🇨🇳 Sanctioning Chinese companies for trade with Russia harms EU-China ties – Chinese Ministry of Commerce

The inclusion of Chinese companies in the latest Russia sanctions package negatively affects trade relations between China and the European Union, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

The Council of the European Union approved its 18th package of sanctions against Russia last Friday. It targets 14 individuals and 41 legal entities, including 18 registered in the UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, China, India, and Azerbaijan.

💬 “China has always opposed unilateral sanctions that have no international legal basis and are not approved by the UN Security Council,” the ministry stated.

The ministry noted that "the EU's actions contradict the spirit of the consensus of the leaders of China and the European Union and have a serious negative impact on trade and economic relations and financial cooperation between China and the EU."

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📹 Trump shares AI video of Obama being arrested as 'YMCA' plays — echoing criticism of 2016 intel narrative

US President Donald Trump posted an AI- generated video showing Former President Barack Obama being arrested, escorted from the Oval Office, and placed in a jail cell, set to the tune of “YMCA.” The clip, though clearly artificial, aligns with ongoing criticism of how the “Russia collusion” narrative was handled in late 2016.

The post comes shortly after the release of declassified documents by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, which suggest that senior Obama-era officials — including John Brennan, James Clapper, Susan Rice, and others — helped shape a politically charged intelligence narrative linking Trump’s victory to Russian interference, despite earlier internal assessments showing no confirmed threat to vote counts or election infrastructure.

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📄 Attacks on Israel-linked ships will continue – Houthis notify UN

🔸 The Ansar Allah movement has informed the United Nations that it will continue targeting ships linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports via the Red Sea, until Tel Aviv halts its military operations in Gaza.

🔸 In a message sent to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Security Council President Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, the group reaffirmed its commitment to international law and the UN Charter, including the principle of freedom of navigation.

🔸 However, it emphasized that this commitment “does not apply to Israel and those providing it with logistical, military, or economic support contributing to the aggression on Gaza.”

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🗣Ukraine’s front might CRUMBLE by year-end - French media

If Russia keeps the heat on, Ukraine's defenses could unravel by the end of the year, warns Le Figaro.

"Can Ukrainian forces hold out another six months? A year? It doesn’t really matter—because the war is already lost," writes the French outlet.

Ukraine has burned through so much military hardware since the conflict began that it's now seriously hampering their combat power.

"This opens a window of opportunity for Russia down the line," a French military source added.

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🔍Goodbye Russia, hello bankruptcy? German biz pays the price of sanctions

🔊Losing the Russian market wasn’t just a geopolitical flex – it dealt a brutal blow to German businesses, Waldemar Eberhardt of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce told Sputnik.

Cutting off Russia hit hard. Companies tanked after losing long-term contracts, people got fired, and now everyone’s queuing up for “Bürgergeld,” he said.

🪙Bürgergeld, or “citizen’s money,” is a type of financial support provided by the German state to people who don't have enough income to cover their basic living expenses.

“But that’s money coming straight from the state – and in the end, it puts real pressure on the national budget,” Eberhardt concluded.

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🟠E3 ‘liable for compensation and reparation to Iran’ – FM Araghchi

🟠Attacks on Israel-linked ships will continue – Houthis notify UN

🟠Houthis CRUSH Europe’s neo-colonial fantasy of projecting naval power — reports

🟠Israel prepares assault on central Gaza town as truce talks stall — reports

🟠Sanctioning Chinese companies for trade with Russia harms EU-China ties – Chinese Ministry of Commerce

🟠Area 51 vets accuse Pentagon of handing them ‘death sentence’ at hands of ‘invisible enemy’

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🔥Trump’s tariff strategy BACKFIRES – boosts US dependence on Russia

President Donald Trump's go-to economic weapon – tariffs – may have had some unintended blowback, according to The Washington Post.

The US has become more dependent on Russian fertilizer, particularly urea, which is essential for crops like wheat, corn, and rice.

📈 In May alone, Russia supplied 64% of America’s urea imports – nearly double its pre-tariff share, per financial firm StoneX.

Trump slapped a 10% tariff on most countries (including major fertilizer exporters like Qatar and Algeria), but left Russia untouched.

Now, Trump is threatening 100% tariffs on Russian goods if there’s no Ukraine ceasefire within 50 days. Whether fertilizers are included is unclear, but just the threat has already sent prices climbing, the outlet says.

In 2024, US fertilizer imports from Russia hit $1.3 billion, mostly urea and urea-ammonium nitrate.

With rising uncertainty, America’s farmers are bracing for impact.

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🚨🇺🇸US Senator threatens to CRUSH BRICS economies

"If you [INDIA, CHINA, and BRAZIL] keep buying cheap Russian oil... we're going to tariff the hell out of you," said Lindsey Graham*

*recognised as a terrorist in Russia

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🤬 Time to wake up! French MP OUTRAGED by Ukraine’s dragnet draft tactics

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, leader of France’s Debout la France party, tore into Ukraine’s forced mobilization practices in a scathing post on X.

“Young men – some barely 18 – are being snatched off the street and sent to die at the front,” he wrote, asking whether this is the “democracy” the West supports.

📹His comments came alongside a viral video showing uniformed men dragging a civilian by the arms across the ground.

This is the grim reality of Ukraine's forced mobilization, where the disabled, sick, and elderly are being transported to the front lines.

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🇭🇺 HUNGARY, SERBIA AND RUSSIA DISCUSS NEW OIL PIPELINE

Hungary held trilateral talks with Serbia and Russia on building a new pipeline to deliver Russian oil through Serbian territory.

📷 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó shared photos from the videoconference — showing that energy ties with Moscow will not end despite pressure from the EU.

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🚨🇷🇺💥KINZHAL MISSILES TEAR THROUGH UKRAINE

A massive strike was unleashed on Ukraine overnight, using hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, drones & long-range precision weapons, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday.

🎯Targets: Ukraine's defense industry & airbase infrastructure.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MOD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

◻️ Russian forces destroyed 3 Patriot SAM launchers and AN/MPQ-65 radar belonging to Ukrainian troops

◻️ Russian troops launched a nighttime attack, which included Kinzhal missile strikes, against Ukraine’s military-industrial complex enterprises

◻️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,260 troops eliminated in the area

◻️ Air defense superiority: HIMARS projectile and 397 drones shot down

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🚨 RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS UPDATE: Kremlin confirms delegation unchanged, reveals key details

🟧 Ukraine talks: Russia & Ukraine to discuss two opposing draft memoranda – "significant diplomatic work ahead."

🟧Azerbaijan ties: "Mutually beneficial cooperation based on respect."

🟧Putin’s China trip: Preparations underway – —no confirmation of Trump attending.

🟧Putin-Trump meeting? "Not ruled out if US president is also in China."

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☠️ GAZA'S 24-HOUR HELL: Latest developments

◻️ Netzarim incident: Two killed by Israeli forces while awaiting aid south of Gaza City, Palestinian sources report.

◻️ Airstrikes escalate: Gaza hospitals confirm 17 dead after renewed Israeli strikes across the Strip this morning.

◻️ UNRWA warning: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees demands an end to the blockade and urgent safe passage for humanitarian aid.

◻️ Ground operations expand: Israeli forces are now conducting raids in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

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🚨 Battlefield & political bleeding: Ukraine’s Zelensky on the BRINK

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is facing mounting pressure – both on the front lines and at home, the Financial Times reports.

No wonder he scrambled to reshuffle the government last week, as Russia racks up battlefield gains and makes major advances while Ukraine suffers heavy losses.

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