🇪🇺 Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: "We are in an era of rearmament."

🔗 Disclose

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇦 After Trump pressure, China sells Panama port terminals to BlackRock and MSC

In a blockbuster deal that could shift the balance of power in global port operations, a consortium of U.S. private equity firm BlackRock and MSC of Geneva has agreed to purchase the non-Chinese assets of Hong Kong-based subsidiary Hutchison Port Holdings, including terminals at the ports of Balboa and Cristobal in Panama.

The news follows disputed claims by President Donald Trump that the Chinese military was controlling the Panama Canal, and that American vessels were being cheated on transit tolls. Trump also threatened U.S. action to wrest control of the waterway, a key route for military and merchant vessels between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which was handed over to Panama in 1999.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/after-trump-pressure-china-sells-panama-port-terminals-to-us-private-equity-firm-msc

📝 The deal will give the BlackRock consortium control over 43 ports in 23 countries, including the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, located at either end of the Panama Canal. Other ports are in Mexico, the Netherlands, Egypt, Australia, Pakistan and elsewhere.

🇫🇷☢️❗️— French President Macron announces that France will open discussions on extending its nuclear umbrella to make it a Pan-European Nuclear Umbrella

🇫🇷📞🇪🇺 — French President Emmanuel Macron in an emergency speech to French nation and EU:

I have decided to open a strategic debate on European nuclear deterrence

🇷🇺🛂📈 — Russia lacks migrants, says Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov

➡️ In order to saturate the labor market, Russia should consider attracting migrants, but now from new countries.

➡️ As an example, he cited Myanmar with its population of 55 million people.

" This issue is already being discussed ," the minister said.

🇺🇸📞🇵🇸❗️ — United States President Donald Trump issued an new (and likely final) ultimatum to Palestinian Ikhwani Terrorist group Hamas release the hostages or face consequences:

Shalom Hamas means Hello and Goodbye - You can choose.

Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you

This is your last warning!
For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance."

🇪🇺🇺🇦❌🇷🇺❗️ — The Guardian:

The European Union Weighs Plan to Deploy 120 Fighter Jets to Protect Kyiv and Western Ukraine from Russian Strikes

🚢🇷🇺🇨🇳 OFAC Sanctions Reveal Houthis Coordinated Safe Passage for Russian and Chinese Ships Through Red Sea

New sanctions by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have revealed that Houthi leaders actively coordinated with Russian and Chinese officials to ensure their vessels would not be targeted during the group’s ongoing maritime attacks in the Red Sea.

According to Treasury documents, Mohamed Ali Al-Houthi, a prominent member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, explicitly guaranteed safe passage for Russian vessels while maintaining drone and missile attacks against other commercial shipping in the region. Al-Houthi has also been planning discussions with Russian officials regarding military aid to the Houthi group.

“Amid the Houthis’ ongoing maritime attack campaign, Mohamed Ali has communicated with officials from Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to ensure that Houthi militants do not strike Russian or PRC vessels transiting the Red Sea,” OFAC stated in its announcement. “Speaking on behalf of the Houthis, Mohamed Ali has outlined the Houthis’ commitment to guarantee safe passage for Russian vessels.”

https://gcaptain.com/ofac-sanctions-reveal-houthis-coordinated-safe-passage-for-russian-and-chinese-ships-through-red-sea/

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 Institute for the Study of War on X: Putin notably has not made any ceasefire offers since Trump assumed office on January 20. Kremlin officials instead formally rejected the possibility of a ceasefire on any terms other than Ukraine's and the West's complete capitulation in late February 2025.

🔗 ISW

— 📱 NEW: Reddit has announced that it will warn users for upvoting content that violates its guidelines, in addition to penalizing the original poster

The focus will be particularly on 'violent content,' and for now, the response will be limited to warnings; however, Reddit may consider adding 'additional actions' in the future.

@Middle_East_Spectator

🌕 Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6.

🚀 NASA’s PRIME-1 suite recently completed its health check during transit, meaning the payload is ready for operations upon landing.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-intuitive-machines-second-private-moon-landing/

🔗 NASA_Johnson

🌐❌🇷🇺 — Russia’s Sergey Lavrov:

“If European troops enter Ukraine, this won’t be a proxy war anymore. It’ll be NATO fighting Russia directly”

🔗 Open Source Intel (@Osint613)

🏳🗣🇺🇸🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — 🏳 Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a interview to Fox News said that the war in Ukraine is a proxy war waged by USA against Russia:

“President Trump views this as a protracted, stalemated conflict, and frankly, it’s a proxy war between nuclear powers: the United States, helping Ukraine, and Russia”

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The US and Russia need to reset relations to end the conflict in Ukraine, said Trump's special envoy Kellogg.

🇧🇪🇺🇦❗️Belgium has again postponed the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine

Earlier, it was reported that the delivery would be postponed until the end of the year, and today at the EU summit, Prime Minister Bart de Wever announced that this would not happen before 2026.