“We know that people in Donbass have been suffering from these crimes and the international community, the so-called ‘international community’, has been turning a blind eye to these crimes for eight long years,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an online meeting of Russia's Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

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⚡️ Peruvian Congress impeaches President Pedro Castillo even despite being dissolved by him

‼️ Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been taken into police custody, and is being held by national forces in Lima

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📹 Combat drills of the mobilized servicemen (Video courtesy of Russia's MoD)

Soldiers practice offensive and defensive techniques and study tactical medicine.

During the exercises, they fire at various types of training targets that imitate manpower and the equipment of a mock enemy at a distance of 100 to 400 meters.

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Xi's Visit to Saudi Arabia: Why is Riyadh Enhancing Relations With China?

Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on a three-day tour to Saudi Arabia with the US media lamenting that the Chinese leader is being given a warm welcome, a far cry from US President Joe Biden's chilly talks in the Saudi kingdom last summer.

"It is not a Christmas visit, it is a historical one by itself and because of the surrounding circumstances, regionally and on the international level," Oraib Al-Rantawi, founder and director general of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies, told Sputnik.

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⚡Dina Boluarte has been sworn in as Peru's first female president amid Castillo ouster

📹 Russian forces worked at combat operations in a settlement at a training ground in Belarus (video by the Russian MoD)

This "village" at the training ground in Belarus was purpose-built for military tactics training.

Under the cover of fire from heavy equipment, the military personnel block possible escape routes and move forward, through the settlement.

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‼️Former Theranos executive Ramesh Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for his role in defrauding patients and investors

‼️Blinken after classified briefing with Senate: US to continue sending aid to Ukraine

Latest: Prosecutor's office in Peru has said ousted President Pedro Castillo has been detained as part of an investigation into the alleged crime of rebellion

🗯"We're talking about wages and salaries and how dangerous those are when they're talking about inflation. But nobody seems to want to talk about profits, which, as we discussed before, are a leading indicator here while wages and salaries are a lagging indicator," Robert Hockett, law and public policy professor at Cornell University said.

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📹 A student from Donetsk who took part in the military operation talks about how his life has changed during the conflict

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Paris-Berlin Relations: Why Do the Two Remain at Odds?

Defense and economic issues may exacerbate existing tensions between France and Germany in the near future.

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna did not think twice before arguing that both President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz share the view that the relationship between Paris and Berlin remains a "driving force" for Europe in her recent comments. It seems, however, that the two’s current relations are not that smooth.

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🗯"The US for about 20 years was constantly harping on the fact that China subsidizes many of its industries and it finally sort of gave up because it wasn't ever winning those cases before WTO tribunals. And the reason is fairly simple, and that is that the WTO rules prohibit subsidizing industries with a view toward or with the aim of out-competing other countries in export sectors," Robert Hockett, law and public policy professor at Cornell University, said.

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EU Likely to Impose Price Cap on TTF Gas Futures Before Year End, Von der Leyen Says

The European Union is likely to introduce a price cap for gas futures on the TTF, Europe's main trading hub for natural resources, before the end of 2022, with disagreements over the ceiling's level expected to be settled soon, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

The European Commission proposed a "safety price ceiling" of 275 euros ($289) for TTF gas futures on November 22. However, on November 24, the EU energy ministers failed to reach an agreement on the issue and scheduled a new meeting for December 13. On Tuesday, reports suggested that EU member countries wanted to lower the cap to 220 euros per MWh.

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More Than 1,000 New York Times Guild Members to Strike Thursday - a First in Decades

The last NewsGuild strike of this size was a multi-day strike in September and October of 1965. It shut down multiple papers for days, including the Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.

The New York Times members of the NewsGuild are planning to walk out for a one-day strike on Thursday after union representatives and management were unable to reach a deal acceptable to both sides.

Last week, 1,100 NYT Guild members signed a letter stating they would walk out if their demands were not met or a reasonable compromise could not be reached. Just after 7 p.m. (EST) the guild released a statement confirming their walkout.

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The CIA has warned Turkey that strikes against Syria threaten US troops - report

CIA Director Bill Burns told the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan, that Turkish artillery fire and airstrikes in northern Syria are putting US troops at risk, according to a US media outlet.

The call between the two intelligence agency heads came after a Turkish airstrike reportedly landed less than 1,000 feet from US troops stationed in the Kurdish-dominated Al-Hasakah Governorate in northern Syria.

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❗️Russia's Health Ministry has refuted a joint report by UNAIDS and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control that claimed Russia was among the world's top five countries in terms of HIV infection rates. The ministry called the report "another propaganda provocation" against Russia.

▪️According to the country's health ministry, the incidence of HIV infection in Russia decreased by 31.4% from 2018 to 2021, from 58.6 to 40.2 per 100,000 people.

▪️The ministry added that by the end of 2021, the number of people living with HIV in Russia numbered only 851,754, which is about 0.58% of the country's population.

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🌏UN Secreteary-General Antonio Guterres at the Biodiversity Conference called for 'true peace pact' with nature

💬"It’s time for the world to adopt an ambitious biodiversity framework — a true peace pact with nature — to deliver a green, healthy future for all," Guterres told reporters at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal.

▪️He called on governments to develop national action plans on biodiversity preservation and private businesses to put nature protection as a priority in their business plans.

▪️Guterres is present at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference taking place in Montreal from December 7-19.

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🇧🇷🐈‍⬛ The representative of the Brazilian national team felt that the cat was disturbing him during the press conference at the World Cup and threw it off the table. The video went viral, leaving viewers debating if the kitty was mistreated

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