🇨🇳 Western claims that China is using artificial intelligence to create fake social media accounts to interfere in American politics are "full of prejudice and malicious speculation," Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said in a statement to Sputnik.

According to media reports, citing Microsoft, China is alleged to have established a network of fake social media accounts with the aim to influence US voters by using artificial intelligence.

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NASA admits that the Space Launch System (SLS), which is designed to serve as the rocket for the Artemis missions to the moon, is unaffordable at current cost levels

NASA should act on prior GAO recommendations to improve transparency and monitoring of the SLS program, including its long-term costs and affordability, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report.

The SLS is the world's most powerful rocket created to enable NASA to return humans to the moon.

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Direct hit!

📹 Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters crews in combat action

Russian military aviation pilots wiped (0:28) (0:37) out several Ukrainian armored vehicles with guided missiles during combat sorties.

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🇦🇲🇺🇸 Some 85 US troops will train with 175 Armenian soldiers next week as part of the Eagle Partner joint military exercise, the US Army said in a press release

The release detailed that the US soldiers will come from the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and Kansas National Guard, while Armenia troops will be from the 12th Peacekeeping Brigade.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Armenian-US joint military exercises do not contribute to the stabilization of the situation in the region and the strengthening of mutual trust.

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Forces that are interested in sowing hatred and fear between Armenia and Russia are behind the provocation involving the detention of Sputnik Armenia columnist Ashot Gevorgyan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

Moscow is concerned about the growing number of pro-Western media structures in Armenia aimed at discrediting Russia, the diplomat said, adding that the tendency to spread "one-sided and negative information about Russia and Russian-Armenian relations" has recently prevailed in the information space of Armenia.

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📹 Russia’s Federal Security Service has foiled a railway sabotage plot in Crimea, which sought to impede military logistics

An intelligence agent working for the Kiev regime from Sevastopol was in the process of preparing the would-be sabotage incident, and a homemade bomb was confiscated from him, the agency said.

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Joe Biden struggles with low job ratings and age-related concerns

US leader Joe Biden faces persistent challenges from his low job ratings across the US, widespread concerns about his age and diminished confidence among Democratic-aligned voters, according to a poll conducted by a US media outlet.

There is no clear leader in a potential rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump, who leads by a wide margin in the GOP primary.

Nearly half of registered voters (46%) say that any Republican presidential nominee would be a better choice than Biden next year.

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📹 Using drones, Russian reconnaissance officers track down groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces arriving at the front line for rotation.

With special tactics, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated about 50 Ukrainian fighters in 10 days.

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🇸🇴 Teacher From War-Torn Somalia Shares His Story on International Literacy Day

📚 As the world celebrates Literacy Day, Sputnik Africa presents the inspiring story of a Somali teacher, Rufai Mohamud Hussein, who in an atmosphere of violence and lack of peaceful skies above his head, found the strength not to flee his homeland, but to educate local children and eradicate illiteracy for a better future.

👉 Read on to find out how to dare and dream!

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Blinken’s remarks on success of Kiev's counteroffensive 'fiction', a Zaporozhye official said

🗣 "All this is nothing but fiction. If there is any progress, it is in the theft and laundering of Western money, including that of US taxpayers, which is being thrown into a black hole to keep the regime of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky in power," Rogov said.

He noted that Ukraine has become a gray zone into which billions of dollars are poured and where Western elites are making money.

"The West and the leaders of the gang of drug addicts and Nazis [Ukrainian government] are doing business on the death of the people of the post-Ukrainian space," Rogov added.

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❗️Another Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, Head of the Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky said

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