⚡️Turkish Security Forces detain suspect in Syria in connection with last week's attack in Istanbul - reports

🚨The International Paralympic Committee has suspended the membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee

🇷🇺Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko has lambasted Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after he “condemned” the politicization of sports at the G20 summit, claiming that the fundamental goal of the Olympic and Paralympic Games was "bringing the whole world together in peaceful competition, without any discrimination whatsoever.”

“The statement from the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach during the G20 meeting claiming that international sport should not become a tool for achieving political goals is far from sincere,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko stated.

The minister reminded that in less than a year, thanks to Bach and other functionaries, Russian athletes were suspended from all possible international competitions, while Paralympic athletes were barred from attending the Games in Beijing, when most of them had already arrived in China for training.

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⬇️ The world's key economies risk sliding into recession, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' meeting in Bali. She added that emerging markets and poor countries are also at risk since they need external demand for their goods from developed countries.

▪️ The World Trade Organization forecasts that in 2023, global trade will rise by just 1%. For comparison, this year trade growth is expected to be 3.5%. However, the WTO chief mentioned talks between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden as a positive development.

🗣 “It's always good when the two biggest economies in the world talk to each other,” said the WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

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‼️ Poland has abandoned plans to apply Article 4 of NATO Charter following urgent talks over missile incident, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has detailed

"The course of events and the information received at night led us to the conclusion that this was not a deliberate attack on Poland. According to our information, there was no plan to attack the territory of Poland. According to our information at the moment. Therefore, we did not launch the 4th article, but kept it in reserve," Morawiecki said.

At the same time, the Polish prime minister noted that Poland was constantly consulting with NATO.

"In fact, we are constantly consulting. But within the framework of the Washington defense treaty, there is Article 4, which obligates the participants to consult in the event of a threat. Together with the president, at the council of the National Security Committee late last night, we decided that we would check the prerequisites for use of Article 4. And if they are, then our ambassador [to NATO] would have the opportunity to use it," he said.

📹WATCH: Russian UAV destroys Ukrainian Grad MLRS (video courtesy of Russia’s MoD)

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🤔Professor: Trump 'Stands a Good Chance of Beating Biden'

On Tuesday, ex-POTUS Donald Trump officially announced a bid for the 2024 US presidential election, telling his “fellow citizens” that “America's comeback starts right now.”

Nicholas Waddy, political analyst and Associate Professor of History at SUNY Alfred, told Sputnik that “anyone who underestimates [former US President Donald] Trump does so at their own peril.”

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🇨🇳 China’s President Xi Jinping has been in power for ten years. During the recent 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he announced that the Chinese people were embarking on a new path of comprehensive construction of a modern socialist state and would pursue the great rebirth of the nation.

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📹WATCH: A pensioner from the DPR describes how to survive under constant Ukrainian shelling.

President Joe Biden issued a statement congratulating Republicans for winning the majority in the US House of Representatives and vowed to cooperate with his political rivals to deliver results for the American people.

"I congratulate Leader [Kevin] McCarthy on Republicans winning the House majority, and am ready to work with House Republicans to deliver results for working families," Biden said in a press release on Wednesday. "I will work with anyone - Republican or Democrat - willing to work with me to deliver results for them."

Biden said the future of the United States is too promising to be trapped in political warfare and the American people want the US government to get things done for them.

US Congressman Mike Garcia's reelection victory was confirmed on Wednesday evening, providing enough mandates to tilt the scale of power in the House of Representatives from Democrats to Republicans.

While Republicans have been projected to win a majority in the lower chamber of Congress by securing at least 218 seats, Democrats retained the majority in the Senate after the midterm elections.

‼️Kiev Preparing Shelling of Hospital in Kharkov Region to Blame Russia - LPR Official

The Ukrainian military is preparing a provocation involving a shelling of a hospital in the village of Velykyi Burluk in the Kharkov region to blame Russia, Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) militia spokesman Ivan Filiponenko said on Thursday.

🗣️"According to our intelligence, the Kiev regime is preparing a high-profile provocation to accuse Russia of allegedly destroying a district hospital in the village of Velykyi Burluk in the Kharkov region, controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces, in order to keep attention away from the shelling of Polish territory by a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile," Filiponenko told journalists.

⚡Kremlin Spokesman on Missile Incident in Poland: US, NATO Actions Were Root Cause

Commenting on the White House's statement about Russia's responsibility for a recent incident when missiles landed in Poland, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US and NATO actions were the root cause of everything that is happening now.

White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said Wednesday that the United States believes Russia is "ultimately responsible" for the incident due to its special military operation in Ukraine.

“The Americans speak in the paradigm 'if something hadn't happened [before], this wouldn't happen [now].' Then it makes sense to rewind. And we will see the root cause of everything - it’s NATO and the United States at the helm,” Peskov said, commenting on the White House statement.

Kevin Spacey will be charged with seven additional sexual offenses against one unnamed man in the UK, British media has reported.

The charges against the two-time Oscar-winning actor include three episodes of indecent behavior, three cases of sexual assault and one episode of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. All of the alleged offences reportedly occured between 2001 and 2004. Spacey has consistently denied the allegations.

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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Russian Ka-52 and Mi-24 rotorcraft in combat action, as part of the special military operation in Ukraine.

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🗳️Pence Will Not Support Trump's Presidential Bid, May Participate in 2024 Election

Former US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that Republicans have a better choice than former US President Donald Trump for the next presidential candidate, hinting that he himself could run for president in 2024.

🗣️"Let me say there may be somebody else in that contest I'd prefer more... I honestly believe we're gonna have better choices," Pence said when asked by US media whether he will support Trump if he wins the nomination.

"The American people are looking for a new leadership. Leadership that will unite our country around our highest ideals. Leadership that will reflect the civility and respect that most Americans have for one another... I think in the days ahead, whatever role I and my family play in the Republican Party, whether it's as a candidate or simply a part of the cause, I think we'll have better choices than my old running mate," Pence said.

‼️"I'll keep you posted," he added when asked whether Pence would be the country's "new leadership."

Trump announced his latest presidential bid on Tuesday.

In an email obtained by US media on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk warned employees to either commit themselves to working harder and longer than before, or to take a severance package and leave the company.

The email, reportedly sent early Wednesday morning, tells Twitter employees that Musk’s vision for what he calls “Twitter 2.0,” they will have to “be extremely hardcore.”

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⚡️Accusations of supplying Iranian drones to Russia for use in Ukraine are groundless, these are biased stuffing - Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik