💸Bitcoin price falls below $75,000 for first time since November 7, according to Binance data.

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📊Republican voters on Ukraine aid: TIME TO TURN OFF THE CASH SPIGOT - poll

In contrast to 83% of Democrats who continue to support pumping US financial aid to Ukraine, 79% of Republicans oppose such spending, a Wall Street Journal survey revealed.

Additionally, only 31% of Trump’s GOP base view NATO favorably, compared to 81% of Democrats.

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📉European stock markets MELT DOWN.

💸Bitcoin's down pretty hard, too.

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🏆Giant jerseys in honor of Ovechkin's historic record pop up across Moscow

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🥇China BULKS UP on gold as value skyrockets

China's central bank is going all-in on gold, making a bold wager on the safe-haven asset amid escalating global trade tensions. In March, the People’s Bank of China boosted its reserves by 0.09 million troy ounces, lifting its total holdings to 73.70 million ounces from 73.61 million, according to data reported by Bloomberg on Monday.

This latest acquisition marks a continuation of a gold-buying surge that began last November, as central banks worldwide race to stockpile the precious metal.

As of April 7, 2025, spot gold is commanding $3,024 per ounce—a dazzling increase of over 15% this year alone.

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🤝Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alexander Ovechkin on setting this now world-famous historic record.

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🚨Goldman Sachs cranks up US recession odds to alarming heights

The likelihood of an economic downturn has surged to 45% within the next 12 months, according to Goldman Sachs, hot on the heels of J.P. Morgan’s even grimmer 60% odds for both U.S. and global recessions last week.

A rising tide of investment banks is rethinking their economic outlooks as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs fuel concerns over a looming trade war and tightening fiscal conditions.

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❗️Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out SIX attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The strikes targeted facilities in the Rostov, Voronezh, Kherson, Bryansk regions, and in the Donetsk People's Republic.

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📉Europe’s €1.3 TRLN blunder: Ditching Russian energy burns hole in EU’s pockets 

EU nations shelled out an extra €544 billion for energy imports between 2022 and 2024, according to calculations by Russian media based on Eurostat reports. This massive figure padded the pockets of the US, the UK, Norway, and Middle Eastern countries.

When factoring in broader economic ripple effects, the European Union’s total losses ballooned to over €1.3 trillion—equivalent to 2.4% of its economy—revealed by comparing the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) growth forecasts with Eurostat’s actual data. The heaviest toll landed on ordinary citizens, whose wallets took a €1.6 trillion hit in lost income, slashing 6.3% of the total gross wage volume for 2022–2024.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged the steep cost during her January 2025 World Economic Forum speech, admitting that “breaking free” from Russian energy resources “CAME AT A PRICE.”

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

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📉Australia’s stock market bleeds billions as trade war and recession fears grip investors

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 nosedived over 6% on Monday, tumbling below 7,200 points for the first time since late 2023 and wiping out a staggering $160 billion in value. Luke McMillan of Ophir Asset Management called the carnage a “BLOODBATH” as panic swept the ASX.

The plunge follows last week’s losses, fueled by President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff threats and mounting fears of a global recession, leaving investors reeling.

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"Oh, Christ, *****!" Boris Johnson bitten by karma—literally

An ostrich took a chunk out of BoJo at a US safari park.

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Ukraine lost up to 300 servicemen and 22 vehicles in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down three HIMARS missiles and 95 Ukrainian drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 440 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 140 soldiers in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 215 troops in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 85 servicemen in the Belgorod region.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 70 soldiers in the area of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr.

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💬 Trump hails economy triumph on Truth Social: NO INFLATION, lower prices and billions in tariff revenue

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🗣Russia, China and Iran will hold talks on Iran's nuclear program in Moscow tomorrow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

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