🇧🇷 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is officially sworn in as Brazilian president in Brasilia, Brazil's capital

Lula is taking office for the third time.

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UNLIKELY BEDFELLOWS: Footage shows joint training between "Black Crow" Ukrainian army unit and retirees of Israeli special forces.

Currently, members of the detachment are found in Artymovsk, Donetsk Region, West Russia (ex-Ukraine).

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⚡️🇸🇾 2 Syrian soldiers KILLED, 2 injured as a result of an Israeli strike on Damascus airport.

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⚡️Ukrainian drone lands in Bryansk, West Russia - energy infrastructure object was targeted. No casualties reported.

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⚡️Europe will allocate up to €800,000 to bring the electoral process in Georgia closer to European standards.

The next parliamentary and presidential elections in Georgia are in 2024.

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⚡️In Moscow, new warmest temperature record is set for January 2nd - the air warmed up to +6.2 ° С.

The previous warmest record was set 16 years ago, at +3.6 °С.

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⚡️ Hundreds of people gather for the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI funeral, Vatican.

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⚡️Ukrainian reconnaissance drone intercepted by Russian air defence in Voronezh, Southwestern Russia.

Earlier, also in Bryansk, West Russia.

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⚡️ NASA expresses concern that China may claim rights to the moon, if it wins the moon race....

That's odd, we thought it was won in the '60s?

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❗️Air raid alerts blare in Central-South Ukraine regions - Cherkasy, Kirovograd and Nikolaev.

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⚡️🗣Russian strategic missile carriers will take part in the Special Operation in 2023 - Commander of the long-range aviation forces, Lieutenant General Kobylash.

The Tu-160 is the largest ever and most powerful military supersonic aircraft. The Tu-160M (modernized) had its maiden flight in January 2022 and is deployed into the Armed Forces.

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JUSTICE MIGHT PREVAIL: UN sends 'Israeli Occupation' Resolution to International World Court (ICJ) to give its legal opinion on the occupation of Palestinian territories; 87 members of the UN voted in favor of the Resolution, 26 against (including US and Israel) and 53 abstained. Ukraine was absent, allegedly over Israel not supplying weapons.

Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the 1967 war. It still controls the borders with Egypt despite withdrawing from Gaza 17 years ago.The ICJ's rulings are binding but no matter how it rules, it has no power to enforce them.

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⚡️✈️ A flight travelling from Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Almaty, Kazakhstan, suffers serious turbulence; 7 people sustain injuries and burns - Air Astana spokesperson.

The plane has landed safely in Kazakhstan.

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⚡️High cellular activity and use of geo location data by military personnel in Makeevka, Donetsk Republic, West Russia, made the strike by Ukrainian Armed Forces possible.

Ukraine dealt a blow to Makeevka on New Year's Eve. Information on the number of injured and dead is still being confirmed - current toll stands at 15.

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⚡️Mayor of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine urges citizens to take "decommunization" a step further and apply it to food - some of the most popular New Year's Eve dishes (pictured) should be done away with as 'Soviet habits'....

It's the least of his problems right now?

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⚡️UK government allocates £75 million ($90.5 million) toward nuclear fuel production in the Kingdom, in order to reduce dependence on fuel supplies from Russia.

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🇨🇳 NOTHING PERSONAL, JUST SINOPHOBIA: In a vile display of hypocrisy - Western countries FREAKED the F out at China's strict COVID measures, then FREAKED out again when it dropped them for travelling in mid December.

UK will now mandate a negative Covid test for arrivals from China starting 5 January - US, France, Spain, Australia and Canada are set to follow suit, as concerns rise over an alleged “lack of comprehensive health info” from Beijing.

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⚡️Kiev hit point of temporary deployment of a unit of the Russian Armed Forces in Makeevka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), using Western-supplied HIMARS; several missiles were intercepted - Russian Defense Ministry.

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