⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry says summoned Latvian ambassador, expressed protest over dismantling of Soviet monuments

❗️The Swedish foreign minister claims responsible for explosions at Nord Streams remain unknown, and there will be no "speculation" on the topic.

▪️After a month-long investigation, the Russian Ministry of Defense has revealed that Britain’s Royal Navy took part in the planning, organization and carrying out of the Nord Stream attack.

▪️Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia wants answers regarding the mysterious “It’s done” iPhone message allegedly sent by then-Prime Minister Liz Truss to the US secretary of state moments after the sabotage attacks against the Nord Stream network in late September.

▪️The incident along the pipeline occurred in late September, when a series of powerful explosions rocked the Baltic Sea. The operator reported massive leaks of fuel and said that the damage to the network was unprecedented.

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

▪️Russian troops are carrying out a planned relocation to the left bank of the Dnepr River;

▪️Russian Forces repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Army and foreign mercenaries in the Kupyansk direction, eliminating over 90 Ukrainian servicemen;

▪️Russian troops thwarted an attempted attack by two reinforced Ukrainian platoons in the Krasny Liman direction, eliminating up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen;

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 jet in the Nikolaev direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed three US-made AN/TPQ-37 radars in the DPR, Nikolaev, and Kherson regions;

▪️Russian troops destroyed two Ukrainian command posts;

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region.

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📌 The latest statements from Russia's foreign ministry:

▪️Russia will announce at the G20 that it is expanding gas cooperation with Turkey, supply of large quantities of grain, fertilizers;

▪️Russia is to confirm its readiness to remain a supplier of food, energy resources to other countries at G20 summit;

▪️Lavrov will hold a series of meetings on sidelines of G20 summit in Indonesia

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🍗🙅‍♂️ “Hideous marketing blunder”: German KFC tells customers to mark Kristallnacht by “treating yourself.”

💬“It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!” a push notification message to customers on the anniversary of Kristallnacht reportedly read.

▪️The Nazis’ Kristallnacht took place on November 10, 1938, and is often regarded as the start of the Holocaust. At the time, mobs of Germans and Austrians looted and torched Jewish businesses, houses, and synagogues, leaving over 90 Jews dead.

▪️The fast food chain rushed to apologize, with its eagerness to undo the damage reflected in an all-caps message stating, “SORRY WE MADE A MISTAKE.” Deflecting the blame, the company faulted “a bug in our system” for the marketing debacle.

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❗️US annual consumer inflation slows to 7.7% in October - Department of Labor

🛢 🇳🇦 🇧🇼 🇨🇦 The recently retired Anglican Bishop of Namibia said that an African oil project by Canadian firm Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) represents a "new wave of colonialism''

▪️ The Right Reverend Luke Pato believes that a resolution against "companies that are drilling outside of their own countries" should be proposed at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

▪️ The spiritual leader said that the project, which is to take place near several protected natural sites on the Namibia-Botswana border, is threatening the region’s nature, which he views as "a sin, and a serious one".

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❗️“Tough decisions have to be made, but justice will be restored, we will defend our land,” says acting Kherson Governor Vladimir Saldo, commenting on the planned relocation to the left bank of the Dnepr River.

▪️On Wednesday, General Sergei Surovikin said the relocation of troops was the most rational option in light of intelligence that the Kiev regime was planning to destroy the Kakhovskaya Dam, prompting the decision on November 9 to partially withdraw from Kherson. Commenting on the matter, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu added that the lives and health of Russian servicemen are always a priority.

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🇨🇬 The Congolese Foreign Minister has damned as 'hypocrisy' the diversion of grain supplies to Europe from Africa

"We have found out that... the majority of ships transporting Ukrainian wheat have been heading to European ports, and not to the ports of countries where, as they have said, a catastrophe will happen... There is a lot of hypocrisy in our world," Jean-Claude Gakosso told Sputnik.

❗️At the same time, talks about the fact Africans will die of starvation is an example of propaganda, the Congolese foreign minister emphasized.

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❗️Iran has agreed to an IAEA visit in November that will allow the agency to obtain answers regarding the origin of uranium particles at three undeclared sites, an IAEA report cited by British media said.

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⚡️ US authorizes transactions necessary to official business of Russian diplomatic or consular missions - Treasury

⚡️ US President Biden, China's Xi to meet November 14 in Bali -White House

🇺🇸 US special operations forces “intentionally” provoked Russia in the Arctic in a pallet-dropped missile drill on Wednesday, a senior Special Operations Command Europe officer has admitted.

▪️The drill involved dropping a JASSM missile out of a C-130 aircraft.

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🔥 Twitter was left in chaos after fake “George W. Bush” and “Tony Blair” profiles tweeted about the Iraq War.

▪️Some anonymous users were making fun of the new updated verification process, which is available for $8 a month, by setting up user names that looked similar to Bush and Blair, then signed up to the paid system to earn the blue check mark.

💬 As the fake Bush profile later explained: “Y’all are missing the point about the $8. It’s a small price to make this app completely unusable and I’m assuming he is going to quickly learn we can get refunds from the credit cards we used if he suspends us prior to a month.”

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💬 "Now the US is weaponizing the dollar system. It has weaponized it against Iran and Venezuela and Argentina, and now it is weaponizing it against Russia. And the rest of the world is watching. If you can suddenly steal the money of a nuclear armed power, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, who will be next?" says Dr. Radhika Desai, a Professor at the University of Manitoba and Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group.

🎧Listen to more of Dr. Desai's analysis in our podcast: No Red Wave Materializes, Progressive Ballot Measures Outperform Dems

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🇮🇳🇨🇳India to overtake China in issuing US visas by 2023

By next summer India is expected to overtake China in how many US visas it issues. This will put India in second place after Mexico, according to a senior US Embassy official.

He called India "a number one priority for Washington".

Last month, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar mentioned the delay in issuing visas to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. As a result, more than 100,000 slots for applicants for H and L worker visas - which are in great demand - were opened up.

The US embassy also said that in the first nine months of 2022 more than 160,000 H and L visas had been processed as a priority.

👉The following visa categories have been exempted from the in-person interview up to 31 December 2022: People in Specialty Occupations (H-1B visas); Trainee or Special Education Visitors (H-3 visas); Intracompany Transferees (L visas); Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement (O visas); Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P visas); and Participants in International Cultural Exchange Programs (Q visas).

The applicants renewing a visa in the same visa class within 48 months of the predecessor visa's expiration have been exempted indefinitely from the in-person interview as well.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali next week, a senior US official said on Thursday.

▪️The meeting will be their first in-person summit since both men became heads of state.

▪️They previously met in 2011 and 2015, while Biden was US vice president.

It has been speculated for months that Biden and Xi would meet at the G20 summit, especially as tensions surrounding the Chinese province of Taiwan, increased exponentially following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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US Announces New Military Aid Package for Ukraine

The Department of Defense announced Thursday that the US' latest installment to Ukraine military aid would come at the tune of $400 million, noting that some training would be required for Ukrainian troops to enable them to use the four incoming Avenger air defense systems.

Pentagon officials further indicated that a provision of stingers would not put pressure on US stockpiles.

🔺We discuss Russia’s partial withdrawal from Kherson and what it means
🔺Next, investigative researcher and journalist Christopher Helali joins us to discuss NATO mercenaries in Ukraine
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😱 At least three politicians running for local and state offices are on track to be elected in Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US, despite being dead.

How common is this, and why does it keep happening in the US?

👉 Read this to find out.

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