🇨🇳🔒❗️ — Controversial Chinese Scientist He Jiankui arrested by Communist China's Ministry of State Security while trying to leave Mainland China

His passport was also seized by MSS

It happens 8 hours after his visit to US Embassy in Beijing to renew his green card aiming to flee the country

🇨🇺🇨🇴🇺🇸 — Carlos Lehder, cofounder of the Medellín Cartel, claims that the Castro dictatorship invited him to establish a cocaine route to the United States from Cuba with the approval of Fidel and Raúl Castro.

🇮🇷❗️🤝🇺🇸 — 📰 NBC News | Top Iranian official says Tehran would forego highly enriched uranium in nuclear deal with Trump | The comments from a member of the supreme leader's inner circle appear to be the clearest public statements yet on Iran’s willingness to reach an agreement with the U.S. | May 14, 2025:

"Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions, a top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News on Wednesday.

Ali Shamkhani, a top political, military and nuclear advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is one of the most senior Iranian officials to speak publicly about the ongoing discussions.

He said Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, getting rid of its stockpiles of highly-enriched Uranium which can be weaponized, agree to only enrich Uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use, and allow international inspectors to supervise the process, in exchange for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions on Iran.

Asked if Iran would agree to sign an agreement today if those conditions were met, Shamkhani said, “Yes.”

His comments appear to be the clearest public statement yet on Iran’s expectations and willingness to reach a deal from the supreme leader’s inner circle. Iran’s supreme leader has the final say on all matters of national security."

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🇻🇦🟰🇺🇸🕊 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Parallel Peace Blitz: New Pope & Trump Are Saying Similar Things As Conflicts Rage | May 14, 2025:

"The newly installed Pope Leo XIV is making clear that he's preparing to go on a peacekeeping blitz at a moment of several hotspots and major war zones across the globe.

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In a fresh message this week, the Pope has also called for the release of all prisoners of war (POWs) and further praised the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, reportedly brokered by President Trump, it should be noted.

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Interestingly, Trump too has begun to present himself as a 'peacemaker' - and his message to the Middle East this week has been one of 'deal-making, not chaos' - and so the timing of this dual messaging from the Vatican as well as Washington could make for better chances at peace in the various conflict zones. However, it remains that Trump has been in the Gulf overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars in new weapons sales... so there's that.

On Iran, Trump said at a state dinner in Doha to his Qatari hosts on Wednesday, "You’re also working with us very closely, with respect to negotiating a deal with Iran, which is the far friendlier course that you would see."

"I mean, two courses, there’s only two courses. There aren’t three or four or five, there’s two. There’s a friendly and a non-friendly, and non-friendly is a violent course, and I don’t want that. I’ll say it up front. I don’t want that, but they have to get moving," the president added, as he attempts to forge ahead on a new nuclear agreement with Tehran."

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🇹🇼 Taiwan decommissioned its last nuclear reactor, entering the last phase of its "nuclear-free homeland" energy policy.

In 2024, Taiwan imported 97% of its energy, making its energy intensive industries potentially vulnerable to blockade.

🔗 Taiwan Security Monitor

🇺🇸 Hillary Clinton slammed Trump for insisting that Americans have more kids, arguing that’s what immigrants are for.

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🇺🇸🇻🇦 US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha greeting Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Basilica after the Mass for the Pope’s Inauguration.

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🇷🇺 Russian immigration 2024

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🇺🇸 U.S. Sanctions hit ICC Chief Prosecutor: Email Blocked, Bank Accounts Frozen, 900 Staff Banned from U.S. Entry

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed under U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration in February 2025, as part of an effort to coerce the court into halting investigations of Israeli abuses in Gaza.

His official Microsoft email account has been disabled, and his UK bank accounts frozen. Additionally, all 900 ICC staff members have been banned from entering the United States, accused of pursuing “illegitimate” investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel.

The U.S. government has threatened that any individual or organisation providing Khan with financial, material, or technological assistance could face fines or imprisonment.

Two U.S. based human rights organisations have confirmed they’ve ended cooperation with the ICC. One senior official noted that staff are now actively avoiding communication with court officials, citing fear of government retaliation.

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🇺🇸🦠❗️ — New York Times reports that Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer!

🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸🇵🇸 — Axios reports Israel’s Security Cabinet has decided to immediately resume humanitarian aid transfers to Gaza via several international organizations, until the new aid mechanism involving American PMCs begins on May 24, say two senior Israeli officials.

🇸🇻⛓ — The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, approved a reform that allows minors involved with gangs to serve their sentences in adult prisons.

🇵🇹🗳❗️ — 99.13% of Legislative Elections' ballots counted in Portugal shows a clear victory for the Conservative Democratic Alliance (AD) bloc with 32.15%

🌹 The Socialist Party came in second, with 23.37%

🇵🇹 The Portuguese Nationalist Chega Party came in third place, with 22.57% of the votes

🐍 The Market Liberal/Libertarian "Liberal Initiative" came in 4th with 5.51% of votes

🚩 Below them, the Free Party (Greens) 4.17%; Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist / Anti-Revisionist) with 3% of vote; and the Left Bloc with 1.99%

🇵🇹 Ironically some members of the Monarchist PPM, which left the Democratic Alliance earlier this year, managed to get elected with support of the AD in some areas with 3 members

🇵🇹 The Madeira Island regionalist also entered the parliament