🇫🇷🪲 The French health minister assured the nation that there was no need to panic about bedbug infestation, after commuters complained that public transport in Paris was crawling with the bloodsucking insects.

💬"There is no reason for general panic. We are not being invaded by bedbugs. And it is not related to migration, if this needs to be said… It is related to mobility: when you return from abroad, you may bring them on yourself," Aurelien Rousseau told a French radio broadcaster.

Bedbug infestation is giving headaches to the French sanitary watchdog Anses in the run-up to the 2024 summer Olympics. Anses estimates that the insects have invaded one in 10 households across France in the past several years. In recent months, they have been popping up in hotels, cinemas, on trains, and even on ferries.

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🇺🇸📉Dow Jones is down 367 points as US Treasury bonds hit a 16-year high

When this story went to press late on Tuesday morning, the Dow Jones was down by 367 points, a 1.1% drop, and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 had suffered even worse losses.

The initiating factor in the mass selloffs was the 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds hitting their highest levels since August 2007, continuing a trend that began on Monday of rapidly increasing yields. Late on Tuesday morning, it was at 4.77% - even higher than at the opening bell.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺How Clinton used Russia’s 1993 crisis to dupe Yeltsin on NATO’s eastward march

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the bloody finale to the 1993 Russian Constitutional Crisis – which saw the streets of Moscow turned into a battleground between pro-Yeltsin forces and the Supreme Soviet parliament. How did the Clinton White House take advantage of chaos to push NATO expansion?

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🇭🇺💶🇪🇺Hungary has so far received no official statements from the European Commission on the possibility of unfreezing 13 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in EU funds or any conditions for this move, Hungarian Minister for Regional Development Tibor Navracsics stated.

Earlier in the day, a british newspaper reported that the European Commission was considering releasing the funds for Hungary to solicit Budapest's support for a new increased common budget, which includes aid to Ukraine.

💬"We are now learning about the possible position of the European Commission on this issue from the press. We have not officially received any position or a similar reaction, only questions last week, and we will answer them," Navracsics told a press conference aired by a Hungarian television news channel.

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🇺🇸🇪🇨 US troops set to deploy to Ecuador for anti-smuggling operations

💬 "The Ecuadorian authorities will also be deployed on foreign ships so that the sovereignty is not lost and make sure that it is our authorities who make key decisions regarding operations," Ecuadorian FM Gustavo Manrique Miranda said.

The minister added that another agreement signed provides a legal basis for the movement of US officials and troops through the country.

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❗️Russian air defenses brought down 31 Ukrainian UAVs in overnight attack, MoD says

The attack targeted the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.

A Russian military aircraft thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian forces to infiltrate the Crimea through the Black Sea using a fast military boat and three jet skis, the ministry added.

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🇷🇺🌌 Roscosmos invites Brazil, Turkey and South Africa to participate in the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) project

According to Yuri Borisov, the head of the Russian space corporation, these countries have expressed interest in joining the orbital station project, the construction of which is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Borisov noted that the station will serve as a research facility and laboratory "for testing space technologies."

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🇷🇺🥷 Stealth mission: Watch Russian drone sneak behind Ukrainian lines to drop leaflets (0:49) urging servicemen to lay down their arms

These leaflets, dropped over the town of Nikopol in Dnepropetrovsk region, contain information on how to get in touch with Russian troops and surrender.

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💬 "The Arctic Sea has been opening up and it is only natural for the maritime traffic to increase. I see the development of the Northern Sea Routeand the Chennai-Vladivostok corridor as a very positive step in that sense.

There is also growing demand for Russian commodities in the Indian market and Indian finished products could find a seamless transit to the Russia markets and beyond," stated Vasan, an Indian Navy veteran.

🇷🇺 🇮🇳 Vasan, a former Indian Navy officer, asserts that prioritizing the Northern Sea Route as a feasible mode of connectivity between Asia and Europe carries noteworthy geopolitical benefits.

◾ The development of these alternative routes would provide more efficient and reliable trade and transportation options, diminishing reliance on the problematic Suez Canal.

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Will India stop buying Russian oil? Unlikely!

🇷🇺🇮🇳 State-owned refiners in India witnessed a 25% surge in imports of Russian oil in September compared with the previous month, according to energy cargo tracker Vortexa.

📈 This rise has contributed to a almost 10% overall rise in India's imports from Russia.

🌐 These findings add further evidence to suggest that the G7 price cap has not posed a substantial hindrance to India's oil imports.

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🇪🇺💶 Ukraine's potential accession to the EU would ennoscript Kiev to receive about €186 billion over seven years, US media reports.

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🇷🇺💥 Watch Russian aviation strike Ukrainian forces’ warehouse in Konstantinovka, Donetsk People's Republic

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🇪🇺 EU’s plans for Ukraine to join the bloc suggests that the present “Banderite state” will be in place until 2030, Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, has said.

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🇿🇦 Rich economies prefer to escalate conflicts instead of "addressing the real dire needs in their own countries," says South African expert

African nations don't "understand these rich, advanced, mature, capitalist economies" that provide Kiev with weaponry and equipment, sending billions in aid, while their own countries face increasing poverty and crisis, Dr Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director, Institute for Economic Research and Innovation at Tshwane University of Technology, told Spuntik Africa on the sidelines of the 20th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

🗣 "Capitalist economies continue to spend money on sending arms into a conflict, in other words, escalating the conflict as opposed to addressing the real dire needs within their own countries," he stressed.

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🇵🇱The majority of Poles believe that they should not continue to provide financial assistance to Ukrainian refugees living in Poland, according to a survey conducted by the Pollster laboratory.

In the survey, the respondents were asked whether the financial assistance should be continued.
Of the respondents, 36% said "definitely no", 24% said "rather no", 18% said "rather yes", 8% said "definitely yes" and 14% were undecided.

According to reports, Poles recognize that the change in the attitude of Poles towards Ukrainians was influenced by the statements of representatives of the Polish government regarding the import of Ukrainian grain.

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In this fresh episode of our New Rules podcast, we are joined by Evgeny Buzhinsky, retired Russian lieutenant-general.

How serious are the risks of an escalation between NATO and Russia? Are we moving towards an arms race between the United States and Russia just like during the Cold War? Does the Ukraine counteroffensive have much of a future? Find out in our show!

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🇷🇺📹 Slow mo action: Russian Tor-M1 weapon system fires off missile in Kupyansk direction

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🇷🇺📈 Russia is one of the few G20 countries whose economic growth is expected to accelerate in 2023, with forecasts of 2.2% and 2% for 2023 and 2024, respectively, according to a published report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on trade and development for 2023.

“Similarly, among G20 countries, only Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, and the Russian Federation are expected to accelerate economic growth with significant fluctuations... Based on all these factors, GDP growth in Russia is projected to be 2.2% and 2% in 2023 and 2024, respectively,” the document says.

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🇮🇷👀 Every move you make: Watch Iranian drone keep tabs on US warship in Indian Ocean

Iranian media have shown off footage of a long-range, high endurance reconnaissance and strike drone keeping track of a US warship in the northern Indian Ocean for roughly 24 hours.

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🇫🇷 The University of Marseille will close the Faculty of Economics for a week due to its inability to ensure the safety of students.

Drugs have been trafficked near the building for many years, and local authorities do not react in any way, French media report.

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