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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐ŸŽChina's response to Musk's Tesla
 
The Chinese Yangwang U9 electric supercar reaches speeds of up to 100 km/h in 2 seconds and is capable of jumping over pits and spikes on the move.

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Russia key in stopping Gaza war, pushing for two-state solutionโ€”Palestineโ€™s UN envoy
 

"They [Russia] are a key player in trying to put an end to this war, to protect UNRWA [The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East], and to be ready for a political horizon, where we can put an end to this occupation and see the two-state solution, a reality on the ground," Palestinian Ambassador to UN Riyad Mansour told Sputnik.


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โ—๏ธ18 Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoners west of the village of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People's Republic โ€” Russia's MoD

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿช–More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

โ–ช๏ธUkrainian forces lost up to 380 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Russian Zapad Battlegroup;

โ–ช๏ธUkrainian losses amounted to 530 militants in the area of responsibility of the Russian Tsentr combat group;

โ–ช๏ธRussia's forces defeated Ukrainian infrastructure of military airfields, the place of assembly and storage of drones, and concentrations of foreign mercenaries;

โ–ช๏ธRussian air defense systems shot down six HIMARS rockets and 105 aircraft-type drones.

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Geography lessons with Trump: Future POTUS shares map with Canada as part of US US President-elect Donald Trump has gone to his social media platform, Truth Social, to share two maps showing Canada as part of America. "Oh Canada!" Trump wrote in one of theโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ—ฃ๐Ÿ’…Elon Musk slams outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comment that insists Canada will never be part of US

"Girl, youโ€™re not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesnโ€™t matter what you say," Musk wrote on X.


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West misjudged Russian economic robustness, Ukraine may soon fall - American uber-hawk laments

Ukraine will likely lose in the conflict with Russia within โ€œthe next 12 to 18 monthsโ€ if there is not a massive new US aid in the near future, the hawkish American neocon analyst Robert Kagan cries.

He also admits that Washingtonโ€™s rosy forecasts about Russiaโ€™s economic collapse have proven futile.

โ€œHave American predictions about Russiaโ€™s inability to withstand โ€˜crippling' sanctions proved correct so far?โ€œ, he bursts out, adding that the sanctions forced Russia to successfully โ€œadapt and adjust,โ€ finding โ€œworkarounds on trade, oil, and financing.โ€


Meanwhile, Ukraine is nearing its strategic military defeat, according to Kagan.

โ€œUkrainian morale is already sagging under Russian missile and drone attacks, and the prolonged uncertainty about whether the United Statesโ€™ vital and irreplaceable support will continue,โ€ the analyst points out.


However, he acknowledges that Trump and his team are not interested in Ukraine, something that clearly keeps him on pins and needles.

Kagan, who is married to former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, is one of the founders of the former neoconservative think tank, Project for a New American Century, notorious for โ€œpromoting US global leadershipโ€ and blatant militarism.

Russian officials have repeatedly stressed that no amount of foreign aid to the Kiev regime can affect the ultimate course of the special military operation, while adding that such moves would only fuel the conflict.

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Ukraine plans to ban transit of Russian oil to EU following that of Russian gas
 
Ukraine's Parliament, Verkhovna Rada, has registered a bill that provides for a direct ban on the transit of Russian oil through the country by all types of transport infrastructure, including the Druzhba oil pipeline.
 
Earlier on January 1, Russia's Gazprom announced that it no longer has the technical or legal ability to transit gas through Ukraine following the expiration of the five-year contract. As a result, the price of natural gas in the European market has increased by 20%.

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World's central banks increased gold reserves by 53 tons in Nov 2024 โ€” report
 
The World Gold Council (WGC) notes the fall in prices for the precious metal following the US elections.
 
According to WGC, among the largest buyers of gold in November were:
 
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland (21 tons)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan (9 tons)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia (8.4 tons)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan (5.1 tons)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina reported its first addition (5 tons) since April
 
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore was the monthโ€™s largest seller of gold, reducing its gold reserves by 5 tons.

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๐Ÿ“น Trump shares video of Jeffrey Sachs on US foreign policy and Israeli influence

Donald Trump posted a video on the Truth Social platform featuring Columbia University professor Jeffrey David Sachs, where he discussed the CIA's covert efforts to destabilize Syria's government and to overthrow Assad, the influence of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli lobby in pushing the US into the Iraq War, and Netanyahu's continued attempts to involve the US in a potential conflict with Iran.

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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ๐Ÿ”จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Activist smashed Israeli PM Netanyahu's wax statue with hammer in Mexico
 
"Long live Palestine, long live Sudan, long live Yemen, long live Puerto Rico," he exhorted after destroying the statue in the Wax Museum of Mexico City.


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EU will not allow attacks on its borders โ€” French FM
 
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, commenting on Trump's statements over control of Greenland, said that the European Union would not allow any state to attack its borders.
 
"There is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are," he told France Inter radio. "We are a strong continent."


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Ukrainian top brass reveals massive scale of desertion in French-trained unit

Ukraineโ€™s ground forces commander, Mykhailo Drapaty, has confirmed sweeping instances of desertion within the 155th Brigade, a unit trained in France. Reports indicate that approximately 1,700 of the 2,300 soldiers who underwent training have deserted shortly after being deployed. In response to this fiasco, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky has ordered reinforcements for the brigade.

Drapaty lashed out at the commandโ€™s failures and announced ongoing efforts to improve leadership within the unit. Despite Volodymyr Zelensky's legislation in November permitting deserters to return to duty with full benefits, the issue persists, with a growing number of individuals refusing to serve.

Media reports indicate that desertion rates in Ukraine's military have nearly doubled in 2024 compared to 2022 and 2023, with around 60,000 criminal cases filed last year alone. Infantry and assault brigades are reportedly suffering from the highest rates of desertion.

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'I want to quench my imperialist thirst' โ€” Fox News host called for conquest of Canada

"Canada! [...] The fact that they don't want us to take them over makes me want to invade," Jesse Watters said on air while speaking about Trump's ambition to make Canada the 51st state.


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๐Ÿ‘‘ From real estate to empires: King Trumpโ€™s wish list goes viral
 
The internet has been flooded with memes amid Donald Trump's statements on buying Greenland, making Canada the 51st US state, renaming the 'Gulf of Mexico' as the 'Gulf of America,' and gaining control of the Panama Canal.
 
What is your favorite one? Write in comments!๐Ÿ‘‡

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