⚠️ Russia🇷🇺Repels Wave of Drone Strikes on Crimea and Black Sea Targets

Russia’s aerial defense systems destroyed 19 ‘lethal’ drones fired by Kiev at the Black Sea, the Crimean Peninsula and other Russian border regions, 🇷🇺Defense Ministry has revealed.

“In the night from 20th to 21st September, an attempt by the Kiev regime to commit a terrorist attack with lethal drones on sites in the Russian Federation was intercepted,” the defense ministry said.

The ministry did not mention if there are any immediate casualties or damage.

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☄️ Gunfire Rings Out Again in Nagorno-Karabakh Region

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🔔 Abnormal Istanbul🇹🇷Drought Rings Alarm Bells - City’s Reservoir Fresh Water Reserves Less Than 25% 😮

Water supplies have been steadily decreasing since April in the Turkish city and weather forecasters don’t predict rain for at least two more weeks.

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🤬 Blackmailers Target Spanish🇪🇸School Girls with AI-Generated Deepfake Nudes

Police in Almendralejo are investigating after dozens of schoolgirls reported that AI-generated images showing them posing naked were being shared around schools.

At least 30 girls aged between 11 and 17 have been targeted, a support group revealed, with some also reporting attempts to blackmail them by asking for money to stop them being circulated.

Police have reportedly identified seven suspects involved in the creation and distribution of the images.

Distributing child pornography and offences against privacy carry jail terms of between 1-5 years in Spain, but if the perpetrators are under 18, they will not go to prison.

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🤡 WEF Runs Out of Ideas: Day 4 of Sustainable Development Forum Will See Youth Explain How to Make Great Reset Happen

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💉Australia🇦🇺to Hold Independent Inquiry into COVID Pandemic Resposne

🇦🇺 closed its international borders and locked down cities among other harsh pandemic restrictions – only shifting to living with the virus in early 2022.

A three-member panel, which includes an epidemiologist, public service expert and economist, will conduct the inquiry, 🇦🇺PM Anthony Albanese told a media conference.

"We need to examine what went right, what could be done better with a focus on the future," Albanese said. "Because the health experts and the science tells us that this pandemic may ... not likely to be the last one that occurs."

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⛔️ Pakistan’s🇵🇰Demand for LNG to Nearly Triple in Five Years

Islamabad will require 25 cargoes of liquefied natural gas a month by 2028 – CEO of the Petroleum Institute of Pakistan has revealed – it currently purchases 9.

Production of domestic gas has dwindled over the past decade and 🇵🇰 has struggled to secure enough LNG to cover its needs after prices surged to an all-time high last year.

Exporters are reluctant to agree to sell shipments of the fuel to 🇵🇰because of the emerging nation’s credit risk.

Will gas outages become the norm in Pakistan?

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👀 White House Tells US Ambassador to Japan to Stop Taunting China

Biden’s aides have asked Rahm Emanuel to quit posting provocative messages on social media aimed at Chinese President Xi Jinping, NBC News reports citing US officials.

Officials at the National Security Council told Emanuel's staff in recent days that his comments risk undermining the administration’s efforts to mend deeply strained relations with Beijing.

Over the past two weeks Emanuel has criticized Xi directly and sarcastically speculated about the 🇨🇳 leader’s treatment of his top aides, including the apparent disappearance of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu.

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⚠️Bank of England Keeps 🇬🇧Interest Rates on Hold after 14 Consecutive Hikes

The BoE has paused interest rates at 5.25% after the Monetary Policy Committee voted 5-4 in favor.

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⚠️ Turkish 🇹🇷Central Bank Hikes Key Interest Rate to 20-Year High of 30% to Battle Inflation

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🤔 Barking Mad: Hundreds of People - Who Identify as Dogs🚽 - Gather at Berlin Station

The howling event was unleashed by a group called ‘Canine Beings’ supposedly to advocate for the rights of humans who identify as 🐶.

Has Germany gone to the dogs? Woofsprung Dug Technik...

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📢 Furious Greeks🇬🇷Protest Law Increasing Maximum Working Hours to 13 per Day

Thousands of Greek public sector workers are rallying against huge labor reforms proposed by the conservative govt just months after it was reelected.

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis' govt says the overhaul would eliminate undeclared work and boost employment overall, but the opposition says it is an assault on workers' rights and would create "barbaric" conditions.

The move would allow full-time employees to get a part-time second job and work up to 13 hours a day unless certain terms apply and enables employers to implement a six-day working week if needed.

An employee can be fired within the first year of work without warning or remuneration, unless agreed otherwise, according to the new bill.

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⚠️ Huge explosion on highway in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province,🇨🇳

The cause of the blast is currently unknown.

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⚠️ Belgium🇧🇪Considering Sending Redundant F-16s to Kiev

🇧🇪 had previously stated their F-16s were too old for Ukraine to use in battle but PM Alexander de Croo is considering sending them anyway – for training purposes.

Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands have recently pledged to supply Ukraine with their F-16s – originally designed in the 1970s - once its air force is ready to use them.

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🔴 India🇮🇳Suspends Visa Services in Canada🇨🇦Citing ‘Operational Reasons’

Online visa application center, BLS International, made the announcement Thursday - revealing that the Indian Mission has suspended 🇮🇳 visa services in 🇨🇦till further notice for "operational reasons."

The move comes amid escalating tensions between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. 

On Wednesday, Ottawa rejected New Delhi warnings to its citizens that travel to 🇨🇦was ‘unsafe.’

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☄️ BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Chairman of Fox and News Corp

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💤 Zelensky Arrives in Camouflage Gear at US Congress

Huge begging speech incoming.

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💲 JUST IN: Cisco Agrees to Buy Cybersecurity Firm Splunk for $28BN

Cisco will pay $157 a share in cash, the companies said in a statement Thursday - the deal marks the computer networking equipment maker’s biggest ever acquisition.

The combination will bring together the companies’ complementary capabilities in artificial intelligence and security and “help make organizations of all sizes more resilient and secure in an AI-powered world,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said in a blog post.

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