⚡️ Russia’s ambassador to Canada tells Sputnik that he has been summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry

Pentagon Accuses PRC of Militarizing Space, Threatening US Supremacy

The director of staff of the US Space Force has accused China of posing a growing threat to America in the race for military supremacy in outer space.

“I think it’s entirely possible they could catch up and surpass us, absolutely,” Lieutenant-General Nina Armagno said, speaking at an event hosted by a Sydney-based think tank on Monday. “The progress they’ve made has been stunning, stunningly fast.”

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🦠 The monkeypox virus now has a new preferred name, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and will be called simply mpox

The WHO announced that after receiving complaints that the present name was "racist and stigmatizing," mpox would be used in conjunction with monkeypox for a period of one year.

🙈 Monkeypox will thereafter be eliminated from vocabulary.

The WHO advised media and medical organizations to use the new nomenclature as well

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🇧🇷 🇨🇭 Brazil beat Switzerland 1-0 to reach World Cup last 16

🇨🇲 🇷🇸Cameroon came back from two goals down to draw with Serbia 3-3

😍 📹 Awwww

🐶 Work hard - bark hard!

😊 Just take a look at this adorable Chihuahua named Buddy who works the whole shift and helps its master, who works as a courier, to deliver all items safely and on time

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"A young boy started screaming that his mother was under the rubble... It's horrific..." - a resident of Alchevsk, LPR tells how her neighbors died under rubble after Ukrainian shelling.

Buffalo Grocery Gunman Pleads Guilty to Murder, Terrorism Charges in Shooting of 10 Black Shoppers

A man who is accused of killing 10 Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, earlier this year has pleaded guilty to charges that include murder and terrorism.

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⚽ Portugal bests Uruguay in 2-0 World Cup match

🤨 Newly surfaced reports have indicated that Juventus' entire board of directors - including President Andrea Agnelli - have resigned following an "extraordinary board meeting" on Monday.

Juventus has not yet addressed the reports, and no exact reasoning for the resignations have been detailed.

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A Ukrainian soldier who was taken prisoner near the settlement of Makeevka spoke about the conditions he experienced while he was detained.

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‼️Air raid warnings issued in three regions of Ukraine - ministry

Boeing Offers to Supply Ukraine With High-Precision Ammunition for Missile Systems, Reports Say

Boeing aims to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for ground missile systems that would allow it to strike far beyond the lines of contact, media reported, citing industry sources. According to reports, the Pentagon is studying Boeing's proposal amid declining US and allied military stockpiles as Ukraine faces a growing need for more sophisticated weapons as the conflict drags on. Earlier Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia.

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Combat use of Russian mixed battery of "Buk-M3" and "Buk-M2" (video from Russia's MoD)

As a result, attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles, shells of the HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system and Tochka-U ballistic missiles were shot down.

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‼️Italy's Ruling Parties Drafting Resolution to Keep Supplying Arms to Kiev in 2023 - Sources

Representatives of the parties of Italy's ruling majority - Brothers of Italy, League and Forward, Italy - are working on a draft joint parliamentary resolution to continue comprehensive, including military, assistance to Ukraine in 2023, sources in the Italian parliament told Sputnik.

The resolution is to be presented on Tuesday in the Chamber of Deputies, where the issue will be discussed.

Earlier, the opposition forces - the Five Star Movement, the association of the centrist Action and Living Italy parties, as well as the Greens and Left Alliance submitted three separate resolutions on the issue to the lower house.

Simultaneously, lawmakers of the Brothers of Italy and League presented in the Senate an amendment to the decree discussed there on a number of issues not related to Ukraine, which stipulates the continuation of arms supplies to Kiev next year.

The Tgcom24 news channel reported Monday evening that there is a proposal to make the following addition to the decree: “The permission to transfer military equipment and materials in favor of the government authorities of Ukraine has been extended until December 31.”

Special forces of the DPR discovered the crew of an easel anti-tank grenade launcher SPG-9 during night reconnaissance using a thermal imager, and destroyed it. (video by DPR People's Militia)

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Three Reasons Why Washington's Alliances the Weakest They've Ever Been

The White House sounded triumphalist on Sunday, claiming on Twitter that under US President Joe Biden, Washington's alliances and partnerships are the strongest they've ever been.

Is that really the case?

Watch: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Erupts for First Time in Nearly 40 Years

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began to erupt on Sunday for the first time since 1984, scientists monitoring the volcano said.

According to scientists at the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Hilo, the eruption began just before midnight on Sunday.

Webcams mounted on the summit caldera of Mokuaweoweo showed a vast fissure had opened in the crater, from which fountains of lava were pouring forth.

NASA Shares Stunning 'Earth Eclipse' Photo as Orion Sets Distance Record

The US space agency NASA said on Monday that Orion had reached a distance of 268,554 miles from Earth, or roughly 40,000 miles beyond the moon’s orbit.

As it neared the acme, Orion’s camera snapped a never-before-seen image of the moon eclipsing the Earth - typically, we see the opposite here on Earth, as the moon eclipses the sun in a solar eclipse or the Earth eclipses the moon in a lunar eclipse.