Romanian Councilor Alberto-Iosif Caraian was left embarrassed after he joined an online meeting from the shower. The councilor was struggling to switch the camera off, but later reappeared on the meeting’s live stream fully clothed.

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2024 Bid in Jeopardy? Biden Faces Soaring Prices, Expensive Gasoline and Looming Recession

In his State of the Union Speech on February 7, the US president insisted that inflation had been largely tamed. This time, on February 24, Biden also tried to put on a brave face by claiming that "annual inflation in January is down from the summer, while the unemployment rate has remained at or near a 50-year low."

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Combat training of Russian BMP-2 crews in the special military operation area

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🇨🇲 Nineteen athletes were injured in explosions during a race in the western part of Cameroon, media has reported

▪️The incident took place during the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in the town of Buea in the South West Region. A total of 529 athletes participated in the race.

▪️According to media reports, one of the separatist militia groups called the Ambazonia Governing Council claimed responsibility for the multiple small blasts.

▪️The victims received medical care. Three of them were operated on and now their condition is stable. No deaths were recorded

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🕊 Indian netizens have shared a video from the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, where a sarus crane follows the man who saved it when it was small. Now that's gratitude!

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US' Nord Stream Sabotage May Cause Countries to Quit NATO, Says Seymour Hersh

Hersh argued that Biden is “lying now to push us into war,” comparing his actions to those of the 36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson who used a bogus attack on US warships in the Gulf of Tonkin as a pretext for entering the Vietnam War in 1964.

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Frenemy? How US Deprives Germany of Strategic Autonomy and Status as Industrial Powerhouse

Not everything has been rosy in the German economic garden since Washington forced its NATO allies to join the US sanctions war on Russia.

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New NI Protocol Deal: Sunak Says He Wants ‘to Get the Job Done’ as UK-EU Talks Continue

Sunak told a British newspaper that his government was "giving it everything" to secure a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, which he said is yet to be clinched between the UK and the EU.

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Musk Says Ukraine 'Indeed' Witnessed Coup d'Etat in 2014

"That election was arguably dodgy, but no question that there was indeed a coup," Musk wrote.

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⚡️Putin: Russia Has to Return to Discussing Nuclear Potential of UK and France

'Mickey Mouse' Voice and Sore Throat, East Palestine Residents Complain About Chemical Effects

Locals are slamming US authorities for neglecting the consequences of toxic train derailment.

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President Putin says Russia does not object to participating in discussion on nuclear parity of NATO countries.

Putin: The supplying of NATO weapons to Ukraine mean that the alliance is participating in the conflict, since the West receives no money for these arms.

❗️Latest statements from Russian President Putin:

▪️Russia has to take into consideration not only the nuclear potential of the US but that of all other NATO countries since the alliance views Russia’s strategic defeat as its top goal.

▪️The West’s sole aim is to ensure that Russia no longer exists.

▪️US satellites have joined the battle against Russia, but they are aware of Washington’s egoistic intentions.

▪️France was humiliated by the US when Australia cancelled a deal to acquire French submarines. However, Paris did nothing in response.

▪️The West could have accepted Russia into what they see as the ‘family of civilized nations’ but only partly.

▪️The supplying of NATO weapons to Ukraine mean that the alliance is participating in the conflict, since the West receives no money for these arms.

Zelensky Reportedly Plans to Send His Weapons Wishlist to Washington

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to send a list of weapons supposedly needed by Kiev to the United States, which may include F-16 fighter jets, American media has reported, citing sources.

Zelensky held a meeting with US House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul in Kiev earlier this week, where the president said he would provide the US delegation with "the list of the weapons Ukraine needs to win," which included F-16 fighters for "speeding up" the end of the conflict, the report said.

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Uruguay, Russia Searching Alternative Export Routes, Ambassador Says

Uruguay is working with Russian partners to search for alternative export routes to Russia and is planning to boost exports as well as deliver new products to the country, Ambassador to Russia Daniel Castillos told Sputnik.

"At the embassy, we are in constant contact with our manufacturers in Uruguay, providing them with the necessary information about routes, alternative schemes. We also keep in touch with the Russian importers, and often hold meetings with them to search for these alternative routes together," Castillos said.

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📹 Sputnik has obtained a video of the assault on one of the Ukrainian strongholds

As a result of successful offensive operations, Russian troops made significant progress, jeopardizing the defense of Ukrainian formations on the southwestern outskirts of the settlement of Maryinka in the DPR.

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❗️Russia’s MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the LPR and the Kharkov region, Russian troops destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian troops, two armored combat vehicles and two cars.

▪️ In the DPR and the Lugansk People's Republic, up to 130 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed.

▪️ More than 100 Ukrainian troops, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the DPR. Also, the ammunition depot of the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the US-made counter-battery radar AN / TPQ-37 were destroyed.

▪️ In the Donetsk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye region, Russian troops destroyed more than 75 Ukrainian troops, one tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks. The ammunition depot of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade was also destroyed.

▪️ In the Kherson region, up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers, six vehicles and three D-30 howitzers were destroyed.

▪️ The communication center of the 110th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdeevka in the DPR. Also, in the area of the settlement of Staroraiskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, the repair and restoration base for weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

▪️ A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by air defense in the Kharkov region. In addition, seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day.

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Kim and His 'Beloved' Daughter Make Another Public Appearance

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter have attended a ceremony for the construction of a new street in Pyongyang, the country’s state-run media outlet has reported.

The daughter of the North Korean leader was seen for the first time in public this past autumn when she and her father watched the launch of one of the country’s intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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