⚡️ 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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⚡️ Lavrov to attend East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh from November 12-13 - Russian Foreign Ministry

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 60 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot storing HIMARS and Olkha ammunition;

▪️The Russian Army repelled an attack by Ukrainian forces in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction;

▪️Russian troops eliminated up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️Russian forces pushed back Ukrainian troops to their original positions in the South Donetsk direction;

▪️The Russian Army thwarted an infiltration attempt by 12 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction;

▪️Russian troops destroyed two command posts of the Ukrainian Army and foreign mercenaries;

▪️Russian forces repelled an attack by a Ukrainian motorized infantry battalion in the LPR;

▪️The Russian Army thwarted simultaneous attacks by Ukrainian units in the Krasny Liman direction, pushing the enemy back to their original lines;

▪️Russian troops thwarted attempts by Ukrainian forces to attack in the direction of two settlements in the LPR.

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⚡️Western intelligence services played key role in staging mass riots in Iran, spreading disinformation - Russian Security Council Secretary

‼️ Macron announces the end of Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region

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⚡️ Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the administration of Russia’s Kherson region, has died in a car accident, the press service of the regional administration reports.

🇬🇧 A protester threw eggs at the UK’s King Charles and Queen Consort at an event in York, screaming “this country was built on the blood of slaves”

▪️ The royal couple was attending the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, the first one since her death. The eggs missed their target and the man was tackled to the ground by police officers.

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⚡️ Kherson Health Ministry says clarifying condition of regional deputy head Stremousov, confirms only accident, information about death not official

⚡️ Caretaker governor of Kherson region confirms Stremousov's death

⚡️ US elections show US is seriously split - Russian Foreign Ministry

🇮🇳👩🏾‍🦰🥊 The International Boxing Association's (IBA) women's world boxing championships is due to be hosted in India again.

In early April 2023, New Delhi will be the venue for the elite tournament - a role it has performed twice before, in 2006 and 2018.

The final dates of the competition have yet to be agreed and will be revealed by Umar Kremlev, the IBA's president.

Interestingly, India has never hosted the men's world boxing championship having lost the hosting rights because it refused to pay the necessary fee in 2021 after which the IBA canceled all previous agreements.

But India is determined to make the most of this opportunity and it is thought that the competition will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. This year at the IBA's women's tournament in Turkey, India won three medals, including gold for 26-year-old Nikhat Zareen in the flyweight category.

⚡️Commander of Russian Forces in Ukraine Surovikin delivers report to Defense Minister Shoigu on special military operation

⚡️Russian MoD announces troop withdrawal from parts of Kherson region to the left bank of Dnepr River.

❗️Life and health of Russian servicemen are always a priority, Shoigu added.

❗️Commander of Russian Forces in Ukraine Surovikin’s statements on the progress of the special military operation:

▪️Situation in area of Russia's special operation in Ukraine generally stabilized;

▪️Russian troops resumed offensive in certain areas;

▪️Defense in the Kherson direction is stable, but there are some specific issues;

▪️115,000 residents of Kherson region left area of hostilities;

▪️The Russia Army successfully resists all offensive attempts by the enemy;

▪️Russian forces prevent attempted offensive of Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk, Lyman areas;

▪️City of Kherson, adjacent settlements cannot be fully supplied and functional, people's lives are constantly in danger;

▪️From August to October, the Ukrainian Army lost more than 9,500 people killed and wounded in the Kherson direction;

▪️The advancing side is suffering greater losses than the one that is on the defensive;

▪️Ukraine continues offensive attempts despite high losses in manpower, equipment; attacks are being repelled by Russian forces;

▪️If Kiev carries out more powerful attack on Kakhovka dam, flooding will lead to significant civilian casualties.

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📌 Check out Sputnik's infographic showing a forecast for the 2022 US midterm elections

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