❗️ Russia has not received any plans or proposals from the Vatican for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis - Russian Foreign Ministry

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❗️ Nine children and a guard have been killed in a school shooting in Belgrade

According to media reports, the shooting occurred at about 8:40 a.m. The suspected attacker has been arrested.

Earlier in the day, police said they had detained a 14-year-old teenager on suspicion of shooting at a school, who could have used his father's pistol. The incident occurred in the morning at a school in the Vrachar municipality in the center of the Serbian capital.

Emergency services, as well as police investigators and prosecutors are working at the scene, according to the news portal.

Serbian news portal reported that the teenager, who was an exemplary student, could have been under the influence of drugs.

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⚡ Moscow sees little reason to be optimistic about the grain deal

According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russia is interested in fulfilling all the agreements within the framework of the deal and continues contacts in the expectation that the previously agreed conditions will be met.

💬 “For the time being, it is impossible to say more, because there are very modest reasons for optimism, if not to say the opposite,” Dmitry Peskov added.

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📹 Iran's IRGC has stopped the Panama-flagged Niovi oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

US Navy Command has reported today that the tanker left the port in Dubai and was heading for the UAE when it was surrounded by a dozen IRGC ships and forced to change course towards Iranian territorial waters.

The Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the information but emphasized that Panama-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz wasn't captured, but "arrested".

Last Thursday, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf of Oman by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. Later, with reference to the Iranian army, information was circulated that the Iranian Navy had detained an unknown intruder vessel in the Gulf of Oman, which is an oil tanker, apparently owned by the United States.

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🇰🇬🇺🇸 Kyrgyzstan called on the US not to interfere in its internal affairs

🗣 Earlier, US Congressman Michael McCall called a court decision in Bishkek to shut down the local branch of Radio Liberty for spreading allegedly false information "a flagrant attack on free media."

💬 "The judiciary in our country is independent and makes decisions independently. No one has the right to interfere in its work... Kyrgyzstan is an open and free country where there are no restrictions on freedom of speech and the media. The only condition for everyone is to conduct activities in strict accordance with the law," said the press secretary of the President of Kyrgyzstan.

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A man won a women’s poker tournament at a Florida casino, sparking a heated debate on social media

David Hughes turned out to be a winner of the $250 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold’em event during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Hughes got $5,555 for the victory after defeating Dayanna Ciabaton heads-up.

Hughes, a poker player from Florida, took advantage of local state laws. In accordance with anti-discrimination laws, Florida casinos are not permitted to ban men from entering a women’s event.

This is not the first time a man has finished first in a tournament intended only for women. 

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❗️ Kiev tried to strike on Kremlin residence of Russian president with UAV; as a result of a terrorist attack Russian President Vladimir Putin was not injured, Kremlin says

❗️ What is known so far about Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's Kremlin residence:

- The Kiev regime attempted to launch a drone strike on Putin's Kremlin residence at night

- Two drones were aimed at the Kremlin

- As a result of the actions of the military and special services, the devices were disabled

- There are no casualties or material damage from fragments that fell in the Kremlin

- The Kremlin regarded these actions as a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president on the eve of Victory Day

- As a result of the terrorist attack, the president was not injured; his work schedule has not changed, and continues as usual

- Putin was not in Kremlin at time of attempted drone attack

Footage allegedly shows the aftermath of the attack on the territory of the Kremlin

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❗️Plans to hold a parade on Red Square on May 9 aren't changed, Kremiln tells Sputnik

🇺🇳 Guterres said he made a proposal to improve the grain deal to Moscow, Kiev and Ankara, and expects a response from Russia

❗️📹 Footage allegedly showing the exact moment of a drone attack on the Kremlin is circulating on social media

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🇸🇾🇮🇷 Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have signed a memorandum of understanding on a long-term strategic comprehensive cooperation plan between Damascus and Tehran

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Brazil aims to discuss assistance to Argentina with BRICS, IMF

Brasilia is planning to discuss the issue of sending assistance to Argentina, which is experiencing a severe economic crisis, with the BRICS group of states and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday.

The Brazilian president added he was also planning "through my Finance Minister [Fernando Haddad] to turn to the IMF to remove this knife [debt obligations] from Argentina's throat."

"The IMF cannot continue to put pressure on a country that just wants to grow, create jobs, and improve the lives of its citizens," Lula said.

Argentina faces a $44 billion debt to the IMF.

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📹 Watch the footage allegedly depicting the moment when the second drone hit the Kremlin (video published by TVC channel)

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