🇯🇵 Japan is considering increasing the number of long-range cruise missiles in service to 1,000 amid simmering tensions in the Asian region, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing military sources.

According to the report, Tokyo plans to deploy the majority of the missiles the Ryukyu Islands (also known as the Nansei Islands) and the island of Kyushu.

▫️The first long-range missiles are expected to be adopted by the Japanese self-defense forces in 2024 — two years earlier than originally planned, the news agency said.

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🇫🇮 Finnish women have started a "solidarity with Sanna" hashtag on Twitter to support the country's Prime Minister Sanna Marin who has landed in hot water after some videos of her partying were leaked online.

Defending a "right to party", women shared their own party footage where they are seen drinking alcohol and dancing.

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⚡️Car crash that killed Daria Dugina was planned, Russian investigators say

⚡️Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for coronavirus — media reports

⚡️⚡️If 'Ukrainian trace' is found in Dugina's death, it'll point at Kiev's policy of state terrorism, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says

⚡️ Japan PM tests positive for Covid-19, symptoms mild, office says

🏆 The Russian team won first place and set a new world record at the Masters of Armored Vehicles international competition in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region. Second place was taken by Belarus, and third place was shared between China and Uzbekistan

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📌The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️Russian forces destroyed an ammo depot containing missiles for US-made HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems and Western-made anti-aircraft systems near Mayorskoye, Odessa region, using high-precision, long-range Kalibr missiles;

▪️The Russian Air Force destroyed a Ukrainian fuel depot with more than 100 tons of diesel fuel for military equipment near Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian forces eliminated a temporary deployment point of the Right Sector nationalist group near Tsukurino, DPR as well as two US M777 howitzers near Knyazevka, Kherson region;

▪️Russian forces destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down nine Ukrainian drones near Staromlynovka and Gorlovka, DPR

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📹 Residents of Donetsk fear for their lives due to constant Ukrainian shelling

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Indiana governor, Eric Holcomb, tweeted that he has arrived in Taiwan

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📹 A resident of Severodonetsk has talked about how she stepped on a butterfly mine that was placed by Ukrainian troops, and it blew off her heel

WATCH: Russian Kalibr missiles destroy warehouse with ammo for US-made HIMARS and Western anti-aircraft systems in Odessa region

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According to a Rasmussen Reports poll, 53 % of Americans agree with former Trump advisor Roger Stone describing the FBI as "Joe Biden's personal Gestapo." People were asked what they thought of the FBI’s August 8 raid on Trump’s Florida mansion

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📹 A woman from Lisichansk recalls how Ukrainian forces shelled her house as well as the water source so that people couldn’t use it

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📹 A Donbass resident and her seven-year-old son were hit by a shell that struck nearby. The boy almost lost his arm due to the Ukrainian shelling

😏 Two women staged a protest at a photoshoot with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as part of an Open Day. Acting like they wanted to take a photo with the chancellor, the girls then bared their breasts and scattered fake banknotes in front of him

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📹 The Russian MoD has published footage showing combat operations of Russian Uragan multiple rocket launchers during the special military op in Ukraine

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⚡️ UK, France, Germany and US call for 'restraint' around Zaporozhye NPP

📉 Wayfair lays off 5 percent of its global workforce

Wayfair saw a spike in sales at the beginning of the pandemic as customers stayed home and took an interest in renovating their space and shopping online but today announced it’s laying off 870 employees. 

The online furniture and home decor retailer indicated that the “workforce reduction” affects 5 percent of its global workforce and 10 percent of its corporate team. The company saw a nearly 15 percent decrease in net revenue compared to its earnings in 2021.

E-commerce company Shopify laid off 1,000 employees in July. Last week, Peloton announced that it would lay off 800 employees (after firing 2,800 employees in February) and begin shutting the doors of its brick-and-mortar showrooms in 2023. Tech companies like Snap, SoundCloud, Robinhood, and even Netflix laid off employees recently.

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