🇨🇳 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

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🇨🇳🇷🇺 China has consistently rejected illegitimate western sanctions that grossly violate the principles of international law and free trade, and destabilize the world market, especially in the energy sector, Russia's ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov, said in an interview with Russian Journalists.

🗣 "The desire of a group of unfriendly countries to set a price cap on Russian energy resources is not on the Russian-Chinese agenda. Our country's position is perfectly clear and has repeatedly been voiced by President Vladimir Putin - Russia will not export products to states that support the introduction of a price cap on Russian energy resources," Morgulov said.

Xi Jinping may visit Russia next year, probably after the Chinese parliament's session, which takes place in early spring, the ambassador added

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⚡️Biden reportedly reacted to Zelensky's claims that the missiles that fell in Poland were allegedly not Ukrainian: this is not proof

🇮🇳🐥 As Koo becomes the world's 2nd largest micro-blog, co-founders of the platform say that this proudly ‘Made in India’ product' provides true empowerment for the common citizen by enabling them to engage in conversations in their regional languages

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⚡️Grain deal continues to demonstrate the importance of cautious diplomacy in the context of the search for multilateral solutions - UN Secretary General

Despite the fact that the media reported on the resumption of the deal, negotiations are still ongoing

🇺🇳🇸🇩 🌍 African nations are at risk of starvation because of the effects of climate change, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

🗯 "If drastic measures are not taken urgently, hunger will increase as climate change is felt everywhere, most intensely in vulnerable areas, such as Sudan," Zitouni Ould-Dada, deputy director of the FAO, said.

▪️ He also called for Africa to become self-sufficient in food production, adding that fighting poverty and hunger globally “takes political will”.

▪️ According to the UN, the Horn of Africa is facing the "longest and most severe drought in recent history". The World Food Program reported that around 15Mln people in Sudan would be in need of aid next year, which is the highest number for more than 10 years.

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⚡️Grain deal will be extended for 120 days, sources told Sputnik

⚡️Explosions in Poland were due to one or two Ukrainian S-300 missiles that 'veered off course' - media reported