⚡️⚡️ North Korea launched a ballistic missile towards the East Sea, South Korean media reported citing military

⚡️US basketball player Brittney Griner convicted in Russia for drug smuggling, was sent to a penal colony, her lawyer told Sputnik

🗳 US Republican Kevin McCarthy says 'clear we are going to take the House back'

🗣️ "The Russian-American political dialogue is at an unprecedentedly low level," Russia's Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov told Sputnik, noting that trust has been undermined and cooperation has collapsed even on issues of mutual interest.

All interaction between the Russian embassy and the US authorities has been blocked at the instigation of the United States; the State Department prefers to communicate by phone or email, Antonov added

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📌 Key points from Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov's interview with Sputnik:

▪️The US is making no efforts to resume strategic stability dialogue with Russia;

▪️Russian embassy has to deal with numerous restrictions imposed by the US;

▪️Russia isn't threatening anyone with nuclear weapons;

▪️Russia is interested in engaging in arms control talks with the US but Moscow won't "beg" Washington to return to the negotiating table;

▪️There is no chance an agreement about the new start can be reached within a year as the stances of Moscow and Washington significantly differ;

▪️Biden's "armageddon" warning aims to alienate as many states against Russia as possible

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⚡️Erdogan wants to discuss supply of Russian grain to states in need with Putin, seeks meeting on sidelines of G20 summit in Bali - Turkish Agriculture Ministry

😨 The US National Park Service has urged visitors not to lick the large Sonoran Desert toad as they attempt to achieve a state of hallucinogenic enlightenment from the "potent toxin" the amphibian naturally secretes.

The toad - also known as the Colorado River toad - has protruding parotid glands that secrete a potent toxin which can make a person sick if the animal is touched, and even more so if the poison is ingested.

🗣“As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking,” the National Park Service said

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📹 Russia's MoD has released footage of Russian crews of the assault aircraft carrying out missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment belonging to Ukrainian units

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❗️Latest statements from the Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The US elections are important, but their importance to the relations between the US and Russia should not be exaggerated; they will remain bad;

▪️On the allegations that Russia interfered in US elections: We are so used to such statements that we do not notice them;

▪️Putin has no plans at present to visit Donbas, but will do so in the future;

▪️Putin held phone talks with Lukashenko on Tuesday, discussed upcoming CSTO summit.

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Follow our LIVE UPDATES on Ukraine's nationalized enterprises, which were given the status of military property and transferred to the Defense Ministry

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⚡️ Air raid alerts announced across Ukraine - local authorities

⚡️ Facebook owner Meta* to lay off 11,000 staff – statement

*Meta, Facebook, and Instagram are banned in Russia over extremist activities.

🇿🇼 🇺🇳 Western sanctions are hampering Zimbabwe's progress in tackling climate change, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president of Zimbabwe, said at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27)

▪️ According to Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe is to limit its greenhouse gas emissions to 44.7Mln tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030. Other measures will be implemented to mitigate the climate crisis, but they would be more effective without the negative effect of the sanctions.

▪️ Mnangagwa called for the creation of a climate-themed bloc consisting of the Group 77 states plus China.

▪️ The US/EU imposed sanctions have long been criticized by African leaders as well as Russian officials. According to a 2020 SADC report, Zimbabwe "lost well over US$42Bln in revenue over the past 19 years because of the sanctions"

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🚨 Greek police employ gas and stun grenades at riots in the center of Athens, protesters throw stones, Sputnik correspondent reports

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👑 British media slams Meghan Markle for breaking royal protocol after urging Americans to vote in midterm elections.

💬 The ever-controversial Duchess of Sussex shared a photo of herself with an “I voted” sticker plastered on her clothes. "Today is Election Day in the US! Time to get out and vote!" the caption read.

▪️According to royal protocol, while senior members of the royal family are technically allowed to vote, they are usually expected to remain neutral on political matters.

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