China recalls ‘debt of blood NATO owes’ for bombing its embassy in Yugoslavia

China’s Foreign Ministry has repeatedly accused Washington and its allies of efforts to further militarize East Asia and sow the “seeds of a new Cold War” in the region and remind about the debt of blood NATO owes the Chinese people in bombing Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia on May 7, 1999, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in Twitter.

China does not welcome an "Asia-Pacific version of NATO" that persistently stokes “bloc confrontation,” Chunying has tweeted, in reference to the alliance’s expansion in the region.

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🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is undergoing medical evaluation in a hospital, his office said on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, a Israeli news portal reported that the 73-year-old prime minister arrived in the Sheba Medical Center in the city of Ramat Gan east of Tel Aviv, feeling unwell, but fully conscious.

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🇵🇪 3,000-year-old condor ceramic piece found inside sealed Peruvian temple

Archaeologists in Peru have made an exciting discovery within a sealed corridor in a 3,000-year-old temple complex which is a UNESCO World Heritage site: a roughly 37-pound large ceramic piece adorned with appears to be a condor's head and wings. The ceramic finds were made at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site - home to the Chavin culture that flourished between 1,500 and 550 BC.

Lead archaeologist and Stanford anthropology professor John Rick described the find as something that has been "frozen in time." The condor holds great significance in ancient Andean cultures, symbolizing power and health as it is associated with the sun deity and believed to be the ruler of the upper world.

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🇫🇷 The French police made 96 arrests on July 14, Bastille Day, across the country, a French broadcaster reported on Saturday.

This year, the holiday was marred by various incidents. Seven people among police, gendarmes and firefighters were injured. Across France, 255 cars were set on fire.

In Paris, the number of detentions decreased by 80%, the report added.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin thanked the French law enforcement forces for their service during the national holiday.

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🇹🇭🇷🇺 Lavrov says discussed with Thai Foreign Minister Russia's Mir payment system

More than 15 countries, including Thailand, are interested in connecting to the Mir system.

The Thai foreign minister and Russian Foreign Minister discussed the steps needed to ensure that the Russian Mir Payment System cards can be used without any problems in Thailand, at an opening ceremony of the Russian general consulate on Phuket.

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Russian scientists devise innovative tumor treatment using nanoparticles

According to a study published in the journal Pharmaceutics, the new approach is based on the use of nanoparticles that deliver an active medical substance, like chemotherapy, directly to the tumor. As they do not release the medicine until they reach the inside of a tumor cell, this prevents the drugs from damaging healthy tissues around the tumor.

According to Timur Nizamov, junior researcher at the Laboratory of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanomaterials, the magnetic properties of such nanoparticles increase the possibility of their direct delivery to the tumor zone by controlling magnetic fields.
In the future, according to Nizamov, the development of such technology will make it possible to create what he referred to as a "high-precision weapon" against malignant tumors, operating on the "fire and forget" principle.

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Russian Foreign Ministry urges Ukraine to release vicegerent of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

The Ukrainian authorities should comply with their international legal obligations and immediately release the vicegerent of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Bishop Pavel who is under round-the-clock house arrest until August 14, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called on the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and heads of churches, including Pope Francis, to protect the vicegerent of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

Pope Francis has responded to the appeal of Patriarch Kirill and will try to facilitate the release of Metropolitan Pavel, believing his arrest to be politically motivated.

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US deploys fighter jets in Iran’s backyard as regional tensions surge

The United States will deploy General Dynamics F-16 fighter jets to the Persian Gulf region, US and Gulf media have reported, citing a senior US defense official speaking anonymously to reporters.

It was alleged that Iran attempted to seize two commercial vessels in the Gulf. However, an informed Iranian defense source dismissed these claims as patently false.

But Iran has indeed seized other foreign tanker vessels in recent months, citing the escalating prevalence of illegal oil smuggling activities, and unsafe maneuvers through Iranian waters.

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Russian aviation makes over 40 sorties to strike at Ukrainian targets

In the Serebryanskiy forest area, Ukrainian troops made four attempts to attack Russian positions, but suffered significant losses, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian forces hit seven Ukrainian targets using "Solntsepyok" (Blazing Sun) thermobaric rocket launchers, the spokesperson specified.

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'Up to 20%' of Kiev's weapons destroyed or damaged in first 2 weeks of counteroffensive

In the recent weeks, the casualty rate dropped to about 10%, with the losses becoming lower because the counteroffensive itself slowed down, an American daily reported.

A Ukrainian soldier said his squad's UAV filmed about half a dozen Western armored vehicles that had been shelled by the Russian artillery, the report said.

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📹 Russian Ka-52 eliminates Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle with guided missile in South Donetsk direction

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🇺🇸 Abortion battle escalates as US gears up for ballot measures

The first major fight is taking place in Ohio, where Republicans are seeking to raise the voting threshold to 60% in a special election next month. This move could impede Democrats' efforts to establish abortion rights in the state constitution through a potential ballot measure in November.

Florida, South Dakota, and Arizona are also key battlegrounds in the struggle between those seeking to restrict or protect abortion rights. These states are grappling with the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year.

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🇷🇺 Russian forces thwart Ukrainian terrorist attack on Crimea's port city of Sevastopol, MoD says:

▪️Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed, another five obliterated after being suppressed by electronic warfare;

▪️Two Ukrainian unmanned boats were eliminated;

▪️There were no casualties or damage from the attack.

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🇺🇸 "Like hell they didn't!": Donald Trump ridicules White House cocaine investigation

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❗️Loud explosions heard in Lugansk, LPR, Sputnik correspondent reports

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⚡️ Putin: US previously called use of cluster munitions crime, it should be treated accordingly

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❗️Putin takes aim at US cluster bomb supplies to Ukraine:

▪️The US previously condemned the use of cluster munitions as a crime, so this is how it should be regarded;

▪️The US is not doing this because of any good times in life, but because they are running out of ammunition;

▪️Moscow has so far not needed to use cluster munitions, but if they are used against Russia, it has the right to take tit-for-tat action;

▪️Russia possesses a sufficient stockpile of various kinds of cluster munitions.

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🇹🇷 Over 200 businessmen to accompany Erdogan on official tour of Persian Gulf

Turkiye is expecting more than $50 billion in investment during Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia on July 17-19, Turkish media reported.

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UN admits no vessels with Russian fertilizers dispatched under Black Sea grain initiative

A UN coordinator also acknowledged that low and low-middle-income countries have received only 10% of corn and 40% of wheat under the initiative, with high and upper-middle-income countries importing 90% of corn and 60% of wheat.

The Joint Coordination Centre, which is charged with implementing the grain deal, has got 29 applications on exports from vessels in Turkish waters, but none of these applications have been approved by all parties to the deal, and no new ships have been authorized to participate since June 27.

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🎥 A Russian Ka-52 helicopter crew unleashed a surgical strike and obliterated a Ukrainian armored vehicle, which was occupying a firing position hiding under forest cover in the Southern Donetsk area.

Video courtesy from Russian MoD

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