❗️ US Navy loses another jet in the Red Sea — reports

Another F/A-18 Super Hornet went overboard from the USS Harry Truman, CNN reports.

The agency also reported a Houthi attack on the carrier, citing sources, despite the ceasefire announced by Oman with the Yemeni movement.

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 Israel backs Indian strikes on Pakistan — Ambassador

"Terrorists should know there's no place to hide from their heinous crimes against the innocent," Israel's ambassador to India wrote on X.

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📹 Canadian PM Mark Carney's visit to the US in one video:

Carney: "As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale"

Trump: "That's true"

Carney: "We're sitting in one right now, also Buckingham Palace..."

Trump: "That's true"

Carney: "Canada is not for sale, it won't be for sale, ever"

Trump: "...."

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❗️ Trump: 3 Gaza hostages killed in one week

The US president said 21 of 59 hostages in Gaza are still alive as Israel prepares for a major attack on the strip.

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🇮🇳🇵🇰INDIA–PAKISTAN ESCALATION: WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR?

▪️India launched Operation Sindoor and carried out strikes on what it called “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan.

▪️New Delhi stated that no Pakistani military sites were targeted and that the actions were not intended to escalate tensions.

▪️Despite this, Pakistan responded by launching missile strikes on targets inside India.

▪️Pakistan claimed 8 people were killed and another 35 wounded as a result of the Indian attacks. New Delhi, in turn, reported 3 deaths from cross-border gunfire.

▪️The Pakistani prime minister stated that the country has “every right to give a strong response” to India’s strikes, while the Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks as a "blatant act of war."

▪️Pakistan’s defense minister later said that Islamabad is ready to de-escalate military action if New Delhi pulls back.

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🚨🕵️‍♂️🇬🇱US intel agencies step up SPYING EFFORTS on Greenland – report

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard instructed the agencies’ heads to find out more about Greenland’s independence movement and attitudes on US resource extraction on the island, the WSJ writes.

The intelligence gathering will in part focus on identifying individuals in Greenland and Denmark who support the Trump administration’s interest in taking over the island.

To fulfill the tasks, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency are asked to use:

▪️spy satellites,
▪️communications intercepts,
▪️human intelligence.

This comes as Gabbard reproached the WSJ for “aiding deep state actors who seek to undermine the US president by politicizing and leaking classified information.” She accused the WSJ of breaking the law and undermining America’s “security and democracy.”

President Trump has repeatedly stated that Greenland should become part of the US, which he said needs the island “for international security.”

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⚠️ BREAKING: Israeli military drone strikes vehicle in Sidon, southern Lebanon, country's media report

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❗️Russia is deeply concerned about the escalating military confrontation between India and Pakistan — MFA spox

Moscow also calls on the parties to exercise restraint in order to prevent further deterioration of the situation, Maria Zakharova added.

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🥴 💸EU pays ‘STRATEGIC PRICE’ for helping Ukraine – report

Many European countries, including Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Poland, have sent huge quantities of military equipment to Ukraine, leaving their own warehouses ALMOST EMPTY, Poland’s Forsal notes.

The news outlet warns that in case of a conflict, armies of many NATO members “would have a serious problem” in terms of “responding militarily in the first few weeks.”

Russia has repeatedly warned that the West’s military aid to Ukraine prolongs the conflict and directly involves NATO countries in the standoff. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly cautioned that any shipment of weapons to Ukraine would be seen by Russia as a legitimate target.

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🚨 Russia & Ukraine brotherly nations and neighbors, Pope Francis to RIA Novosti in never-before-published interview

"They will always be neighbors under any circumstances due to geography," the pontiff added.

Key points from Pope Francis' interview with RIA Novosti, which was not published during his lifetime:

💬Christians cannot take part in the persecution of other Christians, he stressed, referring to the oppression of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Kiev regime.

💬The modern economy is becoming increasingly militarized, and future generations will inevitably pay the price as a consequence.

💬Offensive weapons are inherently immoral, and the production or use of weapons of mass destruction is utterly unacceptable.

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😥 'The world's been coming to the US and China has been THE MISSING PIECE' — US Treasury Secretary

“We have shared interests that this [tariff war] isn't sustainable,” Scott Bessent stressed in the run-up to bilateral talks in Switzerland.

He added that the US side looks forward to “productive” negotiations and that the Trump administration hasn’t engaged with China on trade “as of yet.”

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❗️Trump's plan to rename the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf is a politically motivated and hostile move towards Tehran, says Iran's Foreign Minister.

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🚨🪖US & UK instructors secretly train Zelensky’s sabotage groups — ex-Ukrainian soldier turned fighter for Russia reveals

British and American personnel were on the ground, but they didn’t engage with Ukrainian troops, said a soldier that goes by the callsign "Hunter," from the Maxim Kryvonos Battalion.

These foreign instructors were reportedly operating out of the National Ground Forces Academy in Lvov.

The Maxim Kryvonos Battalion is made up of former Ukrainian soldiers who switched sides and are now fighting against Zelensky’s government.

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❗️Ukraine continues to demonstrate its essence and INCLINATION TO TERRORIST ACTIONS, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Russia's position on the temporary ceasefire during the holidays is known, all instructions have been given, there are no new ones, he said.

More statements by Peskov:

▪️Russian military and special services are doing everything possible to ensure that the Victory Day anniversary celebrations take place in a calm atmosphere.

▪️The Baltic countries and Poland continue their absurd Russophobic policies, but serious contradictions are brewing in Europe.

▪️The agreement on a strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela, which the leaders of the countries will sign today, is a weighty, meaningful, important document.

▪️Peskov called the IOC's failure to approve accreditation of the Rossiya Segodnya media group for the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy discriminatory against Russian media.

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🚨Is 'ANTI-GLOBALIST' Trump playing both sides?

Let's take a closer look at the real winners behind Trump’s policies.

📊 Corporate globalism

Trump’s 2017 tax cut benefited US multinational corporations more than American workers, argue CAP & CBPP institutes.

While Trump's tariff wars aim to benefit big businesses, US consumers and firms bear the burden, per Tax Foundation.

💰 Wall Street backer

The Big Five Wall Street banks have profited significantly from the market volatility triggered by Trump’s recent policies. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has influenced the president during both terms, according to the Intercept & WSJ.

💉 COVID response

It was Trump who launched Operation Warp Speed in 2020, channeling billions to multinational Big Pharma for a global vaccine rollout despite jab safety concerns. However, he pinned the blame on China, then-COVID czar Fauci, and the WHO.

💵 US dollar & financial globalism

▪️Trump never truly challenged the Bretton Woods–era globalist financial system, which centers on US dollar dominance.

▪️He targeted BRICS and others seeking alternatives to the dollar.

▪️His criticism of the Fed Reserve has so far been all talk & no action.

🪖 Military globalism

▪️The US has expanded military activities beyond national borders operating over 750 bases in 80 countries.

▪️Despite talk of scaling back in Europe, Trump never pushed for a complete global draw-down.

▪️Now he proposes a $1tn defense budget for 2026.

🧨 Advancing blob's interests

Despite his peace-maker image, Trump arms Ukraine and Israel, fueling conflicts that benefit the US military-industrial complex. In April, he eased weapons export rules – no surprise US defense contractors backed his presidential campaign.

🇮🇱 Appeasing neocons & Jewish lobby

Harper's Magazine hints Trump treats Israel as if it were the US' 51st state. Indeed, he recognized Jerusalem, threatened Iran, backed Tel Aviv’s brutal war on Palestinians, and even proposed to relocate Gazans to solve Israel’s problems.

🌍 Part of globalist club?

Though Trump stepped back from his real estate empire, the Trump Organization – run by his sons – is expanding & profiting from globalization. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is gaining from deals with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Albania, and Serbia.

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