkov frigate successfully fired a Zircon hypersonic missile at a ground target located at a distance of over 350 kilometers (217 miles).

In response, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that the US Defense Department is aware of the test and considers it a destabilizing activity that poses "significant risks because they are nuclear-capable systems."

🔫 Staying alert till Biden fulfills his promise?

Washington, DC police will work overtime to combat a sustained increase in gun violence.

The directive comes after a shooting over the weekend in which a six-year-old girl was killed and five other persons were wounded and another one during a baseball game in which two persons were shot.

Joe Biden announced in June that his administration will crack down on gun violence in anticipation of a spike in crime this summer.

The Proud Boys leader pleaded guilty to burning a Black Lives Matter flag stolen from a church and for being in possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine.

Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio pleaded guilty to one count of destruction of property and one count of attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine, the Justice Department said in the release.

Tarrio's sentencing date is scheduled for August 23 and he faces up to 360 days in prison and a $2,000 fine, the release said.

🏚 At least six people were taken to the hospital after an explosion in a home in the city of Plano, Texas, the local fire rescue service said.

The Russian Embassy in the US warned of the dangers of a potential deployment of US hypersonic missiles in Europe after the Pentagon criticized Russia for the Zircon hypersonic missile test.

🗣 “We would like to remind @PentagonPresSec that potential deployment of any US hypersonic missiles in Europe would be extremely destabilizing. Their short flight time would leave Russia little to no decision time and raise likelihood of inadvertent conflict,” the embassy said.

🇧🇾 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has discussed the ‘political crisis’ in Belarus with former Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who is currently on a visit to the US.

🗣 "We discussed the way out of the political crisis: release of all political prisoners, inclusive dialogue, and new elections. Zhvvye Belarus!" Blinken said on Twitter on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, Tikhanovskaya said on Twitter that she had asked Blinken to appeal to Russia to play a constructive role in her country. Tilkhanovskaya also said after the Monday meeting that she thanked Blinken for supporting the Belarusians' democratic aspirations.

Several rockets fell near the presidential palace in central Kabul during the Eid al-Adha prayer on Tuesday. The moment was captured on live TV

☕️ Bill Clinton snubbed Elizabeth II's tea offer during 1997 UK visit, secret files reveal

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⚡ 'Unwarranted': China slams US, its allies for accusing Beijing of global hacking campaign

🇷🇺🇦🇫🇺🇸Russia believes that all allies of the United States should bear equal financial responsibility after the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and provide economic assistance to Kabul, Zamir Kabulov, the Russian president's special envoy for Afghanistan, says.

#LIVE | Billionaire Bezos blasts into space in first crewed flight of his New Shepard rocket https://sptnkne.ws/GPX6

Jeff Bezos' crew is entering New Sheperd

There are four on board: Bezos himself, his brother Mike, 82-year-old female aviation pioneer Wally Funk (who in the Sixties was denied the chance to go into space because she was a woman), and an 18-year-old, Oliver Daemen from the Netherlands, who paid $28 million for his seat in a charity auction that closed last month

Bezos' New Shepard vehicle takes off for first manned commercial spaceflight

Bezos space capsule lands after flight to space