🇹🇼⚡- Scenes from Taipei, Taiwan, as sirens go off across the Island as part of Taiwan's military drills designed to prepare against a possible invasion. The exercises are to last a few days.

🇮🇱⚡️- An explosion has been heard in Beersheba, southern Israel.

🇺🇸⚡️- Hillary Clinton pens op-ed for the New York Times supporting Kamala Harris.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/opinion/kamala-harris-donald-trump.html

🇩🇪🇮🇷⚡- German police raid the 'Blue Mosque' in Hamburg. German intelligence claims the mosque is run by the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH), a banned 'extremist' group, thought to be an agency of Iran.

🇬🇪⚡- Georgia's State Security Service claims a coup is being planned against the ruling Georgian Dream Party.

🇺🇲🇬🇪⚡- "2024 is a crucial year for Georgia’s future and democratic progress," – John Huck, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

🇷🇺⚡- Andrii Torgashov, Deputy Head of Russia's Military Communications, was the target of an assassination attempt in Moscow, Russia. Torgashov is in a critical condition after the car bomb tore his legs off, also injuring his wife.

🇹🇷⚡- "Northern Cyprus does not rule out transitioning to the status of an Autonomous Republic within Turkey," – Erhan Arikli, Minister of Transport and Development of Northern Cyprus.

🇨🇳🇵🇸⚡- "No matter how the international situation changes, China will firmly support the just cause of the Palestinian people," – Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister.

🇺🇲🇹🇩⚡- John Bass, US Deputy Secretary of State, has arrived in Chad to meet Prime Minister, Allamai Halina. The visit is meant to strengthen ties between the two countries.

🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡- A garbage balloon launched from North Korea has landed at the Presidential Palace complex in Seoul, South Korea – South Korean media reports.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in northern Israel (Yarka direction.)

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I know that we will win, and how we will win," – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We know when the F16s will arrive, but we won't say so. They will approach the frontline no closer than 40km to avoid being shot down," – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russian Federation invaded with a force of 100 thousand, now it has 520 thousand in Ukraine, and by the end of 2024 they plan to increase the number to 690 thousand soldiers." – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russian Federation has superior technological advantage. Since 2022, the number of Russian tanks have doubled and artillery systems have tripled." – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russian Federation tried to capture Kharkov and the neighboring Sumy region, but this attempt of theirs failed," – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russian Federation is preparing an offensive in the south, in the Zaporozhye region," – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We will do everything possible to achieve the internationally recognized 1991 borders," – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇺🇦🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Kiev supports China's position on the Taiwan issue and will continue to support the One China Policy" – Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, while on a visit to China.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇨🇳⚡- "Kiev is ready to negotiate with Russia, but negotiations must be rational," – Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, while on a visit to China.