The United States is alarmed by the presence of Chinese forces at Cambodia’s naval base, the US State Department said: https://sptnkne.ws/Gx7e

🇺🇸President Joe Biden has so far shown little resolve to tackle gun violence head-on, Manuel Oliver, whose son was killed in the 2018 school shooting, told Sputnik.
Oliver's son, Joaquin, 17, was one of the victims of the shooting that took place at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February 2018.
"I don’t see real intentions of solving the problem from Capitol Hill. Instead, I see a debate that became part of a 'normal way' of society. America has accepted Gun Violence as part of our identity and tradition, to the point that in some cases people feel proud of it," Oliver said.

👸 Marilyn Monroe would've turned 95 on 1 June 2021

Russia has no illusions that breakthroughs will be achieved or historical decisions will be made after the June 16 meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"As for the upcoming summit in Geneva on 16 June of the presidents of Russia and the United States, we are not creating illusions, we are not trying to create the impression that there will be some breakthroughs, some historic fateful decisions, but the very fact of a conversation between the two leading nuclear powers at the level of top officials, of course, is important, this needs to be supported in every possible way," Lavrov said at a press conference.

Geopolitical risk consultant Sami Hamdi gives his two cents on the situation in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of UK and US forces. Was the invasion a success?

Dana Stroul, a senior Pentagon official, said that the partnership of the countries from the Middle East with Russia and China "threatens national sovereignty.”

“To me, the choice is clear between what you can get from China or Russia and what you can get from the United States,” she said.

‼️ US Interior Department suspends oil, gas permits in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

🇳🇿🇦🇮🇰🇷🇯🇵 US top diplomat Antony Blinken has urged NATO cooperation with Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the South Korea as well as to confront the perceived systemic challenges from Russia and China ahead of the alliance summit.

2 months until a new US president?

The former POTUS, Donald Trump, has reportedly been telling "a number of people" that he will gain back his noscript of US president "by August".

He has also been "laser focused" on election audits, according to NY Times journalist Maggie Haberman.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz accused US President Joe Biden of being soft on Israel's enemies, stating that Biden’s foreign policy has been “an absolute disaster.”

🗣 “The longer Joe Biden shows weakness to Hamas or Hezbollah or Iran, the more you're going to see terrorist attacks escalating,” Cruz stated.

The border is now wide open?

The Biden administration has officially ended the Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy, despite a recent border surge.

Under the Migrant Protection Protocols program, thousands of asylum-seeking migrants mostly from Central America were forced to wait in Mexico until their immigration court proceedings were completed in the United States.

🇺🇸US Defense Chief Lloyd Austin and his NATO counterparts, at a virtual prep session for the June 14 summit, discussed the retrograde in Afghanistan and collaborating on the transition to a civilian-led engagement in the war-torn country, the Pentagon press secretary said.

🔫 One firefighter is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting at a firehouse in Agua Dulce, California.

Oh no! Is the bear ok?

The video shows a woman rushing to save her dogs from uninvited guests: a bear and its cubs that climbed up the fence of her house's garden. She just pushed the bear away from the fence and grabbed her dogs to carry them away from danger.

A Memorial Day to remember for both families!

All good here.

American food processing company JBS USA will resume operations on US-based plants after 'cyberattack' shutdown.

JBS USA earlier shut down its operations in North America and Australia due to a cyberattack, which, according to the White House, "likely" originated in Russia.

☠ Human remains have reportedly been discovered just several away from the mansion of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Montecito, LA.

The bones were discovered during landscaping. At first, the locals decided that a crime had been committed. As it turned out, the remains belonged to a small adult - most likely an Indian. The bones had been resting there for centuries.

US Republican Rep. Nancy Mace has complained about an apparent act of vandalism that transpired at her residence during Memorial Day weekend: https://twitter.com/NancyMace/status/1399695342635991042

#BREAKING | Joe Biden launches rapid strategic review to tackle rise in Ransomware threat, White House says

Matthew Wilson, an associate professor of political science, explains how Joe Biden delegates tasks in the White House.

🔍 A most wanted man

US administration offered a $7mln reward for information on the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi.

🗣 “The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to the location or identification of Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi,” the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.