🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇳 Russia oil trade to China, India stalls as sanctions drive up shipping costs

Trade for March-loading Russian oil in top buyer Asia has stalled as a wide price gap between buyers and sellers emerged in China after costs for chartering tankers unaffected by U.S. sanctions jumped, according to traders and shipping data.

Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Jan. 10 targeting Russia's oil supply chain, causing tanker freight rates to soar as some buyers and ports in China and India steered clear of sanctioned ships

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🇲🇱🇳🇪🇧🇫 OFFICIAL: Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali have exited ECOWAS

The three Sahel states, now united under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), have completed their withdrawal from ECOWAS after giving notice on Jan 28, 2024.

A six-month grace period remains for potential reentry, but for now, the break is final. A new era for West Africa begins.

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⚡️Tragedy at Reagan: Plane and chopper collide at US airport

A small plane slammed into a helicopter during landing at Reagan National Airport, causing multiple fatalities. As details unfold, a major rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River.

CCTV footage from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC allegedly shows the moment a plane crashed into a helicopter during landing at Reagan International Airport

Initial reports identify the plane that crashed near Ronald Reagan International Airport as PSA Airlines Flight 5342, a Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700 operated by a regional carrier of American, with up to 60 passengers aboard

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❗️Four people pulled from aircraft collision site near Reagan International Airport have been hospitalized

CNN reports that the plane involved in the crash had 60 passengers and four crew members. Meanwhile, the Army says the chopper which crashed was carrying three soldiers.

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❗️NEW video of the collision between Blackhawk & Flight 5342

Shows an almost pitch-black helicopter ramming at speed into a passenger plane, which explodes into a fireball.

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🇷🇺✈️ Su-57 celebrates fifteenth anniversary of its first flight.

"The Su-57 clearly demonstrates that Russia has unique competencies in combat aviation. The characteristics embedded in this aircraft are confirmed in real battles in the Air Defense Zone. Today's Su-57 is significantly different from the aircraft that first took to the skies 15 years ago. Over the past years, the fighter has undergone a huge evolution and continues to improve today - the capabilities of the aircraft's weapons and systems are increasing. The expansion of UAC's production capacity will increase the volume of fighter deliveries to the troops, as well as actively offer the Su-57 in an export version to foreign customers," said the head of Rostec Sergei Chemezov

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🇷🇺🇸🇾 Syria’s new authorities have demanded compensation from Russia during their first talks with a Kremlin delegation after Assad’s removal, Bloomberg reports.

"The dialogue emphasized Russia’s role in restoring trust with the Syrian people through concrete measures such as compensation, reconstruction, and recovery. The new administration also stressed that restoring relations must take past mistakes into account," Damascus said in a statement.

The statement does not specify what form of compensation is being demanded. It also does not mention Russia’s two key military bases in Syria.

Russian negotiator Mikhail Bogdanov stated that no progress has been made on this issue and that further talks are needed.

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The Russian drone is hunting Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region

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Trump to set up 30K-person MIGRANT facility at Guantanamo Bay

His upcoming Executive Order will created a place to hold the 'worst criminal illegal aliens'.

'It’s a tough place to get out of', Trump adds.

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❗️ Trump signs the LAKEN RILEY ACT into law – the first bill of his administration

Homeland Security is now required by law to detain illegal immigrants accused of crimes.

Strange how Biden didn’t want to sign this before he left office...

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❗Fire breaks out in Bakersfield, California at a warehouse - Dozens of firefighters battling MASSIVE flames

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Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian child in the back in Tulkarem, Occupied West Bank, blowing him to the ground

Child screams and writhes in agony; is now in critical condition

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🇸🇾 Syrian people took to the streets tonight to celebrate the beginning of Ahmed al-Sharaa's presidency.

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