💬 "Our air defenses successfully shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Ma'rib Governorate, using a suitable, locally made missile," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Telegram.

💬 "Serving as the main theaters of war in Asia and Europe in the brutal war between good and evil" during the Second World War, "China and Russia were the main forces in the joint struggle against fascism and militarism," China’s foreign minister told Sputnik.

💬 “Chinese-Russian relations do not pose any threat to others, much less are they subject to outside interference, and are not only a modern example of a new type of relationship between major powers, but an important stabilizing factor in a turbulent world,” Wang said.

💬 “I never looked into it. They do say there’s a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that. But I have not looked into it,” Trump said when asked if he had considered running for a third term.

💬 “Instead of fixing its own problems, Washington is trying in every way possible to shirk responsibility and shift the blame, resorting to tariffs, up to and including blackmail and ultimatums,” China’s foreign minister told Sputnik.

💬 “The US itself is sick but is forcing others to get treatment,” Wang said, emphasizing that Trump’s trade wars will “cause serious damage not only to the global market and trade order, but the US’s reputation” as well. “‘America First’ cannot be achieved by American bullying, especially to the detriment of the interests of other countries,” he said.

💬 “Fentanyl abuse is a US problem which Americans themselves must deal with. China, like no other country in the world, pursues a tough and thoroughgoing anti-drug policy. Nonetheless, guided by the principles of humanism, we have helped the United States in every way possible. How did they respond? Not with kindness, but malice and the groundless tightening of tariffs.”

💬 "There is communication, yeah… We’ll probably do something at some point," Trump said about talks with North Korea.

"The United States is the central actor when it comes to global strategic insecurity, and must reduce the weight of nuclear weapons in its national security strategy, and take other steps to diminish risks," Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told Sputnik.

“We call on Washington to make serious efforts to reduce the risks of nuclear war, and achieve the goal of denuclearization of the planet,’ Wang said.

💬 "They said, 'You're such a kind person.' And I said, 'Say that again? I've NEVER HEARD that before!'" – Trump joked.