📹 "I may be a white boy, but I’m not stupid", Joe Biden says during a White House event dedicated to Black History Month in the US.

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Norway Mulls Using US Floating Nuclear Power Plants Along Its Coast

A group of Norwegian businesses are in dialogue with US companies that lease out floating nuclear power plants, managing director of the Federation of Norwegian Industries Stein Lier-Hansen said during a power conference in the city of Stavanger.

The background to these plans is a possibly strained power situation in several places across the Nordic country, which, according to Lier-Hansen, must be remedied by "exploring all possibilities."

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Danish Military Pressed for Personnel After Record Wave of Resignations

The Danish Armed Forces are facing an acute shortage of personnel with nearly 2,000 people leaving the military in 2022 alone, which is the highest number since 2010. None of the Danish Army's regiments or the Navy's frigates can muster their full strength, with more than one in three soldiers missing in the worst-case scenario, which endangers Denmark's defense plans.

The personnel shortages aggravate the workload on the remaining soldiers and may trigger further resignations, and it implies difficulties for the Danish military to commit personnel to overseas missions and its ability to carry out the tasks politicians want to tackle.

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Russian Helicopters for Iran: Expert Says Tehran May Likely Use Ka-52 and Mi-28

"Russia’s helicopters are very advanced and stylish, so much so that some famous Western helicopters that are going to be used by Western countries like America in the future are copies of Russian technology," said Mohammad Hassan Sangtarash, an Iranian weapons designer and security and defense strategy specialist in international relations.

Iran may acquire several models, including combat helicopters such as the Ka-52 and the Mi-28. There is also talk of creating a joint helicopter venture between the two countries, such as the Salahshoor, which would be equipped with advanced weapons and technology.

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NASA Dubs Crew-6 Mission Great Example of US Cooperation With Russia

NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Chief Scientist Kirt Costello has highlighted the benefits of continued space cooperation between the US and Russia, as well as other nations, and the involvement of commercial partners in space missions.
Costello cited the upcoming SpaceX Crew-6 mission, which includes a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates, as an example of international partnership.

He also discussed the important work being done by NASA and Roscosmos on collaborative scientific research, including studies on the effects of spaceflight on the human body and the flammability of spacecraft materials.

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📹 Destruction of the Ukrainian command and observation post of the enemy battalion by the Pacer UAV (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

The object was hit by guided aviation ammunition. The Russian unmanned aerial vehicles involved in the special military operation carry out reconnaissance, fire correction, as well as the combat use of weapons of destruction against targets.

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Demand for Kanye West Sneakers Rising Despite Anti-Semitic Scandals

Demand for Yeezy sneakers designed by rapper Kanye West has surged, despite his tarnished reputation due to a series of controversial comments, including ones that sparked allegations of anti-Semitism.

The sneakers, which were sold under the Adidas label, have seen an uptick in sales of 30% since October-November 2022, and are now among the top three sellers on a California-based online reseller.

However, Adidas is said to be sitting on up to $500 million worth of unsold Yeezy sneakers after cutting ties with West in October 2022, following his suspension from social media over his controversial remarks. The company has not yet decided what to do with the shoes.

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⚡️On Tuesday night, Kiev attempted to use UAVs to attack civilian infrastructure facilities in Russia’s Krasnodar region and Adygea, Russian MoD said.

▪️ The drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means, added the ministry.

❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Kremlin not commenting on Blinken's Kazakhstan visit, Moscow prioritizes CIS partnership;

▪️Kremlin on possible Russia-Ukraine talks: Russia will not give up new territories;

▪️The special military operation goals are a priority for Russia.

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❗️ Russia’s MoD has also stressed that Western leadership regularly make provocative statements about the possibility of Russia using weapons of mass destruction, saying that similar projects have been implemented many times by the US itself to achieve political goals.

▪️ The ministry has published image depicting examples of past US provocations.

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🔺To kick things off, we’ll be discussing Germany’s $1 trillion energy bill increase due to the Ukrainian conflict
🔺Next, we’ll touch upon the US intelligence report on the origins of COVID as well as its efforts to prevent China from cooperating with Russia
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First Neural Network to Give Correct Advice to Investors

Scientists from Siberian Federal University have developed an improved version of a neural network called linear-variational-inequality primal-dual neural network (LVI-PDNN) which is used to optimize mathematical models in various fields, including finance. The new neural network will be the first "investor assistant" capable of making decisions under the conditions of real market dynamics.

The key feature of the new system is a fuzzy logic controller implemented in the LVI-PDNN structure, which reportedly increases the adaptability of the system in solving dynamic problems. The research team's goal is to train neural networks to solve other financial problems so that they can fully predict the behavior of investment portfolios.

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I'm somewhat of a Muscovite, a "Malian Muscovite", the Malian PM insists.

In an interview with Sputnik, Choguel Kokalla Maiga recounts in Russian the 11 years he had spent in the Soviet Union.

"Like all peoples, Russians are good," says the Malian politician

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🇷🇺 Speaking at the board meeting of the FSB security services, Vladimir Putin said that the West never disdained from using extremists in their interests, they always "used what was at hand" against Russia.

📌 The president of Russia also noted the need to identify and suppress the activities of those who are trying to split Russian society, using separatism, nationalism and neo-Nazism for this.

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📊 How have Americans' priorities changed regarding sanctions against Russia and the state of the US economy?

📉 The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted a survey among the American population. A year ago, the results showed that the majority of Americans (55%) supported sanctions against Russia and would like to harm Russia even to the detriment of their own economy. A year later, this opinion changed a lot and has dropped to 36% of those polled.

📍59% of Americans now believe that mitigating damage to the US economy is more important than imposing sanctions on Russia.

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

▪️The Russian Army eliminated up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers and 2 vehicles close to Kupyansk;

▪️Russian troops eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian troops, 4 armored fighting vehicles and a self-propelled Akatsiya howitzer in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️Ukrainian losses in Donetsk amounted to 350 troops; 2 armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, D-20 howitzers and 2 D-30 howitzers;

▪️ Russian artillery destroyed up to 45 Ukrainian soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks in the South Donetsk direction and in the Zaporozhye region. Russian forces destroyed ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Army in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian forces performed a high-precision strike on the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Army close to Kherson;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian UAVs and six HIMARS rockets in LPR, DPR and in the Zaporozhye region.

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📹 Airborne reconnaissance mobile group destroys Ukranian stronghold (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

In the assigned area, the group dismounted and began reconnaissance of the line of contact using unmanned aerial vehicles.

An airborne reconnaissance mobile group was deployed to the frontline on AM-1 all-terrain vehicles to reveal the enemy's firing positions.

The paratroopers engaged with Ukranian forward units and fired the Fagot anti-tank guided missile at a militant hideout and conducted heavy fire with the AGS-17 Plamya automatic grenade launcher.

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❗️Russian President Vladimir Putin signs law suspending Russia's participation in New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Not Sci-Fi Anymore: Biocomputers Using Human Brain Cells May Soon Be Reality, Scholars Say

A new study by Johns Hopkins University scientists has shown that computers with biological brain tissue can feel the gap between cold-hard machinery and the human mind. What is more important, they can enhance your understanding of how the brain works.

Futuristic biocomputers that use human brain cells may soon become quite real.

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