📹 US universities rely on 600K Chinese students to avoid collapse

Commerce Sec Lutnick admitted to Laura Ingraham: without Chinese students, 15% of US universities would go under.

Washington talks tough on China, but can't function without its people and money.

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❗️ US will announce Japan trade deal next week — Lutnick

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick estimates a new trade deal with Japan will be worth $550 billion.

"We need to make semiconductors, we need to make antibiotics, we need the rare earths in America... You watch us do it," he said.

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🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 Xi Jinping meets Russia's Volodin in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in Beijing, China Central Television reported.

Key statements of Xi Jinping:

◻️ Relations between Russia and China are the most stable, mature, and strategically significant among major powers.

◻️ China and Russia must continue their traditional friendship, deepen strategic mutual trust, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation.

◻️ China and Russia should promote the construction of a more just and rational international order.

◻️ China and the USSR made enormous sacrifices and made a significant contribution to victory in World War II.

◻️ The development of China–Russia relations at a high level is a source of stability and peace worldwide.

Volodin, as the head of the Russian parliamentary delegation, has been visiting the People's Republic of China on an official visit since August 25 at the invitation of Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

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🪖⚠️ German army fires 100 soldiers for right-wing extremism in 2024 — up 50%

Bundeswehr dismissals surge as Hitler salutes, extremist songs, and ideology infiltrate the ranks, Ministry of Defense's report shows.

🔺 280+ suspicious cases (30% increase vs 2023)

🔺 17+ confirmed Hitler salutes in 2024

🔺 Opposition politician Zada ​​Salihovic warns: "Accused kept access to weapons, even served as instructors"

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🔥Orban CRUSHES Zelensky: Pipeline attack threats IGNITE FIRESTORM

"It was an eventful weekend. President Zelensky openly threatened Hungary. He admitted that the Druzhba pipeline is being attacked because we do not support their EU membership. This also shows that Hungarians made the right decision," Hungary’s PM Victor Orban said.

He added that Zelensky’s words "are not the way to get into the EU," and they "will have a long shadow."

➡️This comes after the Ukraine regime openly claimed the existence of the Druzhba pipeline that transfers oil from Russia to European countries is contingent upon Hungary’s position on Ukraine’s potential EU membership.

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🚨☢️NUCLEAR DEAL REVIVAL: Iran, UK, Germany, France to meet for nuclear talks

The deputy foreign ministers of Iran, the United Kingdom, Germany and France will meet in Geneva on August 26 to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.

The Iranian delegation will be headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi.

➡️The meeting was agreed in mid-August during a phone call between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, UK Foreign Minister David Lammy and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

➡️The talks on lifting sanctions between Iran and the US were put on hold after the escalation between Iran and Israel, which started on June 13. The US attacked Iran's nuclear facilities on June 22, prompting Iran to launch missile strikes at a US military base in Qatar.

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◻️ Watch Russian forces raising flag over Zaporozhskoye settlement

◻️ Xi Jinping meets Russia's Volodin in Beijing

◻️ US troops leaving Iraq’s Al-Asad base

◻️ Nuclear deal revival: Iran, UK, Germany, France to meet for nuclear talks

◻️ IDF blames Hamas for Nasser Hospital strikes

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🚨GAZA CRISIS: LATEST UPDATES

◻️ Israeli forces detonate explosive devices inside homes in Sabra and Zeitoun, south of Gaza City

◻️ Israeli drones drop explosive crates on homes in northern Gaza

◻️ Artillery targets northern areas of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza

◻️ Gaza hospital sources report 24 killed in multiple airstrikes across the Strip since this morning

◻️ Emergency service source reports 2 dead, several injured in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City

◻️ Al-Awda Hospital reports 1 killed, several injured among those seeking aid in Nezareem, central Gaza, and Palestinian man and wife killed in drone strike on displaced persons’ tent west of Nuseirat camp, central Gaza

◻️ One killed, several injured in northern Deir al-Balah, per Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital

◻️ Palestinian woman and her child killed in strike on displaced persons’ building west of Deir al-Balah, the hospital adds

◻️ Seven killed in strikes on a home in Al-Sabra, south of Gaza City (Palestinian medical service)

◻️ One child killed, several injured in Al-Saftawi, north of Gaza City (Emergency service)

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🚨🇭🇺 Ukrainian strikes on Druzhba pipeline tantamount to attack on Hungary - top diplomat

While the EU remains mum on the pipeline attacks, Zelensky is attempting to pressure Hungary to change its stance on the Ukraine conflict and its EU accession, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated.

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🇮🇳🇺🇸 Indian PM Modi's answer to US pressure? "We will endure."

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🟠 The Russian army struck UAV launch sites, command posts, and Ukrainian army temporary deployment points in 142 areas

🟠 Air defense: a Neptune missile, six guided aerial bombs, and 191 fixed-wing drones shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,220 troops killed or wounded

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📊 Russia powers up key trade link between Azerbaijan and Georgia

National Projects Construction has successfully completed the full digitalization of the Baku–Beyuk-Kesik railway line. The final piece of the puzzle was modernizing the 122-km Ujar-Hajigabul section.

The result gives a major boost for efficiency and safety:

✅ Faster travel: Passenger train speeds will jump from 100 to 140 km/h, freight trains from 80 to 120 km/h.

✅ More capacity: Intervals between trains are set to shrink from 20 to just 8 minutes.

✅ Smart control: Dispatchers can now manage the entire line with a click of a mouse, remotely controlling switches, signals, and monitoring equipment health.

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🇷🇺🇷🇸 Lavrov, Vucic discuss situation in Kosovo and around Republika Srpska - Russian Foreign Ministry

The parties have talked about issues on the bilateral agenda and cooperation in international forums.

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🗣 Fed Governor Lisa Cook refuses to resign

"No cause exists under the law... He has no authority to do so. I will not resign," Cook responded to Trump’s order.

Her lawyer, Abbe Lowell, vows a legal fight.

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🇷🇺⚔️ 'Elite' Ukrainian troops RETREAT as Russia advances in Donbass

Russian forces are pushing ahead in the Serebryansky forestry district in Donbass, a commander of the "Akhmat" special forces battalion of the Russian Defense Ministry with callsign “Shram” (lit. “Scar") tells Sputnik.

💬 "The situation in this area is consistently tense. We have broken through the enemy's defensive line, now Russian troops are actively on the offensive, pushing out the enemy... Assault operations are currently underway," the battalion commander says.

He adds that the “Signum” elite Ukrainian detachment of drone operators retreated after the first Russian breakthrough.

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