🇷🇺🇺🇸 It appears that Washington has changed rhetoric about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff urging negotiations before winter sets in and national security advisers holding talks with Moscow behind the scenes.

💭 "For some months now, there has been speculation in the West that the Biden administration would shift its policy somewhat in favor of peaceful negotiations after the midterms were over," David T. Pyne, an EMP Task Force scholar and former US Department of Defense officer, told Sputnik.

📉 "Reportedly, the Biden administration was fearful of engaging in peace negotiations before the US congressional elections earlier this week for fear of appearing weak risking major electoral losses including the loss of both houses of Congress," he continued.

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📹 "Our roof is ruined": a resident from Donetsk shows what is left of her home after a Ukrainian shelling

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🌎 The world's population is headed for another milestone - 8 billion people. Neo-Malthusians from the Club of Rome to the World Economic Forum have spent decades warning that drastic measures are necessary to curb population growth.

But are their fears justified? Or is it all just a ploy to keep developing countries down?

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🇷🇺 Ex Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik that his inspection group of military advisers in the zone of the Russian military operation in Ukraine had been working with military developers to create light attack drones for troops of the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, incorporated into Russia in October.

▪️ These tests could be conducted right at the test sites of the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, he added.

▪️According to Rogozin, the group is in close contact with over 10 Russian military developers from different cities that could initiate serial production of military drones.

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🇸🇾 The US and its allies have reportedly looted another 94 truckloads filled to the brim with Syrian oil and food, with at least three separate convoys leaving the country for Iraq.

▪️America's control of the northeastern third of Syria deprives the country of 90 percent of its oil riches and much of its most fertile lands, and helps Washington prevent Damascus from rebuilding after a brutal foreign-backed conflict.

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📹 "The blast wave knocked out the glass - everything flew out": the Ukrainian military fired at a residential building in Makeyevka

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😬 Democrats have managed to maintain control of the Senate, narrowly, following a tight midterm race.

▪️ On Saturday Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada managed to win her race for reelection which was challenged by Republican Adam Laxalt, securing 50 seats and therefore an effective majority, for the party.

👉 On Saturday the United States Democratic Party was able to keep control of the Senate while defeating Republicans in the midterm elections. The win is not only surprising considering the favorability challenges the party faced amongst voters such as inflation, fearful perceptions of rising crime, and the threat of an economic recession..

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🇷🇺 📸 Russia’s FM Lavrov has arrived to the sidelines of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh

😐 US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says Twitter's monthly subnoscription service is coming back and new sign-ups could be possible as soon as next week.

😨 Twitter users have been experiencing problems with signing up for the Twitter Blue service.

🗣 Asked by a Twitter user when the subnoscription service is coming back, Musk tweeted on Saturday "Probably end of next week."

▪️ The Twitter Blue paid monthly subnoscription service adds a blue checkmark to a user’s account and offers early access to select new features.

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📹 “The blast wave knocked out the glass - everything flew out”: The Ukrainian military fired at a residential building in Makeyevka

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📌 WATCH LIVE: Russian FM Lavrov Holds Press Conference Following East Asia Summit in Cambodia

🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took the stage at the East Asia Summit, where the audience in attendance included a US delegation led by President Joe Biden.

📸 The official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, posted on her Telegram channel a photo from Lavrov's speech at the summit. The image shows the American delegation, including Biden, present in the hall during the speech of the Russian foreign minister.

▪️ Earlier, Zakharova wrote that the meeting itself had to start late, as "they were waiting for President Biden."

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