🇭🇺 Hungary is waiting for explanations from Ukraine and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen concerning reports on a possible stop of oil supplies from Russia to the European Union via the Druzhba pipeline, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

"We have received no explanations concerning this from Kiev. I think this is an issue of such importance that the European Commission's president should personally present explanations as energy security is a question of sovereignty," Szijjarto told a Hungarian radio station.

If someone attempts to make a secure energy supply impossible for a country, it can be considered an infringement on the country's sovereignty, he explained.

International treaties guarantee Hungary transit oil supplies from Ukraine, the minister said, going on to accuse Ukraine and Croatia of taking advantage of conflict to raise the transit fee by five to six times.

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What is the fastest missile in the world and how much does speed really matter?

Russia’s Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile made the news this week after destroying a Patriot radar station and five launchers in overnight strikes in Kiev on May 16. How did the Kinzhal get through? What other countries possess ultrafast missiles? Why is it that speed isn’t always everything?

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A tragic incident occurred in El Salvador, Central America, where a stampede took place as people tried to squeeze through the stadium gate. Approximately 12 people lost their lives in the incident, and numerous others sustained injuries.

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Estonia says NATO fighter jets will move to Latvia during air base repairs in 2024

"The Amari Air Base in Estonia will undergo reconstruction in 2024, during which the Baltic airspace will be secured from Latvia and Lithuania. After the reconstruction is completed, the allied fighter jets will return to Estonia," the Estonian Defense Ministr said.

NATO's air policing planes will relocate from Amari to Latvia's Lielvarde air base from spring to fall of 2024, while air security will also be ensued by allied jets deployed in Lithuania's Siauliai air base, the statement read.

As Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania do not possess the aircraft fit to conduct patrol flights, their NATO allies provide the necessary capabilities for them. On a four-month rotation basis, they patrol the airspace over the Baltic region, with the Baltic states contributing by hosting the allied aircraft and providing the necessary personnel.

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🦟 A recent study published in the journal Current Biology reveals that mosquitoes are selective in their choice of human targets based on specific body odors.

A team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Institute and Zambia's Macha Research Trust teamed up to carry out an experiment on a testing site in the Choma district Zambia. They laid out a selection of evenly spaced pads heated to 35ºC (to imitate human skin).

Every night, a swarm of some 200 African Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquitoes were released. Armed with infrared motion cameras, the scientists monitored the landings to see which body odor lured the mosquitoes the most.

They found that the mosquitoes were attracted to individuals emitting higher levels of carboxylic acids, organic compounds produced by skin microbes in sweat. Interestingly, one volunteer who emitted elevated levels of a plant compound called eucalyptol attracted fewer mosquitoes, possibly due to diet.

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US chipmaker Micron fails Chinese clearance check

China’s Cyberspace Administration announced on Sunday that US chipmaker Micron would be banned from selling to critical infrastructure operators after it was found to pose a national security risk.

"The review found that Micron’s products posed a considerable risk to network security, making it a major security threat to supply chains of the country’s critical information infrastructure that can affect the national security," the statement read.
The regulator stressed that China remained open to foreign companies as long as they respected the law.

A British business newspaper reported in April that the United States asked South Korea to limit semiconductor exports to China after it launched a security probe into Micron. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning called the review a "normal regulatory measure" and criticized the US for breaking trade rules.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱US says visit of Israel’s National Security Minister ‘provocative’

Itamar Ben-Gvir, who advocates a tougher stance on the Palestinian issue, visited the Temple Mount on Sunday in what was his second visit since January to the site considered holy in Judaism and Islam alike.

💬 "We are also concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif in Jerusalem and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric. This holy space should not be used for political purposes, and we call on all parties to respect its sanctity," US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said.

The US State Department said it was "troubled" by the Israeli government’s decision to allow its citizens to establish a permanent presence in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank.

💬 "This order is inconsistent with both former Prime Minister Sharon’s written commitment to the Bush Administration in 2004 and the current Israeli government’s commitments to the Biden Administration. Advancing Israeli settlements in the West Bank is an obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution," Miller said.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian Ambassador to US warns against strikes on Crimea, raises F-16 issue

💬"I would like to warn representatives of the administration against frivolous judgments on Crimea, especially in terms of ‘blessing’ the Kiev regime for air attacks on the peninsula. I’d like to remind you that strikes on this territory are considered by us as an attack on any other subject of the Russian Federation. It is important that the United States be fully aware of the Russian response," Anatoly Antonov said.

He added that "every specialist knows that in Ukraine there is no infrastructure for the operation of the F-16, nor is there the required number of pilots and maintenance personnel. What will happen if American fighters take off from NATO airfields, controlled by foreign ‘volunteers’?"

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🇨🇳🇯🇵 China summons Japanese ambassador over statements made at G7 summit

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Sun Weidong summoned Japan’s ambassador Hideo Tarumi on Sunday, to express "solemn" protest over the communique issued by Japan and other G7 countries that "smears" and attacks Beijing, interferes in China’s internal affairs and harms China’s sovereignty, security and development interests.

On Saturday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry voiced strong protest over the statements related to Beijing made by G7 leaders at the summit in Japan. Beijing also pointed to the mismatch between the G7's statements on peace and stability and its actions, which it said were damaging regional stability and suppressing the development of other countries.

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📹 Crews manning Russia’s 2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled artillery guns in combat action

The 2S19M2 is the third modification of the Msta, which provides a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute. The uniqueness of the Msta 2S19M2 self-propelled howitzer lies in its rate of fire, its maintainability, its ability to conduct a counter-fire strike, its ability to fire all types of ammunition: fragmentation, cluster and including high-precision rounds. The 2S19 self-propelled howitzer has been upgraded to an export-oriented variant for use in hot climates.

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🇺🇸 ‘Not something you budget for’: Quadruple murder probe bleeding Idaho city dry

Following the high-profile murder of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapina, a major US outlet reported Sunday that overtime, as well as the city’s other expenses, are "growing exponentially."

The slayings saw a 28-year-old criminology Ph.D. student named Bryan Kohberger indicted on four counts of first-degree murder, but even before a major investigation was launched into the Kohberger's crimes, Moscow had long been facing serious financial shortfalls.

💬 "We weren't prepared for this," Moscow City Council member Sandra Kelly told US media. “This is such a horrific thing - how could you plan for this? You budget for fires. You budget for floods. You prepare for natural disasters. This was not natural."

Local officials noted that, with an annual $7.2 million price tag, the police department’s budget already exceeded the $6.9 million in property taxes brought in each year. The outlay reportedly comprises just over a third of the city’s yearly expenditures.

💬 "Moscow is not awash in a funding excess," Moscow Mayor Art Bettge told US media, adding, "we run a very, very lean budget and the impact of the investigation has been felt on the budget."

Bettge said the city has faced a "difficult six months" since last November, when police discovered four students had been stabbed to death at their off-campus house. Kohberger was arrested in connection with the crime at his family’s home in Pennsylvania over a month later.

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🇸🇪 Swedish military recruiting in Arabic 'for the sake of diversity'

The Swedish Armed Forces have for several years strived to increase diversity within its organization. Now they are trying a new approach through targeted ads on the Arabic-language news site Alkompis in the hope of attracting more recruits from a non-Swedish background.

💬 "Diversity and equality is ultimately about seeing and respecting each individual, but also about creating a more inclusive culture within the defense forces. It increases the ability to adapt – which is required to stand strong in the fast-changing world we live in – and to find new solutions," the military told Swedish media.

The site Alkompis describes itself as "a Swedish media house in Arabic, as opposed to an Arabic media house in Sweden" and was founded in 2012 by Mahmoud Agha, formerly of Swedish Radio. It claims to be ad-financed but it also benefits from tax breaks.

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❗️Latest statements made by Russian Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov:

▪️Crimea is part of Russia, and Washington’s threats are reckless, said Ryabkov, responding to Jake Sullivan’s remarks about allowing Ukrainian attacks against the peninsula;

▪️Moscow will find a way to prevent any threats of possible strikes against the peninsula from being carried out;

▪️On possible supplies of F-16s to Kiev: Russia believes it is clear that the entire range of weapons would sooner or later end up in Ukraine;

▪️Republican senators pushing to withdraw from the New START treaty is part of the US two-party tug-of-war;

▪️Any hypothetical pullout from the treaty would not affect Russia's position on the agreement;

▪️The senior diplomat lambasted the struggle over the US national debt as a 'circus,' and is ready to bet that a deal on it will be reached.

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📹 Russia’s 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery guns crush Ukrainian troops in direction of Artemovsk

The artillery crews of the Russia’s Eastern Military District provide fire support to infantry units, which hold the defense on the flanks of the Artemovsk direction, helping repel Ukrainian attempts to counterattack.

After the air reconnaissance unit ferrets out clusters of troops and enemy equipment, their coordinates are transferred to the artillery crew of the 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery installation. The combat vehicle then moves into position and opens fire on the identified targets.

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IAEA head says situation with nuclear safety at ZNPP extremely unstable

💬 "Ukraine’s ZNPP this morning lost all external electricity for 7th time during conflict, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for power; nuclear safety situation at the plant extremely vulnerable. We must agree to protect plant now; this situation cannot continue," Director General Rafael Grossi tweeted.

Earlier in the day, the power plant said that it had switched to operation on diesel generators due to the shutdown of the last high-voltage line. The cause of the shutdown of the high-voltage line is under investigation. The radiation levels remain within the normal range.

Russia has considered the Zaporozhye Region to be part of its territory since September 30, 2022, when Vladimir Putin and the head of the region signed an agreement on its accession to the country, following a referendum in which an overwhelming majority of the local population supported becoming part of Russia.

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Manila's iconic central Post Office gutted by fire, interior lost forever

🇵🇭 Manila's iconic Central Post Office, built in 1926 and restored after WWII, has been gutted by fire. Postmaster General Luis Carlos confirmed that "from the basement to the ground floor all the way up to the fifth floor" had been destroyed.

🏛 There is no word yet on the cause of the fire, which began last night. While the shell of the building remains, its iconic interior has been lost.

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📹 A captured Azov* militant in Mariupol shows Russian security forces where his squad opened fire on a civilian car, killing a family - a woman, a man, and a 10-year-old girl

* terrorist organization banned in Russia

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❗️ Protests erupt in 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea after defence pact signed with US 🇺🇸

The pact in question, the details of which are still unknown, was reportedly signed by US State Secretary Antony Blinken & Papua New Guinea PM James Marabe on the margins of the FIPIC Summit.

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📹 Refugee from Artemovsk reveals how Ukrainian forces abduct children

The Ukrainian authorities and members of the military in Artemovsk were seizing children from residents and, under threats of being stripped of their parental rights, parents were forced to leave for areas under Kiev's control, according to an evacuee from Artemovsk who spoke to a Sputnik correspondent.

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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, shake hands during a meeting in Hanoi.

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