https://www.trtworld.com/europe/man-found-dead-outside-berlin-embassy-was-russian-secret-agent-51374

German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of Russia's FSB intelligence service.

The 35-year-old man's body was found early on October 19, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.

It said, citing security sources, that the man had fallen from an upper floor at the embassy.

Berlin police declined to comment and directed all questions to public prosecutors, who were not immediately available for comment.

The discovery of a body outside the Russian diplomatic mission has not been reported previously.

Security sources told the magazine it was unclear how the diplomat had fallen and what had caused his death.

The Russian embassy had not agreed to an autopsy, Der Spiegel said.

https://warsawinstitute.org/cia-director-visits-moscow-president-bidens-request/

While in Moscow (November 2–3), Burns met Nikolai Patrushev, the powerful secretary of the Kremlin’s Security Council and a close associate of Vladimir Putin. The two “discussed Russian-U.S. relations,” the Council’s press service said in a short statement. No further details were disclosed. It was Patrushev’s first meeting with Burns since the senior U.S. official was appointed the director of the CIA. The two men know each other because Burns was a U.S. ambassador to Moscow in 2005–2008. He was an architect of the Russian reset, an attempt by the Obama administration to improve relations between the United States and Russia. In addition, Burns met with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergei Naryshkin and the two discussed U.S.-Russia cooperation in fighting international terrorism.

The U.S. delegation flew to Russia at President Biden’s request, marking another high-level U.S.-Russia meeting. Last month, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland traveled to Moscow. All these talks confirm that the U.S. administration is looking to cooperate with Moscow.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/hospitals-in-western-australia-turn-away-patients-as-vaccine-mandates-slash-staffing_4087769.html

Several hospitals across Western Australia (WA) have begun refusing new admissions and surgeries following a health staff crisis that worsened after unvaccinated staff were told they could not return to work.