🇷🇺🇩🇿 Russian defense minister holds negotiations with chief of staff of Algerian National People's Army

“We gave a clear signal to the whole world that Russia and Algeria are committed to pursuing an independent foreign policy and defending their national interests in spite of Western pressure,” the Russian defense minister said.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 China’s Rare Earths Export Curbs May Sink US Microchip Manufacturing Ambitions

Chinese export controls on germanium and gallium have stepped into effect amid fears that this will mean more expensive microchips, solar panels, cars, and even weapons. The restrictions threaten to sink the Biden administration’s ambitious domestic microchip manufacturing goals, says China-US trade expert Thomas Pauken II.

China produces upwards of 80 percent of the world’s gallium, and 60 percent of its germanium, with experts predicting that it could take “generations” for the US to replace lost Chinese capacity.

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🇾🇪🛢🇷🇺 Yemen expects that Russian companies will come back to the country for oil and mineral exploration and will play a big role in its recovery after the end of the war against the Houthi rebels, Yemeni Ambassador to Moscow Ahmed Salem Al-Wahishi told Sputnik on Tuesday.

He noted that the Houthis attack oil tankers entering the port of Hadhramaut, which undermines oil exports and leaves the government with less money to spend on salaries for state employees, health care, education or other public services.

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❗️ Fitch rating agency downgrades US credit rating to AA+ to reflect 'expected fiscal deterioration over next 3 years'

🇩🇪✈️ Germany begins construction of F-35 Fighter Jet plant near the municipality of Weeze in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), NRW Premier Hendrik Wust said on Tuesday.

"Our soldiers need the best weapons. The planned ultra-modern plant in Weeze has not only an economic but also a defense dimension," the official, who laid the foundation stone for the factory's construction, stated.

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🇺🇸 A new indictment was filed against former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, revealing four new criminal charges tied to alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 US election.

The former president faces charges which include: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and a conspiracy against rights.

The US has struck deals with Bulgaria and South Korea to supply 155 mm ammunition to Ukraine, and is holding talks with Japan to do the same, according to Western media reports.

Could the US solve the ammunition shortage problem in the near future?

📊 One poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College focusing on the Democratic primary found that support for both former US President Donald Trump and current US President Joe Biden in a hypothetical presidential election being held tomorrow was exactly the same, with each candidate capturing 43% of respondents’ votes.

It also found that opposition to Biden being the nominee among Democrats declined dramatically over the last year. Last summer, a NYT/Siena poll found 64% of Democrats did not want Biden to be the nominee in 2024, including 94% of Democrats under the age of 30. That has now declined to just half of Democrats.

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A business expert told Sputnik that great potential for creating a new global currency system not centered on the West lies at the heart of the growing movement toward central bank digital currencies (CBSCs), such as Russia’s digital ruble that launched on Tuesday.

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🇧🇾🇷🇺 More than half of Russian tactical nuclear weapons that are supposed to be stationed in Belarus have already been delivered and dispersed throughout the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.

Lukashenko added that Russia's nuclear weapons, along with Belarus' only nuclear power plant, were a security factor for Minsk.

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US officials revealed on Tuesday that North Korea “responded” to inquiries by the United Nations Command regarding Travis King, a US soldier who suddenly crossed into the DPRK while taking part in a tour of the heavily-guarded border area.

"I can confirm that the DPRK has responded to United Nations Command, but I don't have any substantial progress to read out," Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters, adding it was “just an acknowledgment” of the UN inquiry.

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🇺🇸 A 79 square mile territory in Los Angeles County is under quarantine to stop the spread of the invasive Tau fruit fly from Asia.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture imposed the quarantine after finding over 20 flies in Stevenson Ranch, 55 km from Los Angeles. These flies are a significant threat to agriculture and local plant life, especially avocados, citrus fruits, peppers, tomatoes, and cucurbit crops.

The quarantine – applicable to fruits and vegetables, but not people, is said to be the first ever of its kind in US history.

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The Ukrainian military command has started collecting more donor and biometric material from members of the territorial defense and national police officers in the Odessa Region and Ukraine's controlled parts of Zaporozhye Region starting July 20, an officer of Russian law enforcement agencies told Sputnik.

The source also noted that biological samples are supposed to be used for identification and collection carried on a voluntary basis, but those, who are against it, are threatened with dismissal, after which they face mobilization to regular forces, the source said.

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Moscow is prepared to return to the grain deal as soon as the conditions concerning Russia are fulfilled, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the United States has seen signs that Russia is "interested in returning to discussions" on the grain deal.

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The US defense contractors have received nearly $10 billion in new Department of Defense weapons orders to replace systems sent as aid to Ukraine, US media reports said.

Citing official Defense Department figures released Tuesday, US media reported the Pentagon has currently used $9.7 billion to replenish its depleted weapons and ammunition stockpiles, out of a total $26 billion already approved for that purpose by the US Congress.

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The US' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally detected a signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft on July 21, it was recently revealed.

The 46-year-old spacecraft lost contact with NASA after flight controllers sent the wrong command nearly two weeks ago, which cut off the spacecraft's communication with Earth.

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An employee of the Swedish consulate in the Turkish city of Izmir was injured as a result of an armed attack on the consulate building, a Turkish broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

According to preliminary information, the attack was carried out by a citizen of Syria, who was unsatisfied with the visa processing situation, the broadcaster reported.

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Federal judge Tanya Chutkan, who was nominated by then-President Barack Obama, has been assigned to oversee former President Donald Trump's case involving his alleged role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, court documents revealed.

Chutkan is the only federal judge in Washington to issue sentences to January 6 rioters that were longer than prosecutors had requested, according to media reports.

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Ukrainian forces unleashed seven 155 millimeter caliber shells at Donetsk and three at Makeyevka, local authorities say

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🇹🇷 Massive inferno in Turkiye’s Bursa tears through 10 factories

Aviation and more than 100 firefighting brigades were involved in extinguishing the inferno, local TV reports.

The mayor of Bursa said that the emergency services managed to contain the blaze.

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🇧🇾 Mammoth remains unearthed by rescuers in Gomel Region of Belarus

Upon surveying the Besed River, divers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations unexpectedly found the remains of a prehistoric animal.

Specialists from the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble museum complex, who arrived on the spot, confirmed that the unearthed discovery was a mammoth.

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