🇨🇳🌌 China successfully completes test of reusable spacecraft
▪️China has successfully completed a test of a reusable spacecraft after it returned to Earth on Monday morning, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said
▪️The uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China on Monday as scheduled.
🗣 "The test was successful, showing China's breakthrough in the field of research of reusable spacecraft technologies," CASC said in a statement
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▪️China has successfully completed a test of a reusable spacecraft after it returned to Earth on Monday morning, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said
▪️The uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China on Monday as scheduled.
🗣 "The test was successful, showing China's breakthrough in the field of research of reusable spacecraft technologies," CASC said in a statement
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📹 A 100-year-old WWII veteran in Russia's Republic of Altai celebrates his birthday with family.
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Ukraine claims Kiev targeted with heaviest attack since launch of special operation
Ukrainian media has reported a series of powerful explosions around the country, including Kiev, on Sunday night. Authorities in the capital stated that a tank with diesel fuel was damaged in the Solomensky district. Explosions and fires were also reported in Odessa.
"This is the most massive attack (…) on our city," Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The attacks come after Ukraine organized a number of terrorist hits on Russian territory, including the recent drone attack on the Kremlin that was thwarted by Russian security services.
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Ukrainian media has reported a series of powerful explosions around the country, including Kiev, on Sunday night. Authorities in the capital stated that a tank with diesel fuel was damaged in the Solomensky district. Explosions and fires were also reported in Odessa.
"This is the most massive attack (…) on our city," Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The attacks come after Ukraine organized a number of terrorist hits on Russian territory, including the recent drone attack on the Kremlin that was thwarted by Russian security services.
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History repeating itself? Rising US-led militarization shows Europe failed to learn from WWII
Military expenditures by Central and Western European nations have surpassed the levels seen in 1989, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
With the collective defense budgets of the European Union (EU) and the UK now exceeding those of China and Russia combined, there are growing concerns about the ongoing militarization of Europe.
Some experts believe that the rearmament of NATO members is driven by the geostrategic interests of the United States, which is seen as the hegemonic power that is militarizing Europe.
Paolo Raffone, a strategic analyst and director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels, discusses the reasons behind the surge in military expenditures by European nations and the implications of this trend for the region's economic and political stability.
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Military expenditures by Central and Western European nations have surpassed the levels seen in 1989, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
With the collective defense budgets of the European Union (EU) and the UK now exceeding those of China and Russia combined, there are growing concerns about the ongoing militarization of Europe.
Some experts believe that the rearmament of NATO members is driven by the geostrategic interests of the United States, which is seen as the hegemonic power that is militarizing Europe.
Paolo Raffone, a strategic analyst and director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels, discusses the reasons behind the surge in military expenditures by European nations and the implications of this trend for the region's economic and political stability.
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's president to inaugurate world’s largest single-train refinery
▪️Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the multi-billion dollar Dangote Refinery in Lagos in two weeks, Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad said
💭 "Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the importation of petroleum products have received a boost as the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is set for inauguration on May 22nd, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari," the assistant said.
▪️He also noted that Dangote Refinery in Lagos, the construction of which started in 2016, is the world’s largest single-train refinery
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▪️Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the multi-billion dollar Dangote Refinery in Lagos in two weeks, Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad said
💭 "Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the importation of petroleum products have received a boost as the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is set for inauguration on May 22nd, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari," the assistant said.
▪️He also noted that Dangote Refinery in Lagos, the construction of which started in 2016, is the world’s largest single-train refinery
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🇫🇷 Despite the provocations and attempts to interfere, the march of the Immortal Regiment continued on the streets of Paris.
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📸 Immortal Regiment marches around the globe
The Immortal Regiment is a worldwide civil event that takes place each year on or around May 9 as part of the Victory Day celebrations. The aim of this movement is to immortalize the memory of those who died fighting the Nazis.
As the famous quote by Soviet poet Olga Bergholz goes: "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten." Processions of citizens carry pictures of their relatives or friends who helped to forge the Great Victory. The Immortal Regiment helps to preserve the memory not only of soldiers who fought for their homeland, but also the memory of those who backed them – doctors and nurses, law enforcers, workers – virtually every Soviet citizen.
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The Immortal Regiment is a worldwide civil event that takes place each year on or around May 9 as part of the Victory Day celebrations. The aim of this movement is to immortalize the memory of those who died fighting the Nazis.
As the famous quote by Soviet poet Olga Bergholz goes: "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten." Processions of citizens carry pictures of their relatives or friends who helped to forge the Great Victory. The Immortal Regiment helps to preserve the memory not only of soldiers who fought for their homeland, but also the memory of those who backed them – doctors and nurses, law enforcers, workers – virtually every Soviet citizen.
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Iran willing to provide advanced defense weapons to Syria
Iran's Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani has stated that Iran is ready to provide Syria with advanced defense weapons to boost the security of the Syrian people.
Ashtiani also emphasized Iran's willingness to cooperate with Syria in building plants and launching production of strategic defense weapons to strengthen the republic's military capabilities.
In another meeting, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri stated that Iran is prepared to share its vast experience in countering terrorism and conducting modern warfare with Oman.
Bagheri also offered Tehran's help in fighting maritime drug trafficking and invited Omani military officials to visit Iran.
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Iran's Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani has stated that Iran is ready to provide Syria with advanced defense weapons to boost the security of the Syrian people.
Ashtiani also emphasized Iran's willingness to cooperate with Syria in building plants and launching production of strategic defense weapons to strengthen the republic's military capabilities.
In another meeting, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri stated that Iran is prepared to share its vast experience in countering terrorism and conducting modern warfare with Oman.
Bagheri also offered Tehran's help in fighting maritime drug trafficking and invited Omani military officials to visit Iran.
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🗣 “What could be worse than an enemy? A traitor. Here is Zelensky. A New Incarnation of Judas in the 21st Century“
So Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Zelensky's decree on the establishment of May 9 as Europe Day instead of Victory Day, the celebration of the defeat of Nazism in World War II.
“Having canceled Victory Day on May 9, he betrayed his ancestors once and for all: those who fought in the ranks of the Red Army, those who suffered and were tortured in concentration camps, and those who worked for the Victory in the rear. One for all. An accomplice of the Nazis 80 years later," she wrote in her Telegram channel.
Earlier, the Ukrainian parliament had reported that the bill on making Victory Day May 8 (when it is celebrated in Europe and the US, due to a time zone difference) would be adopted ahead of schedule.
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So Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Zelensky's decree on the establishment of May 9 as Europe Day instead of Victory Day, the celebration of the defeat of Nazism in World War II.
“Having canceled Victory Day on May 9, he betrayed his ancestors once and for all: those who fought in the ranks of the Red Army, those who suffered and were tortured in concentration camps, and those who worked for the Victory in the rear. One for all. An accomplice of the Nazis 80 years later," she wrote in her Telegram channel.
Earlier, the Ukrainian parliament had reported that the bill on making Victory Day May 8 (when it is celebrated in Europe and the US, due to a time zone difference) would be adopted ahead of schedule.
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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation built a modern military camp in the Chechen Republic in less than a year
Its total area is over 54 hectares. Specialists have built more than 50 facilities, including a sports complex and a park area for military equipment.
The opening was attended by Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov and head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Its total area is over 54 hectares. Specialists have built more than 50 facilities, including a sports complex and a park area for military equipment.
The opening was attended by Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov and head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Texas will deploy a newly created national guard unit to the border to intercept migrants
"Today, we are deploying a new national guard unit, it's called the Texas Tactical Border Force," Governor Greg Abbott said. "They will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept, to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter Texas illegally."
The troops will be equipped with aircraft, boats, night vision goggles and riot gear to prepare for anything they might encounter at the border, Abbott said.
Texas has already deployed around 10,000 National Guard members, along with 1,200 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to the border, Abbott said.
Together, these forces have turned back more than 37,000 people who were trying to enter into the US and apprehended another 37,000 who did cross into the country illegally, he added.
The forces have also arrested about 27,000 dangerous criminals, including cartel gang members who were wanted for crimes such as murder and have seized enough fentanyl to kill every citizen in the United States, he said.
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"Today, we are deploying a new national guard unit, it's called the Texas Tactical Border Force," Governor Greg Abbott said. "They will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept, to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter Texas illegally."
The troops will be equipped with aircraft, boats, night vision goggles and riot gear to prepare for anything they might encounter at the border, Abbott said.
Texas has already deployed around 10,000 National Guard members, along with 1,200 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to the border, Abbott said.
Together, these forces have turned back more than 37,000 people who were trying to enter into the US and apprehended another 37,000 who did cross into the country illegally, he added.
The forces have also arrested about 27,000 dangerous criminals, including cartel gang members who were wanted for crimes such as murder and have seized enough fentanyl to kill every citizen in the United States, he said.
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