More than 200 cars collided on a bridge in Zhengzhou, in China's Henan province because of heavy fog, Chinese media reported. One person died and many who remain blocked in cars have been injured. The police and rescuers are working at the scene
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Bodies Found in Cars & Homes as US Bomb Cyclone Rages On
The meteorological term for the weather phenomenon that has gripped parts of the US throughout the Christmas holidays is "bombogenesis," and it happens when a storm system's central pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours.
100 military police along with troops from the New York State Police Department have been brought in to help with the search-and-rescue operations, according to officials.
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The meteorological term for the weather phenomenon that has gripped parts of the US throughout the Christmas holidays is "bombogenesis," and it happens when a storm system's central pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours.
100 military police along with troops from the New York State Police Department have been brought in to help with the search-and-rescue operations, according to officials.
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📌Latest statements by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov:
▪️President Putin did not consult with OPEC+ before signing decree on measures in response to price cap on Russian oil;
▪️Russian authorities analyzing situation after introduction of price cap on gas by West, too early to talk about further steps;
▪️President Putin's decree on oil measures in response to western cap applies to existing contracts containing link to ceiling
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▪️President Putin did not consult with OPEC+ before signing decree on measures in response to price cap on Russian oil;
▪️Russian authorities analyzing situation after introduction of price cap on gas by West, too early to talk about further steps;
▪️President Putin's decree on oil measures in response to western cap applies to existing contracts containing link to ceiling
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Indian PM’s Mother Hiraba Modi Hospitalized, Condition Stable
🙏🏾 After PM Modi's mother Hiraba was admitted to hospital, local politicians and government officials, including BJP legislators Darshnaben Vaghela and Kaushik Jain, and other senior bureaucrats, have already visited Hiraba at U.N. Mehta Hospital to check upon her condition.
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🙏🏾 After PM Modi's mother Hiraba was admitted to hospital, local politicians and government officials, including BJP legislators Darshnaben Vaghela and Kaushik Jain, and other senior bureaucrats, have already visited Hiraba at U.N. Mehta Hospital to check upon her condition.
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Belgian Justice Ministry Says Scale of EU Parliament Scandal Investigation Unprecedented
The Belgian-led investigation into alleged bribery in the European Parliament has reached a scale typical of investigations into organized crime, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne told a British newspaper.
The minister recalled Belgium's 2021 joint probe with France and the Netherlands to intercept communications between war lords and other criminals by cracking the SKY ECC encryption software
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The Belgian-led investigation into alleged bribery in the European Parliament has reached a scale typical of investigations into organized crime, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne told a British newspaper.
The minister recalled Belgium's 2021 joint probe with France and the Netherlands to intercept communications between war lords and other criminals by cracking the SKY ECC encryption software
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❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;
▪️The Russian Army destroyed over 80 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;
▪️Russian troops eliminated Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the DPR;
▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries in the Ugledar region of the DPR;
▪️The Russian Army destroyed two M777 and a German-made FH-70 howitzer that had been used to shell residential areas of Donetsk;
▪️Russian troops hit five Ukrainian command posts and an arms depot in the DPR, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.
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▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;
▪️The Russian Army destroyed over 80 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;
▪️Russian troops eliminated Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the DPR;
▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries in the Ugledar region of the DPR;
▪️The Russian Army destroyed two M777 and a German-made FH-70 howitzer that had been used to shell residential areas of Donetsk;
▪️Russian troops hit five Ukrainian command posts and an arms depot in the DPR, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.
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Google's Defaulted Definition of Verb 'Jew' as to 'Bargain in Miserly Way' Stirs Outrage
Google appeared to quickly fix the issue, with its search engine now offering a dictionary excerpt defining "Jew" in uppercase as "a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham."
The American multinational technology company also offered an apology, with its Google Search Liaison account underscoring on Twitter that the search engine "licenses definitions from third-party dictionary experts."
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Google appeared to quickly fix the issue, with its search engine now offering a dictionary excerpt defining "Jew" in uppercase as "a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham."
The American multinational technology company also offered an apology, with its Google Search Liaison account underscoring on Twitter that the search engine "licenses definitions from third-party dictionary experts."
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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry summons charge d'affaires of Lithuania in Moscow to express protest in connection with expulsion of Russian diplomat, declares one Lithuanian embassy employee persona non grata
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🍸Larry Flint's Hustler Club has announced it will provide free travel from the airport to its doors and will provide free entry to anyone who can present a ticket for a flight that has been canceled because of bad weather in Las Vegas. The offer includes a free drink.
Stormy weather has caused massive flight delays in the US. According to American media, Southwest Airlines has "wiped out any ability to make a reservation until 1 January"
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Stormy weather has caused massive flight delays in the US. According to American media, Southwest Airlines has "wiped out any ability to make a reservation until 1 January"
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🇺🇬 🇷🇺 An administrative and spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church will be built in Uganda's capital, Kampala
🗣 “Thanks to the personal good contacts of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, agreements that were unprecedented, in my opinion, were reached. There is an understanding that an administrative and spiritual center will be built,” the Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin said.
💒 According to the Patriarchal Exarch for Africa, the President of Uganda allocated 6 hectares of land for the construction site "in the best location of the capital, right across the road from the presidential palace".
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🗣 “Thanks to the personal good contacts of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, agreements that were unprecedented, in my opinion, were reached. There is an understanding that an administrative and spiritual center will be built,” the Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin said.
💒 According to the Patriarchal Exarch for Africa, the President of Uganda allocated 6 hectares of land for the construction site "in the best location of the capital, right across the road from the presidential palace".
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⚡️ The Turkish Defense Ministry announced that Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and the head of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, are on a visit to Moscow to hold talks
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Year of ‘Great Life-and-Death Struggle’: What Happened on the Korean Peninsula in 2022
Pyongyang formally laid out its goals for strengthening national defense in 2023 on Wednesday amid an escalation of tensions with Seoul and Washington during the outgoing year. What changes, good and bad, has 2022 brought to the Korean Peninsula?
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Pyongyang formally laid out its goals for strengthening national defense in 2023 on Wednesday amid an escalation of tensions with Seoul and Washington during the outgoing year. What changes, good and bad, has 2022 brought to the Korean Peninsula?
Let this punchy Sputnik year in review bring you up to speed
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⚡️ The Turkish Defense Ministry announced that Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and the head of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, are on a visit to Moscow to hold talks
🇷🇺🇸🇾🇹🇷 The defense ministers of Russia, Syria, and Turkey held trilateral talks in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss ways to resolve the Syrian crisis, the issue of refugees, and joint efforts to combat extremist groups, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
After the meeting, the defense ministers noted the constructive nature of the dialogue and stressed the need to continue the talks to further stabilize the situation in Syria and in the region as a whole, the ministry added.
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After the meeting, the defense ministers noted the constructive nature of the dialogue and stressed the need to continue the talks to further stabilize the situation in Syria and in the region as a whole, the ministry added.
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F-35 Crash in Texas Prompts US, Israel to Ground Part of Their Fleets
The US and Israeli militaries have grounded part of their F-35 fleets in response to the December 15 crash in Forth Worth, Texas. The office did not specify which planes it considered “higher risk” and un-airworthy, whether the TCTD applied F-35Bs or all variants of the aircraft.
The F-35 crash in Texas involved an F-35B, which is a short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the plane used by the US Marine Corps, as well as the British Royal Air Force and Navy. Italy, Singapore and South Korea also plan to order this particular model of the aircraft.
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The US and Israeli militaries have grounded part of their F-35 fleets in response to the December 15 crash in Forth Worth, Texas. The office did not specify which planes it considered “higher risk” and un-airworthy, whether the TCTD applied F-35Bs or all variants of the aircraft.
The F-35 crash in Texas involved an F-35B, which is a short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the plane used by the US Marine Corps, as well as the British Royal Air Force and Navy. Italy, Singapore and South Korea also plan to order this particular model of the aircraft.
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⚡️ Washington explains through diplomatic channels that it has no plans to send US specialists to Ukraine to control Patriot air defense systems - Lavrov
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🥴 When two poster children collide: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chalked up another win on Wednesday - but not against governments with pollutive industries.
Andrew Tate, who has had his Twitter account back for barely a month after being reinstated by Elon Musk, took aim at Greta, boasting about his supercars and their 'enormous emissions.' The pint-sized sharp-tongued Swedish climate activist’s response to Tate's trolling has since gone viral online.
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Andrew Tate, who has had his Twitter account back for barely a month after being reinstated by Elon Musk, took aim at Greta, boasting about his supercars and their 'enormous emissions.' The pint-sized sharp-tongued Swedish climate activist’s response to Tate's trolling has since gone viral online.
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Face of US Changing as Migration Becomes Major Driver of Population Growth
Net international migration (the number of people moving in and out of the country) was the primary driver of growth, adding a whopping 1,010,923 people between 2021 and 2022. For comparison's sake, the "positive natural change" – births minus deaths – increased the US population by 245,080. Remarkably, the year-over-year increase in total births was the largest since 2007, as Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in an official statement.
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Net international migration (the number of people moving in and out of the country) was the primary driver of growth, adding a whopping 1,010,923 people between 2021 and 2022. For comparison's sake, the "positive natural change" – births minus deaths – increased the US population by 245,080. Remarkably, the year-over-year increase in total births was the largest since 2007, as Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in an official statement.
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