🚨 SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT NORTH KOREA DESTROYER LAUNCH – REPORTS

A newly built 5,000-ton destroyer suffered a major accident during its launch at Chongjin Shipyard on May 21, KCNA reported.

Due to operational errors and mismanagement, the ship became stranded mid-launch, damaging its structure and failing to leave the shipway, the report said.

Kim Jong-un, who witnessed the incident, condemned it as a “serious accident” and a “criminal act” caused by “absolute carelessness” and warned that those responsible will face consequences at next month’s Party Central Committee meeting.

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💀 AMERICAN GERONTOCRACY IS DYING OUT – REPORTS

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), 75, just became the 8th sitting member of Congress — all Democrats — to die in office since 2022, Business Insider reported. He's the third to go just this year.

This isn’t a party problem — it’s a national age crisis. Congress today is one of the oldest in US history. Average senator? 63.8 years old. House member? 57.7.

At least 20 members of Congress are 80+, according to Axios. That includes:

🔸 Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa): 91

🔸 Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): 83

🔸 Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): 83

🔸 Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.): 85

🔸 Steny Hoyer (D-Md.): 85

🔸 Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.): 84

The graveyard shift is real. America’s ruling class isn’t retiring — it’s expiring.

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🚨 SHOOTING NEAR JEWISH MUSEUM IN D.C. LEAVES TWO DEAD – REPORTS

Two people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., ABC News reported, citing security sources.

One of the victims was an employee of the Israeli embassy.

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📹 ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UN CALLS SHOOTING AN ‘ACT OF ANTISEMITIC TERRORISM’

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📹 ATTACKS ON FAMILY HURT ECONOMY – MILEI

💬 “The role of the population is paramount for economic growth... They went TOO FAR in attacking the family... We’re paying with FALLS in the birth rate,” said Argentinian President Javier Milei.

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🪖💵EU defense spending reached CRITICAL LEVEL for European economy

The military spending planned by the EU leadership will become a BURDEN for most European countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov told Sputnik.

🔶The additional investments in the military sector planned by the EU leadership over the next decade could reach $567 billion.

🔶This will be done by cutting programs in healthcare, social support, education, that is, at the expense of ordinary Europeans.

🔶The current defense spending of EU states has reached a critical level for the EU economy, exceeding $350 billion in 2024.

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🤔Vatican steps in for Russia-Ukraine peace talks?

The Vatican could host new Russia-Ukraine negotiations as early as mid-June, the WSJ reports.

Trump told European leaders last Sunday that he could send US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Keith Kellogg to this meeting, the article stipulates.

On May 16, Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the first in-person meeting in three years in Istanbul on the initiative of Russian President Putin.

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🏫🪖Expelled today, drafted tomorrow? Male students purged in Ukraine

Schools are deliberately failing up to 50% of male students in years 3 to 5 in exams, military expert Andrey Marochko tells Sputnik.

He stresses that BRIBES for passing grades are on the rise as some students are being openly told they’ll be expelled for “poor performance.”

By expelling young men, Ukraine’s top brass wants to boost the country's MOBILIZATION potential, the expert concludes.

No degree. No future. Just a draft notice.

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🚨Two Israeli Embassy staff SHOT AND KILLED in Washington: What to know?

The tragedy occurred as the two, a man and a woman, exited the Capital Jewish Museum in the US capital.

◾️Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said that the shooting was committed by “a SINGLE SUSPECT” who is now in custody.

◾️The suspect, a 30-year-old Chicago man, was identified as Elias Rodriguez, who "chanted 'free, free Palestine' while in custody," Smith added.

👉What do top officials say?

◾️Donald Trump extended his condolences to the families of the two victims, stressing that anti-Semitism, hatred, and radicalism “have no place in the USA.”

◾️Israeli PM Netanyahu ordered increased security at Israeli embassies worldwide.

◾️Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon condemned the incident as an "anti-Semitic TERRORIST ACT,” adding that targeting diplomats "crossed a red line."

◾️Dannon was echoed by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who dubbed the shooting a "horrific act of terrorism."

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🌍💵BRICS bank EXPANDS as de-dollarization heats up

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) just added ALGERIA as its newest member—fueling the bloc’s push for a multipolar financial world.

NDB President Dilma Rousseff hailed the move, saying Algeria will help BOOST the bank’s global influence.

👉The NDB, or the BRICS Bank, was created by Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa to fund infrastructure & sustainable projects—without relying on the West-dominated World Bank or IMF.

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🇺🇸💵US Office of Personnel Management spent a WHOPPING $100 MILLION on unused phone lines

🔹 Of the 1048 USOPM phone lines, 198 (19%) were either unused or duplicated.

🔹 Since OPM is about 0.1% of the federal government, this suggests that ~$100 million a year is wasted on unused lines.

🔹 It took OPM just an hour to disconnect these lines from the network.

What a stellar use of taxpayer dollars—truly inspiring👍

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🔶 Two Israeli Embassy staff SHOT AND KILLED in Washington: What to know?

🔶 Vatican steps in for Russia-Ukraine peace talks?

🔶 Houthis launch missile into Israel

🔶 'Golden dome’ – US’s unbreakable shield or $175b fantasy?

🔶 EU defense spending reached CRITICAL LEVEL for European economy

🔶 American gerontocracy is dying out

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🇷🇴❌Romania's top court SHUTS DOWN Simion's election fraud claims

The Constitutional Court has rejected the petition of the second-placed Romanian presidential candidate from the opposition Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, to call the presidential election foul play as UNFOUNDED.

Constitutional Court’s decision is FINAL—and the Election Bureau has been notified.

👉This comes as Simion filed a 20-page complaint saying the May elections were rigged and influenced by a foreign state.

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🇺🇸🪖US to host MULTI-MILLION military parade showcasing ALL conflicts America was involved in🗿

The parade, scheduled for June 14, will take place along Constitution Avenue NW near the National Mall in Washington, the WP reported.

The event will feature troops in uniforms “representing every US conflict dating back to the Revolutionary War.”

◼️ All this could cost the army alone up to $45 million, with the entire government’s price tag yet to be revealed.

◼️ The troops will be accompanied by scores of M1 Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Stryker armored vehicles, and other military hardware. Over 50 helicopters will be involved in a flyover.

◼️ Not to miss this detail—35 horses, two mules, and a dog will also participate.

The parade is occurring on Trump’s 79th birthday—mere coincidence?🗣

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🥱 US cries ‘China threat’ — again. Same old scare tactics

Deputy CIA director Michael Ellis didn’t think twice before calling China “the top priority” for the CIA's new leadership.

Liu Pengyu, the spokesperson for China’s embassy in Washington, earlier stressed that the US has repeatedly “HYPED UP” the China threat as an excuse to maintain US military hegemony.

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🌍 Russia & the World: Dialogues – 2025 conference kicks off in Moscow

This high-level forum will convene on May 22–23, 2025, to bring together distinguished scholars, policymakers, diplomats, and international experts.

👉 Key themes:

🔸Geopolitical shifts & the new world order

🔸Russia’s strategic role in international affairs

🔸Strategic culture & national identity

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❗️KREMLIN UPDATE: Prisoner swap, Putin’s Donbass visits & Western companies

"All sides are interested in a rapid '1,000 for 1,000' prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. Work is underway to finalize specific names,” Kremlin spokesman said.

🔥 PESKOV'S KEY STATEMENTS:

🔸 No agreements on further Ukraine settlement talks have been reached

🔸 No Vatican-hosted negotiations on Ukraine were agreed

🔸 Putin constantly plans to visit Donetsk & Lugansk – these trips will happen in time

🔸 Media reports on Putin-Trump call details (citing US sources) contradict Moscow’s information

🔸 Foreign companies that responsibly exited Russia will get special terms if they return

🔸 EU’s fertilizer tariffs on Russia/Belarus will backfire – they’ll get worse quality at higher prices

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🪖❌ NATO in crisis: Baltic tensions rise as allies CLASH OVER DEFENSE

"The Baltic Sea may become an area – like Poland’s eastern border today – of permanent hybrid confrontation," Polish PM Tusk said.

He added, however, that “calling it ‘hybrid’ is inaccurate when someone sends units to destroy infrastructure."

Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakalene has fired back:

"NATO is like a dysfunctional family," she said.

Sakalene also blamed Western Europe for ignoring calls to boost defense spending.

She supports US President Trump’s demand for all NATO members to raise spending to 5% of GDP (from 2% they are paying now).

"NATO failed to adapt to new threats. We warned for years – but Western Europe didn’t listen," Sakalene admitted.

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