🦔White-breasted hedgehogs have fallen asleep ahead of the upcoming winter in the Moscow ZOO.

By the beginning of hibernation, the animals have significantly recovered and put on some weight (the video is courtesy of the Moscow Zoo)

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“We will cut off your fingers so that you cannot shoot”

📹WATCH: A DPR resident returned from Ukrainian captivity describes how he was threatened with mutilation

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📌 FOLLOW OUR LIVE UPDATES: First polling stations open in US 2022 midterm elections

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😬 Over 80% of German citizens condemn the methods of climate activists from the Letzte Generation environmental community, which include gluing themselves to museum exhibits and blocking roads to draw attention to environmental problems, a Civey poll commissioned by the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper found on Tuesday.

▪️ The poll indicated that 81% of Germans are critical of the protests staged by the Letzte Generation activists, while seven out of ten respondents consider these actions "unequivocally wrong." About 86% of Germans believe that this community's methods are damaging rather than beneficial to their cause. Only 14% of respondents consider the activists' methods appropriate, according to the survey.

▪️ The poll also showed that the majority of those who are sympathetic towards the climate activists are supporters of the left and green parties.

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🇿🇼 🇷🇺 Zimbabwe supports Russia’s approach to its special military operation in Ukraine, and has called "for a move away from NATO expansion", the country’s Minister of Defense and War Veterans Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri says

🗣 "We support the territorial integrity of Russia, its integral approach to a special military operation and the protection of the Slavic population in the indicated territories (Ukraine). We understand and accept that people freely and openly voted for their future life in the Russian Federation. We call for a move away from NATO expansion and we see that the UN does not look at the fact that many countries are under the yoke of sanctions,” the minister stated.

Kashiri has also pointed out that Russia is indispensable actor, which “opposes global paranoia along the total spectrum, which is built on the dominance of some and the humiliation of others"

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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Russian Uragan MLRS in combat as part of the special military operation in Ukraine

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⚡️Russia’s defense minister has inspected a command post of the Joint Group of Russian troops performing tasks as part of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian MoD reports

The minister listened to General Surovikin’s report on the operational situation, as well as on issues of providing mobilized personnel with all necessities (the video is courtesy of Russia's MoD)

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❗️ The Americans and the British tried to disrupt an inter-party conference in Russia with the participation of African countries, deputy head of the United Russia political party’s commission on international cooperation Andrey Klimov says

🗣 “What do you think, did the Americans and the British not try to disrupt all this? They tried, of course. But we have constant confidential meetings, conversations, and exchanges of opinions with our partners,” Klimov stated.

On Tuesday, Russia’s governing United Russia political party held an international conference with participants from multiple African countries noscriptd “Crucial Issues of International Security in the Conditions of Geopolitical Instability” to discuss current international security issues

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⚡️🇺🇸One out of the two vote tabulator machines at a voting location in Arizona’s Maricopa county isn’t working, and ballots are being “misread,” as Americans are queuing up to cast their vote in the midterms

At least 15 other locations in the county have reported “tabulator malfunctions.”

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📹🇦🇹WATCH: Doctors and teachers protest in Vienna, Austria, demanding pay rise "I can't work as badly as I'm paid for it," a poster at the demonstration reads.

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🆙 Twitter chief Elon Musk on Tuesday claimed that the microblogging website's usage was at an all-time high.

▪️ The multi-billionaire further added that he "hoped" the company's servers will not crash at a time when the traffic has hit record levels.

▪️ Musk's claim came days after the San Francisco-based tech giant started charging verified users on the platform $8 per month.

📌 Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter has continued to make headlines, largely due to the organizational changes that he has brought to the social network. Moreover, the world's richest man, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, has riled critics who accuse him of turning Twitter into a hate-spitting platform.

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🤫State-run organizations are deploying spyware to keep tabs on politicians and journalists almost entirely without EU-level supervision, according to a draft report for the European Parliament

▪️The document indicates that citizens can “safely assume that all EU member states have purchased one or more commercial spyware products”

▪️However, “no meaningful European oversight is in place; not to curb the illegal use of powerful spyware against individuals, nor to monitor the trade in these digital goods,” the author of the report said in a statement

📌According to the report, governments have fallen short on cooperation in terms of investigating spying, such as in the cases of spying on the president of the Greek socialist opposition party PASOK and a Polish senator who served as campaign manager for the opposition Civic Platform party

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🤭 Climate change in the United States is unfolding at a faster pace when compared to change dynamics in other parts of the planet, which means that natural disasters will occur more often in the region, the US media reported, citing a new federal report released on Monday.

▪️ The US has experienced warming 68% faster than the planet as a whole over the past 50 years, the draft document read.

▪️ Natural disasters will occur more frequently in the US, in particular wildfires and floods, as rainfall and heat extremes are proliferating.

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‼️Missouri, Florida Deny DOJ Election Monitors Access to Polling Stations

The states of Missouri and Florida have attempted to prevent US Department of Justice election monitors from carrying out inspections at several polling locations in both states, claiming federal officials will do exactly what they are there to prevent from happening: scaring voters away from the polls.

⚡UK Minister Gavin Williamson Resigns From Cabinet Post Amid Scandal Over 'Slit Your Throat' Messages

In a letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, Williamson said he was "stepping back" from his office because the investigation into his past conduct was "becoming a distraction" for the government.

"I have therefore decided to step back from government so that I can comply fully with the complaints process that is underway and clear my name of any wrongdoing," he wrote.

‼️Air Raid Warnings Issued in Several Regions of Ukraine - Authorities