⚡️ US President Biden not looking to escalate conflict with China, White House says

⚡️ France reportedly cancels Washington gala after 'betrayal' submarine deal

⚡️US Grand Jury indicts Clinton-linked attorney Michael Sussmann for making false statements to the FBI

The White House has offered Nicki Minaj a call with a doctor after she expressed concerns about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

The rapper tweeted on Monday that she wants to do more research before getting vaccinated, and claimed that a friend of her cousin's became impotent because of it, which Dr. Anthony Fauci and health officials from the UK and Trinidad have refuted.

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🇺🇸🇫🇷 The White House claims that France was aware of the imminent plans to announce a defense pact between the US, UK and Australia.

The first task of the newly minted 'AUKUS' mission is to enhance Australia with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, which will push aside Canberra’s $66 billion deal with Paris to provide it with 12 state-of-the-art conventionally-powered attack submarines.

One former French ambassador to the US called the move a stab in the back.

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‘Cut him off, now!’: Newsmax anchor becomes furious when veteran blames Afghanistan crisis on Trump

"You're not gonna blame this on President Trump on my show. That's not happening!" Grant Stinchfield said after Iraq War veteran Joe Saboe described the Trump administration's handling of the situation in Afghanistan during his presidency as "fairly weak."

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😦 Thousands of Haitian migrants pour across the US border

▪️ Up to 10,000 migrants have formed a makeshift camp under the bridge that connects Del Rio, Texas and Mexico's Ciudad Acuña;

▪️ Biden has admitted that people who cross the border illegally won't be required to get vaccinated (after imposing sweeping vaccination rules on many Americans last week);

▪️ Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would seal ports of entry before backpedaling hours later, blaming the confusion on the Biden administration.

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😜 Scott Morrison has laughed off the awkward moment when Joe Biden forgot his name by saying "it happens to the best of us".

Asked if Mr Biden had texted him to say sorry, Mr Morrison said: "There's no need for that, it's all good".

"He actually does refer to me privately when we speak as pals, it's a phrase that he uses a fair bit, I suppose that's mate in similar ways", he added.

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😮 Every little boy dreamed of that in their childhood!

🇦🇫 Taliban soldiers play on a Black Hawk helicopter allegedly left in the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan.

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⚡️ US and NATO countries should provide most of money for post-war Afghan reconstruction, Vladimir Putin says

The Russian president said it is necessary to cooperate with the US and other countries to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets in foreign banks

⚡️ AUKUS raises many questions from nuclear proliferation point of view, Russia's IAEA representative says

❗️ "Nicki Minaj told me the truth! Fauci lied to me!"

Nicki Minaj's tweets expressing her reservations about taking the COVID-19 vaccine prompted a group of her fans to launch a protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, with one outspoken supporter insisting, "We should all question this vaccine."

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⚡️ United Airlines is experiencing a massive system-wide outage, has issued nationwide ground stop

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UPDATE: All systems are now working normally, a United Airlines spokesperson says