🇺🇸 Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, plans to ban camping on city streets and move unhoused people to designated campsites, as the growing homeless population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents.

“The magnitude and the depth of the homeless crisis in our city is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said. Oregon’s homelessness crisis has been fueled by a housing shortage, the coronavirus pandemic and drug addiction.

More than 3,000 people are living without shelter in Portland, a 50% jump from 2019, and there are more than 700 encampments across the city, Wheeler said. This year alone, Wheeler has issued four emergency declarations to address homelessness issues.

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🇦🇹 Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies aged 78

Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, a major global business figure as a result of his energy drinks empire, has died aged 78. Mateschitz was the driving force behind the establishment of what became the global market leader in energy drinks.

Mateschitz was keen on extreme sports at an early age and soon brought Red Bull into the sporting world, where it has enjoyed success across multiple disciplines.

He used the fortune created by that to set up a Formula 1 team that has become one of the leading forces in the sport. At the same time, he used his fortune to help regenerate his native area of Styria in Austria, promoting local crafts and arts. He also set up the Wings For Life charity in aid of spinal cord research.

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🇬🇧 Johnson returns to UK amid rumors he will run for leader

The lightning-fast race to replace Liz Truss as British Prime Minister got even wilder Saturday as former leader Boris Johnson jetted back to the UK amid speculation he will run to reclaim his former job. Johnson needs the backing of 100 lawmakers before 2 p.m. Monday to be on the ballot paper.

The leadership uncertainty comes at a time of weak economic growth and as millions struggle with higher borrowing costs and rising prices for groceries, fuel and other basics. A growing wave of strikes by train and postal workers, lawyers and others has revealed mounting discontent as a recession looms.

Truss quit Thursday after a turbulent 45 days, conceding that she could not deliver on her tax-cutting economic package, which she was forced to abandon after it caused turmoil in financial markets.

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🇦🇷 Keeping history alive in legal thriller ‘Argentina, 1985’

The 1985 Trial of the Juntas was a seismic moment in Argentina’s history, helping to solidify the country’s democratic future after seven years of military dictatorship. The movie which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and in movies theaters, chronicles the momentous trial.

With a death toll that human rights organizations estimate at 30,000, Argentina’s dictatorship is considered Latin America’s deadliest of the 1970s and ’80s. Less than half of the dead have been recognized at the official level, because of how the military made the bodies of most of its victims disappear.

Argentina's embattled military dictatorship was on its last legs when it sought to secure a lifeline with an invasion of the British Falkland Islands 40 years ago. The conflict that left 649 Argentines and 255 British soldiers dead before the announcement of Argentina's surrender.

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📉 Weapons shortages could mean hard calls for Ukraine’s allies

Weapons shortages across Europe could force hard choices for Ukraine’s allies as they balance their support for Ukraine against the risk that Russia could target them next.

For months, the United States and other NATO members have sent billions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment into Ukraine to help it fight back against Russia. But for many of the smaller NATO countries, and even some of the larger ones, the conflict has strained already-depleted weapons stockpiles. Some allies sent all their reserve Soviet-era weaponry and are now waiting for US replacements.

The US has committed more than $17.5 billion in weapons and equipment to Ukraine since February, raising questions among some members of Congress as to whether it too is assuming too much risk. 

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❗️ President Xi Jinping has been elected as the CCP’s general secretary for the third consecutive term

📹 A resident of Mariupol tells why she voted to join Russia in a referendum

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📹 🇺🇸 Former US president Donald Trump hinted on Saturday that he would be seeking another term in office in 2024.

▪️ During a rally in Robstown, Texas, Trump argued that the 2020 election had been "rigged and stolen," adding that he "will probably have to do it again."

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📹 “I’m ashamed that we trusted this man”: a Ukrainian woman on how Zelensky did not fulfill his election promises

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🇩🇪 Germany cuts plans for rearmament due to inflation.

▪️ According to Handelsblatt, projects to roll out a new K130 corvette, a new Eurofighter combat aircraft, new frigates and self-propelled guns are now at risk of facing funding cuts.

▪️ The Accounts Chamber of Germany noted that the costs of the listed projects exceed the €100 billion allocated by the government. According to the publication, twice as much money is required.

▪️ At the same time, Berlin hasn’t refused to purchase American F-35 aircraft; only their final number may be in question.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 President Putin has sent a congratulatory telegram to Xi Jinping, who was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China for a third term, stressing that he [Russia’s leader] would be happy to continue constructive dialogue and work closely together to develop a comprehensive partnership between Russia and China

📹 Russia's MoD has published footage showing Su-25 ground attack jets on sorties

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🤔 Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak have conducted three-hour face-to-face talks amid rumors that they could clinch a deal, according to the Daily Mail.

▪️ The two are the likely contenders in the race to become the UK’s next prime minister and they have yet to declare themselves in the contest to succeed Liz Truss, who announced her resignation on Thursday.

▪️ A new Tory leadership contest unfolds after British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday, admitting that “given the situation”, she “cannot deliver the mandate” on which she was elected by the Conservative Party.

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🇹🇷 Turkey is turning into the major gas hub that foreign countries have hoped for, Erdogan said.

🗣 "If we followed the criticism, then today, like Europeans, we would have to think about how to survive the coming winter. However, Ankara has chosen a different path, and we have no problems with gas," the Turkish president said.

▪️ Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could transfer the volume of gas transit lost due to the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage to the Black Sea region by creating a transport hub in Turkey.

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😤 Kanye West stated he won't be cancelled or silenced amid businesses cutting ties with him, following anti-Semitism allegations against the musician.

🗣 "I ain't losing no money," he told TMZ. "The day I was taken off the Balenciaga site, that was one of the most freeing days."

▪️ West noted that there are attempts to quash his career, saying that the CEO of Endeavour talent agency Ari Emmanuel is asking people to stop doing business with him.

💬 "That's how this town been running for so so long. They'll mute you at all costs", the rapper said, adding that he won't back down. "We here, baby, we ain’t going nowhere."

▪️ At the same time, he pointed out that the backlash only proves his stance on the issue of silencing the dissidents in the industry.

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❗️Rishi Sunak announces he will stand to be the next prime minister

▪️Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he will be standing to be the leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister.

▪️In a statement, the former chancellor said he wanted to help "steer the economy through the toughest times" and "unite" the Tory party.

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❗️Ukrainian troops struck a hotel in Energodar where Rosenergoatom employees live; at the time of the strike they were not in the building, local authorities report.

According to the adviser to the CEO of Rosenergoatom, Ukrainian troops deliberately struck at the hotel where he was supposed to stay with his team.

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❗️ Russia's Shoigu held telephone conversation with France's defense minister: MoD

❗️Russia's Defense Minister and his French counterpart discussed the situation in Ukraine, which has demonstrated a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation, Russia’s MoD reported.

▪️In addition, Shoigu conveyed his concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb".

❗️According to preliminary data, a military plane fell on a two-story house in Russia's Irkutsk, the governor said