⚠️ Ukraine's mass desertion exposed

🪖 More than 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel have deserted from the Ukrainian army or left the unit unauthorized, Verkhovna Rada deputy Anna Skorokhod has said.

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When rap meets Russian opera: How ‘Prince Igor’ took over Europe

“Prince Igor” was a song that stormed the European charts back in 1997.

Inspired by the Polovtsian Dances - the ballet fragment of Russian composer Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor – it was released as a lead single from the concept album “Hip Hop Meets Classic - The Rapsody: Overture.”

In the song, soprano sensation Kyrkjebø Sissel from Norway teams up with American rapper Warren G, with the instrumental background provided by The Rapsody.

Warren G fell back on the same rap lyrics as in his song "Reality" from the album Take a Look Over Your Shoulder.

Prince Igor was a major success, reaching number one in both Iceland and Norway. It was a Top 10 hit in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song peaked at number six in January 1998.

What do you think, has the song retained its fresh and inspired appeal?

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"Hope the cars are insured": Dents and shattered windows – in the Spanish town of El Ejido, hail the size of hens’ eggs has fallen. Hundreds of vehicles are damaged, and windows around the town have been broken.

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SCOTUS kept Kennedy Jr.'s name on the ballot in Wisconsin and Michigan

Despite independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump's candidacy, the Supreme Court rejected requests to remove his name from the ballots in those swing states.

“It is a purely political move in the hope that folks who would have otherwise voted for Trump will throw away their vote by voting for me instead. Don't let them undermine this election,” he wrote in his X account.

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🏛❌ Canada's opposition starts talks to oust Trudeau's government

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he will join other parties whenever there's another non-confidence vote.

“Depending on what the [New Democratic Party] will do, we can say the government's days are numbered,” Blanchet told CBC.

The mandate for Trudeau's government expires in late October 2025, and media reports openly predict the Liberals' defeat at the next general election.

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Biden called Trump supporters 'garbage'

In a virtual event in support of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden called over 74 million (that's how many Americans voted for Donald Trump in the last election) 'garbage'.

President later wrote in his X account that he was referring to the rhetoric of Trump supporters at his Madison Square Garden rally:

"[This] is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say."

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🌍🌍🌍 summit 'a complete success' - Chinese Foreign Minister

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has highly appreciated the recent BRICS summit.

💬 "The BRICS summit was held in Kazan under the chairmanship of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and was a complete success … this summit will not only help maintain the momentum of the development of the BRICS cooperation mechanism, but also strengthen the unity of the countries of the Global South so that they can play their important and constructive role in stabilizing the current international situation," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko.

At the same time, the Chinese foreign minister added that Russia and China "should maintain strategic interaction at all levels and in all areas."

💬 "Under the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese-Russian relations have maintained a healthy and stable development momentum, which not only meets the common interests of China and Russia and the peoples of the two countries, but is also our joint contribution to maintaining the stability of international relations, protecting international law and the UN Charter," Wang noted.

#BRICS2024

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🪖 Russian air defense forces down 23 Ukrainian drones overnight

Among them, seven drones were destroyed over the territory of the Rostov region, five over the territory of the Kursk region, four over the territory of the Smolensk region, three each over the territory of the Orel and Bryansk regions, and one over the territory of the Belgorod region, the Defense Ministry said.

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⚔️ NYT claims Israel’s Oct. 26 attack hit space center controlled by IRGC

The Israeli military's attack on Iran last Saturday targeted a range of sensitive military facilities, including the Shahroud Space Center in Semnan province controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), The New York Times reported, referring to satellite images from Planet Labs.

The Shahroud facility produces solid-fuel rocket engines used in the mass production of medium-range ballistic missiles that Iran could use to strike Israel.

Tehran has not commented on the report yet, but asserted earlier that the damage caused by the Israeli strike was limited.

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⚡️The US authorities did not inform the Russian Embassy in Washington about the detention of Russian journalists traveling to cover the US presidential election, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova told Sputnik.

According to her, the journalists were traveling there "not incognito" but "in full compliance with the documents issued".

"They were received at the airport, detained, interrogated, then the cameraman was refused to cross the border, his entry visa was canceled, and administrative reasons were given as the reason."

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