🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦 — POTUS shakes hands with Saudi officials inside the Saudi Royal Court

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🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦📹 — POTUS greets Saudi Military officials at the Royal Court in Riyadh

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🇺🇸🇿🇦🤝🇸🇦 — African-American businessman Elon Musk greets POTUS Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inside the Saudi Royal Court

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🇯🇵📈❌💵 Japan's 30-year government bond yield jumped to 2.96% on Monday, the highest level in almost 25 YEARS as supply of bonds exceeds demand.

40-year yield hit 3.45%, the highest since its debut in 2007.

Japan's debt-to-GDP ratio is over 250%

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Video of how the fiber optic FPV drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" slapped a Ukrainian soldier during a "truce".

😵‍💫💬🇺🇸🗣🗣🏳️ — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"I just heard President Trump's statement. Very important words.

I supported Donald Trump with the idea of ​​a complete and unconditional ceasefire — long enough to provide a basis for diplomacy. And we want that, we are ready to provide silence from our side.

I supported President Trump with the idea of ​​direct talks with Putin. I have openly said that I am ready for a meeting. I will be in Turkey. I hope that the Russians will not avoid this meeting.

And, of course, all of us in Ukraine would like President Trump to be there with us — at this meeting in Turkey. This is the right idea. We can change a lot. President Erdogan can really host a meeting at the highest level. Thank you to everyone who is helping."

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😵‍💫📞🗣 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"Spoke with President Erdoğan. Discussed key details of a meeting in Turkey that could help end the war. Grateful for the support and willingness at the highest level to facilitate diplomacy. We both see the need for a ceasefire.

It is also necessary for partners to ensure monitoring of the ceasefire. We are ready for direct negotiations with Putin. And it is very important that we all work together in Europe for the long-term guarantee of security. We will be in constant contact with America.

We agreed with Erdoğan to continue working together to ensure peace."

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🇮🇱🇺🇸🔫🔫⚡️🇪🇪 — ⚪️ Izvestia | Threatened with "Hedgehog": NATO exercises Siil 2025 have begun near the Russian border | Ukrainian and Israeli representatives will share combat experience with the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance at Estonian training grounds | May 5, 2025:

"Ukrainian and Israeli representatives will share their combat experience at the NATO exercises Siil 2025 (Hedgehog 2025). They will involve 16,000 servicemen from 12 countries of the alliance. They will be held in Estonia at the Nursipalu training ground — this is one of the largest exercises near the Russian border this year. The maneuvers began on May 5 and will end at the end of the month. Such a demonstration of combat capabilities fits into NATO's policy of creating tension on the borders of our country, experts believe.

The goal of the NATO exercises in Estonia

The declared goal of the exercises is to defend the region together with the allies, as well as to test the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of Estonia and the North Atlantic Alliance.

During the maneuvers, they will practice planning, conducting military operations and training fire, which will help strengthen the interaction between the armies of NATO countries. Particular attention will be paid to the introduction of additional allied units into Estonian territory, which, if necessary, will strengthen local high-alert units, the Estonian Defence Forces said in a statement."

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🗣⁉️🛫🇹🇷 — 📰 USA Today | Trump to Turkey? President mulls joining Russia-Ukraine peace talks, expects ceasefire | Trump said he might travel to Turkey for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, for what he said could be an agreement for a 30-day cease-fire | May 12, 2025:

"WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said he might take a detour during his Mideast trip to visit Turkey for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine that are expected to take place later this week.

"I was thinking about actually flying over there," Trump told reporters on May 12 at the White House. "There’s a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things could happen."

Russia and Ukraine agreed to direct talks in the three-year-old war on May 15 in Istanbul. Trump insisted on the meeting and told reporters shortly before he departed that he might attend the Turkey talks, if he thought it it would be helpful."

Trump said he expects a 30-day suspension of hostilities, which European leaders and Ukraine joined him in pressing for over the weekend, despite Russia's previous refusals to agree to an unconditional temporary truce.

"I have a feeling they're going to agree. I do. I have a feeling," Trump said."

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🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦 — Chatting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US President praises economic ties between United States and Saudi Arabia

"We have the biggest business leaders in the world here today,"

says POTUS in Riyadh.

"In the United States, it's probably two million jobs that we're talking about — this visit."

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🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦❗️ — POTUS Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sign a series of agreements on energy, defense, and other areas between Saudi Arabia and United States

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🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦 — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accepts a letter of intent between the Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the modernization and development of the capabilities of the Saudi armed forces

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🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦 — US Secretary Energy Chris Wright accepts a memo of understanding between the Ministry of Energy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Department of Energy for cooperation in the field of energy.

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