🗣 US must retrain workforce to rebuild chip manufacturing - Trump

President Donald Trump clarified his comments on H-1B visas, saying certain high-skill roles may require foreign workers “until” Americans are trained for them.

💬 “If you're going to be making chips, we don't make chips too much here anymore… We have to train our people how to make chips, because we didn't do it,” Trump said when asked about relying on foreign talent.

He argued the US “foolishly” allowed the industry to shift abroad.

💬 “We lost that business to Taiwan… if they had a president that thought like I did, they would not have let that happen.”

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⚠️ US faces severe health challenges despite record spending – RFK Jr.

President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the United States is experiencing some of the world’s worst health outcomes despite having one of the highest levels of healthcare spending.

According to RFK Jr.:

🔹 The US “spends almost as much as all the countries in the world combined” on healthcare.

🔹 Yet it ranks poorly among major nations, with higher infant mortality, shorter life expectancy compared to Europe, and rising rates of cancer, diabetes and obesity.

🔹 “We’re now the sickest country in the world,” he said, criticizing previous healthcare policy as ineffective.

Kennedy argued that the situation reflects long-standing systemic problems and called for a fundamental reorientation of US health policy.

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🤝 US continues to work on talks with Russia to end Ukraine conflict

💬 "We're [the Trump administration] definitely still working it. It just hasn't been the center of the news because we have so much going on," a senior White House official told Reuters.

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov earlier stressed that Russia and the US are actively discussing the Ukraine peace process based on the understanding reached during the Putin–Trump summit in Alaska in August.

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🇺🇸 US sanctions signal push for Russian military defeat – Scott Ritter

💬 “Scott Bessent comes straight out and says, ‘We want to collapse the Russian economy.’ Now if you want peace and you want friendship with Russia, do you really want to go down the path of saying ‘I’m going to collapse the Russian economy?’ No. We seek the military defeat of Russia,” military expert and former US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter said.

He emphasized that Russia has adapted to Western sanctions and the Russian economy continues to expand, as it enjoys a growth rate of 4.8%, which means it is “doing far better than the American economy when it comes to growth.”

💬 “The idea that sanctions are choking out Russia is absurd. The sanctions are choking out Europe,” Ritter concluded.

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🏒Ovechkin does it again! Sets new NHL record

In a thrilling 2-1 win over Los Angeles, Alexander Ovechkin scored his 81st game-winning goal at home, surpassing Czech Jaromir Jagr.

The goal also brings his all-time regular season total to 903.

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🔸 'I don't rule out anything' - Trump on possible US actions in Venezuela

🔸 Trump says he ‘would be proud’ to target ‘cocaine factories’ in Colombia

🔸 UN Security Council adopts US-led resolution on Gaza

🔸 Trump says he would sign bill on release of Epstein documents

🔸 US-led Gaza plan raises serious concerns – Russia’s UN envoy

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🔥 'Combat morale is high,' Commander ‘Lavrik’ reports from frontlines near Kupyansk

After a Russian UAV group spotted 20 Ukrainian soldiers hiding in a forest along the Oskol River, artillery and drones delivered a precise strike, a commander with the callsign “Lavrik” says.

The enemy has been destroyed and clearing operations are now underway, he adds.

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🇹🇷👀 As Russia holds battlefield initiative, Turkiye eyes new Istanbul peace talks

💬 “Fierce clashes are currently ongoing on the ground, and the initiative is largely in Russia's hands," Turkish political scientist Umit Nazmi Hazir told Sputnik.

He expressed hope that Russia and Ukraine will eventually resume the negotiation process, suggesting that new talks could take place in Istanbul.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan earlier said that the Ukraine conflict is now close to being suspended, and a new round of Russia–Ukraine negotiations is not ruled out.

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🪖❌ Ukrainian military command threw soldiers into encircled Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) – POW

💬 "I've been fighting since 2022 and I was previously stationed on other defense lines. And now there's not enough manpower. Well, it's clear there aren't enough people, a complete shortage of men. Now they've thrown me into the deadliest meatgrinder in the already-encircled [Krasnoarmeysk].” Ukrainian prisoner of war Vadim Zakusilo told Sputnik.

He added that he remained in the encircled position for three days and then came under fire from Russian drones. Zakusilo said he decided to surrender after an attack by Russian assault units.

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🇷🇺 Kremlin: No Russian officials to attend talks in Istanbul on Wednesday

Key statements by Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov:

🔸 Russia has received no official information from Ukraine about any intention to resume negotiations

🔸 Russia's position is well known to the US, Turkiye, and Ukraine, and Russia remains open to dialogue

🔸 President Vladimir Putin is open to being briefed by Turkish officials on the Istanbul meetings if they deem it necessary, although no specific plans currently exist

🔸 Europeans are justifiably concerned about financing Ukraine, as it's clear a large part of the funds will be embezzled, especially after recent corruption scandals

🔸 Putin will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang for substantive talks and with heads of SCO government delegations

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🚨🇷🇺 Wild Su-57 cockpit view as it becomes the talk of the Dubai Airshow

🇺🇸 The F-35? Kinda quiet on that front.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸Russia and the US have held talks on a possible new prisoner exchange - Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev to Axios.

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👀 Tomahawks for Ukraine ‘beyond DUMBEST thing I've ever heard in my life’ – Pink Floyd founder

💬 “The moronic European leadership and the people in the EU are talking now about sending troops into Ukraine, NATO troops in. They are talking about escalation,” Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters told Sputnik.

He urged people in the West “to wake up” and stop believing the “absurd” propaganda about Ukraine.

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

⚡️TSEGELNOYE IN KHARKOV REGION LIBERATED

📍 Liberation of Tsegelnoye helps secure the border with the Belgorod region

⚡️NECHAEVKA IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

📍 Liberation of Nechaevka strengthens Russian Armed Forces positions and expands the buffer zone in the Dnepropetrovsk region

🔸 Russian forces thwarted an attempted counterattack by the Ukrainian forces near Blagodatovka in the Kharkov region to break through an encirclement

🔸 Russian troops repelled 6 attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces units from the Grishino area of the DPR aiming to relieve an encircled group

🔸 Air defense superiority: 3 guided aerial bombs and 206 drones shot down

🔸 Ukrainian losses: 1,290 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨🇷🇺Putin: New nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad will honor its historic name

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the keel-laying ceremony of the Project 22220 universal nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad via video link, expressing confidence that the vessel will proudly carry its historic name and become a symbol of the talent and creative strength of the Russian people.

His other statements:

🔶 Russia is actively and consistently expanding its unique icebreaker fleet

🔶 Russia remains the only country in the world capable of serially producing reliable nuclear icebreakers

🔶 Construction of nuclear icebreakers in Russia is based entirely on domestic technologies

🔶 Putin expressed confidence that work on the Chukotka and Leningrad nuclear icebreakers will proceed steadily and on schedule

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🚨🇷🇺Russia will keep strengthening its Arctic foothold - Putin

He called the region’s development and the new Stalingrad icebreaker “historic tasks” for the country.

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🇷🇺✈️💪🏻 Dubai Airshow Day Two: Russia steals spotlight

On the second day of the Dubai Airshow 2025, the success of the event’s first day became evident to everyone. Let’s break it down.
A total of 13 major deals worth a whopping $38 billion were signed by global giants, a scale that highlights the United Arab Emirates’ growing role as an international hub for the aviation and defense industries.

Contracts pertained to:

👉 Procurement of modern passenger aircraft
👉 Expansion of training and logistics support programs
👉 New industrial cooperation agreements

Record-breaking Russian presence

🔸 Russia presented its most extensive showcase to date, featuring over 850 pieces of defense and aerospace equipment on a massive 1,000 m² stand

🔸 Among the key exhibits were advanced air-defense systems, such as the Pantsir-SMD-E, modern reconnaissance and strike UAVs (Lancet drone), as well as the modernized fifth-generation Su-57E fighter jet, displayed at the Dubai show for the first time

🔸 Also on display were the upgraded version of the Yak-130M trainer as well as МC-21-300 and SJ-100 passenger jets

🔸 Major highlight was the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter and the UAE’s Tawazun Council for Defense Enablement, covering tech transfer, R&D, and deeper industrial partnership

🔸 Russia’s strong presence is seen as something that adds both political and industrial weight to the Dubai show, a premier platform for major deals and cutting-edge innovations in aviation and defense

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