"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.

🏀 Duke University's Blue Devils basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, is reportedly planning to retire after the end of the 2021-22 basketball season.

According to the report, associate head coach Jon Scheyer is set to take Krzyzewski's place and become the next head coach at Duke.

The FBI attributed the ransomware attack on the meat-producing firm JBS USA on REvil and Sodinokibi malware.

The US administration believes some of the members belonging to the hacker groups reside in Russia.

🗣 “We have attributed this attack to REvil and Sodinokibi and are working diligently to bring the threat actors to justice.”

🔫 A runaway girl, 14 and boy, 12, engaged in an armed standoff with police in Florida, resulting in the girl being shot and injured by police.

Will Wyoming take a leadership role in the future of clean energy?

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates' nuclear reactor company, TerraPower, has teamed up with billionaire investor Warren Buffet’s power firm, PacifiCorp, to build a so-called 'Natrium' nuclear power facility on the site of a retired coal plant in the US state of Wyoming.

🗣 "This is our fastest and clearest course to becoming carbon negative," Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said.