👶 Baby in a pod: Hashem al-Ghaili, a Berlin-based biotechnologist, has unveiled a new concept of human reproduction. Hashem claims “the world’s first artificial womb facility,” dubbed EctoLife, will be able to grow “30,000 babies a year.”

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Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and the deputy director of a department of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, said that the world will soon be able to witness the capabilities of the DPRK's missiles.

Kim Yo-jong also rejected statements from unnamed foreign experts who doubted whether the satellite systems which North Korea also tested are capable of working normally

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💷 The Bank of England has released images of banknotes bearing the portrait of Britain's new monarch Charles III. The banknotes are not due to go into circulation until the middle of 2024 although 50p coins with the King's head have just entered circulation. The King's image is the only change to be made to the design of existing banknotes. Since 1960, Charles III's mother Queen Elizabeth II, is the first and only monarch thus far to have appeared on banknotes

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🌍 Most of the grain exported under the "grain deal" has not reached Africa, Patrick Youssef, regional director for Africa in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Sputnik.

🗣“According to observations by the ICRC, most of the grain exported from Ukrainian ports under the 'grain deal' has not yet reached Africa. We welcomed with open arms the announcement that deliveries would be made to Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia and especially Ethiopia, but this does not solve the food crisis,” he explained.

🔹Russia's President Vladimir Putin had previously stated that almost all the grain exported from Ukraine has been sent to EU countries rather than the world's neediest nations, despite the deal that was initially signed "under the guise of protecting the interests of the poorest countries to prevent famine".

🔹The grain deal, signed on 22 July by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UN, involves transporting grain and fertilizer from three Ukrainian ports of the Black Sea basin.

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☢️ At present only six countries are able to build nuclear submarines. Such fleets were created with the aim to increase the time spent underwater and overall speed, which is usually kept completely confidential. How many submarines of such type does each country have? Which country has the biggest fleet?

Sputnik’s team has prepared a detailed review of nuclear submarines providing you with a comprehensive account of each country's fleet

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❗️ A number of DHL employees were arrested and interrogated in the Central African Republic during an investigation into the explosion of a parcel in the Russian House, a police source told Sputnik.

According to the source, the CAR police intend to appeal to Interpol to identify the sender of the explosive to the head of the Russian House, who was evacuated to Russia after being targeted in the terrorist attack.

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⚡️The chief of the Thai navy has confirmed that four people died after a US-made Royal Thai Navy vessel sank in the Gulf of Thailand

How Russian Ushanka Hats Found Their Way Into Kashmir

🗯️ "We forged good relations and began selling Ushankas to the Russian tourists. Eventually, tourists from the United States and Europe also started purchasing them,” Ali Mohammad, who has been making hand-woven caps for almost 45 years, told Sputnik.

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US Air Force Grounds B-2 Stealth Bombers After Emergency Landing Fire

The US Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers after one plane caught fire following an emergency landing earlier this month.

The billion-dollar bomber suffered an undisclosed in-flight malfunction on December 10, forcing a landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri — home to the USAF's 20-plane fleet.

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⚡️Three people killed, one injured in explosion on gas pipeline in Russia's Chuvashia Republic, official says

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️The Russian Army destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;

▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed temporary deployment points for units of the 61st and 72nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Army in the DPR;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the DPR;

▪️ Russian forces hit accumulations of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment in the Krasny Liman direction, eliminating up to 50 servicemen;

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter in the DPR;

▪️ Russian air defenses destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs;

▪️ Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near Ugledar in the DPR.

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Vatican Knew of Germany's Plans to Attack Soviet Union in 1941, Russian Intelligence Says

Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church from 1939-1958, knew about an offensive being prepared by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union and ordered that Jesuits in the western Soviet territories move closer to the border to be ready to flee, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.

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🔬 A group of Russian scientists from Saint Petersburg has unveiled a new wireless charger – a truly revolutionary product that they believe may change our daily habits. This video shows the prototype in action (courtesy of Dmitry Grigoriev of ITMO University).

The charger itself is a box that distributes a magnetic field throughout its entire volume, which allows up to three devices placed inside to be charged. The revolutionary part, according to the science team, is that this particular design could potentially be used to create whole charging “rooms.”

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❗️Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk is searching for a new Twitter CEO, US media reported.

Earlier, Musk lost in his own Twitter poll on whether he should resign as the company's CEO, with 57.5% coming out in favor of him stepping down. In October, Musk mentioned that his position as CEO would be temporary.

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🦭 "What's up, buddy?"

📹🇷🇺 Visitors at the Moscow Zoo have shared a funny video of a seal that was taken aback by their presence.

Maybe they interrupted its daily spa routine in the sun? 🤔

What Does Russia Want From Ukraine?

How has Russia's strategy toward and position on Ukraine hardened over the years since the crisis was sparked by US and EU meddling in the Eastern European country in 2013-2014?

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🇮🇷 A video has emerged of Joe Biden declaring the peaceful nuclear energy deal with Iran "dead" even as talks continue.

The US president made the comments to Iranian emigrés at a campaign rally with fellow Democrat congressman Mike Levin in Oceanside, California on November 4, at a time when violent protests were raging in Iran with support from Washington.

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🇺🇸 "The US citizen’s dream”: Stanford University labels "American" as "harmful" language

A language guide noscriptd the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) aims to remove “harmful language” from Stanford’s online properties.

▪️Filed under the “imprecise language” section, “American” is now a no-go word, because it refers to "people from the United States only and thereby insinuates that the US is the most important country in the Americas." “User” is also looked down upon with scorn, because it can also refer to people who “suffer from substance abuse issues.”

▪️The “gender-based” section advises against using “guys,” as it “reinforces male-dominated language,” while “ladies” is not inclusive enough for “everyone.”

▪️The “institutionalized racism” section urges to avoid “grandfathered,” because it has its "roots in the ‘grandfather clause’ adopted by Southern states to deny voting rights to Blacks."

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