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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be at the bedside of the 96-year-old monarch.

07 Sep 2022; MEMO: Albania is ending diplomatic relations with Iran and has ordered Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours following an investigation into a cyberattack in July, Prime Minister Edi Rama said today, according to Reuters.

"The government has decided with immediate effect to end diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Rama said in a video statement sent to the media.

07 Sep 2022; MEMO: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that almost all Ukraine's grain was transported to the EU countries, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday, Putin warned that an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe may arise in the world because the West exports most of the Ukrainian grain to its countries, and not to the countries in need in Africa.

VLADIVOSTOK, September 7. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will fulfill its contracts, but will not supply gas, oil, or coal at a loss.

"There are contractual obligations, supply contracts. But if any political decisions are made that contradict the contracts, we simply will not comply with them. We will not supply anything at all if it contradicts our interests," he said on Wednesday at the Eastern Economic Forum.

BELGRADE, September 7. /TASS/: Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has said he does not believe a compromise in the conflict in Ukraine is possible.

VLADIVOSTOK, September 7. /TASS/: Yerevan is not afraid of secondary Western sanctions because of cooperation with Moscow, and Armenia needs to work on shaping new opportunities, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

VLADIVOSTOK, September 7. /TASS/: Russia has lost nothing and will lose nothing as a result of its military operation in Ukraine, but on the contrary, has enhanced its sovereignty, as the polarization around the world and within the country will bring about some benefits, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Wednesday.

PARIS, Sept 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – France’s maritime transport company, La Meridionale, launched its first zero-particle ferry, Le Piana, that will link the southern city of Marseille to the island of Corsica, French daily newspaper, Le Figaro, reported yesterday.

All the engines of the ferry are equipped with an innovative filter that captures 99 percent of sulfur oxides, and eliminates 99.9 percent of fine and ultrafine particles – the most dangerous pollutants for human health, Le Figaro reported.

PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - France is reactivating a disused pipeline in its northeastern Moselle administrative department, originally built for east-to-west flows, to send Germany gas under an energy deal unveiled by President Emmanuel Macron, according to French officials.

France will be able to deliver 130 gigawatt hours (GWh) per day, a tiny fraction of German needs, French energy ministry officials have previously said, while Germany will be ready to provide France power in the event of tight supplies mid-winter. 

TIRANA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday and kicked out its diplomats after a cyberattack in July it blamed on the Islamic Republic, a move Washington supported as it vowed to take action in response to the attack on its NATO ally.

Albania ordered Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours.

"The government has decided with immediate effect to end diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Prime Minister Edi Rama said in a video statement.