📰🔎😬🇨🇳🤝🇺🇸 — 📰 Reuters | Inside China's decision to come to the table on Trump tariffs:

"BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on China last month, Beijing has responded in kind. On state and social media, it posted images of Mao Zedong, lambasted "imperialists," and sent a message: capitulation to bullies is dangerous, and it wouldn't back down.

But behind closed doors, Chinese officials have grown increasingly alarmed about tariffs' impact on the economy and the risk of isolation as China's trading partners have started negotiating deals with Washington, according to three officials familiar with Beijing's thinking.

These factors, along with outreach by the U.S. and an easing of Trump's rhetoric, persuaded Beijing to send its economic tsar He Lifeng for meetings with U.S. counterparts in Switzerland this weekend, the officials told Reuters.

Re-engagement was complicated by the fractious nature of U.S.-China diplomacy. In particular, Beijing considered a letter the U.S. side sent to Chinese ministries in late April about fentanyl "arrogant," two officials said. Efforts to arrange talks were further impaired by disagreements over which officials should be involved, said one of these people and another official.

China's reasons for deciding to negotiate, Washington's letter on fentanyl, U.S. diplomatic challenges in Beijing, and the early outreach between the two sides are reported by Reuters for the first time, based on interviews with nearly a dozen government officials and experts on both sides."

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🇺🇸⚡️🇮🇹🛳 — ✍️ ARKHANGEL SPETSNAZA:

"Exercise Mediterranean Strike in the Mediterranean Sea

✍️ From May 5 to 11, the Mediterranean Strike 2025 exercise is underway in the Mediterranean Sea under the leadership of Italian military personnel to practice the combat use of a multinational naval group.

💭 The aircraft carrier Cavour, the destroyer Andrea Doria, the frigate Carabinieri, the patrol boats Francesco Morosini and Giovanni delle Bende Nere of the Italian Navy, as well as F-35 tactical fighters of the Italian Air Force are involved in the exercise.

💭 In addition, the British strike group Prince of Wales is participating in it with escort ships from the Royal Navy and other countries, including the frigates Mendez Nunez of the Spanish Navy, Amundsen of the Norwegian Navy and Ville de Québec of the Canadian Navy.

💭 The strike group is heading towards the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen the British presence in the region, but before that they decided to take part in an exercise. It involves 6,000 troops, at least 13 ships, a submarine and 40 aircraft and helicopters.

💭 During the exercise, NATO deploys as part of a multinational formation, practices protecting sea communications, conducting search and rescue operations, and most importantly, combating the enemy's USV."

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🇩🇪🔫🤝🇺🇦📁 — ✍️ ARKHANGEL SPETSNAZA:

"Germans to start hiding data on arms supplies to Ukraine

✍️ After three years of openness on the issue of military aid to Kyiv, Germany will again begin to hide information about arms supplies to Ukraine, the German agency DPA reported, citing sources in the German cabinet.

The Germans did indeed always publish all deliveries on the website, which made it possible to understand what kind of military aid they were sending and to guess why.

It's actually surprising that they didn't hide it for so long. After all, this information is intelligence that could be used to analyze current trends in the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

✍️ Now all this will be hidden, and considering that the Germans have already transferred almost their entire range, except for cruise missiles and fighters. So it is quite possible that the Tauruses will eventually be there."

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🇵🇰⚠️❗️ — Pakistan declares Rahim Yar Khan Airport's only runway non-operational, issuing a NOTAM for an estimated 7 days till 17 May 2025

🇮🇳❌🇵🇰 — Indian government source speaking to AFP accuses Pakistan of breaking the ceasefire after multiple UAVs were spotted over Indian Kashmir

🇵🇰🎤❗️ — Pakistani Government official account says Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will address the nation.
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https://x.com/GovtofPakistan/status/1921261056980074967?t=U5pUvhp3xHNPPaUnHcv9Sw&s=19

⏺🇮🇳❌🇵🇰India called Pakistan's actions an invasion of its territory and announced that it would take retaliatory measures.

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🇷🇺🎙📹 — Putin's statement to journalists will be substantive, but the press conference will be held without questions due to the late hour*, Peskov clarified to TASS

* — It's 0h30 in Moscow, capital of Russian Federation

🇷🇺🎙📝 — Putin's press approach following international meetings with guests of the Victory over Nazi Germany anniversary is not intended to "blow up" the airwaves.

This was stated by Peskov, answering a question from journalist Yunashev.