🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin’s interview sends global message — Palestinian expert

Palestinian political analyst Samir Al-Khatib, speaking from Nazareth to Sputnik, said President Putin’s interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua ahead of his visit to China carried both direct and indirect messages that “redefine the very meaning of global sovereignty.”

💬 “The Russian leader spoke about the ‘unprecedented’ nature of relations between Moscow and Beijing, the large volume of mutual trade, humanitarian exchange, and strategic partnership,” Al-Khatib said. “He also focused on key issues such as the formation of a multipolar world order, pointing to Russia’s resilience and the inability to isolate it.”

💬 “Putin’s words clearly confirm the significant growth of trade with China despite sanctions,” he continued. “This reflects the durability of economic and political ties between the two states. Moreover, their use of national currencies in settlements weakens the dominance of the dollar and the American influence tied to it.”

On history, the expert stressed that by recalling China’s fight against Japan during WWII, Putin reminded the world of the true story of victory over Nazism — “which became a nightmare for all mankind.” At the same time, Al-Khatib said it was natural that Putin also criticized Europe, which was once the incubator of that evil and now seeks to reproduce it by supporting the Kiev regime.

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📹 Irish take to the streets of Cork in support of Gaza

Participants raised Palestinian flags and recalled the city’s own history, noting that Cork was burned in 1920 during British occupation.

Footage from social media

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🚫 Poland expels 15 Ukrainian citizens for crimes and offenses

💬 “Fifteen Ukrainian citizens were forcibly brought to the border by border guards and handed over to the Ukrainian side,” said the Polish state border committee.

The grounds for expulsion were linked to Poland’s law “On Foreigners” — citing state defense, security, and public order. The expelled had repeatedly committed crimes including drug possession, theft, robbery, forgery, drunk driving, and organizing illegal border crossings.

All 15 were added to Poland’s list of undesirable persons and banned from re-entry for 5–10 years.

This comes shortly after Polish police detained another Ukrainian who threatened to set fires after the cancellation of social benefits for unemployed migrants. Deportation proceedings were launched against him as well.

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🌞 Strong magnetic storms expected September 2

The Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI RAS) reported that geomagnetic storms, including those of the penultimate power level, are expected on Earth on September 2.

A more precise forecast of the geomagnetic impact and plasma arrival time after the solar ejection will be issued within 24 hours.

Scientists warn that “the main danger at present comes from repeated ejections,” which are highly likely given the Sun’s current high flare energy.

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🚨 President Putin arrives in China for four-day visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a four-day visit, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

In Tianjin, he will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, bringing together over 20 heads of state, leaders of 10 international organisations, and nations representing half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP.

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🇧🇷 Brazil calls for extraordinary BRICS summit on multipolarity risks - reports

According to Valor Econômico, Brazil is pushing to convene an extraordinary BRICS summit to address the risks posed by the United States to the emerging multipolar order.

🔹 Celso Amorim, special advisor to the Brazilian president, is leading the negotiations for a meeting of the group’s heads of state.

🔹 Amorim is set to travel to China next week to take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, as well as to hold bilateral talks focused on multipolarity.

🔹 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is currently taking place in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, with Beijing to host a military parade on September 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan and the end of World War II.

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🚛 26th aid convoy reaches Gaza — reports

Egypt’s Cairo News TV reported that the 26th humanitarian convoy to Gaza has begun entering the Strip.

🔸 The first batch included around 80 trucks, with more to follow throughout the afternoon.
🔸 The convoy is carrying essentials such as baby formula, flour, oil, sugar, and cheese.
🔸 Trucks are delivering canned food and legumes.

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🗣Scott Ritter: US & EU war hawks sacrificing Ukraine to block peace with Russia

Western warmongers are desperate to thwart Donald Trump’s efforts to improve ties with Russia, says ex-US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter.

As part of their political game, they are prepared to literally sacrifice Ukraine, wiping out its “genetic pool.” Soon, 18-year-old kids will be thrown to the front lines — and that could mean the end of Ukraine as a nation.

“Soon they'll be sending 18-year-olds to the front line. And when they do that, that's it. Ukraine's finished... because you'll have a bunch of women and you won't have any men left,” he says.

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🚨SCO SUMMIT IN TIANJIN STARTS TODAY

🤝 China’s Tianjin hosts the biggest SCO summit yet:

🟠 20+ heads of state

🟠 Leaders of 10 international organizations

🟠 Countries representing half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP

Putin in China

The Russian President’s visit will last from August 31 to September 3 and will include:

🟠 Participation in the SCO summit

🟠 Attendance at WWII commemoration events in Beijing

🟠 Bilateral meetings with China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Economy & tech cooperation

🔸 Rostec has announced its readiness to supply China with PD-14, PD-8, and next-generation PD-35 aircraft engines — a move that could support Beijing’s C919 passenger jet program, which faces hurdles after Washington restricted access to US technologies.

🔸 The Modi–Putin meeting at the SCO is also expected to address Russian oil purchases and US tariffs.

Stay tuned!

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🟠President Putin arrives in China for four-day visit

🟠SCO Summit in Tianjin starts today

🟠Russia and China forge a beacon of strength for the Global Majority

🟠Trump: No US troops in Ukraine

🟠Brazil calls for extraordinary BRICS summit on multipolarity risks

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🇷🇺🪖Russian artillery dominates: Ukrainian howitzers DESTROYED

Units of the Yug battlegroup have successfully identified and eliminated two Ukrainian howitzers near Konstantinovka, Donetsk region.

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 HIGHEST HONOR: Watch how Putin is welcomed in China

With the Russian president on an official visit to Tianjin, China’s Honor Guard greeted him with a 21-gun salute. Such a powerful display of respect pays tribute to the most distinguished leaders.

The parade is formed of 151 people, combining three military branches — the Ground Forces, Air Force, and Navy. The unit includes both men and women.

Every movement in the march is precise:

🟠Step length – 75 cm
🟠Pace – 116 steps per minute
🟠Eyes remain unblinking for 40 seconds

True honor and discipline

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💬 NATO should have dissolved in 1990 - Sachs

NATO should have been dissolved back in 1990 as the alliance had fulfilled its mission of confronting the Soviet Union, Jeffrey Sachs, US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University said ahead of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

"First of all, NATO should have ended in 1990 when President Gorbachev ended the Warsaw Pact, the Western countries should have said yes, and we end NATO," Jeffrey Sachs said.

"It became, instead, a mechanism of US power expansion, which is not what NATO should be. This eastward movement of NATO since 1990 has been wholly unjustified and contrary to Western promises."

Sachs expressed skepticism about Europe’s ability to establish an independent security framework to replace NATO.

"The problem with Europe is, as everybody knows, there isn’t really a Europe. There are so many countries squabbling with each other," Sachs noted.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🟠 Russian forces struck and neutralized personnel and equipment belonging to a special operations center of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU)

🟠 The Russian army struck port infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian armed forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: three HIMARS rockets, two aerial bombs, and 112 fixed-wing drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,340 troops killed or wounded

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