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Ukraine hit Russia's most treasured air-defense system on its own soil, reports say
It would be the first time Ukrainian forces managed to hit an S-400 system in mainland Russia.
A certificate to own a car in Singapore now costs $106,000 - BBC News
The city-state introduced a 10-year certificate of entitlement system in 1990 as an anti-congestion measure.
China censors 'Tiananmen' image of athletes hugging
The photo, showing the combination of numbers 6 and 4 , has been scrubbed on Chinese social media.
North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel - report
North Korea has halted the nuclear reactor at its main atomic complex, probably to extract plutonium that could be used for weapons by reprocessing spent fuel rods, a South Korean news report said on Thursday, citing a government source.
Ukraine war: US gives 1.1 million rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Kyiv
The US military says the rounds were confiscated from a ship taking arms to Yemeni rebels last year.
Homes of journalists at India news site critical of government raided, fueling press freedom fears | CNN Business
US and EU look for legal grounds to transfer $300 billion of Russian assets to Ukraine – Blinken
The US and European partners are studying the legal basis for using about US$300 billion of frozen Russian assets to restore Ukraine.
September Was the Most Anomalously Hot Month Ever: Could help push 2023 to be the first year to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures
Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter
Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.
Iran official admits country’s role in terror bombing that killed 241 US military members: report
Argentina was one of the world's richest countries. Now poverty is rife and inflation is over 100 per cent
How are people surviving in a country where inflation is running at more than 100 per cent? Foreign Correspondent goes to Buenos Aires to find out.
Russian propaganda calls for detonating nuclear weapons over Siberia. Thus, disabling all technology in the West with an electronic strike (EMP). Because of this news, an information war began inside Russia.
Siberian political figures have slammed the chief editor of the state-run RT news outlet for her calls to drop a nuclear bomb over Siberia as a way of sending a message to the West. RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan proposed detonating a thermonuclear device “on our own territory, somewhere over Siberia,” claiming that there would be no impact on the humans living below. “What will happen is all electronic devices and satellites would be knocked out,” Simonyan said on her television show Monday. Simonyan’s remarks were a “deep insult” toward Siberians, said Maria Prusakova, a Communist Party member in Russia’s lower house of parliament from the Altai republic. “You need to apologize to the residents of Siberia at the very least,” Prusakova said on Wednesday.
Maldives’ new pro-China president-elect vows to kick out Indian military
Mohamed Muiz told supporters he will stick to his campaign promise and remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state. His People’s National Congress is viewed as heavily pro-China.
Scientists Discover ‘Best Problem’ As They Open Up Asteroid Sample
Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation (UK)
Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
Mauritius decriminalizes homosexuality
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country's colonial-era ban on same-sex intimacy un-African and unconstitutional.
Swiss LGBTQ groups praise jail sentence for commentator who called journalist a ‘fat lesbian’
Writer and commentator Alain Soral lashed out at journalist Catherine Macherel in a Facebook video two years ago, calling her a “fat lesbian” who was "unhinged."
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that's disinformation
Ukraine ‘Hits Kremlin Top-End S-400 Anti-Air System,’ First Time in Mainland Russia
An SBU source told Kyiv Post they had some advice for Russia – to think about renaming the Triumph anti-aircraft system, two of which have been taken out in one month.