<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0oxmsY_0uoiFbCJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0oxmsY_0uoiFbCJ00" width="450" height="300" ><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia on Aug. 12-14, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a diplomatic source. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) </div>

The Kremlin on Friday said that at least three Russians freed in a landmark prisoner exchange were undercover Russian agents, a rare public admission into the work of Moscow's top-secret security services. Moscow said Vadim Krasikov -- who was serving life in prison in Germany for the 2019 brazen murder of a former Chechen separatist commander in broad daylight in a Berlin park -- was an elite operative with Russia's FSB security agency. Krasikov was one of the central figures in Thursday's historic multi-country exchange, with Putin having publicly lobbied for his release in a bid to get the deal over the line in the face of hesitation from Berlin. The Kremlin almost never reveals details about its sprawling intelligence agencies, but it confirmed Friday that at least two others freed in the deal were also long-term undercover agents stationed in the European Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin has portrayed them as returning heroes, personally thanking them for their service to the "Motherland" and promising to shower them with state awards. For in-depth analysis on the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Melinda Haring, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.

Putin's ominous message: 'We can kill people in broad daylight in EU, we'll take care of our people'

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Hungary's Orban unexpectedly visits China, backs Xi's peace plan

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday denounced NATO's summit promise to grant eventual membership to Ukraine and said Russia should work towards the "disappearance" of both Ukraine and the military alliance. In a social media post, Medvedev quoted in English from NATO's declaration at its Washington...

Former Russian President Medvedev Says Moscow Should Seek 'Disappearance' of Ukraine and NATO

The Independent

 Iran has vowed revenge for the assassination of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in an airstrike in Tehran, an attack that brings the Middle East to the brink of a region-wide war.Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian. The assassination took place hours after Israel claimed to have killed a commander for Iran ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital Beirut in retaliation for a deadly strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge for the killing of Haniyeh, saying Israel “prepared a harsh punishment for itself” by...

Iran vows revenge after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran

West Virginia State

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Norfolk, VA

Cheryl E Preston

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly threatened to invade Israel in support of the Palestinians as fears of a war with Hezbollah escalate — a shocking comment from a member of NATO, the international alliance of Western nations. “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these...

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to invade Israel, in escalation of harsh rhetoric over Gaza war

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

PARIS (Reuters) -The Algerian and Taiwanese boxers embroiled in a dispute over gender in sport at the Paris Games were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both of them ineligible, the International Boxing Association said on Monday.

Olympics-Barred boxing federation says Khelif failed chromosome test

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sharpie pen maker Newell Brands is moving production of kitchen appliances out of China and has relocated manufacturing for its writing business to Tennessee as it faces "uncertainty" on tariffs ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Newell CEO Chris Peterson said in an interview with Reuters.

Sharpie-maker Newell moves more operations from China as tariffs loom

Georgia State

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Appling County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran, hours after attending the inauguration of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Palestinian group has said. Video from Tuesday shows him meeting the president and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel is yet to respond to accusations it was...

Video shows Haniyeh in Iran hours before his death

MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Mexican peso touched its weakest against the U.S. dollar in nearly two years before paring much of the losses back, as concerns the U.S. economy could be headed for a recession added to recent peso weakness as a popular global trade unwinds.

Mexican peso pares losses, remains volatile on US recession fears

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

- Advertisement - In an exclusive revelation, the government has confirmed that North Korea has deployed over 500 technical and medical support troops to Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. This deployment occurred even before North Korea and Russia signed a treaty on “automatic military aid” in June, according to TV Chosun....

North Korea deploys 500 technical and medical troops to Russian-occupied Ukraine

Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

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Hamas' political chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated Wednesday in Tehran, according to statements from both the militia and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.

Hamas' political head Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

Milwaukee, WI

It was a scene to behold: a union president delivering a booming, barn-burner speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee—“the first Teamster in our 121-year history” to address the Republican Party, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien told the cheering crowd. While the union hasn’t endorsed former President Donald Trump (yet), O’Brien’s appearance—and Trump’s pick of Ohio Senator and “ Hillbilly Elegy ” author J.D. Vance as his running mate—aimed to solidify the bizarre notion that the Republican ticket is pro-labor and “ economic populist .”

How Trump and Vance Betray America’s Workers

(Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia on Aug. 12-14, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a diplomatic source. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

Palestinian President Abbas to visit Russia August 12-14, RIA reports

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