📹 A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several of western Alaska's coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.

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📹 Jeff Monson, an American-born MMA fighter who was granted Russian citizenship in 2018, says that he receives death threats from Ukrainians for his attempts to talk about what is happening in Donbass.

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President Joe Biden's son Hunter allegedly asked one of Maryland's most wanted criminals, Voshawn Sample, to send him drugs at a five-star hotel in West Hollywood in June 2018, The Sun reports.

💻 Marco Polo, an organization led by a former Trump White House staffer who is investigating the infamous "laptop from hell" shared exclusive correspondence between Hunter Biden and the criminal Sample with the Sun. According to the shared correspondence, Hunter asked the criminal to "find something for him", but he never got what he wanted.

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Lady Gaga had to stop the final show of her Chromatic Ball tour in Miami's Hard Rock Stadium after a severe storm hit. 65,000 people were denied six of the singer's songs because Gaga did not "want to put their life in danger."

But fans decided to support Gaga, and gathered in a protected part of the hall to sing Gaga's hit Rain On Me, accompanied by terrifying thunderclaps, before the show was canceled

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Demonstrators are outraged that Moldova has been gripped by an unprecedented increase in prices for energy resources and food, as well as high inflation and decreasing living standards.

The protesters accuse authorities of being unable to cope with the crisis in the country, pointing to record inflation over the past twenty years, which in mid-summer amounted to 33.5% year-on-year. The country's leadership is also criticized for its unwillingness to negotiate with Russia on more favorable gas prices

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The roof of a school in Taiwan collapsed during the earthquake when a physical education class was taking place. No one was injured, according to local media.

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Marine Le Pen condemned France's participation in the western sanctions against Russia, calling them "inappropriate and thoughtless". Today during her speech at a party conference, Le Pen said that France would face difficulties of an unprecedented scale in terms of energy, and the reason for this crisis was the rejection of nuclear energy and the "geopolitical mistake" of the government

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⚡️Former Greek Prime Minister Tsipras believes that the short-sighted policy of the European Union on Ukraine may create a threat to its existence and may lead to Europe losing out economically and geopolitically

⚡️TS Fiona in the Atlantic Ocean has intensified into a hurricane, the US National Hurricane Tracking Center (NHC) said on Sunday

⚡️President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay respects at coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall

📈 The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has stated that the country is likely to face a budget deficit in 2023 due to a sharp increase in energy prices, an influx of Ukrainian refugees, inflation, national insurance, ongoing construction projects and a scheme to subsidize electricity for households.

On Friday, the Norwegian government presented an aid package that includes loans and subsidies to reduce the impact of surging electricity prices for businesses

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😦 A gymnast fell from a height and collapsed into the circus arena during a performance in Omsk, Russia. The moment of the girl's fall was filmed by one of the spectators.

The footage shows that the gymnasts were performing an acrobatic number under the dome, when suddenly the gymnast, unable to hold on to her partner, collapsed on the stage. At that moment, the audience began to shout.

According to eyewitnesses, the girl survived the fall. There is no exact information about her condition yet

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🇨🇳While the Taiwanese military confirmed the drone incursions from Chinese soil, Beijing brushed off the claims as “no big deal.”

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Massive power outages have been reported in Puerto Rico due to TS Fiona

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🚨 JUST IN | Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico

The latest advisory issued by the US National Hurricane Center indicates the cyclone made landfall at about 3:20 p.m. AST along Puerto Rico’s southwestern coast. The system touched down with estimated maximum sustained wind speeds of 85 miles per hour.

Poland buys $3 billion in military aircraft from South Korea

The country sealed $3 billion in deals with South Korea for the purchase of 48 Korean FA-50 fighters. The two deals for the purchase of Fighting Falcon combat and training planes follow contracts signed last month for the acquisition by Poland of $5.8 billion worth of South Korean tanks and howitzers.

The purchase of the FA-50 fighters will replace the retired Soviet-made MiG-29 and the Su-22 that Poland’s armed forces now have. The light, two-seater planes are made by Korea Aerospace Industries jointly with US company Lockheed Martin, and are compatible with the US-made F-16 fighters that Poland’s air force is equipped with and with the contracted F-35A fighters.

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🗳 Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms

The list of suspected security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations underway in at least three states -- Colorado, Georgia and Michigan.

The stakes appeared to rise this week when the existence of a federal probe came to light involving a prominent loyalist to former President Donald Trump who has been promoting voting machine conspiracy theories across the country.

In several of the cases, employees of local election offices or election boards gave access to voting systems to people who were not authorized to have it.

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