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SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems have shot down all the missiles with which Kiev tried to attack the Saki airfield in Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to the head of Crimea, stated on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems have shot down five Storm Shadow cruise missiles and the record 75 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Russian Ministry of Defense issued a fresh report on the progress of special military operation.

US President Joe Biden has once again done something out of the ordinary by refusing to shake hands with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during their meeting in New York, according to a video published by British media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow believes that the exchange of prisoners between the United States and Iran will not radically change anything in the relations between Tehran and Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - First suspects in the death of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh have been detained, a Russian law enforcement agency source said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Brokers and banks of friendly or neutral nations will be allowed to trade on the Russian currency and derivative markets, the Russian government stated on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Germany does not support Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's initiative to deprive Russia of the right of veto in the UN Security Council and is not always in favor of ideas voiced by Kiev, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Thammasat University has taken part in the SputnikPro online session, becoming the first Thai platform to join the project.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The commander of the corps of the Azerbaijani armed forces, whose subordinates are guilty of the death of Russian peacekeepers, has been suspended from his duties, a Russian law enforcement agency source reported on Thursday.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry earlier stated that it seeks “an adequate reaction” of the relevant multilateral structures to Sarah Ashton-Cirillo’s aggressive remarks to Russian journalists.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of Russian military personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 20, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday, kicking off his visit to the country at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Russia's Ministry of Defense launched a large-scale command-and-staff exercise of the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems in the Sverdlovsk Region.

Amid Kiev's futile counteroffensive, Moscow continues to successfully deploy various drone modifications in the special military operation zone.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Due to NATO's maneuvers near Russia's borders, the risk of unintentional incidents and chances of aggravating the situation are liable to multiply, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

WARSAW (Sputnik) - Poland is no longer supplying Ukraine with weapons as it is actively arming itself, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian peacekeepers have evacuated as many as 5,000 civilians from three districts in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

The latest Swiftie-induced crash is not the first to have ever happen; in fact, fans of the American singer-songwriter previously overwhelmed Ticketmaster and AMC Theatres after individuals attempted to first snag tickets to the musician's Era's Tour, and more recently for movie tickets to the \"Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour\" concert film.

The researchers have discovered a hidden key to happiness, but you may have to wait a few more years to see for yourself.

The mythical lost city of Atlantis still eludes archeologists, but new underwater discoveries have uncovered “treasures and secrets” serving as a link to vanished worlds.

CAIRO (Sputnik) - A shooting has taken place at the gates of the US embassy in a suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, with bullets hitting the embassy's gates.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said during a news conference that House Republicans are nearing a plan to temporarily fund the US government and avoid a potential shutdown.

Hawaii experienced devastating wildfires in early August, leaving at least 97 people dead and scorched debris in its wake.

In perhaps the most impressive demonstration yet of the dedication of fans of the multi-billionaire tech magnate, people are signing up to allow Elon Musk’s neurotech startup to install experimental implants in their brains.

An attorney for 300 individuals suing the US Navy has claimed the naval service was aware of legal obligations to preserve evidence tied to the 2021 accident at a fuel storage facility in Hawaii that contaminated local water supplies, stressing the branch is “not an unsophisticated party.\"

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that air defenses thwarted an overnight terrorist attack of the Ukrainian armed forces on Crimea by shooting down 19 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the peninsula.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Freetown's good relations with Moscow will remain unchanged regardless of Western sanctions, Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba told Sputnik on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The initial court appearance and arraignment for Hunter Biden on a firearms charge is rescheduled to October 3, according to a court order from US Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke.

The hacker's posts also zeroed in on US President Joe Biden, North Korea, and YouTuber Logan Paul.

The F-35 program is the most expensive weapons program the Pentagon has ever undertaken, with a lifetime program cost of $1.7 trillion and each plane costing between $80 and $140 million. Despite the expense, the jet is beset with problems, limiting its utility.

White House advisers have urged Democrats to stay calm and carry on, insisting issues such as abortion and disapproval of former US President Donald Trump will ensure a victory for the Biden camp.

The Iranian president has given a rousing address at the United Nations General Assembly, outlining the Islamic Republic’s regional and global policy and blasting the US and its allies for using terrorism “as a foreign policy instrument.”

The US has continued to struggle with taming the economic chaos produced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the central bank tolerate high inflation over fears of disrupting a precarious economic recovery. The shutdowns of 2020 threw 20 million Americans out of work.

Appearing before a House panel for the first time since Republicans took control of the chamber in January, US Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back on several prominent GOP talking points, including efforts to get the top prosecutor impeached for “weaponizing” the Justice Department.

Azerbaijan and representatives of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh ceased hostilities on September 20 through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Russia marked Defense Industry Workers’ Day this week, with the professional holiday dedicated to the men and women responsible for the design and production of the country’s defense hardware, some of which has proven its effectiveness amid the NATO-Russia ongoing proxy war in Ukraine. Check out Sputnik’s infographic for more details.

Despite occupying a whole continent with a population of just 26 million, Australia has run out of homes to rent. Construction costs have soared while local activist groups block new housing developments.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the agreement to end hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh during a phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday, the Kremlin stated.

China dropping US Treasury bonds is a long-term strategy prompted by uncertainty surrounding the US’ economic prospects, monetary policies, and political instability, per the Chinese press.

Polish President Andrzej Duda dramatically shelved plans to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday amid the quickly escalating trade dispute between the two countries. Sputnik turned to renowned geopolitical analyst Paolo Raffone for insights on some of the behind-the-scenes reasons for the spat.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The risk of a global conflict is on the rise, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine.

NASA's ShadowCam illuminates the mysteries of Shackleton Crater, unveiling potential water reservoirs in the Moon's shadowed depths.

Barack Obama has asked his fans to donate to charities in the wake of the natural disaster in Libya. Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist, pointed out that it was the former US president who transformed Libya from Africa's wealthiest nation to a war-torn and fractured state.

The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly is being held between 19 and 26 September in New York.

Azerbaijan and representatives of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed on a cessation of hostilities with mediation of Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. A day before, Baku began an \"anti-terrorist operation\" in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Yerevan denounced as aggression.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Russian envoy to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia on Wednesday critisized the UN Security Council president over giving the floor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A car with Russian peacekeepers came under gunfire in the area of Canyataq in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian military were killed, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Wednesday.

Amid the raging crisis on the US-Mexico border, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, along with authorities in Arizona and Florida, has been sending busloads filled with illegal immigrants to the US capital and other Democratic-run self-pronounced \"sanctuary\" destinations, with Colorado’s capital also making the list.

Central banks worldwide are facing a challenge with oil prices, soaring towards $100 per barrel, thereby prompting policymakers to navigate potential inflation risks and economic repercussions while grappling with prolonged market volatility concerns.

Scientists have achieved a monumental breakthrough in genetic research, successfully extracting RNA from a preserved Tasmanian tiger specimen. This unprecedented feat opens new doors to understanding extinct species and also offers insights into past pandemics and the impact of human activities on species' extinction.

The Merkava series of main battle tanks makes up the backbone of the Israel Defense Forces’ heavy armored component, and has been used extensively in nearly all of Israel’s ground wars against neighbors since the 1980s.

WARSAW (Sputnik) - Poland may stop supporting Ukraine if public opinion goes against backing the Kiev regime over Ukraine's claims lodged with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against some of the EU's Visegrad group, Polish Minister for the European Union Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek said on Wednesday.

The Russian defense minister arrived in Iran on Tuesday for high-level meetings aimed at deepening defense ties with Moscow’s newly crowned Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS+ partner.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine has lost up to 175 military in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

The Finval-2023 exercises involve approximately 10,000 personnel and more than 50 pieces of military equipment. These include surface ships and support vessels, submarines, naval airplanes and helicopters, Bal and Bastion coastal missile systems, as well as wheeled and tracked armored vehicles.

Ukraine’s NATO-backed armed forces have faced overwhelming Russian air superiority across the 1,000 km frontline of the special operation zone. According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, some 473 Ukrainian fixed wing aircraft and 249 helicopters have been knocked out to date, with the country’s pre-escalation air force almost completely destroyed.

STRELNA, Russia (Sputnik) - Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Azerbaijan and representatives of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh had agreed on a complete cessation of hostilities through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers.

STRELNA, Russia (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had accepted the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to visit the Asian country in October as part of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

SIMFEROPOL, Russia (Sputnik) - Russian air defense took down drones near Sevastopol, there were no casualties, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On September 19, Baku announced the launch of \"local-level anti-terrorist activities\" in Nagorno-Karabakh aimed at \"restoring the constitutional order.\"

On September 19, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that Baku had launched \"local-level anti-terrorist activities\" in Nagorno-Karabakh aimed at \"restoring the constitutional order.\"

On Tuesday, Azerbaijan said it had launched \"local-level anti-terrorist activities\" in Nagorno-Karabakh to allegedly restore constitutional order.

Neuralink, the neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk that is building a brain-computer interface that can be implanted in the human brain - allowing bidirectional communication between the mind and external devices - received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May to conduct its first human trials.

Kiev threatened to appeal to the WTO over the decision by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to cease their imports of Ukrainian grain despite the European Commission never having imposed such a ban on the bloc.

State-of-the-art drones capable of performing surgical strikes on the enemy are being used by the Russian military to its great advantage in the special military operation, with the Russian Ministry of Defense recently publishing footage showing airborne troops blasting Ukrainian tanks with “Lancet” loitering munition.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The interaction between Moscow and Tehran is reaching a new level, with the countries set to implement the entire range of planned activities, despite opposition from the United States and its allies, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

Once the test-firing ended, the Russian Baltic Fleet ships responsible for ensuring the firing remained safe, continued their intended tasks - anti-submarine and air defense, mine countermeasures, and other training and combat tasks in line with the combat training plan of the Fleet's naval forces.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hospital consultants in the United Kingdom have offered to call off their strikes if they receive a 12% pay raise this year — double the increase that ministers had offered, according to media reports.

In the Hebrew Bible, Barak was the name of an audacious ruler and military commander who led an attack against Canaanite forces at the city of Hazor. The word also means “lightning” in Hebrew.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan confirmed Tuesday that the emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council regarding the situation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh will be held on September 21.

Researchers have speculated that the meteorite at the center of the creation of China's Front and Rear Baijifeng peaks dates back to the Jurassic Period, according to findings.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said in a statement that it has issued an air quality advisory due to smoke from wildfires in Northern California and Oregon.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has returned to Pyongyang after his state visit to Russia, state media reported Wednesday.

Earth may be experiencing a “sixth mass extinction” threatening entire branches of the “Tree of Life,” according to a new article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.

Despite having over six million followers, the British comedian and former TV personality will no longer be able to capitalize on the advertising and paid promotions in and around his videos on the platform.

Auto expert Lauren Fix, an analyst and consultant at Car Coach Reports; Dr. Linwood Tauheed, a professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic Information; and Dan Kovalik, a human and labor rights lawyer and professor at the University of Pittsburgh, discussed the causes of the strike hitting the big three US auto manufacturers.

A report has suggested that federal prosecutors may be pursuing potential criminal charges amid an ongoing investigation into the business practices of Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk.

An earlier report analyzing Japan’s stalled population growth determined that by 2060, the number of citizens was projected to plummet to some 86.7 million from over 125 million. Officials have warned the next few years could prove pivotal in improving the nation’s declining figures.

YEREVAN (Sputnik) - In total, 34 people have been injured during clashes near the Armenian government building in Yerevan on Tuesday, including 16 law enforcement officers, the Health Ministry said.

Russian and Iranian relations have bloomed in recent years, building on their joint targeting by Western sanctions, but also their common membership in several regional pacts on trade, security, and other types of cooperation that are steadily de-centering the West in Asian affairs.

The US president earlier wished House Republicans “lots of luck” in their impeachment endeavor, which White House spokesperson Ian Sams derided as “silly political Washington games.”

Only a handful of days remain before the US government runs out of money and must shut down much of its everyday activities by the end of the month.

The big five American tech giants, which include Google owner Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta* and Microsoft have grown to gargantuan proportions over the last two decades, coming to account for as much as a quarter of the S&P 500’s total valuation and often establishing virtual monopolies in their respective fields.

Russian Emergencies Ministry specialists have lifted about 1,200 munitions from the time of the Great Patriotic War (WWII) out of the water in a single day in Gilzovaya Bay, Crimean Peninsula.

American economists warn that the US may fall into a recession in 2024, as quoted by the mainstream press.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Congressman Matt Gaetz said on Tuesday that he has drafted a subpoena for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and urged House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy to end the months of inaction by signing the document.

Pioneering research using galaxy clusters has revealed crucial insights into the universe's expansion and the mysterious force propelling it using the mass-richness relation to calculate the combined mass of sampled groups, showing how larger collections house a more significant number of galaxies.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he will appoint a new panel on artificial intelligence (AI), which will be tasked with delivering recommendations on addressing the new technology by the end of the year.

Ukraine has expended up to 71,000 troops, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles and tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Western-provided hardware and ammunition on its counteroffensive with seemingly little to show for it as far as Kiev and NATO’s strategic goals of retaking lost territory and “weakening Russia” are concerned.

On Monday, the US National Debt rose above $33 trillion, a level 84 times higher than it was a century ago, when the value of the US dollar is adjusted for inflation.

Since the new Counter-Espionage Law was enacted in July, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), whose work is usually classified and covert, has now been stepping into the public limelight announcing a slew of detailed espionage cases over the last two months, as part of ratcheted up efforts to crack down on espionage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been advised to sport corporate attire as he arrives for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers ran into the woods to surrender to the Russian Armed Forces. One of the defectors told Sputnik that the group decided to surrender after their infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) got hit.

A US Marine Corps F-35B went down over South Carolina on Sunday after its pilot ejected mid-flight for reasons unknown. Why do F-35s seem so crash-prone? What’s wrong with them? And what role does the waste and fraud in the US military-industrial complex play in creating such a Frankenstein’s monster of an aircraft? Sputnik explores.

Lobaev Arms, a Russian producer of long-range high-precision rifles, has started to test a \"hypersonic bullet\" capable of piercing a target instantly and effectively.

A top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing renewed corruption allegations after an exiled Ukrainian business leader claimed the man worked for him for years as a go-between handling payments to Ukrainian officials.

Last week, Ukraine refused to accept 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany due to their unsatisfactory technical condition, German media reported, citing sources.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh recorded numerous ceasefire violations from the Azerbaijani side along the entire line of contact on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said.

The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly is being held from September 19 to 26 in New York.

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