⚡️ Britain's plans to transfer depleted uranium projectiles to Kiev are yet another reckless provocation by London, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova told Sputnik.

'Why Don't You Release Assange?': Mexican President Strikes Back at US Over Human Rights Report

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador dismissed a report by the US government on Tuesday accusing his administration of human rights violations as “lies.”

The State Department issued its annual report Monday on “Human Rights Practices.” The publication criticized the Lopez Obrador administration’s treatment of journalists and claimed that in Mexico, “impunity and extremely low rates of prosecution remained a problem for all crimes, including human rights abuses and corruption.”

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❗️ The Black Sea Fleet has repelled a marine drone attack in Sevastopol, the governor said.

According to the authorities, three objects that tried to penetrate the bay in Sevastopol were destroyed, the air defense eliminated the air targets.

⚡️ Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The use of depleted uranium shells is, in fact, a manifestation of genocide against the population against which such weapons are used.

Duke v. Heritage Foundation: Could Prince Harry’s Drug Use Affect His US Visa?

Prince Harry opened up about his illegal drug use in his memoir "Spare", admitting to using cocaine, cannabis, and magic mushrooms, later adding in an interview that cocaine was more of a “social thing” while mushrooms and cannabis were to help with his “trauma”.

The Heritage Fund, a conservative US think-tank, is calling for the release of Prince Harry’s US visa application so they can see whether or not he admitted to past drug use before moving into his $9.5 billion home in Santa Barbara, California.

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❗️ Russian diplomat on US congressmen's call for Biden to supply cluster munitions to Kiev: Moscow urges Washington not to follow path of escalation.

❗️Latest statements by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia:

▪️ Congressmen calling for the supply of cluster munitions to Kiev are not aware of the consequences for NATO

▪️ The United States, in fact, demonstrates every day the intention to follow the path of escalation; this is a very dangerous path.

▪️ The United States is actually directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine

▪️ Arms control issues were discussed during the meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping

▪️ The point in the statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China following the visit of Xi Jinping on the inadmissibility of nuclear war is a direct signal to the United States

▪️ Russia and China call on the US and NATO to follow the path of de-escalation and strengthen strategic stability

▪️ Washington is running into Moscow's retaliatory measures, intending to continue flying drones over the Black Sea.

▪️ Russia warns the US not to test the patience of Moscow; the security of the Russian Federation will be ensured by all available means

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TikTok ‘Has Never Shared’ US User Data With Chinese Government: App’s CEO

TikTok's chief executive Zi Chew will testify before Congress on Thursday that the Chinese-owned video app “has never shared, or received a request to share, US user data with the Chinese government,” according to the official’s written testimony, which has been posted by the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.

Zi is also expected to add that TikTok's parent company ByteDance is not owned or controlled by any government or state entity.

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❗️ North Korea reportedly launched a cruise missile towards the Sea of Japan.

Ex-Lehman Exec Warns 50 More Bank Failures May Hit US If Structural Problems Not Fixed

Another 50 bank failures may engulf America if the US government does not take appropriate action to iron out structural issues, former Lehman Brothers executive Lawrence McDonald told Sputnik.

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❗️ Moscow: commission on biolabs concluded that US is ready to produce and use biological weapons outside its territory.

🛵💰Money doesn't matter when it comes to your dreams: a man from India's Assam purchases a scooter with a sack full of coins he'd been saving for more than 5 years.

Sputnik was delighted to learn that the employees at the automobile showroom he approached politely helped him to count the total number of coins.

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🇺🇸 The United States and its allies are doing everything to prolong the Ukrainian conflict, not even shying away from the supply of depleted uranium ammunition to Kiev, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Wednesday.

🗣 "This decision leads to a tragedy on a global scale, which will primarily affect European countries," Volodin said on Telegram.

The official also expressed concern about the possibility of Kiev using a dirty bomb or even "tactical nuclear weapons" in the future.

📍 "If this happens, there will be no turning back. Washington and its satellites (London, Brussels, Warsaw and so on) are doing everything to make a ‘war to the last Ukrainian’ become a ‘war to the last European’," Volodin added.

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❗️ Aleppo International Airport suspended operations due to damage from Israeli missile attack - Syrian Transport Ministry

Johnson Intends to Vote Against Prime Minister Sunak's New UK-EU Deal on Northern Ireland

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he intends to vote against a major clause in the new deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the Northern Ireland Protocol, brokered by incumbent leader Rishi Sunak.

At the end of February, Sunak announced that the European Union and the United Kingdom have made a "decisive breakthrough" in negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol. The protocol is going to be replaced by the newly agreed-upon Windsor Framework in order to resolve the outstanding issues with the previous agreement, including the checks imposed on UK goods arriving in Northern Ireland.

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