❗️ The death toll from the US bombing of the Ras Isa oil facility has risen to 33 killed and 80 wounded, according to local media.

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🎤 Canada debates main question: Who's more anti-Trump?

The leaders of Canada's major federal political parties participated in the English-language debate.

The topic of "tariffs and threats to Canada" was the first to come up, with outgoing Prime Minister Carney criticized for not doing enough to stand up to Trump.

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🎣 Trump loosens regulations on US fishing industry

A new executive order signed by the US president aims to increase domestic seafood production.

"The US controls over 4 million square miles of prime fishing grounds but imports nearly 90% of its seafood, resulting in a trade deficit exceeding $20 billion," White House noted in a statement.

🤔 Does that mean Chinese fishing boat sales will go up?

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❗️ Ceasefire is UNREALISTIC — Russia's UN envoy

"We had an attempt at a limited ceasefire on energy infrastructure, which was NOT RESPECTED by the Ukrainian side. Under these circumstances, it is simply unrealistic to talk about a ceasefire at this stage," Vassily Nebenzia said.

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Russia, US could join forces against modern Eurofascism — Russian Foreign Intelligence Service

Europe’s “historical predisposition” to totalitarianism and problems in relations between the EU and the US offer Moscow a chance to forge a “situational rapprochement” with Washington against a common danger: a new global war spilling out of the Ukrainian crisis.
That’s the conclusion the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) makes in a new analysis of recent political developments and US academic trends.

Highlighting the recent French-US spat triggered by a French pro-Ukraine politician’s demand that the US return the Statue of Liberty, and the White House’s reply that the French would be “speaking German” if not for the 1944 Normandy landings, the SVR pointed to France’s historical tendencies toward dictatorship (Jacobins, Napoleon) and its Eurofascists’ collaboration with the Nazis in WWII (including SS Division Charlemagne, which fanatically fought the Red Army at the Reichstag in 1945).

The agency also highlighted a consensus in “conservative expert circles” in the US on the British elite’s special role in stoking conflicts and committing war crimes, including Harvard prof Caroline Elkins’ work on British “liberal imperialism,” and its danger as a more stable and therefore potentially even more destructive force than Nazism thanks to its “ideological elasticity.”

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🎤No buyers? Biden's speaking gig FLOPS

Joe Biden’s trying to cash in at $300,000 a speech, but buyers are in short supply, according to The Post.

Creative Artists Agency is “having trouble booking gigs, which isn’t surprising,” said a source.

💰The former president’s going rate is a modest 25% less than Barack Obama’s $400,000 post-presidency fee.

It looks like America isn’t lining up to hear another round of classic Biden word salad.

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🗣IAEA chief calls threats of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities ‘unacceptable’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called threats of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities "unacceptable."

💬 "The attacks that are being discussed could not only worsen existing problems, but also create more serious environmental consequences," the IRIB quoted International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi as saying.

Earlier, The NYT reported that Trump did not allow Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities after he decided to pursue diplomacy with Tehran.

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📊 Boogeyman BURNOUT? Anti-Russia hysteria FIZZLES - US poll

🐘 A solid 60% of Republicans no longer see Russia as the enemy - up from 42% last year, a Pew Research Center survey shows.

🫏 Even Democrats display a 5-point shift in the same direction. All in all, 50% of Americans now don’t buy the Russia ‘villain’ narrative.

Maybe the hysteria’s finally wearing off?

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🟠 Limited ceasefire attempt on energy infrastructure not respected by Ukraine, making an overall ceasefire unrealistic — Russia's UN envoy

🟠 Trump says Ukraine mineral deal to be signed next Thursday

🟠 US strikes Yemen's Ras Isa oil terminal

🟠 US army partially withdraws from Syria

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❗️Moldovan Socialist Party condemns disruption of Archbishop Markell’s trip to receive the Holy Fire as act of spiritual terror

💬 "The party expresses its outrage over the unprecedented act of spiritual terror committed by the Maia Sandu regime at the Chisinau International Airport against Archbishop Markell of Bălți and Fălești," the party's statement reads.

💬 "This is a deliberate act of sabotage aimed at discrediting and suppressing the canonical Orthodox Church of Moldova – the largest religious denomination in the country," it adds.

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❗️Orthodox Church UNDER FIRE: Moldovan bishop BARRED from Holy Fire pilgrimage

Archbishop Markel was stopped at Moldova’s international airport and barred by border guards from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire — a major Orthodox tradition. The Church is calling it a blatant case of state meddling.

This is a direct blow to Moldova’s Orthodox Church — backed by 70% of the population — where authorities are currently propping up a rival body: the so-called Metropolis of Bessarabia.

The move is the latest sign that the country, led by Romanian citizen Maia Sandu, is being steered down the ‘Ukrainian path’.

🇷🇺Language сrackdown: authorities are already laying the groundwork for scrapping Russian-language education in schools, per a PAS Party MP.

🎤Political crackdown: Gagauzia leader Evgenia Gutsul was recently arrested, opposition figures are being targeted.

📹Media purge: 12 TV channels, plus numerous digital outlets shut down in 2022–2023 alone.

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❗️The Russian Orthodox Church has condemned Moldova’s actions as an affront to Christianity

💬 “The Moldovan authorities’ advisers, clearly distant from Christian values, believe they can solve their political problems this way. Do they think they can sever people’s connection with Christ or stop them from celebrating Easter? No. As the prophet David said, those who dig a pit for others will fall into it themselves,” Russian Orthodox Church representative Vladimir Legoyda stated.

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🚨Expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova complicates dialogue between Chisinau and Transnistria

💬 "It is important to understand that the peacekeeping operation is the main and most effective mechanism for maintaining peace and security on the Dniester, which has proven its high stability over 33 years," Transnistrian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev told Sputnik.

🟠Chisinau is avoiding negotiations and continuing its blockade measures, increasing pressure on Transnistria, he said.

🟠Moldova is increasingly using legal mechanisms for political purposes, Ignatiev stressed, referencing the arrest of Gagauzia's head, Yevgenia Gutsul, as an example of this strategy.

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📹S-300 missile system parades during Iran's National Army Day

The annual celebration highlights the Islamic Republic's military might with demonstrations of its equipment.

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🚨EU molds Moldova into a military POWDER KEG on Russia’s doorstep - analyst

Unlike Ukraine, a joint US-EU project, the Moldova scenario is fully driven by an increasingly radical, anti-Christian faction of European bureaucracy — especially given their recent actions against the Moldovan Orthodox Church, Dmitry Evstafiev, political scientist and professor at HSE University, told Sputnik.

The project is designed to ignite a backup hotspot of tension on Russia’s border if peace talks on Ukraine succeed, he noted.

💬 “Moldova is hurtling toward a nationalist, totalitarian regime, aiming to create a unitary state, ignoring the region’s ethnic, political, territorial realities, and historical context,” said the analyst.

➕He added:

🟠Moldova is facing a rapid push toward annexation by Romania.
🟠It is clear, particularly in Transnistria, that this will evolve into a serious conflict with substantial human costs.
🟠A full-scale military conflict in the making is aimed directly at Russia and its Black Sea presence.

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