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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:40pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡The Simpsons allegedly predicted Titanic submarine disappearance 17 years ago, as a passenger from the Titanic sub, was written by future passenger - NYP

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:05pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡The Titanic-bound submersible that went missing on Sunday with five people on board suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board, 🇺🇸 US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday. A remotely operated vehicle found the tail cone about 1,600 feet away from the bow of the shipwreck, Mauger said.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:04pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇹🇷 Turkey's central bank hikes interest rates sharply.

Turkey has increased its base interest rates by a whopping 6.5%, the clearest indication yet that the unconventional economic policy dubbed "Erdonomics" might be history now in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's new government.


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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:03pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Brazil: Bolsonaro on trial over electoral fraud claims.

In 2022, former 🇧🇷 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro held a meeting with foreign diplomats in which he claimed voting machines were susceptible to electoral fraud, which prosecutors argue constituted an abuse of office.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:01pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Germany hit by hail, flooding as severe storms sweep nation.

Areas of 🇩🇪 Germany have been hit with thunderstorms, and giant hailstones as the "Lambert" low-pressure system moves across the country. Uncovered roofs and falling trees were reported in the central state of Hessen.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:00pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇮🇳 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Joe Biden in Washington during his state visit Thursday.

Modi traveled to Washington DC at the invitation of the 🇺🇸 US president, becoming only the third leader to be afforded a formal state visit by Biden.

Modi was greeted with a colorful ceremony on the White House South Lawn, where thousands gathered to listen to the leaders. The two leaders then held a bilateral meeting followed by a press conference.


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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:54pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡A friend of two of the men missing on board the submersible confirms the debris found was "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible" after receiving a WhatsApp message live on Sky News.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:48pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡"All 🇷🇺 Russian frigates and corvettes under construction and new ones will be armed with hypersonic Zircon missiles," the Russian Navy chief told RIA Novosti.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:43pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡️🏦 JPMorgan Chase is fined by SEC after mistakenly deleting 47m emails and has been fined $4 million by the 🇺🇸 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after about 47 million emails belonging to its retail banking group were mistakenly and permanently deleted.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:04pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇷🇺 Russian source claims 🇺🇸 American-supplied 🇺🇦 Ukrainian AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defence system may have been destroyed.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:59pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇺🇸 U.S Coast Guards: “A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.”

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:57pm On Jun 22, 2023
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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 4:53pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇺🇸 Joe Biden has been accused of delaying the declassification of US intelligence on the origins of Covid as the deadline has passed.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:59pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Victor 6000, the first deep-water recovery robot, has arrived at the ocean below to begin looking for the Titanic sub.

While it's possible that the onboard oxygen supply has been depleted, the 🇺🇸 US Coast Guard is still treating this as a "active search & rescue" activity, not a recovery one.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:53pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program are gaining momentum, with talks between Iran and the 🇪🇺 European Union addressing key issues.

The discussions in 🇶🇦 Doha have shown positive developments, focusing on nuclear enrichment levels and 🇮🇷 Iranian cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The current environment is seen as favorable for de-escalation.

Efforts to lift sanctions and revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are a priority for Iran. The 🇺🇸 Biden administration has quietly resumed talks through intermediaries like Oman and is also working to secure the release of detained Americans.

Measures such as fund transfers and limiting uranium enrichment are being discussed. Iran's current uranium enrichment stands at 60% purity.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:46pm On Jun 22, 2023
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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:26pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡️Russia has informed its 🇿🇦 South African partners that it would consider French President Emmanuel Macron’s attendance at the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in August as "inappropriate," 🇷🇺 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:06pm On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Oxygen has now run out on Titanic sub according to 🇺🇸 U.S Coast Guard prediction.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:57am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡️New Zealand PM disagrees with Biden, says Xi Jinping not a 'dictator'

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, ahead of his official trip to 🇨🇳 China at end of this month, said on Thursday he did not agree with U.S. President Joe Biden's remark that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was a dictator.

"No, and the form of government that China has is a matter for the Chinese people," Hipkins told reporters.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:51am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡The chongar bridge in Kherson was struck this morning by a 🇬🇧 storm shadow cruise missile.

This is a sign that the 🇺🇦 AFU is planning on continuing offensive operations in this direction.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:44am On Jun 22, 2023
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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:18am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡️Most surveilled cities in the world (cameras per square mile):

1. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen: 7,462
2. 🇨🇳 Wuhan: 6,488
3. 🇨🇳 Shanghai: 5,239
4-20. 🇨🇳 Cities of China
21. 🇨🇳 Beijing: 1,500
22. 🇮🇳 Delhi: 1,490
35. 🇰🇷 Seoul: 618
40. 🇸🇬 Singapore: 387
41. 🇮🇳 Hyderabad: 321
44. 🇺🇸 New York: 235
45. 🇷🇺 Moscow: 220
46. 🇬🇧 London: 209
49. 🇧🇩 Dhaka: 141
50. 🇲🇽 Mexico City: 139
56. 🇹🇭 Bangkok: 108
58. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles: 86
59. 🇩🇪 Berlin: 80
60. 🇿🇦 Johannesburg: 72
64. 🇹🇷 Istanbul: 54
68. 🇫🇷 Paris: 41

69. 🇪🇬 Cairo: 39
70. 🇮🇩 Jakarta: 35
76. 🇿🇦 Cape Town: 18
82. 🇦🇺 Sydney: 15
84. 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro: 13
86. 🇵🇰 Lahore: 10
87. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires: 9
88. 🇪🇸 Madrid: 9
89. 🇨🇦 Toronto: 9
90. 🇮🇷 Tehran: 8
93. 🇮🇹 Rome: 8
95. 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 7
99. 🇳🇬 Lagos: 6
60. 🇿🇦 Johannesburg: 72
64. 🇹🇷 Istanbul: 54
68. 🇫🇷 Paris: 41
69. 🇪🇬 Cairo: 39
70. 🇮🇩 Jakarta: 35
76. 🇿🇦 Cape Town: 18
82. 🇦🇺 Sydney: 15
84. 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro: 13
86. 🇵🇰 Lahore: 10
87. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires: 9
88. 🇪🇸 Madrid: 9
89. 🇨🇦 Toronto: 9
90. 🇮🇷 Tehran: 8
93. 🇮🇹 Rome: 8
95. 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 7
99. 🇳🇬 Lagos: 6
106. 🇨🇱 Santiago: 3
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:06am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡A NATO Oshkosh M977 HEMTT military petrol truck caught fire on the Riga-Moscow highway in 🇱🇻 Latvia's Salaspils.

Trucks carrying fuel for the 🇺🇦 AFU and NATO equipment in 🇱🇹 Lithuania and Latvia are burned by guerrillas. Special services of these countries are actively looking for arsonists,but all in vain.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:05am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdollahian, met with the President of the 🇦🇪 UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed.

In Iran, it is reported that bin Zayed accepted Abdollahian's invitation to visit Tehran and extended an invitation to 🇮🇷 Iran's President Raisi to visit the UAE.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:01am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Residents of 🇵🇱 Poland are filing lawsuits against German companies demanding compensation for the damage caused to their ancestors during World War II.

Polish media write about a lawsuit against Bayer, which was sent by the daughter of an engineer who worked at the factory as a prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is demanding about $400,000 for the suffering and lost income of her father, as well as an apology.

The second lawsuit was filed by the grandchildren of entrepreneur Leopold Wellisch, who fled Poland in 1939 because of his Jewish roots. They demand more than $4 million from the Henschel company, which bought a factory founded by Velisch during the occupation.

Earlier, the Polish authorities demanded $1.3 trillion from 🇩🇪 Germany as reparations and intend to address the same issue to 🇷🇺 Russia.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:59am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡️The 🇺🇸 United States and India will sign major deals on fighter-jet engines and drones during a visit Thursday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a US official said.

The United States has given the green light on technology transfer for General Electric to produce F414 engines jointly with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics as India starts making homegrown fighter-jets, the official said.

The official said 🇮🇳 India would also buy an unspecified number of MQ-9B SeaGuardians, high-precision armed drones.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:57am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🌎 World's most livable cities, 2023.

1. Vienna 🇦🇹
2. Copenhagen 🇩🇰
3. Melbourne 🇦🇺
4. Sydney 🇦🇺
5. Vancouver 🇨🇦
6. Zurich 🇨🇭
7. Calgary 🇨🇦
8. Geneva 🇨🇭
9. Toronto 🇨🇦
10. Osaka 🇯🇵 (tied)
10. Auckland 🇳🇿 (tied)

46. London 🇬🇧
57. Los Angeles 🇺🇸
61. Hong Kong 🇭🇰
94. Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾
139. Jakarta 🇮🇩
165. Kyiv 🇺🇦
166. Dhaka 🇧🇩
170. Lagos 🇳🇬
173. Damascus 🇸🇾 (last)
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:56am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Zelensky alleges that Russia is contemplating a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The Kremlin dismisses the Ukrainian claim of 🇷🇺 Russia planning a "terror attack" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as "yet another falsehood."

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:54am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡Titanic sub with 5 people onboard has only 2 hours oxygen left

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:44am On Jun 22, 2023
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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:37am On Jun 22, 2023
⚡🇷🇺 Russian ambassador to the USA Anatoliy Antonov on Blinken's statement that "Russia will have to pay for Ukraine's reconstruction":

The US administration is fully responsible for what is happening in 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Therefore it is up to the US to rebuild the country. If it is still possible to pay for the homes destroyed by U.S. weapons, how will Washington pay for the lives of innocent people? How is the 🇺🇸 United States going to pay back the Ukrainians whom it is driving into reckless head-on assaults in today's so-called counter-offensive?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:10am On Jun 22, 2023
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