❗️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.

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🔺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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🔴🔵 Even though not all House and Senate seats have been called yet, the Republican lead in the lower chamber is indisputable, meaning further limits on Joe Biden's political initiatives.

▪️The divided government with the GOP in control of at least one chamber of Congress and a Democratic White House may pose economic challenges over the next two years.

How will the midterms pan out for the US economy?

👉 Check out this Sputnik explainer for details

📹 Russia’s Defense Ministry has published footage showing Ka-52 attack helicopters in action

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👀What would help grow CNN's fanbase?

Create a conservative network with Donald Trump at the center, according to the former commander-in-chief.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 The highest-ranking officer in the US military has doubled down on US support for Taiwan, saying it would seek to help the island defend its autonomy from mainland China.

💬 “The US is committed through the Taiwan Relations Act, and President Biden has said on many occasions recently that the United States will continue to support Taiwan,” Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday. “We will support them militarily,” he added. “We would try to help train them and equip them.”

▪️The escalating economic and military tensions between China and the US are continuing, and while Washington continues to say that the US is committed to the One China policy, it continues to act as if Taiwan and the mainland are two countries.

▪️Previously, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that "in the face of serious provocations by separatist forces calling for Taiwan’s independence, and interference from outside forces," China would "protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity."

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🚨Kiev Concentrates Over 5,000 Polish Mercenaries in Zaporozhye Region - Local Authorities

The Kiev authorities have concentrated more than 5,000 Polish mercenaries in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporozhye regional administration, has told Sputnik.

"The Kiev regime has amassed a large number of mercenaries on the Zaporozhye front line. According to our estimates, there are over 5,000 Polish mercenaries alone," Rogov said.

The official added that there are also many mercenaries from Georgia and various international terrorist groups.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said earlier this month that more than 8,000 mercenaries from over 60 countries have been involved in hostilities on Ukraine's side.