“We should never intervene in the internal affairs of another country. Everybody has the right to select how they want to run their country,” the Slovak prime minister said in an interview with Mario Nawfal.

"Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service," the Pentagon memo, quoted by CBS, stated.

"The current escalation of protectionism in trade and investment boosts the importance of measures aimed at overcoming obstacles to our economic integration. Expanding payment options means reducing vulnerabilities and costs. The Brazilian [BRICS] presidency is committed to developing additional, accessible, transparent and secure payment platforms," the UOL portal quoted the Brazilian president as saying.

He further noted that "von der Leyen’s leadership in Brussels has isolated the European economy not only from China but also from the American market," in a post on his Facebook* account.

"We hope to increase the volume of [electricity] production by 2,000 megawatt-hours by the end of the seventh [five-year] development plan [until March 2029] and increase the country's nuclear capacity from 1,000 to 3,000 megawatt-hours," head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami was cited as saying by the Mizan news agency.