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🇺🇸💰 US Treasury has less cash than each of world's 31 richest billionaires

The Treasury’s latest daily statement gives the cash balance at the close of May 25 as $38.837 billion, down from $49.473 billion a day before and $214.882 on May 2.

This contrasts with the wealth of 31 tycoons topping the Bloomberg Billionaires Index of the world’s 500 richest people. The Tuesday edition estimates French fashion magnate Bernard Arnault to be worth $193 billion, followed by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk with $185 billion and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with $144 billion.

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❗️Turkiye’s AK Party-led alliance wins 323 seats in 600-seat parliament in elections, according to CEC head

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian troops, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as one US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter mortar radar;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian forces neutralized up to 85 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, one D-20 howitzer, and one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer;

▪️In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 145 troops, two armored combat vehicles, one D-30 howitzer; In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Russian forces destroyed over 140 Ukrainian troops. The actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were thwarted;

▪️In the Kherson direction, Russian troops neutralized up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, one Msta-B and one D-30 howitzer, as well as one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down one HARM anti-radar missile, seven HIMARS missiles, and eight unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, DPR, Kharkov, and Zaporozhye regions.

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❗️Russia reserves right to take toughest measures in response to Ukraine’s drone terror attack on Moscow, Russia’s MFA says.

The attack targeted civilians to spread panic among them, the ministry said, adding that Western support for the Kiev regime pushes the Ukrainian leadership to more senseless crimes.

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⚡️ Ukrainian woman that planned to take orphans out of Russia detained in Moscow

A Ukrainian woman who plotted to traffic orphans from Russia's new regions to foreign countries has been detained by the Russian authorities and already deported.

The detained woman is not related to the children.

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⚡️ Putin confirms Russia attacked headquarters of military intelligence of Ukraine

No matter what Moscow says, Russia will be blamed for this incident, Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Highlights of Vladimir Putin’s speech after Ukrainian’s drone terror attack on Moscow:

▪️Competition between Russia and Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR was inevitable, but it was assumed that it would go in a civilized way;

▪️Post-Soviet Ukraine was controlled by people who embarked on the path of creating an “anti-Russia” with help of the West;

▪️NATO has deceived Russia when the alliance promised not to expand east, and now they are even trying to make Ukraine join;

▪️Russia was forced to response to the war unleashed by Ukraine against the people of Donbass;

▪️The Kiev regime chose the path of intimidation of Russian citizens, which is a clear sign of terrorist activity;

▪️Provocations by Ukraine are designed to get a “mirror response” from Russia;

▪️Residents of Ukraine should understand that the leadership of this country is pushing Russia to respond;

▪️Ukrainians have “no input” into the total terror unleashed on them by their government;

▪️Kiev is trying to sabotage the work of the Zaporozhye NPP;

▪️Russia’s strikes in Ukraine aim specifically for military infrastructure facilities or ammunition depots.

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📹 Vladimir Putin confirms Russian strike on Ukrainian military intel HQ in Kiev

💬 "We've already mentioned that we can strike the decision-making centers and headquarters. Obviously, the Military Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's headquarters is also such a target. And in response, as you are well aware, the Kiev regime chose a different path, a path to try to intimidate Russia and its citizens, to try to target residential buildings. It is an obvious indicator of terrorist activity".

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🎣➡️😱 Nordic countries in 2023 be like:

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Zelensky has turned Ukraine into 'new Afghanistan,' Former PM Azarov says

💬 "Over the years, presidents of Ukraine made promises to turn the country into either a new France or a new Switzerland. However, Zelensky went further than anyone and turned the country into a new Afghanistan, to the delight of the Anglo-Saxons and defense companies," former Ukrainian prime minister Nikolai Azarov wrote in a social media post.

"What do you think? Is there is a chance that Washington will get tired of its 'toy' in the foreseeable future? Or is the pleasure of playing dirty tricks on Russia more important than the lives of the hostages of the Kiev regime?" the politician asked.

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AI can 'turn stalker,' 'targeting victims' using facial recognition tools, experts warn

Amid growing concerns about the recent strides made by artificial intelligence technology, software engineer and DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona was one of those who joined the likes of Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in signing an open letter calling for a pause in AI development.

Kevin Baragona, warns that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used for nefarious purposes, such as stalking people through facial recognition.

Advanced facial recognition technology could make it easier for stalkers to track victims, and there have been warnings about the US government potentially misusing AI in secrecy.

"There are services online that can use a photo of you... and I can find everything... Every instance of your face on the internet, every place you've been, and use that for stalker-type purposes," Baragona said.

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🎙 Today’s episode of the #AfroVerdict podcast features South African Khulekani Skosana, Chairperson of the International Relations Subcommittee of the ANC Youth League, who was sanctioned by the Kiev regime for visiting the Donbass region as an international observer to the 2022 referendum.

Tune and and enjoy the episode!

😵‍💫🌍 Video of Kandiss Taylor, who is a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, saying that the world is being “brainwashed” with globes goes viral

"I can’t unsee this: globes everywhere," Taylor, a flat-earther and elected GOP district chair in Georgia, says.

Twitter users mocked her remark, saying that “this would be a globe if I was a normal person,” arguing that the “spherical earth theory is based on math, Flat earth theory is based on meth.”

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Here's a little sneak peek at this week's episode of our New Rules podcast. Our host Dimitri Simes Jr. speaks with Jacques Sapir about the decline of US hegemony, economic multipolarity, and much more!

Coming tomorrow, so tune in!

In the meantime, check out previous episodes on our website and Rumble