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A 153,000-year-old footprint was found in South Africa’s Garden Route National Park. It is possibly the oldest ever made by our species, Homo sapiens. This discovery surpasses the previously oldest tracks in Nahoon and Langebaan by 25,000 years.

The footprints are ‘natural casts’ from the layer of sand that filled them in. Its age is absolutely wild. 🤯

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Congratulations to those who picked Kemal Kilicdaroglu yesterday. He is the Turkish opposition leader who ran against Erdogan in the recent presidential election. 🎉

📈 Top News of the Day

• South Africa announced that it is issuing diplomatic immunity to all international participants attending the BRICS summit held in the country in August. This of course includes Russian President Vladimir Putin who currently has an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

• South Africa’s leading opposition party sued the government in order to force it to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he attends a planned BRICS summit in the country.

• China rejects the US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s proposal for a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu at the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Forum in Singapore this week.

• The Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-registered vessel suspected of looting two British WW2 shipwrecks. It was seized on Sunday for anchoring illegally in Malaysian waters.

• NATO members have reached a consensus that Ukraine will become part of the alliance after the war with Russia concludes. With no clear pathway to Kyiv’s NATO membership yet, NATO leaders will convene in Oslo on Wednesday for an informal meeting of foreign ministers.

🇷🇺 Moscow Under Drone Attack Again?

What Happened: Putin has accused Ukraine of launching drone attacks targeting civilians in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia's air defenses claim that it successfully shot down 5 and intercepted 3 drones with signal-jamming technology. No significant injuries have been reported.

As a precautionary measure, Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, has initiated the evacuation of certain residents.

Social Media: Social media platforms were quickly filled with reactions as images showing smoke in the sky and a shattered window circulated online. The source of the drones remains a mystery at this time, with Kyiv denying responsibility.

Steve Rosenberg, the BBC's Russia editor, recounted hearing two explosions in the north-west region of Moscow, a report that was echoed by numerous individuals in the vicinity who took to social media to share their own experiences of the blasts.

Deja vu: This is of course not the first time we see drones in Moscow’s sky. Just a few weeks ago, the Kremlin was targeted by a series of drone attacks. Ukraine has consistently denied any involvement in these incidents, and some have even labeled them as false flag operations.

Now, the question arises: