📉 US defense companies in panic mode in anticipation of Ukrainian peace deal

Stock prices of major companies such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics have begun to fall.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian and US foreign ministers have held a phone conversation at the initiative of Washington, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

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☎️Highlights of Lavrov-Rubio conversation

▪️Agreed to maintain a communication channel to address accumulated issues in Russian-American relations. This effort aims to remove unilateral barriers inherited from the previous administration that have hindered mutually beneficial trade, economic, and investment cooperation.

▪️Expressed a mutual commitment to engage on pressing international issues, including the settlement of the situation around Ukraine, developments concerning Palestine, and broader issues in the Middle East and other regional matters.

▪️Exchanged views on ways to promptly end the policy initiated by the Obama administration in 2016, which significantly tightened conditions for the functioning of Russian diplomatic missions in the US, prompting reciprocal measures.

▪️Agreed to organize an expert meeting in the near future to coordinate concrete steps for the mutual removal of obstacles to the operations of Russian and US diplomatic missions abroad.

▪️Reaffirmed their readiness to work together on restoring a respectful intergovernmental dialogue in line with the tone set by the presidents.

▪️Agreed to maintain regular contacts, including for the preparation of a high-level Russian-American meeting.

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⚡️ Ukraine is not invited to the US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia

Ukraine wasn't informed about the upcoming US-Russia discussions in Saudi Arabia, Fox News sources report.

Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters that Ukrainian representatives will not go to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia and the US.

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⚡️🌍 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio announced

The BRICS Summit is set for July 6-7, 2025. Under Brazilian leadership, the focus will be on developing payment methods to boost trade.

Meanwhile, President Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on BRICS if they bypass the US dollar.

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❗️ US will try to break Russia's alliances with DPRK, Iran, and China — Keith Kellogg

"Right now what we are going to do is try to break [Russia's] alliances that it currently has," US special envoy told at the Munich Conference.

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1 killed, 4 injured in a stabbing attack in Austria

A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker has been detained after a random stabbing attack in Villach, Austria. The attack left a 14-year-old dead and four others injured, according to local police reports.

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US plans prisoner swap in Belarus for sanctions relief - reports

A senior US diplomat met with Belarusian President Lukashenko to discuss the release of prisoners in exchange for the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian banks and potash exports, the NYT reports.

Belarus is one of the top 5 producers of potash.

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15 dead in New Delhi stampede

Indian PM Modi expressed grief over the stampede at the New Delhi railway station that occurred as thousands of Maha Kumbh devotees gathered, causing panic.

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🥴 Egg crisis? Ukraine suggests help

A Ukrainian official humorously suggested sending surplus eggs to the US amid their shortage, writes The Washington Post.

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David Sacks exposes Biden's corrupt Ukraine plan

US politicians and NGOs have profited from shadowy money-laundering schemes in "the most corrupt country in Europe" after Donald Trump ended America's "forever wars" in the Middle East.

"No wonder that NGOs and think-tanks on both sides of the Atlantic are freaking out in response to the possibility that this easily-avoided war might end. They will never see a gravy train like this again."

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