🇳🇱 Huge fire engulfs Dutch industrial park

Several buildings have gone up in flames in the Netherlands' western city of Ter Aar.

Some reports suggest the blaze was caused by a solar panel installation, others say forklift gas cylinders exploded.

It's thought the fire could take hours to put out, with no injuries reported so far.

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🎥 Russian forces destroyed the enemy in the special military operation: "Our cause is just. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory shall be ours." (с)

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Scientists create 'new tool' to detect AI-based chatbot writing

First study author Heather Desaire, a professor at the University of Kansas, said in a media release that she and her colleagues “tried hard to create an accessible method so that with little guidance, even high school students could build an AI detector for different types of writing.”

According to the survey, the researchers trained the new program to identify key differences between 64 real studies published in the journal Science and 128 ChatGPT-generated counterfeits.

The scientists said that the program flagged the AI-written papers more than 99% of the time and could correctly tell the difference between human-created and chatbot-generated paragraphs 92% of the time.

The study revealed that ChatGPT-written papers differed from human text in at least four key aspects, including paragraph complexity, sentence-level diversity in length, punctuation marks and "popular words."

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First Japan-US-Philippines security meeting to take place in Tokyo on June 16

Japan will be represented by National Security Secretariat chief Takeo Akiba, the United States will be represented by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and the Philippines will be represented by National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano, Japanese TV channel reported.

The initiative to create such a format for consultations between the three countries belongs to Japan. Its main goal is to gain the support of the Philippines, which has a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea, which in turn will be a factor in deterring China.

Japan will also hold a bilateral security meeting with the United States to discuss, among other things, issues related to Japanese citizens forcibly detained in North Korea since 1970-1980.

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🎥 Footage of reconnaissance and attack Ka-52 helicopters destroying Western-made military vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction

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🇹🇷 Explosion occurs at missile factory in Ankara, five dead

The explosion rocked the missile and explosives factory in Ankara's Elmadag district, according to the report. A fire brigade and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene.

"An explosion occurred at the MKE missile factory in the Elmadag district of Ankara. The explosion killed five of our workers. A judicial and administrative investigation has been launched," the Turkish Defense Ministry said.

After receiving the information about the explosion, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler canceled his tour to the southern province of Hatay on the border with Syria and is now on his way to Ankara, the local newspaper reported.

The factory hit by the explosion belongs to the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE). The MKE is a state-owned company that manufactures weapons and equipment for the Turkish armed forces.

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🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev has asked for the precise location of a tank factory that a German company plans to build in Ukraine, as per his tweet.

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🎥 The Russian Ministry of Defense has published footage of destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces, including German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles

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

Ukrainian forces continued unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive operations in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, as well as close to Artyomovsk.

▪️In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks from the Ukrainian military with the strength of up to a battalion reinforced with tanks have been repelled. In addition, two columns of four armored vehicles have been hit.

▪️Close to Vremevskoi Vystup, the Ukrainian forces launched three unsuccessful attacks. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 300 troops, nine tanks, including four Leopard tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, including five US-manufactured Bradley vehicles, 14 armored fighting vehicles and one French-manufactured Cezar self-propelled artillery system;

▪️Close to Artyomovsk, five attacks have been successfully repelled. No incursion into Russian defenses has happened. Russian forces destroyed up to 230 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles and two D-30 howitzers;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted. Russian forces destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian troops, one armored personnel carrier, two pick-up trucks, and one US-manufactured M777 artillery system. The actions of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, the actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was thwarted. Russian forces neutralized up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles, Krab, Gvozdika and Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, one D-20 howitzer, as well as one ammunition depot;

▪️In the Kherson direction, Russian troops neutralized up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers, one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer as well as an ammunition depot;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down one Su-27 aircraft, a MIG-29 fighter, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, ten HIMARS missiles, as well as eight unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, DPR, Kharkov, and Zaporozhye regions.

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🇵🇭🌋The authorities launched the evacuation of 2,400 families, or 10,000 people, living in the four-kilometer zone of "permanent danger" of the Mayon volcano, a local broadcaster reported, citing officials.

On Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the volcanic eruption threat to Level 3, the report noted, adding that in the case of Level 4, the provincial authorities will evacuate another 16,000 people from the 8-kilometer zone.

Mayon volcano last erupted in 2018.

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Honduras ready to join BRICS' new development bank

Honduras has issued a formal request to join the BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB), the office of President Xiomara Castro tweeted on Saturday.

The step came as Castro met the bank’s President Dilma Rousseff during her six-day visit to China. The NDB is based in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

The Saturday developments come a week after Rousseff told Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa that the NDB’s board of directors formally authorized a vote on his country’s admission to the bank, which is due to be announced at its next meeting, scheduled for August.

During a BRICS summit in June 2022, member states pledged to enhance the NDB, following the successful admission of Bangladesh, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uruguay in September 2021.

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🎥 Footage of the destruction of a column of military vehicles by a strike from unmanned aerial vehicle operators.

The operators of the UAVs detected the movement of a column of heavy military trucks and armored vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The column was then targeted by strike drones, resulting in the destruction of all the heavy military trucks and armored vehicles.

Video courtesy of Russian MoD

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Good food Russia showroom in Vietnam holds children's day tasting

"Delicious dishes from Made in Russia products, as well as games and gifts, were prepared for little tasters that day. Guests were able to taste Russian cakes, cookies, sweets and nuts, as well as ready-made cereals, cream cheese sandwiches and much more," the REC's statement read.

"Vietnamese guests highly appreciated the quality of Russian products, which are already very familiar to all of us in Russia. Our little guests enjoyed the holiday especially. Based on the results of the tasting, we managed to agree on the supply of cream cheese and confectionery products to Vietnam," said Alexei Solodov, REC vice president.

The tasting format is one of the ways to promote companies that present their products in Good Food Russia demonstrations and tasting pavilions abroad. The pavilions currently operate in China, Vietnam, Egypt, UAE, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia.

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Scott Ritter: Ukrainian counteroffensive runs into defensive wall

💬 "The sad truth of the matter is that there are no NATO forces capable of successfully executing the offensive tasks that have been assigned to Ukraine. No one doubts the courage and commitment of the Ukrainian forces which have been thrown against Colonel General Romanchuk’s defensive barrier. But courage and commitment cannot overcome the reality that NATO lacks the ability, both in terms of equipment and doctrine, to successfully defeat Russia in a force-on-force confrontation, especially one which has Russia playing to its doctrinal strength (defensive operations) while NATO seeks to do something (an assault against prepared defenses) that it has no experience in doing," Scott Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector and retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer, wrote in his article for Sputnik

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🎥 Russian artillerymen destroyed Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles during an attempt to attack in the Artemovsk direction.

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Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline unlikely to launch soon after Ukrainian attack

On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a Ukrainian sabotage group had blown up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in the Kharkov Region, adding that there are casualties among the civilian population.

The realistic prospect of the ammonia pipeline restoration and launch has been pushed back for a very long time," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershininsaid following talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The diplomat called the attack yet another example of Kiev's "unreasonable, irrational and criminal" policies.

The official said that exports of ammonia exports from Togliatti to Ukrainian ports were crucially important for Africa, Asia and South America, adding that the international community should not ignore the incident.

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Saudi customs seize over 450,000 Captagon tablets in country’s northwest

"Customs of Al Hadithah prevented two attempts to smuggle more than 450,000 captagon tablets, which were found in trucks that arrived in the kingdom," the Saudi Arabian Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority said on Twitter.

The statement noted that in addition to the smugglers, two people in Saudi Arabia, who were the recipients of the captagon, were also detained.

In April, the Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Narcotics Control prevented an attempt to smuggle more than 12 million amphetamine pills in boxes with pomegranates.

In 2021, Saudi Arabia said that it was going to ban the import of Lebanese fruits and vegetables since most of the drugs come to the country from Lebanon and Syria.

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Colombian gov’t, ELN armed group agree to ceasefire for 6 months - Cuban Minister

On Friday, the third round of negotiations between the Colombian government and ELN rebels, mediated by Cuba, was held in Havana.

"By announcing this agreement, the parties launch the ceasefire process," Rodriguez said, adding that the hostilities will be stopped for 180 days from August 3.

The radical left National Liberation Army consists of several thousand people and is the second largest armed rebel organization in Colombia after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Colombia, the United States and the European Union designated ELN as a terrorist organization.

The negotiation process between the government of Colombia and ELN was launched in 2016 but stopped two years later. New rounds of negotiations between the parties were held in November-December 2022 and in March 2023 after Gustavo Petro was sworn in as the country's president.

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Medical negligence in UK investigated as possible cause of about 40 deaths

Around 40 deaths at a hospital in Brighton are being investigated by police, following claims of negligence made by two surgeons who were dismissed after raising concerns about patient safety. The accidents allegedly occurred between 2015 and 2020 in the general surgery and neurosurgery departments, but investigations were delayed due to local obstruction.

The surgeons, Krishna Singh and Mansoor Foroughi, were reportedly let go after raising concerns about the volume of deaths and serious harm to patients.

Singh told newspaper that cost-saving changes had been driven in an unsafe manner, leading to higher complication rates and patient mortality, while Foroughi said that at least two of the deaths were the result of a surgeon suffering from Parkinson's disease.

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🌍 'Wanted Dead or Alive': This African Country Can Become El Dorado for Bounty Hunters

The authorities of this country are offering a reward of up to $300,000 for information leading to the capture or death of figures on a terrorist wanted list

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