⚡ UN HQ surrounded by police responding to man armed with shotgun

The area near the UN headquarters in New York is now cordoned off due to an unknown person entering the building. New York Police told Sputnik's correspondent that they received a call about an armed man in the area of the UN headquarters

UN personnel urged to shelter in place amid ongoing police activity at New York headquarters

Sputnik's correspondent managed to photograph the man, although his identity remains unknown

Shortly after being released from a three-year prison sentence, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, entered the non-fungible tokens market (NFT) to sell digital representations of his badge from Otisville Prison in New York. Cohen called the sales of his NFTs a merging of "art, technology and politics all into one."

Apart from the badge, which will be sold at a fixed price on 12 December, Cohen is also auctioning a handwritten page from his 2020 memoir "Disloyal" about his time as Trump's so-called "fixer."

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he had “candid” exchanges with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on their different perspectives on Ukraine as they met on the sidelines of an OSCE meeting in Sweden

▪️The two agreed to report back to their respective presidents, who are expected to engage in direct talks this month;

▪️They also had a "good" conversation on Iran, and Russia appeared to share the "basic perspective" of US on the issues discussed;

▪️The recent moves by Iran still do not provide a lot of optimism, and the next day or so will reveal whether it intends to engage in good faith, according to Blinken.

❗The United States will be ready to consider, under certain circumstances, the possibility of expanding military assistance to Ukraine, Jen Psaki said

😐 Forced out of her home

After dropping her daughter off at school on Monday morning at around 7 am, Alyandra Valdes found a man using a crowbar to break in through her daughter's bedroom window, WSVN reports. The suspect approached the woman but she was able to escape. After that, the man fled in a grey pick-up truck.

Valdes hopes that the police will find the suspect – Alyandra and her daughter are living with family while the broken window is repaired.

"It’s scary to think that he might come back because he didn’t get to finish what he needed to get," she said.

📹 #LIVE from NYC as police respond to armed man outside UN headquarters

❗ NYPD spokesman says police trying to establish dialogue with a white male "in his 60s" with a possible shotgun outside UN HQ, situation still active

NYPD say there is no threat to people in UN headquarters because of an armed man

The Omicron variant could slow US economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. “I think we're very uncertain at this point just how significant it is," she underlined when asked about the threat to the US economy posed by the Omicron. “There's a lot of uncertainty, but it could, it could cause significant problems.”

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No evidence of any criminal, political motive of armed man, UN says

The New York Police said there is no threat to the public but the incident is ongoing

An Idaho State Police Trooper and a motorist he helped with a flat tire were almost run over by a pickup truck on the side of a highway. Fortunately, both came away with only minor injuries.

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⚡ Man armed with shotgun detained outside UN HQ

🐇 Music star and rapper Cardi B has joined Playboy as its first Creative Director in Residence and founding creative director of an upcoming platform that will include adult entertainment, Centerfold.

"It's a dream come true to officially join the Playboy family. I can't believe this is real. For as long as I can remember, I've felt connected to Playboy," Cardi wrote on instagram.

Photo from Cardi’s Instagram.