Kosovo: Serbia's Open Wound

The tensions around Kosovo have awakened amid Pristina’s announcement that from August 1, Serbian passports will no longer be valid in the territory of the self-proclaimed republic.

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❗️The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it would disburse $4.5 million to Ukraine in the coming weeks, according to a press release.

💬“Today, the United States continued to uphold its unwavering commitment to Ukraine with the mobilization of an additional $4.5 billion in grants for direct budget support...These funds will begin disbursing in the coming weeks and help the Government of Ukraine defend against Russia’s illegal war by bolstering economic stability and supporting core government services, including wages for hospital workers, government employees, and teachers as well as social assistance for the elderly and vulnerable.” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in the release.

She noted that the latest disbursement would bring total US direct budget support to Ukraine to $13 billion, all in grants.

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💬“The Biden-Harris administration has continued the Trump administration policy of keeping Cuba on the list of state-sponsored terrorism without any evidentiary basis for that. In effect, what the Petro-Marquez government has said that notwithstanding the US position, they are moving ahead to deal with Cuba and helping in these negotiations and they have, like the United States, move to really reengage the Maduro government.” James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies said

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📌Have a look at Sputnik's infographic showing what countries continue to trade with Russia despite imposing sanctions.

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⚡️Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, with immediate effect.

The club thanks him for his immense contribution across two spells at Old Trafford.

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🇺🇬👮‍♂️ Police in Uganda arrested a lecturer at the country’s Makerere University for allegedly slapping a female student

▪️The College of Humanities and Social Sciences lecturer has been suspended after the incident in class which purportedly took place on November 18.

🗣 “We firmly condemn the instructor's conduct because it goes against several university policies. The conduct of the faculty is unacceptable and portrays an abuse of authority entrusted to him to nurture and guide students as they pursue knowledge at our great university,” a Saturday statement on the university’s Twitter account reads.

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‼️The outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a complaint with the electoral court claiming the result of the recent presidential election was invalid on account of "malfunctioning" ballot boxes.

FIFA World Cup 2022: Records Cristiano Ronaldo Can Break in Qatar

Cristiano Ronaldo and records go hand-in-hand. The Portugal skipper is the top scorer in international football with more milestones awaiting him in Qatar.
Arguably the greatest footballer on the planet, Cristiano Ronaldo has broken numerous records in previous editions of the FIFA World Cup. Once again, he's on the cusp of history as he could noscript a few firsts in the competition in the Middle East.

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‼️The US Supreme Court rejected former President Donald Trump's effort to block the House Committee on Ways and Means to obtain six years' worth of his tax returns, a court filing revealed on Tuesday.

The Tuesday ruling now allows House Democrats to try to obtain the tax documents before the Republican takeover of the lower congressional chamber before the new Congress is sworn in in January.

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A man in a Miami-Dade County courtroom waiting to hear the verdict on the armed robbery charges against him attempted to cause himself serious harm by drinking a cup full of bleach.

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⚽A sale of the ages? The owners of Man U have issued a statement noting they're exploring "strategic alternatives for the club" that just so happens to include "new investment."

The latest comes after it was earlier announced that football star Cristiano Ronaldo would be leaving the team.

🧊Greenland ice getting darker, melting faster due to pigmented algae, researchers say

A thin layer of blooming pigmented algae that darkens the surface of Greenland’s glaciers and ice sheets, coloring them brown-grey, has been identified as one of the reasons the ice is melting faster.

The algae growing on the white snow cannot be distinguished with the naked eye and can only be seen through a researcher's microscope.

However, their colonies spread on ice and packed snow and to an untrained viewer resemble pollution. They absorb sunlight and, through photosynthesis, convert it into energy.

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😱Chaos Erupts During Tuesday White House Briefing as Journos Shout Questions at Fauci

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got into a heated exchange with reporters during the Tuesday briefing, after journos asked Dr. Anthony Fauci about COVID-19 origins.

"I'm done!" Jean-Pierre said at one point during remarks with reporters. "I'm not getting into a back-and-forth with you."

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Musk Stops Firing, Starts Hiring

After the richest man in the world bought Twitter, he declared that major changes were ahead. It seems that he has finally managed to articulate a vision of what is informally called Twitter 2.0.

Musk has claimed that he is done firing Twitter staff and plans to start hiring, US media has reported. The comments reportedly came during an all-hands meeting with Twitter employees.

While he did not specify what type of professionals he is going to look for, he did hint that the company is going to look for software developers. The Twitter website does not list any open positions.

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📹 Ukrainian special services recruited a 17-year-old teenager to kill the head of the village council, promising him evacuation to Europe

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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing how Russian SU-25 aircraft crew perform missile strikes at the Ukrainian military facilities and equipment.

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🌑China to have moon base powered by new nuclear power plant by 2028, lunar exploration Chief says

🇨🇳The Chinese space program is working on a new type of nuclear power plant to be used to power a permanent base on the moon, which China hopes to build before the decade is out, the head of China’s lunar exploration effort told Chinese media on Tuesday.

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‼️ Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has indicated that 22 individuals were injured in Duzce. One person sustained serious injuries after having jumped "from a height."

🤔European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson presented on Tuesday a Market Correction Mechanism to curb extreme gas price surges in the European Union.

▪️According to the European Commission's (EC) press release, the mechanism implies a price ceiling of 275 euros ($283) for gas futures on the Title Transfer Facility (TTF), which is a virtual trading hub for natural resources used as a price benchmark in the EU.

▪️The ceiling will be activated only if two criteria are met: first, the gas price exceeds 275 euros for two weeks and, second, the spread between the TTF price and global liquefied natural gas (LNG) price is 58 euros ($60) or more for more than 10 trading days.

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⚡️ Multiple fatalities, injuries reported in shooting at Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart, reports say

Reports citing police suggest that the shooting claimed at least 10 lives