❗️ Teixeira, who was arrested in connection with the "leak" of documents from the Pentagon, was officially charged with the seizure, storage and transfer of classified information.

❗️ Teixeira's next court hearing will take place next Wednesday - Judge

How Ukraine Tries to Hijack Developing Nations' G-20 Agenda

🇮🇳 🌐 In June, India's Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar gave Europeans some food for thought when he suggested they should stop trying to project their own issues onto other countries.

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🪖 "Lucky man! C'mon go away. Are you alive?": the video from Sputnik's correspondent in Artemovsk caught the case when a helmet saved a Russian fighter from a Ukrainian sniper's bullet.

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Donbass Vets Share Stories About How War Came to Their Home in 2014

April 14 marks the ninth anniversary since Kiev began an ‘Anti-Terrorist Operation’ in the Donbass in 2014 aimed at crushing an uprising by residents opposed to the post-coup government. How did the militias arise? What motivated their members? What message do vets have for Westerners today? Sputnik reached out to them to find out.

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⚡️ French Constitutional Council approves raising the retirement age to 64

Shrinking Dollar Area Makes Budget Deficits Huge Problem for US

The US federal government’s budget deficit reached $1.1 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year 2023, as per the US Treasury Department, which is roughly $600 billion less than the similar figure for the similar period of FY2021. There's one factor forcing the US government to buckle down "asap" and start fixing the economy.

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SA Sherpa: Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia Have No Effect on BRICS Cooperation

South Africa doesn't recognize unilateral sanctions imposed against Russia and is willing to expand relations with the country in many fields of mutual interest, said Anil Sooklal, a South African ambassador-at-large for Asia and a BRICS' sherpa, in an interview with Sputnik.

🗣“We only recognize UN-approved sanctions. So there are no UN sanctions against Russia," he said, adding: "We have a strong relationship with Russia and we continue to strengthen that relationship, including cooperation, as I said, within BRICS and also bilaterally."

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Lula’s Visit to China Paints Beijing as ‘Viable Alternative’ to US

The Brazilian president visiting China can be perceived as a good sign now that more people become frustrated over the US’ dominance in a unipolar world, Dr. Ken Hammond, writer and professor of East Asian and global history at New Mexico State University, told Sputnik.

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Washington's Crackdown on Whistleblowers Poses Danger to Free Speech

A US bill targeting the TikTok app is really a wider crackdown on online privacy and public scrutiny of government, two Big Tech whistleblowers have told Sputnik.

The Restrict Act, currently working its way through the US Congress, has been touted as an attack on Chinese software developer ByteDance — whose US CEO Shou Zi Chew was hauled before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in March.

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Europe Faces Challenges With Inflation, Economic Recovery, Financial Stability

Europe is experiencing challenges with high inflation, slow economic recovery and financial stability across the continent, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) European Department Alfred Kammer said on Friday.

He warned that inflation remains “stubbornly high” and continues to be in double digits in most emerging European economies and some advanced economies.

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💪 "Facing a juggernaut": The New York Times on Russia's Information Presence in Africa

💬 “Over the past year, a flood of pro-Russian content has increasingly been surfacing on news outlets and social media platforms in Africa,” in particular thanks to Russian media, the US media outlet states.

The NYT pointed out that Moscow is "expanding" across Africa, while "the reach of Western news outlets has been dwindling on some parts of the continent."

🗣 "RT and Sputnik [...] have signed partnerships with at least a dozen African news outlets," the outlet notes, quoting Maxime Audinet, an expert from IRSEM research institute, affiliated with the French defense ministry.

💬“In Mali, a Bamako-based radio station now broadcasts a Sputnik Afrique news podcast every evening,” the report adds

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US State Department, Pentagon Preparing Pathway to Hasten Foreign Weapons Sales, Media Reports

The US State Department and Pentagon are preparing measures to help hasten the process of selling weapons to foreign countries, American news outlet reported on Friday.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is considering more than 80 internal recommendations from a team tasked with speeding up the Pentagon’s foreign military sales process, the report said, citing a Pentagon spokesman.

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🇫🇷 Paris police use tear gas to force protesters off the streets

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UK Becomes First European Country to Allow Hands-Free Driving

The United Kingdom now allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel as long as the car is fitted with Ford’s BlueCruise technology, the US carmaker said on Friday.

This makes the UK the first country in Europe to allow the hands-free driving system, which is approved for specific sections of the road in England, Scotland and Wales, called hands-free blue zones.

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