Trump’s plan to put USAID staff on leave blocked

US Federal Judge Carl Nichols issued a "LIMITED" temporary restraining order in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions, The New York Times reported.

The order prevents the Trump administration from placing approximately 2,200 employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave.

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🔸Ukrainian military ‘creaking’ in Donbass – reports

🔸Plane crashes in Alaska, 10 died

🔸Zelensky’s ready to send youth to the trenches, minerals to the West

🔸BLM Rioters: USAID-funded, just like US-backed protesters worldwide?

🔸US approves $7 billion military sale to Israel

🔸VIDEO: Trump is willing to resume contacts with Kim Jong-un

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Nature awakens: Hukou waterfall’s powerful comeback

As temperatures rise and ice melts, China’s Hukou waterfall on the Yellow River roars back to life, unleashing a breathtaking cascade with water flow surging past 700 cubic meters per second.

Footage from social media

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🇨🇳🤩 China’s EV industry runs like a well-oiled machine — only it’s all electric

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❗️Russian forces struck a gas and oil industry facility that provided for the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields in 152 districts — Russia's Defense Ministry

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing:

▪️Ukrainian troops lost up to 560 militants in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's area of responsibility;

▪️Ukrainian losses in Russia's Zapad combat group's zone amounted to 240 soldiers;

▪️Ukrainian troops lost up to 135 fighters in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's responsibility zone in a day;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 190 soldiers and a Spartan armored personnel carrier as a result of the actions of the Russian Yug combat group;

▪️Russian air defense forces shot down 93 aircraft-type drones and a HIMARS rocket during the day.

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