🔍 US drug supply dangerously dependent on China — Report

A New York Times analysis reveals the US relies exclusively on China for raw materials in nearly 700 approved drugs, exposing critical vulnerabilities in America's pharmaceutical supply chain.

This dependency — affecting essential medications — highlights strategic risks as Washington debates supply chain security and reducing single-source reliance.

China’s monopoly on drug ingredients gives it significant leverage in any future trade or geopolitical tensions, the report says.

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🤝 US recruits diaspora Palestinians for postwar Gaza government — Report

The Trump administration is actively recruiting Palestinians from the diaspora to form a technocratic transitional government in Gaza — explicitly excluding both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, the Times of Israel reports.

A senior adviser revealed the strategy, bluntly stating that living under the PA has been "like living under the mafia."

The new governing body will be vetted and appointed by Trump’s "Board of Peace," signaling a total reset of Palestinian leadership — engineered by Washington.

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📉 US oil prices collapse below $60 amid record glut fears

US crude has plunged below the critical $60 per barrel level as forecasters warn of a historic oil glut in 2026 — while the US-China trade war deepens the crisis.

🔶 WTI crude fell to $58.27, Brent at $62.04 — both near 5-month lows

🔶 IEA predicts a record 4 million barrel per day surplus next year

🔶 Bank of America warns Brent could crash below $50 if trade war continues

🔶 US and China escalate tensions with port fees and rare earths restrictions

A perfect storm of oversupply and geopolitical friction is crushing energy markets.

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🇨🇳🤜 China defies US pressure, upholds legal oil trade with Russia

🗣Russia–China cooperation “within the framework of international law is reasonable and legal,” Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the US, told Sputnik.

He stressed that this cooperation “does not harm the interests of any third party, and should be respected and protected.”

💬 “China firmly opposes any illegal unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ and any form of coercion or pressure," Liu emphasized.

Donald Trump earlier said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him India would not buy Russian oil, adding that the US should “get China to do the same thing."

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🚨British and Ukrainian intelligence services preparing sabotage op against TurkStream – FSB

“We have information that the British, together with Ukrainian intelligence, are preparing sabotage against the TurkStream gas pipeline,” FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov stated.

Additionally, instructors from the British Army’s SAS and MI6 have reportedly planned a series of drone strikes on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, whose shareholders include companies from Russia, Kazakhstan, and the US, Bortnikov added.

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🚨🇬🇧British intelligence planning attacks on Russian critical infrastructure – FSB

"Together with MI6, they are coordinating Ukrainian sabotage groups to carry out raids in Russia’s border regions, targeting critical infrastructure using drones, unmanned boats, and combat divers," FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov stated.

Bortnikov added at the 57th SCO session in Uzbekistan that there is reliable information indicating that terrorist acts and sabotage in Russia are carried out under the patronage of British intelligence. SAS units are reportedly directly participating in military actions against Russia.

▪️He also claimed that British intelligence orchestrated the Ukrainian SBU operation “Spider Web,” conducted right before Ukraine–Russia talks in Istanbul on June 2.

▪️The UK allegedly handled the propaganda campaign, spreading false reports of massive damage and attributing the operation solely to Ukraine.

👉In June, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine carried out FPV drone attacks on airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.

All attacks on the Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur airfields were repelled, and fires resulting from the attacks on Murmansk and Irkutsk airfields were extinguished with no casualties.

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🇷🇺🤝🇸🇾'Everything was discussed' – Russian FM on whether Putin & al-Sharaa raised issue of Russian military bases

Syria seeks to relaunch its comprehensive ties with Russia, focusing on stability in the country and the region, President Ahmed al-Sharaa told Vladimir Putin earlier.

The talks between the two leaders lasted 2.5 hours.

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🪖 Russian kamikaze drones devastate Ukrainian rear, shift frontline dynamics

Russia’s single-use Geran drones have showed a new capability “to dynamically seek out both stationary and moving targets near the frontlines,” Military Watch Magazine reports.

💪🏻 Analysts called the capability a potential “GAME CHANGER” in the Ukraine conflict, the outlet notes.

Geran drones are particularly effective in targeting enemy rear logistics, Military Watch stresses, adding that the expansion of production of these UAVs “has been a primary factor increasing pressure on Ukrainian air defenses.”

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⚔️ Ukrainian use of Tomahawks against Russia would be ‘FOOLISH’ move

Hitting Russia with Tomahawk missiles would be "pointless" and "a foolish thing to do unless they [Ukrainians] want to make a political point that might go wrong on them,” Professor Michael Clarke told Sky News.

👉 Donald Trump earlier made it clear that he was close to making a decision regarding the possible delivery of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, but added that he would first like to understand how the Zelensky regime plans to use them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the use of such missiles by Ukraine would seriously damage relations between Russia and the US.

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🔸 British intelligence planning attacks on Russian critical infrastructure – FSB

🔸 Ukraine wants to go offensive — Trump

🔸 Trump secretly authorizes CIA covert operations in Venezuela — Report

🔸 Hamas: recovering remaining hostage bodies requires 'special equipment'

🔸 Witnesses share details of fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces

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🚨 Putin to speak at Russian Energy Week forum

Today, Vladimir Putin is taking part in the plenary session of the 8th Russian Energy Week (REW) International Forum.

👉 This year’s theme, “Shaping the Energy of the Future Together,” brings together government officials, leaders of major energy companies, and experts from the scientific community.

The event gathers over 7,000 participants from 100 countries, featuring more than 60 business sessions on key challenges and innovations shaping the global energy sector.

📹 Watch live on our Telegram channel

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⚔️ US contractors to be sent to Ukraine if Trump approves Tomahawk supply – report

A potential Donald Trump-approved plan to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine comes with major strings attached.

According to the Financial Times:

🔶 US would provide only 20-50 missiles

🔶 American contractors would be deployed to "assist in their use," ensuring the US retains control over targeting

🔶 Same limited Tomahawk stockpile is also earmarked for potential strikes on Venezuela

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Kremlin: Russia–US summit in Alaska was 'joint success'

🗣 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the Anchorage summit “a very positive, constructive, joint success.”

🔶 He also criticized NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s remarks insulting Russian pilots and sailors.

🔶 Peskov added that, unfortunately, incompetence is common among many European officials.

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🚨Russia relies on India and China’s official statements on Russian oil

💬“We rely on official statements issued by the foreign ministries of India and China,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to US President Donald Trump’s comments.

👉“These statements are publicly available, and those are what we base our position on.”

Earlier on Thursday, Trump claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying oil from Russia.

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🇷🇺 Russian Energy Week - Day 2: Shaping the future of global energy

🟠 The second day of Russian Energy Week kicked off at Manezh Square in central Moscow, featuring key sessions on the future of energy and resource management.

🟠 Experts are discussing alternatives to oil and gas, workforce training for automation and AI integration and strategies to stabilize global energy markets.

🟠 Later today, President Vladimir Putin will join a session on major Russian energy projects and international cooperation.

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

🔸 In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, a Kinzhal strike has been unleashed against Ukrainian gas infrastructure facilities

🔸 The Russian Army struck deployment points of Ukrainian troops in 148 areas, arms storage sites, as well as energy and transport infrastructure used to support the Kiev regime’s militants

🔸 Russia’s Armed Forces have destroyed an AN/MPQ-65 radar, a control station, and a Patriot air defense system launcher

🔸 Russian troops crippled energy facilities powering Ukrainian defense industry enterprises

🔸 The Black Sea Fleet eliminated 6 unmanned Ukrainian boats in the Black Sea

🔸 Air defense superiority: 6 aerial bombs 278 fixed-wing drones were shot down

🔸 Ukrainian losses: 1,670 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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