❓ Is a US civil war possible?

🤔 Well, 43% of US citizens think so. According to YouGov figures, more than two in five say that a US civil war is at least possible during the next decade.

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🇪🇹 An impediment to prospective negotiations with the government to put an end to nearly two years of conflict has been removed after Ethiopia's Tigray insurgents declared they are prepared to participate in peace talks facilitated by the African Union (AU) without preconditions.

▪️ The declaration was made in the midst of active international diplomatic efforts after violence broke out in northern Ethiopia in August for the first time in months, derailing a humanitarian truce.

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⚡️ Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that he would leave Brussels in the near future due to the completion of a work assignment that lasted 17 years

🇧🇷Six people died, and two others were injured on Saturday when an unauthorized nursing home in the eastern part of Sao Paulo, Brazil, caught fire, said police and municipal authorities.

The fire started in a dining room and spread to the other rooms, killing five elderly people and a caregiver, said Aaron Barbosa, spokesman for the Sao Paulo Fire Department.

Named "Lar da Vovo," the nursing home lacked a sanitary operation permit and was also operating without authorization from the fire department.

Neighbors said that they were unaware that a nursing home was operating there. The fire lasted about four hours, according to witnesses.

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⚡#SputnikBreaking Armenian Defense Ministry reports that Azerbaijani armed forces are Shelling Armenia's territory

🔎UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that developed economies are responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere throughout history. The secretary-general made the remarks in a press briefing in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi during his visit to the flood-affected areas of the country.

"Those impacts are skyrocketing," he said, adding that "people living in high climatic vulnerability conditions, including in South Asia, are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts."

In the wake of the flood-disaster Pakistan has been suffering, the secretary-general called upon the international community to devise a new debt relief mechanism for the affected countries. He further advocated a debt swap mechanism that a country, instead of paying the debt to the creditors, should be able to use that money to invest in climate resilience, sustainable infrastructure, and the green transition of their economies.

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💻🥸According to a poll by the consulting firm Gallup, a trend dubbed “quiet quitting’’ is spreading across workplaces in the United States, with workers notably less passionate about their jobs, looking to set boundaries, and refusing to work at night or on weekends.

The survey said more than half of the workers are “not engaged” and do the minimum required. The number of “actively disengaged” people jumped to 18% from 14% in 2020.

The pandemic caused people to rethink their lives and career aspirations. Also, new working modes, including remote work, have reduced people’s connection to organizations, and some employees may not feel their employers care about them.

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🔎On Monday, thousands of nurses in Minnesota left work to protest those conditions. With over 15,000 nurses from 16 hospitals in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding region participating, the work stoppage represents the largest private sector nurse strike in U.S. history.

The nurses, all unionized members of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), voted to move forward with the strike last month. They announced the plan on Sept. 1, adhering to a legal requirement that health care workers provide at least ten days’ notice to their employer when preparing for a work stoppage. The strike is expected to last three days.

The strikes come as more Americans support labor unions than ever in half a century. Earlier this month, Gallup’s most recent Work and Education Survey revealed that 71% now say they support organized labor. The last time approval was so high was in 1965.

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🔹Divisions over LGBTQ-related policies have flared recently at several religious colleges in the United States. On Monday, there was a dramatic new turn at one of the most rancorous battlegrounds – Seattle Pacific University.

A group of students, faculty, and staff at the Christian university sued leaders of the board of trustees for refusing to scrap an employment policy barring people in same-sex relationships from full-time jobs at SPU.

That lawsuit eventually was settled out of court, but it intensified criticism of the hiring policy. Through surveys and petitions, it’s clear that most of the faculty and student body oppose the policy. Yet, a majority of the trustees reaffirmed it in May – triggering resignations by other trustees and protests by students that included a prolonged sit-in at the school’s administrative offices.

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🇲🇽🇺🇸United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed “issues of mutual interest” with his Mexican counterpart, including drug trafficking, migration, and trade, as top officials from the two countries met for high-level economic talks in Mexico City.

The US State Department said in a statement on Monday that Blinken noted “his continued appreciation for collaboration with Mexico” in his discussions with Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

“They also discussed regional efforts to support the people of Haiti as well Mexico and the United States’s continued cooperation to create a more effective United Nations,” US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in the statement.

Blinken was joined by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other Biden administration officials on the trip to the Mexican capital for this year’s US-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Russian delegation to the High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly session in NY has not been issued visas

"This is an unprecedented situation... We expect the host state to issue visas to the minister, his delegation and all accompanying persons as soon as possible, as envisioned by the agreement," Sergey Leonidchenko, head of the legal division of the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, said at a UN committee meeting.

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More than 30 people associated with former US president Donald Trump and alleged efforts to influence the 2020 election results have received federal grand jury subpoenas, CBS News says, citing four sources.

The US Justice Department, which investigates the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, is also examining how money was raised and spent on alleged “attempts to overturn the 2020 election,” CBS News reports.

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🎥 Mi-35 attack helicopters in combat action during the special military operation in Ukraine (Russian MoD video)

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A teenager from Melitopol revealed how he was threatened with prison by Ukrainian special service employees for trying to hold an "Immortal Regiment" march, a massive civil event where people around the world come to the streets to remember relatives who took part in World War Two.

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🇺🇸 Joe Biden predicts ‘a really difficult two years’ if Democrats lose the midterm elections

💬 Biden said at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event in Boston that he would spend a lot more time “in the veto” because he would have difficulty getting “anything done” legislatively if Republicans take over.

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Azerbaijani media, citing sources, reported that Baku and Yerevan have agreed on a ceasefire from 5:00 am GMT

🇺🇸 Joe Biden always knows how to find the 'right words' at the right time, but this time he's outdone himself.

"Don't jump from up there, ok?" he said to cancer survivors who were seated in a balcony while the president was delivering his “Cancer Moonshot” speech in Boston.

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Armenian, Russian defense ministers agree to take measures to stabilize situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border - Yerevan

📹 Watch how the electronic warfare crew uncovers the work of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group, neo-Nazi air controllers, as well as foreign mercenaries (Russian MoD video)

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🛢🇺🇸 US strategic oil reserves are at their lowest level in 36 years

US strategic oil reserves have fallen to 434.1 million barrels, the lowest level since 1984. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the US is spending its strategic oil reserves faster than expected, trying to contain prices in the global energy market.

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NASA reschedules Artemis 1 moon mission launch for September 27