🎙After Russia celebrated Knowledge Day yesterday, check out the latest #AfroVerdict episode by Sputnik Africa to hear what African students in Moscow have to say about their experience of studying in Russia's capital city.
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👨🏿🎓On September 1, Russia celebrated Knowledge Day as students and pupils resume their studies. Your #AfroVerdict host sits down with students from Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo and Algeria to find out their motivation for coming to study in Russia…
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📈 Trump's support rating among Republicans grows despite legal battle
Nearly 60% are ready to support Donald Trump in the primaries that will determine who from the party will run for the US presidency in 2024, a Wall Street Journal poll has shown.
The former president leads the poll with 59% of the vote, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in second with 13%. In third place is former US representative to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, with 8%. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who came in fourth, is the person 5% of those polled want to see as their candidate.
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Nearly 60% are ready to support Donald Trump in the primaries that will determine who from the party will run for the US presidency in 2024, a Wall Street Journal poll has shown.
The former president leads the poll with 59% of the vote, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in second with 13%. In third place is former US representative to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, with 8%. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who came in fourth, is the person 5% of those polled want to see as their candidate.
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🏦 Where is the BRICS Bank located?
Since the inception of the Bretton Woods system, developed countries' disproportionate influence has bludgeoned developing nations' collective plight into submitting to Western bidding. This situation has yielded to an equitable financial institution – the BRICS Bank.
Sputnik takes a comprehensive approach to delve into the intricacies of the New Development Bank, unfurling its history, governance structure, funding sources and mechanisms, areas of focus, impact, and other fundamental data.
👉Follow the link to find out more about the BRICS bank
Since the inception of the Bretton Woods system, developed countries' disproportionate influence has bludgeoned developing nations' collective plight into submitting to Western bidding. This situation has yielded to an equitable financial institution – the BRICS Bank.
Sputnik takes a comprehensive approach to delve into the intricacies of the New Development Bank, unfurling its history, governance structure, funding sources and mechanisms, areas of focus, impact, and other fundamental data.
👉Follow the link to find out more about the BRICS bank
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🇮🇳🌑 The #Chandrayaan-3 space mission's lunar rover has completed its current tasks on the Moon's surface and has been put in hibernation mode until September 22, the Indian Space Research Organization said.
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🇫🇷🇱🇾 Ex-Italian PM: France likely downed passenger plane trying to kill Libya's Gaddafi
"A plan had been launched to hit the plane on which Gaddafi was flying," former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato said, referring to reports of a dogfight taking place in the area between French and Libyan jets on June 27, 1980, the day of the crash of Itavia Flight 870, in which all 81 passengers and crew onboard were killed, and rumors that Gaddafi was aboard one of the Libyan Air Force MiG jets.
The plan was to "simulate NATO drills involving many aircraft" during which a missile would have been fired - passed off as an accident - at the plane carrying Gaddafi, Amato said. However, Gaddafi got a warning from then-Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, Amato's former rival, and never boarded the jet, with the French missile allegedly intended for him ending up hitting the Itavia plane instead.
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"A plan had been launched to hit the plane on which Gaddafi was flying," former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato said, referring to reports of a dogfight taking place in the area between French and Libyan jets on June 27, 1980, the day of the crash of Itavia Flight 870, in which all 81 passengers and crew onboard were killed, and rumors that Gaddafi was aboard one of the Libyan Air Force MiG jets.
The plan was to "simulate NATO drills involving many aircraft" during which a missile would have been fired - passed off as an accident - at the plane carrying Gaddafi, Amato said. However, Gaddafi got a warning from then-Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, Amato's former rival, and never boarded the jet, with the French missile allegedly intended for him ending up hitting the Itavia plane instead.
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🇵🇱 Poland's largest facility for Ukrainian refugees has been closed due to a decrease in the number of refugees arriving in the country, a Polish broadcaster reported. Several hundred refugees remaining in the center learned that it would be closed just a few hours before the closure, the report specified.
The United Nations Refugee Agency's estimate is that 968,390 Ukrainian refugees are currently living in Poland. As of March, the Polish authorities have decided that refugees who stay in Poland for more than 180 days must cover 75% of the cost of their housing.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency's estimate is that 968,390 Ukrainian refugees are currently living in Poland. As of March, the Polish authorities have decided that refugees who stay in Poland for more than 180 days must cover 75% of the cost of their housing.
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🇮🇷 Iran hails the Resistance allies’ push to reshape the world order and weaken US hegemony
“The international system is undergoing fundamental changes and we are witnessing new actors in the international arena,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a meeting with political groups in Beirut, Lebanon.
“The US is trying to maintain its hegemony, but the region and the world understand very well that America cannot exercise its hegemony, and on the contrary, the Resistance is powerful and can achieve its will powerfully,” Amir-Abdollahian added.
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“The international system is undergoing fundamental changes and we are witnessing new actors in the international arena,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a meeting with political groups in Beirut, Lebanon.
“The US is trying to maintain its hegemony, but the region and the world understand very well that America cannot exercise its hegemony, and on the contrary, the Resistance is powerful and can achieve its will powerfully,” Amir-Abdollahian added.
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🇺🇸🇻🇳 The US wooing Vietnam into a strategic pact decades after bombing a nation into the stone age
The United States and Vietnam are gearing up to sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership" pact during President Biden’s state visit to the Southeast Asian nation next week, according to a US media report citing a senior Biden administration official and two Vietnamese sources familiar with the matter.
The agreement was proposed by Washington earlier this year and is likely aimed at strengthening US efforts to "contain" China in Asia by creating or strengthening a network of alliances surrounding the country. The agreement is also expected to ramp up economic and trade cooperation, including technology.
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The United States and Vietnam are gearing up to sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership" pact during President Biden’s state visit to the Southeast Asian nation next week, according to a US media report citing a senior Biden administration official and two Vietnamese sources familiar with the matter.
The agreement was proposed by Washington earlier this year and is likely aimed at strengthening US efforts to "contain" China in Asia by creating or strengthening a network of alliances surrounding the country. The agreement is also expected to ramp up economic and trade cooperation, including technology.
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🇺🇸Biden’s use of aliases in emails is a ‘problem’, high-Flying DC lawyer says
Joe Biden’s use of an array of aliases during his tenure as Barack Obama’s vice president to communicate with his son Hunter "could cost him" dearly, renowned Washington, DC-based attorney and legal analyst Jonathan Turley has suggested.
In an op-ed commentary on the revelations by the National Archives this week that there were over 5,000 emails potentially linked to Biden pseudonyms, which House Republicans want released, Turley indicated that the problem isn’t so much his use of aliases, as why the president may have used them.
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Joe Biden’s use of an array of aliases during his tenure as Barack Obama’s vice president to communicate with his son Hunter "could cost him" dearly, renowned Washington, DC-based attorney and legal analyst Jonathan Turley has suggested.
In an op-ed commentary on the revelations by the National Archives this week that there were over 5,000 emails potentially linked to Biden pseudonyms, which House Republicans want released, Turley indicated that the problem isn’t so much his use of aliases, as why the president may have used them.
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🇩🇪⚛️ Germany's chancellor says nuclear power is a dead horse' despite the energy crunch
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that nuclear energy “is over" in Germany, and firmly dismissed calls from Free Democrats (FDP) lawmakers in his coalition government to re-embrace the technology in light of the ongoing energy crunch.
"Anyone who wanted to build new nuclear power plants would need 15 years and would have to spend €15-20 billion ($16.2-21.6 billion) each," the chancellor said in an interview for German radio, adding that the phase-out "has been done by law... I don't need to put my foot down at all."
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that nuclear energy “is over" in Germany, and firmly dismissed calls from Free Democrats (FDP) lawmakers in his coalition government to re-embrace the technology in light of the ongoing energy crunch.
"Anyone who wanted to build new nuclear power plants would need 15 years and would have to spend €15-20 billion ($16.2-21.6 billion) each," the chancellor said in an interview for German radio, adding that the phase-out "has been done by law... I don't need to put my foot down at all."
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🇦🇷🇨🇴 Argentinian and Colombian win top prizes at Grand Skate Tour 2023 Championships in Moscow
Argentina's Matias Dell Olio and Colombia's Jazmin Alvarez took the top honors in the men's and women's categories, respectively, at this year's Grand Skate Tour (GST) Championships held in Moscow's Gorky Park.
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Argentina's Matias Dell Olio and Colombia's Jazmin Alvarez took the top honors in the men's and women's categories, respectively, at this year's Grand Skate Tour (GST) Championships held in Moscow's Gorky Park.
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🧬 Musk says social platform X will collect biometrics only with the user's consent
"This is entirely at the discretion of the X user. No use of this ID will be made beyond what is explicitly & clearly approved by the user," Musk said on X.
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"This is entirely at the discretion of the X user. No use of this ID will be made beyond what is explicitly & clearly approved by the user," Musk said on X.
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🇺🇸⚔️ The White House musters ‘war room’ for the GOP-led Biden impeachment probe 'pushback’
The looming prospect of a Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has reportedly prompted the White House to assemble a “war room” comprising a pack of two dozen lawyers, legislative assistants, and communications staffers.
The WH counsel’s office has been gearing up for an “aggressive response” to the Republican-led House investigations into the Bidens for months, sources told a US media report. The strategy being hashed out in this war room is ostensibly tailored towards "pushing back" at the possible impeachment inquiry, aiming to shred it to pieces as no more than an unsubstantiated and bogus partisan inquiry.
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The looming prospect of a Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has reportedly prompted the White House to assemble a “war room” comprising a pack of two dozen lawyers, legislative assistants, and communications staffers.
The WH counsel’s office has been gearing up for an “aggressive response” to the Republican-led House investigations into the Bidens for months, sources told a US media report. The strategy being hashed out in this war room is ostensibly tailored towards "pushing back" at the possible impeachment inquiry, aiming to shred it to pieces as no more than an unsubstantiated and bogus partisan inquiry.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Iran shows off Russian-made Yak-130 trainer jets
Iranian officials and commanders have yet to fill in the details, like when the jets arrived, or how many Iran expects to get in total. Media say two delivered jets are undergoing testing at the 8th Tactical Air Force Base outside Isfahan, central Iran.
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Iranian officials and commanders have yet to fill in the details, like when the jets arrived, or how many Iran expects to get in total. Media say two delivered jets are undergoing testing at the 8th Tactical Air Force Base outside Isfahan, central Iran.
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🇬🇧🇺🇸 Former UK defense secretary Wallace tried to cancel helicopter deal with US
In early August the defense secretary had sent a letter to his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, hinting that the contract could be canceled, British media reported.
Wallace could have been seeking the cancellation of the contract over the helicopters' costs, but also due to his anger over US's refusal to support his candidacy for the post of the NATO secretary general, the report said.
The UK will receive 14 Chinook H-47 helicopters produced by US company Boeing, with the first deliveries scheduled to start in 2026.
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In early August the defense secretary had sent a letter to his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, hinting that the contract could be canceled, British media reported.
Wallace could have been seeking the cancellation of the contract over the helicopters' costs, but also due to his anger over US's refusal to support his candidacy for the post of the NATO secretary general, the report said.
The UK will receive 14 Chinook H-47 helicopters produced by US company Boeing, with the first deliveries scheduled to start in 2026.
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📹🇷🇺🔧 Russian military repair units carry out round-the-clock repair work on equipment
Special attention is paid to the maintenance and repair of military equipment for troops operating at a significant distance from temporary deployment points.
Qualified servicemen perform restoration work of any complexity with the help of modern maintenance and repair vehicles.
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Special attention is paid to the maintenance and repair of military equipment for troops operating at a significant distance from temporary deployment points.
Qualified servicemen perform restoration work of any complexity with the help of modern maintenance and repair vehicles.
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🇺🇸 Trump, Biden would both receive 46% of votes in 2024 presidential election, WSJ poll shows
If third-party candidates were added to the choice, Trump would lead Biden by 1 percentage point, 40% against 39%, with the share of undecided voters increasing to 17%.
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If third-party candidates were added to the choice, Trump would lead Biden by 1 percentage point, 40% against 39%, with the share of undecided voters increasing to 17%.
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🪖 Why Abrams armor won’t be able to jumpstart Ukraine’s stalled offensive
The Abrams definitely won’t be the “silver bullet” Kiev is looking for, veteran Russian military intelligence officer and Afghanistan and Syria veteran Anatoliy Matviychuk told Sputnik.
💬 “A tank –including the Abrams, performs its functions when there are friendly helicopters in the sky, when there is aviation in the sky. Bradleys travel under tank cover. None of this happened in Ukraine. They taught commanders at assembly points as if they had some kind of superiority. In other words, the tactics they proposed to Ukraine led to unjustifiable losses, to the dispersion of forces and means along the flanks, along the front, and failed utterly to create any of the prerequisites for a successful offensive.”
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The Abrams definitely won’t be the “silver bullet” Kiev is looking for, veteran Russian military intelligence officer and Afghanistan and Syria veteran Anatoliy Matviychuk told Sputnik.
💬 “A tank –including the Abrams, performs its functions when there are friendly helicopters in the sky, when there is aviation in the sky. Bradleys travel under tank cover. None of this happened in Ukraine. They taught commanders at assembly points as if they had some kind of superiority. In other words, the tactics they proposed to Ukraine led to unjustifiable losses, to the dispersion of forces and means along the flanks, along the front, and failed utterly to create any of the prerequisites for a successful offensive.”
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🇩🇪⚛️ Germany's chancellor says nuclear power is a dead horse' despite the energy crunch Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that nuclear energy “is over" in Germany, and firmly dismissed calls from Free Democrats (FDP) lawmakers in his coalition government…
🇩🇪 Support for Germany's government coalition hits record low since 2021 elections
When asked what party the respondents would vote for if the elections were held next Sunday, only 18% of them said they would support the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the Alliance 90/The Greens party receiving 13% and the Free Democratic Party getting just 7% of support, a poll by INSA for Bild showed.
The opposition conservative bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union enjoys the strongest support with 27%, followed by right-wing Alternative for Germany with 21%. The Left Party would receive 5% of the votes.
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When asked what party the respondents would vote for if the elections were held next Sunday, only 18% of them said they would support the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the Alliance 90/The Greens party receiving 13% and the Free Democratic Party getting just 7% of support, a poll by INSA for Bild showed.
The opposition conservative bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union enjoys the strongest support with 27%, followed by right-wing Alternative for Germany with 21%. The Left Party would receive 5% of the votes.
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🇷🇺🇯🇵 Japan has forgotten tragedy of Hiroshima in its adoration of the US, Medvedev says
Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has called on Japan to learn what lessons history has to teach and fully recognize the outcome of the Second World War by doing everything possible to prevent the start of a third one.
💬 "It is regrettable that the Japanese authorities are pursuing a course of new militarization of the country. They have become heirs of the Japan that once awaited an inglorious end. In their adoration of America, the Japanese authorities have long forgotten the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens who were burnt alive in the nuclear flames, poisoned by radiation for generations to come."
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Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has called on Japan to learn what lessons history has to teach and fully recognize the outcome of the Second World War by doing everything possible to prevent the start of a third one.
💬 "It is regrettable that the Japanese authorities are pursuing a course of new militarization of the country. They have become heirs of the Japan that once awaited an inglorious end. In their adoration of America, the Japanese authorities have long forgotten the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens who were burnt alive in the nuclear flames, poisoned by radiation for generations to come."
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