Foot found in Yellowstone hot spring linked to July death

HELENA, Mont. -- Part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is believed to be linked the death of a person last month, park officials said Friday.

The July 31 death is being investigated but officials do not suspect foul play, park officials said in a statement. The statement did not disclose details about how the death is believed to have happened, identify the person who died or say why officials do not suspect foul play.

The shoe was recovered from the park's Abyss Pool on Tuesday after an employee spotted it, park officials said.

News of that discovery led a man from Maryland to contact the National Park Service to report that he and his family had spotted a shoe, floating sole up, in the hot spring on the morning of Aug. 11.

Chris Quinn of Pasadena, Maryland, said in an interview that he sent a photo of the shoe to the park service.

Park spokesperson Linda Veress said in an email that officials could not confirm whether the shoe that was found was the same type of shoe in Quinn's photo.

Abyss Pool, west of the West Thumb area of Yellowstone Lake, is 53 feet (16 meters) deep and the temperature is about 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 Celsius), park officials said.

Park visitors are warned to stay on the boardwalks and trails in thermal areas, where some of the pools and springs have a thin, breakable crust covering the scalding and sometimes acidic water.

At least 22 people are known to have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile (9,000 square kilometer) national park since 1890, park officials have said.

The most recent death happened in June 2016 when a man from Portland, Oregon, left a boardwalk in the the park's Norris Geyser Basin, slipped on gravel and fell into a boiling, acidic spring. No significant human remains were recovered.

The nation's first national park has drawn more than 4 million visitors annually in recent years, with the exception of 2020, when it was briefly closed due to the pandemic.

Historic flooding forced the closure of the entire park for part of June. The park's northern and northeastern entrances are still closed to vehicles.

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China's consumer and factory data miss expectations in July

Employees working on an air-conditioner production line at a Midea factory in Guangzhou, China.

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BEIJING — China reported data for July that came in well below expectations.

Retail sales grew by 2.7% in July from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. That's well below the 5% growth forecast by a Reuters poll, and down from growth of 3.1% in  June. Within retail sales, catering, furniture and construction-related categories saw declines.

Sales of autos, one of the largest categories by value, rose by 9.7%. The gold, silver and jewelry category saw sales rise the most, up by 22.1%.

Industrial production rose by 3.8%, also missing expectations for 4.6% growth and a drop from the prior month's 3.9% increase.

Fixed asset investment for the first seven months of the year rose by 5.7% from a year ago, missing expectations for 6.2% growth.

Investment into real estate fell at a faster pace in July than June, while investment into manufacturing slowed its pace of growth. Investment into infrastructure rose at a slightly faster pace in July than in June. Fixed asset investment data is only released on a year-to-date basis.

The unemployment rate among China's youth, ages 16 to 24, was a high 19.9%. The unemployment rate across all ages in cities was 5.4%.

"The national economy maintained the momentum of recovery," the statistics bureau said in a statement. But it warned of rising "stagflation risks" globally and said "the foundation for the recovery of the domestic economy is yet to be consolidated."

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Analyst forecasts for July were projected to show a pickup in economic activity from June, as China put the worst of this year's Covid-related lockdowns behind it, especially in the metropolis of Shanghai.

Exports remained robust last month, surging by 18% year-on-year in U.S. dollar terms despite growing concerns of falling global demand. Imports lagged, climbing by just 2.3% in July from a year earlier.

However, China's massive real estate sector has come under renewed pressure this summer. Many homebuyers halted their mortgage payments to protest developer delays in constructing homes, which are typically sold ahead of completion in China.

The deterioration in confidence puts developers' future sales — and an important source of cash flow — at risk.

The potential for a Covid outbreak has remained another drag on sentiment. A surge of infections in tourist destinations, especially the island province of Hainan, stranded tens of thousands of tourists this month.

The local situation reflects the large gap between goals set at the beginning of the year and the ensuing reality. Hainan had set a GDP target of 9%, but was only able to grow by 1.6% in the first six months.

Similarly, at a national level, China's GDP grew by just 2.5% in the first half of the year, running well below the full-year target of around 5.5% set in March.

China's top leaders indicated at a meeting in late July the country might miss its GDP goal for the year. The meeting did not signal any forthcoming large-scale stimulus, while noting the importance of stabilizing prices.

The country's consumer price index hit a two-year high in July as pork prices rebounded.

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Tesla's July sales of Chinese-made vehicles slide due to factory line upgrades

SHANGHAI: Tesla (TSLA.O) sold 28,217 Chinese-made vehicles in July, nearly two-thirds less than a month earlier as a scheduled upgrade to its factory lines in Shanghai disrupted production.

The U.S. carmaker exported 19,756 Model 3s and Model Ys from China last month, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA)said. In June, it sold 78,906 vehicles and exported 968.

Tesla China usually exports more cars at the beginning of a quarter while focusing more on domestic sales at the end.

Tesla suspended most of its production at the Shanghai plant in July due to an upgrade that aims to bring the factory’s weekly output to around 22,000 units compared with levels of around 17,000 in June, according to internal memos seen by Reuters.

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The output ramp-up at Tesla’s most productive manufacturing hub comes after production losses during a two-month COVID lockdown in Shanghai hurt the company’s profit margin in the second quarter.

China’s overall passenger car sales in July jumped 20.1% from a year earlier to 1.84 million, the CPCA said.

Sales of electric cars accounted for 26.4% of the total in July and increased 117.3%, it added, with sales of plug-in hybrids outpacing pure electric cars.

The association now expects electric car sales for the whole year could reach 6 million units, higher than an earlier estimate of 5.5 million.

BYD (002594.SZ) led the EV players with 163,042 cars delivered in July, with plug-in hybrids accounting for more than half of its sales.

Nio , Xpeng (9868.HK) and Li Auto (2015.HK) delivered 10,052, 11,524 and 10,422 vehicles, respectively.

Sales of conventional hybrid cars in July also increased 81% from a year ago, with Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) leading the segment.

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Breaking News Live Updates - 30 July 2022: Read All News, as it Happens, Only on News18.com

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Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – July 29, 2022

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Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Following last week’s breakthrough deal on Ukrainian grain exports, Türkiye’s foreign minister said "now it is time to focus on brokering a cease-fire" between Russia and Ukraine.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the inauguration of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) established in Istanbul as part of a historic deal to restart Ukrainian grain exports to the world.

China's President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Joe Biden “not to play with fire” over Taiwan during a "candid" phone conversation.

The US economy contracted 0.9% in the second quarter, according to the Commerce Department's first reading.

President Joe Biden argued that the US economy is not in a recession after GDP data showed a contraction for a second straight quarter.

The Biden administration approved the sale of 35 F-35 fighter jets, munitions and associated equipment to Germany in a prospective sale worth $8.4 billion.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it is armed with enough vaccines to battle the current monkeypox outbreak, which is approaching 5,000 confirmed cases.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that since the beginning of its “military operation” against Ukraine, it has destroyed 359 air defense missile systems belonging to its neighbor.

A UN human rights expert urged Belarus and Poland to stop pushing back refugees.

The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, has deliberately and systematically cooperated with Greece in illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers to Turkish waters, a German magazine reported.

The bilateral trade volume between Türkiye and the UK reached £18.1 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2021, according to the British consul general in Istanbul and trade commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Türkiye is an indispensable partner and more closely linked to Germany than almost any other country, said Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

Palestine’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh met with Germany’s Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Tobias Lindner, in Ramallah and urged Germany to recognize Palestine.

Turkish and Qatari agencies signed a deal to build a residential village with a 1,000-house capacity in northern Syria for displaced people.

A trilateral memorandum recently signed at a NATO summit between Türkiye, Sweden and Finland is "not an end, but a good start," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out at Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio over his allegations of massive deforestation in the Amazons.

The number of wildfires in Europe this year is nearly four times the average seen in the past 15 years, according to the EU’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program.

Pfizer posted record revenue in the second quarter of 2022 with sales of COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid and vaccines, according to its financial results statement.

Ivory Coast announced a fresh discovery of oil and natural gas off its eastern shore by Italian oil firm ENI.

The iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris will reopen to the public for worship and tourism in 2024, said Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak.

No agreement has been reached yet between Russia and the US on a prisoner swap, said a Kremlin spokesman.

A local court in Moscow accepted a petition to liquidate the Russian branch of a Jewish immigration agency and set the hearing date for next month.

The formation of a new government in Iraq has been elusive as long-running tensions continue to ramp up between prominent Shia leaders, cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who have been known as traditional rivals since 2008.

Bulgaria is set to hold snap elections in October, as the third and final attempt to form a government in the country has failed.

North Korea’s leader warned South Korea it would be “wiped out” if Seoul ventures any military move against the North, local media reported.

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On the Ledge Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Amy Turner JD

Encore: Ep.1480: Suicide Intervention and Ep.1481: On the Ledge

July 27, 2022

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Kathryn interviews Author, Speaker Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross We’d all like to think we’d be able to help if one of our friends or family members expressed emotional anguish and suicidal thoughts. But, if confronted with that situation, what should we do that would help the most, and what should we avoid doing that might make the situation worse? Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross, an Intergenerational Trauma Expert and Eating Disorder Treatment Specialist shares with us how to best support our loved ones who are seriously struggling with thoughts of suicide, such as talking openly and not being afraid to ask the hard questions. She's an internationally known author, speaker, expert, and pioneer in intergenerational trauma's effect on one's body, brain, and beliefs. Dr. Ross teaches millions of people about eating disorder treatment and substance use disorder at Psychology Today and is the author of three books, the most recent of which is The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook. Visit her at her online coaching website. The Anchor Program™.Kathryn also interviews Author Amy Turner. In 1957, when Amy Turner was four years old, her father had to be talked down from a hotel ledge by a priest. The story of his attempted suicide received nationwide press coverage, and he spent months in a psychiatric facility before returning home. From then on, Amy constantly worried about him for reasons she didn't yet fully understand, triggering a pattern of hypervigilance that would plague her into adulthood.In 2010, fifty-five years after her father’s attempted suicide, Amy—now a wife, mother, and lawyer-turned-schoolteacher—is convinced she’s dealt with all the psychological reverberations of her childhood. Then she steps into a crosswalk and is mowed down by a pickup truck—an accident that nearly kills her, and that ultimately propels her on a remarkable emotional journey. She is a graduate of Boston University, with a degree in political science, and of New York Law School, with a Juris Doctor Degree.

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Breaking News Live Updates - 27 July 2022: Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Reappear for Third Round of Questioning Today

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Encore The Representation of Childfree Women in Film & Television Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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The show addresses the social, systemic, and structural realities for those who are childless/childfree and non-parents. We will discuss key issues pertaining to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as it relates to people without children. For our community, the show will offer a sense of visibility and connection, and an opportunity to be part of the change we are collectively seeking. For parents and professionals, the show will be a place to gain greater awareness around the social realities for many of their friends, family, and employees/co-workers, without children. It will be an opportunity for us all to begin to find common ground in what we want to achieve as individuals, families, and communities, which includes, and benefits us all. The show will also be an invitation for practitioners, organizations, businesses, institutions, and policymakers to join this dialogue and to honestly assess their cultures and policies, and how they impact people without children.

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Russia-Ukraine war updates for July 25, 2022

State Department says officials are working 'behind the scenes quietly' toward release of WNBA star Griner, other wrongfully detained Americans

U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, holds a bar, on the day of a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, July, 15, 2022. 

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The State Department said it is closely monitoring WNBA star Brittney Griner's trial in Russia as she heads back to court tomorrow.

"We are working around the clock behind the scenes quietly to do everything we possibly can to see to it that Brittany Griner's ordeal, just as Paul Whelan's ordeal, is put to an end just as soon as can be possibly managed," Price said, referencing a former U.S. Marine who is also detained in Russia.

Price added that senior embassy officials have been able to speak to Griner amid her trial in a Moscow court.

The 31-year-old Griner, who plays professional basketball in Russia during the WNBA offseason, was arrested in February at a Russian airport on accusations that she was smuggling hashish oil.

— Amanda Macias

At least 100 nuclear power plant employees kidnapped by Russian troops, president of energy company says

A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Energodar on May 1, 2022. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, seized by Russian forces in March, is in southeastern Ukraine and is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world. This picture was taken during a media trip organised by the Russian army.

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The president of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant company said Russian forces kidnapped about 100 of its employees.

"There are about 500 Russian soldiers on the territory of the plant. They are the ones letting employees into their working stations and control everything that is going on on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant," Petro Kotin of Energoatom said, according to an NBC News translation.

Kotin added that Russian troops took ID badges and entered a secure area within the nuclear power plant. He said "what they did there is not known."

He said they may not have followed proper security controls and "it is quite possible that they got radioactive contamination on their clothes out of the control zone."

— Amanda Macias

More than 180 religious buildings and sites damaged in war, Ukraine says

Irpin resident Halyna says she and her neighbors are still living in their destroyed apartments, which have no electricity or roof.

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More than 180 religious buildings and sites across 14 regions in Ukraine have been destroyed during Russia's war, according to a new tally compiled by the Ukrainian government.

More than 120 of the damaged or destroyed sites were Christian structures belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

"Mosques, synagogues and educational and administrative buildings of religious communities in Ukraine were also destroyed," according to the statement.

— Amanda Macias

Putin is waging a 'gas war' against Europe, Zelenskyy says

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with participants of the Bolshaya Peremena national contest for school students, via video link in Moscow, Russia July 20, 2022. 

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging a "gas war" against Europe.

"Russia is not going to resume gas supplies to European countries, as it is contractually obligated to do. And this is an open gas war, which Russia is waging against a united Europe," Zelenskyy said during a nightly address on the Telegram messaging app.

"They don't care what will happen to the people, how they will suffer from hunger due to the blocking of ports or from winter cold and poverty," Zelenskyy said, adding that Russia is engaging in "different forms of terror."

He also called on global leaders to sever trade ties with Russia "as much as possible" in order to pressure Moscow.

— Amanda Macias

State Department donates 500,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Ukraine

The State Department said it has donated nearly 500,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Ukraine as the Kremlin's war marches into its fifth month.

"As we continue to confront COVID-19 worldwide, we must keep in mind those affected by crises and war in places like Ukraine," Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote via Twitter.

"This shipment of vaccine doses furthers our commitment to defeating the pandemic and supporting Ukraine in the face of Russia's unprovoked war of choice," he added.

— Amanda Macias

Russia's Gazprom further reduces gas flow of Nord Stream 1 pipeline, citing repairs

Nord Stream 1 provider said gas flows have resumed after maintenance works.

Hannibal Hanschke | Reuters

Russia's Gazprom said it would further reduce natural gas flows through a major pipeline to Europe to 20% of capacity, citing repairs of equipment.

The Russian state-owned company tweeted that it would reduce "the daily throughput" of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 33 million cubic meters as of Wednesday. The head of Germany's network regulator confirmed the reduction.

The move comes after Gazprom raised questions about the return of a part that has been at the center of tensions over natural gas deliveries through the pipeline, saying that it isn't satisfied with documents it has received.

The company reduced the gas flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline by 60% in mid-June, citing alleged technical problems involving the equipment that partner Siemens Energy sent to Canada for overhaul and couldn't be returned because of sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Germany has rejected Gazprom's technical explanation for the gas reduction, saying repeatedly that it was only a pretext for the Kremlin's political decision to sow uncertainty and further push up energy prices.

— Associated Press

Ukraine hopes to start exporting agricultural products tomorrow, official says

Farmers harvest a wheat field near Melitopol in Ukraine amid Russia's onsluaght.

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Despite a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian port over the weekend, Ukraine will start to export grains and other food products tomorrow, the country's deputy infrastructure minister said.

"Within the next day, we will be ready to work on the restoration of the export of agricultural products through our ports," Yuriy Vaskov told reporters, according to an NBC News translation.

Vaskov said that Chornomorsk will be the first port to reopen, followed by Odesa and Pivdennyi. Vaskov added that in the next two weeks, all ports will be exporting agricultural products on a consistent basis.

— Amanda Macias

UN says at least 5,237 killed in Ukraine since start of war

This photograph taken on July 15, 2022, shows recently made graves at a cemetery in the Vinogradnoe district, Donetsk region, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

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The United Nations has confirmed 5,237 civilian deaths and 7,035 injuries in Ukraine since Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor on Feb. 24.

The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, because the armed conflict can delay fatality reports.

The international organization said most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as missiles and airstrikes.

— Amanda Macias

Moldova fears Russian invasion

Prime Minister of Moldova Natalia Gavrilita speaks in the Treaty Room at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 19, 2022, ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Natalia Gavrilița, the prime minister of nearby Moldova spoke to CNN Sunday, saying "nobody is safe" with the conflict raging in Eastern Europe.

"It's a hypothetical scenario for now, but if the military actions move further into the southwestern part of Ukraine and toward Odesa then, of course, we are very worried," Gavrilița said.

"We are very worried, especially considering that troops are on the territory of the secessionist Transnistria region," she said.

"We are doing everything possible to maintain peace and stability and to ensure that the fighting does not escalate."

Moldova is home to a sizeable pro-Russian separatist population based in the breakaway state of Transnistria.

—Matt Clinch

UK to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine celebrate after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Palaolimpico arena, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Luca Bruno | AP

The European Broadcasting Union confirmed that the U.K. will host next year's Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of war-torn Ukraine.

"Following the decision that, regrettably, next year's event could not be held in Ukraine for safety and security reasons the EBU explored a number of options with the winning broadcaster," the EBU said in a statement.

"As a result of discussions, the BBC, as runner up in the 2022 Contest, was invited by the EBU to act as Host Broadcaster for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest."

"Stefania" by the Kalush Orchestra finished first back at the 2022 event in May, while Britain's Sam Ryder came second with "Space Man."

—Matt Clinch

Food inflation from the Russia-Ukraine war could last till 2024: CEO

Sunny Verghese, the CEO of major food and agri-business Olam Group, tells CNBC that it's difficult to predict how much more food prices will increase.

Kremlin says Odesa strikes hit military infrastructure

Rescue teams dig through the rubble of buildings destroyed in overnight attacks in a search for survivors, in the city of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, on July 25, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov insisted that the strikes in Odesa over the weekend targeted military infrastructure.

"There is nothing in the obligations that Russia took, including within the framework of the agreements signed on July 22 in Istanbul, which prohibit us from continuing the special military operation, destroying military infrastructure and other military targets," Lavrov said at a press conference alongside his Congolese counterpart Christophe Lutundula in Oyo, Congo.

The strike on Odesa, Ukraine's largest port, dealt another setback to so far fruitless efforts to mitigate a mounting global food crisis.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters separately that Russia's strikes wouldn't influence the gain exports from the region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strikes on Saturday an act of barbarism.

— Matt Clinch and Amanda Macias

Wheat prices rise after Odesa attack

A fire destroys a wheat field as Russian troops shell fields to prevent local farmers from harvesting grain crops, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Wheat futures prices for September on the Chicago Board of Trade were up 3.6% on Monday morning as traders showed caution on a grain export deal signed by Russia and Ukraine last week.

The two countries on Friday signed a U.N.-backed deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. The deal is significant for global food supplies, but also as it's the first major agreement between the two sides since Moscow launched it's unprovoked onslaught on Feb. 24.

But Ukraine said Saturday that Russian missiles had hit the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, throwing that new pact into doubt.

Russia likely struggling to repair combat vehicles, UK says

A view shows a military convoy of armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) on a road in the Luhansk region, Ukraine February 27, 2022.

Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters

Posting one of its daily updates on Twitter, Britain's defense ministry said it has located a Russian military vehicle refit and refurbishment facility near Barvinok, which is in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, close to the Ukrainian border.

It added that at least 300 damaged vehicles were at the facility, which included armored personnel trucks and tanks.

"In addition to its well documented personnel problems, Russia likely continues to struggle to extract and repair the thousands of combat vehicles which have been damaged in action in Ukraine," it said in the update.

—Matt Clinch

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Breaking News Live Updates - 24 July 2022: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind to Address Nation Today

FOR 24th July 2022

By News18/ Updated: July 24, 2022, 05:55 IST

Minute-by-minute news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, number of infections, vaccination, and reopening of places and activities to all developments in the fields of politics, education, business, entertainment and sports – everything you to need to know, as it happens, and all in one place.

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Star Talking with G. Keith Friday, July 22, 2022

G. Keith Alexander has built an impressive career as a multi-media talent. He is a top New York radio and TV personality, voice and on-camera actor and commercial print model. His recent film is THE INTERN with Robert DeNiro. Alexander has been the subject of an in-depth television profile on The Wall Street Journal TV Report and on CNN's ShowBiz Today.

In addition, G. Keith is a long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA, as well as the recipient of the Achievement Recognition Award presented by New York Congressman Charles B. Rangel. The G. Keith Alexander Radio Collection is archived in New York's prestigious Paley Center for Media. G. Keith is also the founder and CEO of VoiceOver Academy for voice acting training.

At Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Alexander is the director of professional communications and coaches the medical faculty on ways to improve video lecture presentations. The explanation for G. Keith's success is quite simple. He is one of the most charming, witty and well-rounded personalities. When G. Keith Alexander talks, people listen!

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