🚐 A van related to the tour of English singer Harry Styles who is currently visiting Brazil while on his concert tour got waylaid by armed thugs on a highway in the South American country on Friday.
▪️ According to local media reports, the van was heading from Sao Paulo to Curitiba along the BR-116 highway when it was stopped by three armed men who overtook the vehicle, subdued the driver and then hijacked the car.
▪️ The stolen van was reportedly a Live Nation vehicle that was loaded with merchandise for Harry Styles’ ongoing concert tour, “Love on Tour”.
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▪️ According to local media reports, the van was heading from Sao Paulo to Curitiba along the BR-116 highway when it was stopped by three armed men who overtook the vehicle, subdued the driver and then hijacked the car.
▪️ The stolen van was reportedly a Live Nation vehicle that was loaded with merchandise for Harry Styles’ ongoing concert tour, “Love on Tour”.
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Scientists Probe Secrets of Hellish Planet Where 'Nothing We Know of Could Survive'
The researchers conducted their study by measuring the light emitted by the planet's host star, gauging how that light dimmed when the planet was passing between the star and Earth.
A team of researchers in the United States has managed to gain new insight into the nature and origin of an extremely hot planet that orbits a distant star in the constellation Cancer.
The planet, known as 55 Cancri e or Janssen, is located in a binary star system 55 Cancri comprised of a K-type star 55 Cancri A (also known simply as Copernicus), which Janssen orbits, and a red dwarf star 55 Cancri B.
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The researchers conducted their study by measuring the light emitted by the planet's host star, gauging how that light dimmed when the planet was passing between the star and Earth.
A team of researchers in the United States has managed to gain new insight into the nature and origin of an extremely hot planet that orbits a distant star in the constellation Cancer.
The planet, known as 55 Cancri e or Janssen, is located in a binary star system 55 Cancri comprised of a K-type star 55 Cancri A (also known simply as Copernicus), which Janssen orbits, and a red dwarf star 55 Cancri B.
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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Russian Su-35 aircraft in action as part of the special military operation in Ukraine.
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Democratic Party Scion Kyrsten Sinema Says She's Leaving, Registering as Independent
Two US Senators, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, define themselves as Independents, aligned with neither the Democrats nor Republicans. Nonetheless, both lawmakers caucus with the Democrats, giving liberals a slim majority.
Long at odds with party leadership, US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has said she is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an Independent, making her the third non-aligned lawmaker in the Senate.
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Two US Senators, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, define themselves as Independents, aligned with neither the Democrats nor Republicans. Nonetheless, both lawmakers caucus with the Democrats, giving liberals a slim majority.
Long at odds with party leadership, US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has said she is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an Independent, making her the third non-aligned lawmaker in the Senate.
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🇦🇷🇳🇱⚽ Argentina advances to World Cup semifinals after defeating the Netherlands in penalty shootout
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Russia Praises Role of Saudi Arabia and UAE in Bout-Griner Prisoner Swap With US
Russia praises Saudi Arabia and the UAE for helping to carry out the exchange of Russian businessman Viktor Bout for US basketball player Brittney Griner, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"We can highly appreciate the role of both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which traditionally try to make a significant contribution to such processes," Peskov told the Izvestia newspaper.
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Russia praises Saudi Arabia and the UAE for helping to carry out the exchange of Russian businessman Viktor Bout for US basketball player Brittney Griner, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"We can highly appreciate the role of both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which traditionally try to make a significant contribution to such processes," Peskov told the Izvestia newspaper.
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‼️Ukrainian forces have shelled city of Donetsk using 155mm artillery - DPR
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💬"Now, Canada has a parliamentary committee that's looking at a few new issues, and one of them is child euthanasia. So the reason is the law says that you can only have euthanasia at the age of 18. So a mature adult is how that would be defined. And while there's a big argument for isn't that a discrimination against children who are also, quote unquote, suffering? And I understand that in the same case, I understand that children could be suffering just like adults could be suffering. So if it's okay to kill an 18 year old," Alex Schadenberg - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada executive director said.
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‼️Air raid warnings issued in parts of Ukraine - ministry data
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Kanye West Loses His Honorary Degree for Racist Comments
The US rapper recently made some statements where he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has seen his honorary doctorate revoked.
The doctorate was awarded to him by the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (SAIC) in 2015, US media report. The move followed West's recent slew of comments deemed by many as racist and anti-semitic.
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The US rapper recently made some statements where he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has seen his honorary doctorate revoked.
The doctorate was awarded to him by the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (SAIC) in 2015, US media report. The move followed West's recent slew of comments deemed by many as racist and anti-semitic.
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‼️Report: US Becoming Less Cautious About Arms Shipments to Ukraine Escalating Conflict
The United States is becoming less concerned about the risks that its arms shipments to Ukraine may spark a major escalation, the British newspaper The Times reported, citing a US defense official.
The report said on Friday that since October, the Pentagon revised its threat assessment about its arms shipments to Ukraine potentially leading to a military confrontation between Russia and NATO.
The United States is now less concerned that new long-range strikes inside Russia could lead to a major escalation, the report said.
The United States is becoming less concerned about the risks that its arms shipments to Ukraine may spark a major escalation, the British newspaper The Times reported, citing a US defense official.
The report said on Friday that since October, the Pentagon revised its threat assessment about its arms shipments to Ukraine potentially leading to a military confrontation between Russia and NATO.
The United States is now less concerned that new long-range strikes inside Russia could lead to a major escalation, the report said.
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Twitter Update to Show Users if They Were 'Shadowbanned', Elon Musk Says
US billionaire entrepreneur and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Friday that the company had been working on a software update to let users know if they have been "shadowbanned."
"Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal," Musk said on Twitter.
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US billionaire entrepreneur and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Friday that the company had been working on a software update to let users know if they have been "shadowbanned."
"Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal," Musk said on Twitter.
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US Wants to Provoke Default in Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Says
The US wants to deplete foreign currency reserves in Russia, provoke a default and the destruction of the Russian economy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.
"Not only did the Americans ... seize part of the Russian foreign exchange reserves placed in US banks, they are also trying to instruct us that payments on the state debt be made at the expense of export earnings, without hiding the goal of depleting our currency reserves," Ryabkov said at the Valdai Discussion Club.
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The US wants to deplete foreign currency reserves in Russia, provoke a default and the destruction of the Russian economy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.
"Not only did the Americans ... seize part of the Russian foreign exchange reserves placed in US banks, they are also trying to instruct us that payments on the state debt be made at the expense of export earnings, without hiding the goal of depleting our currency reserves," Ryabkov said at the Valdai Discussion Club.
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💬"We legalized euthanasia in 2016. What they're now talking about is the further expansions of the law. It's actually much worse than people think because we originally legalized it, saying that it would only be for people who would be terminally ill, but they didn't really define that. They said that your natural death has to be reasonably foreseeable. So you already had a lot of slippery slope going on from the beginning because they never defined the term natural death being reasonably foreseeable and a lot of people claimed that their natural death was reasonably foreseeable," Alex Schadenberg - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada Executive Director said.
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❗️ Washington plans to spend around $11 billion next year on carrying out cyberattacks with the aim of controlling unfriendly governments, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with Sputnik.
💬 "Western countries want to use information and its carriers - big data and software tools for their transmission - to subjugate unwanted governments through cyberattacks," Syromolotov said, adding that the "Pentagon's budget alone for these purposes in 2023 will be more than $11 billion."
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💬 "Western countries want to use information and its carriers - big data and software tools for their transmission - to subjugate unwanted governments through cyberattacks," Syromolotov said, adding that the "Pentagon's budget alone for these purposes in 2023 will be more than $11 billion."
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🤔 People in Africa supporting Russia have no idea who Vladimir Putin is or where Donbass is located, that’s according to the EU’s gardener-in-chief Josep Borrell.
▪️ Now is Borrell judging people by his own merit? Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova certainly thinks so: “The gardener, impersonating the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs, has doubted that people in the Balkans and Africa know where Donbass is and who Putin is. Josep [Borrell], don't judge people [and compare them] to yourself.”
▪️ So, whose knowledge of geography should Borrell be actually worried about?
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▪️ Now is Borrell judging people by his own merit? Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova certainly thinks so: “The gardener, impersonating the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs, has doubted that people in the Balkans and Africa know where Donbass is and who Putin is. Josep [Borrell], don't judge people [and compare them] to yourself.”
▪️ So, whose knowledge of geography should Borrell be actually worried about?
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📹 “Everyone ran out into the corridor and lay down on the floor”: An employee of a kindergarten in Donetsk describes the first minutes after the shelling
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Pentagon Reportedly in Stalemate Over Sending Reaper Drones to Ukraine
The US Air Force had planned to supply Ukraine with older MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) drones, but the issue has resulted in a prolonged stalemate due to the Pentagon's concerns, US media reported citing sources.
The Air Force made the proposal to scrap older versions of its Reaper fleet about a month after the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine in February of this year.
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The US Air Force had planned to supply Ukraine with older MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) drones, but the issue has resulted in a prolonged stalemate due to the Pentagon's concerns, US media reported citing sources.
The Air Force made the proposal to scrap older versions of its Reaper fleet about a month after the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine in February of this year.
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Russian Embassy Calls US Sanctions ‘Advertising Campaign’ Against ‘Inconvenient Regimes’
The latest US sanctions against Russia are an attempt to exert pressure on governments that are "inconvenient" for Washington, the Russian Embassy in the United States said.
"The new sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities are nothing more than an advertising campaign by the US administration, aimed at denigrating the ‘inconvenient’ regimes by labeling them ‘violators of human rights.’ The goals are obvious - to try to exert pressure, to draw artificial dividing lines between ‘real democracies’ and ‘autocracies,’" the embassy said in a Friday comment.
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The latest US sanctions against Russia are an attempt to exert pressure on governments that are "inconvenient" for Washington, the Russian Embassy in the United States said.
"The new sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities are nothing more than an advertising campaign by the US administration, aimed at denigrating the ‘inconvenient’ regimes by labeling them ‘violators of human rights.’ The goals are obvious - to try to exert pressure, to draw artificial dividing lines between ‘real democracies’ and ‘autocracies,’" the embassy said in a Friday comment.
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📌 LIVE UPDATES: Germany and France Should Pay People of Donbass for Years of War, Duma Head Says
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State Department Saddened by Death of US Journalist Grant Wahl Covering World Cup in Qatar
The US State Department is saddened to hear of the death of CBS sports journalist Grant Wahl in Qatar while covering the World Cup, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
"We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Grant Wahl and send our condolences to his family, with whom we have been in close communication," Price said on Friday.
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The US State Department is saddened to hear of the death of CBS sports journalist Grant Wahl in Qatar while covering the World Cup, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
"We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Grant Wahl and send our condolences to his family, with whom we have been in close communication," Price said on Friday.
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