🔷 Putin Says Choice Of Turkey As Gas Hub Understandable, Europe Is Difficult To Work Directly With
🔷 Gazprom Was Admitted To Survey Site Of Nord Streams Explosion – Putin
🔷 Putin Says Drones Which Attacked Ships Of Black Sea Fleet Partially Used Corridor Through Which Grain Is Exported
🔷 Gazprom Was Admitted To Survey Site Of Nord Streams Explosion – Putin
🔷 Putin Says Drones Which Attacked Ships Of Black Sea Fleet Partially Used Corridor Through Which Grain Is Exported
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🇮🇳 Nine arrested after bridge collapses in India
Police in western India arrested nine people on Monday as they investigated the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge in one of the country’s worst accidents in years, officials said. The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134.
The bridge has been repaired several times in the past and many of its original parts have been replaced over the years.
Inspector-General Ashok Yadav said police have formed a special investigative team, and that those arrested include managers of the bridge’s operator, Oreva Group, and its staff. Gujarat authorities opened a case against Oreva for suspected culpable homicide, attempted culpable homicide and other violations.
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Police in western India arrested nine people on Monday as they investigated the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge in one of the country’s worst accidents in years, officials said. The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134.
The bridge has been repaired several times in the past and many of its original parts have been replaced over the years.
Inspector-General Ashok Yadav said police have formed a special investigative team, and that those arrested include managers of the bridge’s operator, Oreva Group, and its staff. Gujarat authorities opened a case against Oreva for suspected culpable homicide, attempted culpable homicide and other violations.
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🇸🇴 Somalia car bombs death toll up to 120, some still missing
The death toll from twin car bombings in Somalia’s capital has reached 120 and could rise further because some people are still missing, the country’s health minister said Monday.
The al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the bombings and said it targeted the education ministry, which it accused of turning youth away from Islam.
Somalia’s government under the recently elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been engaged in a new offensive against al-Shabab, including efforts to shut down its financial network. The government has said the fight will continue.
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The death toll from twin car bombings in Somalia’s capital has reached 120 and could rise further because some people are still missing, the country’s health minister said Monday.
The al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the bombings and said it targeted the education ministry, which it accused of turning youth away from Islam.
Somalia’s government under the recently elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been engaged in a new offensive against al-Shabab, including efforts to shut down its financial network. The government has said the fight will continue.
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🇨🇳 China launches 3rd and final space station component
China’s third and final module docked with its permanent space station to further a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit, as its competition with the US grows increasingly fierce.
Mengtian, or “Celestial Dream,” joins Wentian as the second laboratory module for the station, collectively known as Tiangong, or “Celestial Palace.” Both are connected to the Tianhe core module where the crew lives and works. Like its predecessors, Mengtian was launched aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket, a member of China’s most powerful family of launch vehicles.
The US excluded China from the International Space Station, despite that, China is collaborating with the European Space Agency on experiments aboard Mengtian, and is cooperating with France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Pakistan and the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
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China’s third and final module docked with its permanent space station to further a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit, as its competition with the US grows increasingly fierce.
Mengtian, or “Celestial Dream,” joins Wentian as the second laboratory module for the station, collectively known as Tiangong, or “Celestial Palace.” Both are connected to the Tianhe core module where the crew lives and works. Like its predecessors, Mengtian was launched aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket, a member of China’s most powerful family of launch vehicles.
The US excluded China from the International Space Station, despite that, China is collaborating with the European Space Agency on experiments aboard Mengtian, and is cooperating with France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Pakistan and the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
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🇧🇷 Bolsonaro Supporters Block Roads in 18 Brazilian States
More than 100 protests organized by truck drivers supporting Jair Bolsonaro, who lost the Sunday presidential election, have been taking place in 18 Brazilian states on Monday, Brazilian media reported.
According to official results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), released after 100% of the ballots were processed earlier in the day, Bolsonaro lost in the Sunday runoff with 49.1% of the votes, while Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got 50.9% of the votes, securing the victory.
News portal G1 reported that more than 100 protests have been organized on the roads in the states of Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Tocantins, Amazonas, Acre, Roraima and Maranhao.
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More than 100 protests organized by truck drivers supporting Jair Bolsonaro, who lost the Sunday presidential election, have been taking place in 18 Brazilian states on Monday, Brazilian media reported.
According to official results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), released after 100% of the ballots were processed earlier in the day, Bolsonaro lost in the Sunday runoff with 49.1% of the votes, while Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got 50.9% of the votes, securing the victory.
News portal G1 reported that more than 100 protests have been organized on the roads in the states of Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Tocantins, Amazonas, Acre, Roraima and Maranhao.
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🇺🇦 US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine
A small number of US military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive, a senior U.S. defense official told Pentagon reporters Monday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide a military update, would not say where the inspections are taking place or how close to the battlefronts the US troops are getting. The official said U.S. personnel can’t do inspections “close to the front lines,” but said they are going where security conditions allow.
US officials have faced persistent questions from some members of Congress over how the administration is accounting for the billions of dollars in arms that have been sent to Ukraine over the past year.
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A small number of US military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive, a senior U.S. defense official told Pentagon reporters Monday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide a military update, would not say where the inspections are taking place or how close to the battlefronts the US troops are getting. The official said U.S. personnel can’t do inspections “close to the front lines,” but said they are going where security conditions allow.
US officials have faced persistent questions from some members of Congress over how the administration is accounting for the billions of dollars in arms that have been sent to Ukraine over the past year.
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🗳 Feds concerned about armed people at Arizona ballot boxes
Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation, the Justice Department said Monday as it stepped into a lawsuit over the monitoring.
Threats, intimidation and coercion are illegal under the federal Voting Rights Act, even if they doesn’t succeed, the government’s attorneys wrote. While lawful poll watching can support transparency, “ballot security forces” present a significant risk of voter intimidation, the court documents state.
The law doesn’t specifically list which activities are prohibited near polling places, but video recording and photographing voters has been recognized as a concerns for decades and was named in a 1994 Justice Department letter on potential violations of the Voting Rights Act.
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Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation, the Justice Department said Monday as it stepped into a lawsuit over the monitoring.
Threats, intimidation and coercion are illegal under the federal Voting Rights Act, even if they doesn’t succeed, the government’s attorneys wrote. While lawful poll watching can support transparency, “ballot security forces” present a significant risk of voter intimidation, the court documents state.
The law doesn’t specifically list which activities are prohibited near polling places, but video recording and photographing voters has been recognized as a concerns for decades and was named in a 1994 Justice Department letter on potential violations of the Voting Rights Act.
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🇺🇸 Biden paints oil firms as war profiteers, talks windfall tax
President Joe Biden on Monday accused oil companies of “war profiteering” as he raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don’t boost domestic production. “Oil companies. record profits today are not because of doing something new or innovative,” Biden said.
Biden in brief remarks criticized major oil companies for making record-setting profits while refusing to help lower prices at the pump for the American people. The president suggested he will look to Congress to levy tax penalties on oil tax companies if they don’t begin to invest some of their profits in lowering costs for American consumers.
Over the last two quarters, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TotalEnergy earned over $100 billion in profits. High prices at the pump have exacerbated inflation and have taken a toll on Biden and Democrats’ standing among voters.
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President Joe Biden on Monday accused oil companies of “war profiteering” as he raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don’t boost domestic production. “Oil companies. record profits today are not because of doing something new or innovative,” Biden said.
Biden in brief remarks criticized major oil companies for making record-setting profits while refusing to help lower prices at the pump for the American people. The president suggested he will look to Congress to levy tax penalties on oil tax companies if they don’t begin to invest some of their profits in lowering costs for American consumers.
Over the last two quarters, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TotalEnergy earned over $100 billion in profits. High prices at the pump have exacerbated inflation and have taken a toll on Biden and Democrats’ standing among voters.
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President Vladimir Putin emphasized on Monday that Russian strikes on Ukraine could partly be considered as a response to Kiev's terrorist attacks on Russian infrastructure. The Russian armed forces continue to carry out retaliatory strikes on Ukraine, with…
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📄 Ukraine's grain supplies that never reached the poorest and most deprived countries they were destined for; the UN breaking its promises to lift western sanctions restricting Russian exports of food and fertilizers; the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge - all this and more in Sputnik's coverage of why Russia suspended its participation in the grain deal and who is to blame
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Why Did Russia Suspend Participation in Grain Deal and Who's to Blame?
Russia has come under criticism from the US, EU, and NATO for its decision to suspend its participation in the grain deal with Kiev in response to Ukraine's recent attack on Sevastopol. Major Western powers are urging Moscow to observe provisions of the deal…
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📹 Footage of combat activities by Russia’s Tor anti-aircraft missile systems during a special military operation in Ukraine
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⚡️An air alert has been declared in all regions of Ukraine
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🇵🇰🌾 Pakistan plans to import 300,000 tonnes of Russian wheat on a government-to-government basis, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports.
The deal, reportedly worth worth $112 million, is the first state-level import deal in the past two years with Moscow.
The deal, reportedly worth worth $112 million, is the first state-level import deal in the past two years with Moscow.
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A pensioner from Shakhtyorsk describes how she heard a loud explosion and then together with local residents jumped out of the apartment block as Ukrainian forces struck at fuel tanks
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⚡️After the terrorist attack in Sevastopol, Russia was forced to suspend participation in the grain deal, but will continue dialogue with the UN and Turkey on agreements, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says
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