🇭🇺Hungary considers strikes on energy infrastructure an attack on sovereignty – Szijjarto

As the Ukrainians have attacked the Druzhba pipeline, Hungary has witnessed disruptions in the oil deliveries, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

The minister welcomed the agreement on the mutual renunciation of strikes on energy facilities by Russia and Ukraine, noting that the list includes infrastructure through which Russian oil and gas are supplied to Hungary.

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🟠 Syria announces new government - what has changed?

🟠 Hamas agrees to a ceasefire proposal, will Israel accept it?

🟠 Where your money REALLY GOES: Foreign aid for Ukraine hits the online shopping list

🟠 Washington’s Pacific playbook: Pentagon chief calls Japan ‘cornerstone of peace’ as US turns region into POWDER KEG

🟠 How could external governance work and why it failed in Bosnia and Kosovo

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🤝 Russian rescuers arrive in Myanmar to aid earthquake victims

A team of 120 Russian rescuers is already working on disaster response and search efforts.

The earthquake has left 1,600 people dead and over 3,000 injured, according to the latest reports.

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📹Throwback: WEF’s not-so-subtle BRAINWASHING of future 'global leaders' EXPOSED

Recruits are carefully handpicked, networked, and sculpted to fit perfectly into a global agenda before being placed in key positions of power.

‘We select you, we connect you … and you are PRIVILEGED,’ Wadia Ait Hamza, the Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the WEF in 2022, told the future global elites at the video from a private WEF session that feels more like a full-on indoctrination boot camp.

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🚫Trump takes ANTI-WOKE campaign to Europe

French companies with US government contracts have been told to align with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI agenda or lose out, Les Echos reported.

Businesses have been given five days to fill in a document confirming compliance with the merit-based opportunities law that ditches diversity preferences in hiring and contracting.

The move fuels further US-Europe rift after Trump’s tariff crackdown, NATO criticism and desire to reach a Ukraine settlement through rapprochement with Russia.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Zaporozhye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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🌊The Sana River has INUNDATED the city of Prijedor, Republika Srpska, flooding 800 buildings and forcing the evacuation of 145 people, local authorities reported.

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🦫Poland eyes reinstating compulsory military service amid ‘Russia threat’ hype

Not content with having over 300,000 reservists, Poland wants to round up at least 7 MILLION, Major General Maciej Klisz told Polish Radio.

For this, bringing back mandatory military service is "inevitable,” said the operational commander of Poland's Armed Forces.

The general pushed for WOMEN in connoscription too, doubling down on Poland’s exaggerated "Russia threat" narrative that has been fueling its dangerous march toward extreme militarization. 🤡

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💬 I had to bury my son in a plastic bag in the backyard, because the Ukrainians didn't allow me to take him to the cemetery – resident of the liberated city of Sudzha recalls how Ukrainian militants tortured her son to death.

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👉Zelensky cornered by US resource deal

A new US agreement on resource extraction revenues in Ukraine has put Volodymyr Zelensky in a tough spot, offering a choice of becoming a vassal state or risking losing US support, a French newspaper writes.

According to the publication, initially the US demanded $500 billion, but the latest proposal leaves the total sum to be calculated later. The deal also covers all infrastructure projects and offers no security guarantees.

The agreement grants US control over half of Ukraine’s oil, gas, metals, and infrastructure through a joint investment fund, with three members appointed by Washington. The US would receive all profits until Ukraine repays $100 billion with 4% interest, after which Ukraine gets 50% of the profits.

The fund will be registered in Delaware, but operate under New York jurisdiction, with the US gaining veto power over resource sales and the ability to inspect Ukrainian agency accounts.

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Russia could rival China and US as leaders in rare earth metal mining

That would require new technology for separate extraction of elements, as well as creating demand for their use, Alexander Yakubchuk, an associate professor at the Department of Mineral Resources at Moscow State University's Faculty of Geology told Sputnik.

The rare earth mining industry needs markets for its products, so it is essential to develop domestic demand and high-tech production.

He noted that currently, domestic consumption of rare earth metals in Russia is low – about 1,200 tons per year.

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NASA’s future is red: Musk pushes for a Mars-focused space agency

Billionaire Elon Musk, head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, is pushing for a major overhaul of NASA's programs, focusing on preparing humanity for missions to Mars. Musk plans to align NASA’s priorities with his vision, which includes reallocating federal spending, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The shift could have a major impact on SpaceX, already one of the US space agency’s key contractors. Sources say NASA’s resources would be redirected towards Martian missions, with SpaceX employees instructed to prioritize Mars-bound projects over NASA’s lunar program.

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📹WATCH: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth checks the physical fitness of American troops in Japan to make sure they're ready to 'counter Chinese aggression'

Hegseth arrived in Japan, his second stop after the Philippines on his first Asian trip.

He announced plans to upgrade the US military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating "Chinese aggression."

He also stressed the need for both countries to strengthening their military capabilities in the face of China's assertive military actions in the region.

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