📹🇷🇺 The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the destruction of a fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

An armored group of a Russian unit, which includes tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, opens fire while on the move at camouflaged positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying enemy firing points and manpower.

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🇺🇸 US Capitol police evacuate Senate buildings amid possible active shooter report

🇰🇪 What is Worldcoin Crypto and Why Kenya Suspends It?

Kenyan police dispersed hundreds of residents who gathered to have their data collected in order to receive the Worldcoin cryptocurrency in the capital, Nairobi.

👁 According to local media, the cryptocurrency company is offering locals to have their eyeballs scanned in exchange for the immediate receipt of 25 Worldcoins ($49).

Sputnik Africa looks at the nature of the cryptocurrency and the security risks it can pose

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🇨🇳 According to reports in Chinese media, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) has perfected a 28-nanometer immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine and is expected to begin producing microchips using the technology by the end of the year.

The Netherlands-based ASML has been one of the primary suppliers of high-end microchips to Chinese industry, withholding its DUV technology from Chinese producers and, earlier this year, agreeing to abide by US demands to drop its trade with China in high-end microchips altogether. The Dutch company is also under additional US pressure to restrict even further shipments to China, including devices with older chip models, according to US media reports.

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The global economic downturn caused by COVID and the fallout from NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is leaving fewer and fewer nations with the ability to boast of possessing an AAA credit rating, among them Switzerland and Singapore. What are Fitch ratings? How important are they? How do major economies like China rank?

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What's the Latest on Capitol Police's Evac of US Senate Buildings?

▪️ No confirmed signs of active shooter

▪️ All three Senate buildings cleared

▪️ Initial 911 call likely 'bogus call'

▪️ Original call untraceable as it 'bounces' to different locations

With former US President Donald Trump expected to be arraigned on Thursday in Washington, DC, as part of the latest indictment over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told reporters the bureau would be ready for any scenario.

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🔺 Iran deploys warships with 600 km range missiles on board during snap Gulf drills
🔺 How far will NATO allies go to fight their losing war in Ukraine?
🔺Interim President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso: Western weapons sent to Ukraine are winding up in the hands of terrorists in Africa, and pose a threat to the continent

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Building battery? scientists find way to store electrical charge in cement

In a research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a group of MIT scientists described how they took cement, water, and carbon black (a type of powdery charcoal), and by mixing them together, accidentally created a new type of battery.

When the materials are mixed together, the carbon black forms ribbons throughout the mixture, and as the water is absorbed by the cement, it leaves voids. The lengthy surfaces with a gap between them are then able to act as capacitor plates, storing a charge in the voltage difference in the same way that a battery does

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🇮🇷 Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary has asserted that the United States is fomenting "fabricated" catastrophes on Syrian soil to advance its unlawful military stay in the Arab nation.

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🇺🇸 The US State Department said in an advisory that it ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees and their family members from the American Embassy in Niger

Wednesday marks Russian Airborne Forces Day, the professional holiday dedicated to Russia’s paratroopers. On the occasion, Sputnik decided to reach out to Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces veteran Major-General (ret.) Oleg Fedyaev for unique insights into Russian paratroopers’ critical role in the proxy war with NATO in Ukraine.

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Former US Justice Department prosecutor Ronald Sievert told Sputnik that the new indictment against former President Donald Trump is not solid and criminalizes his constitutional right of free speech.

"As a DOJ [Justice Department] prosecutor for 25 years, I am very disturbed by this indictment," Sievert said.

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US stocks suffer worst losses in six months following Fitch’s credit rating downgrade

US stocks posted big losses on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq suffering its worst loss in six months after losing 2.17% of its value, or 310.47 points, closing at 13,973.45.

Other indices suffered as well, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 348.16 points, or 0.98% of its value, to close at 35,282.52. The S&P 500 lost 1.38% of its value, dropping by 63.34 points to close at 4,513.39.

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A newly surfaced report has detailed that former US President Barack Obama warned current US President Joe Biden of the political strengths of 2024 contender Donald Trump and vowed that he would do all he could to bring about a second Biden presidential term.

The report noted that Obama raised concerns over Trump's close following, his iron grip on the Republican party, the polarization of the country, as well as the conservative media storm that follows and props up Trump.

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The credit downgrade of the United States by Fitch Ratings does not dilute the standing of the country’s Treasury instruments as the world’s most dependable assets for investment, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday.

"At the end of the day, Fitch's decision does not change what all of us already know," Yellen said in a speech delivered at an event hosted by the Internal Revenue Service.

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Devon Archer, a former associate of Hunter Biden, said on Wednesday that the calls between then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son during the latter’s foreign business calls constitute an "abuse of soft power."

Earlier this week, Archer provided testimony to lawmakers on Joe Biden’s connection to his son's foreign business deals. Lawmakers provided split opinions on Archer’s testimony, with some claiming it exonerated Joe Biden while others claimed it was further evidence of wrongdoing.

Archer testified that Joe Biden joined Hunter and his business associates at least 20 times either in person or via speakerphone.

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☣️ Illegal Medical Lab Found in US With Bioengineered Mice, Infectious Agents on Site

😷 According to reports, the lab, allegedly run by Prestige BioTech, but not registered in California, was working with at least 20 dangerous viruses, bacteria, and parasites, including COVID-19, E. Coli, malaria, HIV, hepatitis, and herpes.

🔍 The authorities allegedly removed the hazardous materials from the site, however the origin of the lab remains unknown, and a criminal investigation is underway.

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