A pipeline belonging to state company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) exploded on Wednesday in the state of Hidalgo. According to local media, emergency units are working at the scene

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Ukrainian "Right Sector" neo-Nazi movement tortured people in the LPR by drowning them alive in gasoline storage tanks

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39 aircraft from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) and three PLA Navy vessels have approached Taiwan in the past 24 hours, Taiwan's defense ministry said. Taiwan sent an air patrol to monitor the situation, issued radio warnings, and deployed anti-aircraft missile systems, the ministry added

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🗣 Muneo Suzuki, a member of the upper house of Japan and leader of the New Daichi Party, has called on the US to declare honestly that the atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War was a mistake. The politician was speaking on his personal website and commenting on Japanese media reports about a possible visit by US President Joe Biden to Nagasaki in May 2023

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📹 A Ukrainian mother begs on her knees to be allowed to enter the Orthodox church so that she can read a service for her dead son

⚡️France's CNIL privacy watchdog fines Microsoft 60Mln euros ($63.88Mln)

It looks like Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN dreams about a new flag for his country ...

President Biden meets the governor of his 51st state 😏

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⚡️ Zelensky's Washington visit has confirmed US plans to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian: Kremlin

📌 Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Arms supplies to Ukraine will prolong suffering of Ukrainian people for longer than it could be

▪️Peskov on Zelensky's visit to US: There were no real calls for peace, no warnings against the barbaric shelling of civilians in Donbass

▪️The United States and other countries are following a path of expanding the range of arms they are supplying to Ukraine, which is not consistent with an early settlement

▪️Moscow notes with regret that Biden and Zelensky said nothing about potential readiness to listen to Russia's concerns

▪️Peskov on the use of Russian oil by the West for Ukraine's needs: Difficult to trace buyer and it will need to be analyzed

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🇮🇳 Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, the 23-year-old Maths wizard, is known as the ‘World's Fastest Human Calculator’.

Back in 2005, a tragic accident left Bhanu bedridden for a year. In a bid to boost his brain, his parents encouraged him to solve puzzles, and that's how his passion for Maths started. Ten years later, he went on to break the World Record held by Scott Flansburg to become the world’s fastest human calculator.

On the eve of National Mathematics Day, Sputnik approached Prakash and asked to perform his skills on camera.

Prepared to be amazed as you see for yourself his jaw-dropping talent!

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

▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the South Donetsk direction;

▪️Russian troops eliminated two Ukrainian sabotage groups in the Kransy Liman direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed an M777 howitzer repair point in the DPR, and three Ukrainian ammunition depots in the DPR and Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions;

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

▪️The Russian Army destroyed tree ammunition depots in the DPR;

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted two HIMARS rockets in the LPR.

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Freudian slip: During the translation of Ukrainian President Zelensky's speech at the White House, Zelensky's interpreter said "I hope Congress approves financial aid for our crimes... sorry, our country"

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📹 Donetsk People's Republic forces use Russian howitzers to destroy the positions of Ukrainian troops in New York, DPR

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Russian Oil Shipped by US Prior to April 1, 2023, Not Subject to Price Cap: US Treasury

💬 "US service providers can continue to provide services related to the maritime transport of petroleum products of Russian Federation origin purchased at a price above the price cap, provided that the petroleum products are loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading for maritime transport prior to 12:01 a.m., eastern standard time, February 5, 2023, and unloaded at the port of destination prior to 12:01 a.m., eastern daylight time, April 1, 2023," the OFAC said in an update to frequently asked questions on Wednesday.

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No Breakthrough on Ladakh Standoff, But India & China to Maintain Calm

🪖Top military commanders of the Indian Army and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) met at the Chushul-Moldo border on December 20 for the 17th round of Corps Commander-Level Meetings, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi confirmed on Thursday.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳🌍 The 2022 US–Africa Leaders Summit, which took place from 13 to 15 December in Washington DC, has been widely seen as part of an American attempt to counter growing Chinese influence in Africa.

The question, however, remains if Washington is capable of doing it at all.

"I'm not sure the US is flexible enough to play the kind of game the Chinese are playing. […] I think that the Chinese have been much more creative and shown much more foresight in what they want to do in Africa. And I don't think western powers are going to be able to catch up with them," says Dr. Frederick Golooba-Mutebi, Ugandan independent researcher and political scientist with a special interest in political economics

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West Supplied Ukraine With Over 350 Tanks, 700 Artillery Systems, 100 MLRS: Moscow

💬 "In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, Western countries have provided Kiev with four aircraft, more than 30 helicopters, over 350 tanks, about 1,000 armored fighting vehicles, at least 800 armored vehicles, as well as up to 700 artillery systems, 100 MLRS units, 130,000 anti-tank weapons, over 5,300 man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) and at least 5,0000 unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes," Gerasimov said.

According to the official, the United States and its allies have been consistently increasing the volume of military assistance to Kiev since the beginning of the special operation to make the conflict protracted. The total foreign financial assistance to Ukraine amounted to almost $ 100 billion, the largest contribution to the supply is made by the United States, Great Britain, Poland and Romania.

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