🐰 Sweden hatches plan: No eggs for the US this Easter

With egg consumption doubling in Sweden over Easter, the US is left scrambling—literally, Swedis egg industry association Svenska Ägg told the media.

Egg prices soared in the US following a bird flu outbreak and cull, making them the most expensive in the G20 this March. Last year, Australia held the top spot for pricey eggs.

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Trump hosts Netanyahu in Washington

The Israeli prime minister becomes the FIRST foreign leader to meet the US president since his inauguration.

The visit comes amid changes in US trade policy. Netanyahu is reportedly planning to discuss tariffs during the trip.

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🇷🇺✈️ Untold story of Western military and aerospace systems with a Russian twist

UK media were enraged to learn of plans to replace the RAF Red Arrows’ British-built Hawk T1 jets with the M-346, an advanced trainer developed by Russia’s Yakovlev and Italy’s Aermacchi in the 90s out of the Yak-130.

Ex-RAF instructor Tim Davies told The Sun replacing the Hawk with a plane based on a Russian design would border on ‘treason.’ He would likely be horrified to learn that a whole array of Western weapons and aerospace products were created jointly with Russia, or on the basis of Soviet and Russian designs:

🔶Mistral: A Russian-French collab taking a French amphibious assault ship and adapting it to integrate Russian weaponry, comms, and C&C systems, and to carry Ka-52 assault helicopters. The deal was scrapped by Paris in 2015, but the two Mistrals originally meant for Russia were sold to Egypt, complete with complements of Ka-52s.

🔶Mil Mi-17: Sturdy and reliable utility helicopters that NATO fell in love in with after its invasion of Afghanistan. NATO forces and allies adapted the choppers to include Western avionics, GPS, radar, thermal imaging, targeting pods and secure comms, armor kits, and even weapons like M134 miniguns and FN Herstal 7.62mm door guns.

🔶RD-180 rocket engines: Derived from the Soviet Energia heavy lift launch vehicle, these efficient, ultra-reliable Russian engines were created in the 2000s for use by the US Atlas III and V launch vehicles. Fast forward to 2025, and while new purchases of RD-180s has been stopped, the US still has a stock of them for the launch of critical national security-related equipment into orbit.

🔶F-35B jets: The STOVL variant of the US military’s troubled F-35 was developed from the Yak-141, a Soviet carrier-based fighter design with thrust-vectoring engine, vertical lift fan and vectorable exhaust nozzle tech. Lockheed Martin bought Yak-141 blueprints in the 1990s, adopting them for use in the new plane.

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From Game of Thrones to reality: Dire wolves, extinct 12,000 years ago, 'resurrected'

Colossal Biosciences, a US biotech startup, has resurrected the prehistoric dire wolf made famous in Game of Thrones.

Extinct for over 12,000 years, the massive predators are back.

To bring them back, Colossal took DNA samples from a 72,000-year-old skull in Idaho and a 13,000-year-old tooth in Ohio.

After editing gray wolf cells with 20 genetic changes for size, muscles and white fur, they implanted them into dog egg cells, using large hound mixes as surrogates.

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📊How much did European 'independence' from Russian energy really cost?

According to our estimates, the European Union has paid around €1.3 trillion ($1.42 trillion) for its illusory 'freedom'.

For more details, check out Sputnik’s infographic

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🔸 Tariffs and debt bubble signal potential slide toward GREAT DEPRESSION

🔸 Why Trump’s tariffs could kick DEDOLLARIZATION into high gear

🔸 Untold story of Western military and aerospace systems with a Russian twist

🔸 G4S mercs guarding Zelensky: Private army or branch of SAS and MI6 securing West’s interests in Ukraine?

🔸 Rosoboronexport: Pioneering NEW DEFENSE VENTURES with Global South

🔸 Alex Ovechkin: A PROUD RUSSIAN in Washington

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Want 100 tons of live Siamese crocodiles? 🐊

A Shenzhen court is auctioning off crocs confiscated from a debt-ridden company. Starting bid: 4 million yuan ($550,000). But you’ll need a license and have to pick them up yourself! 🏷

The crocodiles were owned by a company once led by a businessman nicknamed the “Crocodile God” – yes, really. They were seized after the company failed to meet its financial obligations, and now they’re up for liquidation through the Alibaba Judicial Auction website.

If you're interested, you'll need a license for breeding aquatic animals and specialized vehicles for transporting the massive reptilian gang.

Oh, and don’t forget the 300K yuan ($41,000) deposit! 😅

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❗️ Trump: US and Iran have direct talks

"On Saturday, we have a very big meeting, and we'll see what can happen. I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious," the US president told reporters during joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu.

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🇵🇸 Trump: Gaza should be a 'safe field'

"Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world... [Israel] gave it away for good intention, and it didn't work out that way... It's a dangerous death trap, Gaza," Trump added.

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☢️ US-Iran talks: What is known so far?

Donald Trump announced direct negotiations with the Iranian side at "almost the highest level" this Saturday.

🔶 NYT journalist Farnaz Fassihi reported that the meeting will take place in Oman and will be indirect, citing Iranian officials.

🔶 Tehran has previously ruled out direct talks with Washington under threats and pressure, but has left the door open for indirect negotiations.

🔶 Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia, China and Iran will hold talks on Iran's nuclear program in Moscow tomorrow.

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'Almost 70 countries approached us' — Bessent

US Treasury Secretary said the review of Trump's tariffs will take up to two months, with some countries like Japan being given priority.

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🧨 Trump and Republicans are TANKING the economy —Rep. Jeffries

"Is it because, as Donald Trump has indicated, that during tough economic times the rich get richer, and it's a buying opportunity?" House minority leader noted.

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❗️ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirms the upcoming US-Iran meeting in Oman on Saturday for high-level indirect talks.

"It is as much an opportunity as it is a test. The ball is in America's court," the minister said on X.

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📉 Big Tech, Big Banks, Big Pharma: Biggest losers of Trump’s tariff wars

The administration’s new cross-the-board duties have triggered a worldwide selloff, with stock prices suffering another big drop after markets opened Monday as the new reality set in.

Here are the major multinationals hit hardest over the past week.

Big Tech:
• Apple: 16.8% sliced from its market cap (at $300B+ in losses, the absolute biggest loser in dollar terms, with market cap shrinking to $2.7 trln).
• Alibaba: shaved a whopping 19.6% from its valuation, the worst performer in percentage terms (new market cap: $239B).
• TSMC: 12.3% drop, $663B market cap.
• Salesforce: 11% drop, $236B.
• Nvidia: 10.1%, $2.4 trln.

Big Banks:
• HSBC: 15.98% in valuation lost, $173.3B new cap.
• Goldman Sachs: 14.3% drop, $151B cap.
• Bank of America: 13.9%, $272.2B.
• Morgan Stanley: 13.2%, $164.1B.
• JPMorgan Chase: 13%, $602B new valuation.

Big Pharma:
• Thermo Fisher: down 12.5%, $165.6B cap.
• Eli Lilly & Co: 12.1% drop, $652B new cap.
• AstraZeneca: Down 11.1%, $216.6B.
• AbbVie: 9.76% in value wiped out, market cap of $329.4B.
• Novartis: 9.5% drop to $203.9B.

Energy:
• Shell: 15.4% drop, $193.8B cap.
• Chevron: 15.1%, $248.8B.
• Exxon Mobil: 12.5% in value gone, $445B cap.

Defense:
• GE: 15.7%, $179.1B valuation.
• RTX: 12.7% gone, $157.6B cap.

Other Big Losers:
• Disney: 15.3% drop, $150.7B.
• Tesla: 10.7%, $751B cap.
• Toyota: 9.7% lost, $202.8B.

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⛔️ US freezes new contracts and hiring for Cyber Command - reports

The move is part of DOGE's federal spending cuts, i Paper reports, citing sources.

The US Cyber Command helps to conduct offensive cyber operations, especially against Russia, the newspaper noted.

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📹 Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Grand Central Station

The protests came after Trump met with Netanyahu at the White House and called Gaza a "death trap".

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⚠️ Plane skids off runway in Oregon

A small private jet crashed in Coos Bay, sending 5 people to the hospital.

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🚀 NASA says no to Musk's red dreams?

NASA could not land humans on Mars in the next 5 years, acting administrator Janet Petro told European media.

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🏆DC commemorates Alexander Ovechkin's historic NHL scoring record

📍Union Station, Washington, DC

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