🚨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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🇩🇪 New chancellor - old mantra: Merz recycles ‘Russian threat’ playbook

On his trip to Lithuania to mark the formation of Germany’s first permanent overseas military unit since WWII, freshly-minted Chancellor Friedrich Merz treated locals to his best Cold War impression: "There is a threat to us all from Russia," he gravely announced.

"We are protecting ourselves against this threat -- and that is why we are here today," he said.

Such statements sound especially awkward following President Vladimir Putin’s explanations that Russia is not going to attack NATO countries “because it doesn’t make any sense”.

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📈 Russia’s aluminum exports to China HIT RECORD HIGH amid pivot to Global South markets

Key April 2024 stats:

▪️$612.1M – Russia’s aluminum exports to China (+100% Year to Year)

▪️39.5% – Russia’s share in China’s total aluminum imports (vs. 22.7% in 2023)

Other suppliers’ performance:

🇹🇭 Thailand: $160M (+9%)
🇲🇾 Malaysia: $137.2M (-7%)
🇯🇵 Japan: $102M (-9%)
🇰🇷 South Korea $74M (-3%)

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⚡️🪖NOVAYA POLTAVKA (DPR) LIBERATED — 🇷🇺MoD

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🇷🇺🪖 RUSSIAN ARMY DAILY REPORT: DEVASTATING STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

Russian air defenses shot down three Ukrainian JDAM aerial bombs and 317 drones.

🔹TSENTR: 400+ Nazis ERASED
🔹SEVER: 215+ cannon fodder WIPED OUT
🔹YUG: 245 militants SENT TO HELL
🔹ZAPAD: 220+ troops LIQUIDATED
🔹VOSTOK: 215+ soldiers ANNIHILATED

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🧑‍⚖️❌ ICC warrants against Russia are 'baseless' - independent experts

International Criminal Court (ICC) degraded to being an ‘obedient puppet’ of the Western elites, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, Alexander Venediktov, told Sputnik

"Under pressure from its handlers, this judicial body made an unlawful decision to issue arrest warrants for our [Russian] head of state and a number of officials," the court demonstrates “obvious inefficiency”, he said.

"A legal examination of the so-called ICC verdict, conducted by independent experts in international law, showed a complete absence of evidentiary basis and contradictions in the presented charges. These warrants grossly violate universally-recognized norms of international law," Venediktov emphasized.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov just received Russia’s HIGHEST HONOR: Order of St. Andrew the Apostle 🔥

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🔥 The legendary Russian Knights squadron just rocked the skies at LIMA-2025, flying the deadly Su-35S fighters — a jaw-dropping show of raw power and precision

✈️💥 Watch the masters of air domination flex their wings at the ultimate global arms expo

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin awards Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group, Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’ 3rd Class.

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❗️The CIA has reported that the main gates to its headquarters have been closed.

Media reports suggest that shots were fired at an unidentified individual on the premises.

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⚡️🚨Russian MoD reports RECORD drone takedowns: 485 UAVs shot down in 48 hours

Key Points:

🔻When?
Night of May 20 to morning of May 22

🔻Where?
Outside the Special Military Operation zone

🔻What?
485 Ukrainian drones destroyed in mass wave

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🚨 CIA officers opened fire and wounded a woman who approached the gates of the agency's headquarters. The victim was detained, CNN reports.

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