#BREAKING | US pullout from Afghanistan aims to free resources for Indo-Pacific challenges

🤖 ‘R2D2’ Patrols New York City: NYPD ‘robot dog’ spotted in Manhattan public housing building

For some Manhattan public housing residences, science fiction has become a step closer to reality when on Monday officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) put on a show with their own version of a four-legged, dog-like machine trotting along inside of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) building.

In a Twitter video shot outside of a NYCHA building on East 28th street, NYPD officers are shown making an arrest of a suspect who was reported to have locked himself inside an apartment building. What makes this unfortunately common scene a bit more startling is when a Boston Dynamic “Digidog” brings up the rear, shocking onlookers as it descends down the stairs alongside the officers

Catch our New Rules show, where we provide an in-depth look at the geopolitical, economic, and ideological trends changing the world! In this episode we are joined by Jacques Sapir, Director of Studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, one of the leading European experts on the Russian economy. Here's our line-up for this episode:

🔸 To begin with, we'll be discussing why the West’s sanctions against Russia failed
🔸 Next, we'll focus on Europe's economic challenges, including a potential energy crisis next winter
🔸 Finally, we'll be covering economic multipolarity and the decline of US hegemony

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Residents of Kherson speak about the shelling of a local dormitory by Ukraine

💉 Figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that more than 78 million individuals have been fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the deadly virus that causes COVID-19. Nearly 126 million Americans have received at least one dose of an approved vaccine candidate.

New data released by the CDC has revealed that some 5,800 individuals who have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus managed to still contract the deadly virus, a figure amounting to less than 1% of individuals who have been inoculated

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Take command of your democracy: Tara Reade, an ex-assistant to Joe Biden, sends a message to Americans who “feel unsafe” in their own country

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❗️ An active shooter incident was reported around 11 p.m. local time (3 a.m. on Friday GMT) in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to WRTV. The shooting occurred at FedEx's Indianapolis facility, which is the second-largest hub in the company's global network, employing more than 4,500 people.

At least 8 people are reported to have been shot, while the perpetrator died by suicide

#BREAKING | Eight people killed, more wounded by shooter in Indianapolis

#URGENT | US stock market indices hit all-time high after banks post profit surge reports

🤔 White House: Biden believes Russia has found itself "outside" the international community and sees the summit with Putin as a "bridge" to bring it back

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia has announced its response to Washington's recent sanctions:

📌US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan was politely asked to “go to Washington for consultations"

📌Russia to ask 10 American diplomats to leave the country

📌Moscow will restrict the activities of American entities that interfere in Russian politics

📌The Kremlin will add eight members of the Biden administration to the no-entry list

📌 Moscow says it will respond to each and every "sanctions wave" from Washington

🚫 Moscow has published a list of US officials banned from entering Russia:

❗️FBI Director Christopher Wray

❗️Attorney General Merrick Garland

❗️Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

❗️Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal

❗️Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines

❗️Director of the Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice

❗️John Bolton (Trump's former National Security Adviser)

❗️Robert James Woolsey Jr. (Bill Clinton-era CIA chief)

#BREAKING: Pentagon says aware of Russia's plans to restrict access to some Black Sea areas

#BREAKING | US Embassy in Russia says consulting with Washington on Moscow response measures to recent sanctions

🛸 The Pentagon is going to scrutinize the video of the alleged UFO, which was filmed by Navy personnel in California in 2019. In the available video, you can see how 3 "pyramid-shaped" ships hover over the warship "Russell".

"The Ministry of Defense and the military departments take any incursions by unauthorized aircraft into our training grounds or designated airspace very seriously and study every report"

#URGENT | Shooting reported at mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan

The US can increase its military forces in Ukraine if necessary, acting US Ambassador to Ukraine Kristina Kvien said.

She also stressed that the Biden administration recently announced a new $ 125 million package of security assistance to Ukraine, which includes funds for training, equipping and advising the Ukrainian military

A single gunshot victim was taken to Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan hospital. The male victim is reportedly in stable condition.

At this time, police believe the shooting was an isolated incident. No additional victims have been identified.

⛔️ “Your post couldn't be shared, because this link goes against our Community Standards” is a post ban you might run into if you want to share on Facebook a link to an article published by The New York Post (NYP) which detailed the recent million dollar purchases of Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors, and called for an investigation into these purchases from other activists.

A Facebook spokesperson has since reached out to several news outlets, stating that the NYP story has been "deleted for violating our privacy and personal information policies."

Meanwhile the BLM co-founder expressed her opinion regarding this article: "The whole point of these articles and these attacks on me is to discredit me, but also discredit the movement."

Will they also tell the real estate websites to block the news?

🌖 NASA is helping SpaceX prepare to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon. SpaceX will continue to develop the first commercial human lander that will take the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024.

According to NASA, the total value of the contract with SpaceX, which was announced on Friday, is $ 2.89 billion.

Incidentally, the last manned landing on the Moon was in 1972, will they be able to repeat the success of Apollo-17 after more than 53 years?

🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸 The US-Japan relationship is increasingly important given the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region believes Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

US President Joe Biden met in-person with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and discussed the challenges posed by China and North Korea as well as climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and the countries’ shared values.

"Today, Prime Minister Suga and I affirmed our iron-clad support for the US-Japanese alliance and for our shared security. We committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea as well as North Korea to ensure the future of our free and open Indo-Pacific," US President Joe Biden said after a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga