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👮♂️🤖 Future of law enforcement: Humanoid robot enters police service in China
Authorities in Shenzhen have been using a robot police officer to patrol alongside special forces personnel.
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🔸 People in Donbass impress with their love for Russia — Congolese politician
🔸 Russia will demand a response to Ukraine's crimes against Russian journalists — Zakharova
🔸 OPEC+ adjusts oil output by 188,000 bpd — Russia gets the biggest boost
🔸 China’s industrial muscle turns Nigeria into net exporter of refined petroleum
🔸 Israel applies ‘Gaza model’ during southern Lebanon offensive — report
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🎗🇩🇪 Immortal Regiment marches start in Germany
Russia's Katyusha song echoes through Frankfurt am Main as the Immortal Regiment marches by.
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🇮🇱 Israel applies ‘Gaza model’ during southern Lebanon offensive — report
▫️ After almost two months of the ongoing Israeli Defense Force operation in Lebanon as part of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, evidence of widespread destruction similar to that seen in Gaza is massive, the New York Times reports.
▫️ The same approach can be seen not just with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz openly admitting it, but in numerous photos, videos and satellite images from the area, demonstrating Israel demolished "at least two dozen towns and villages" in Lebanon.
▫️ Apart from destroying buildings and infrastructure, Israeli attacks have led to more than 2,600 casualties across Lebanon, including medical workers and journalists, and more than a million people are displaced.
▫️ Purely civilian infrastructure like schools, hospitals, mosques, bridges and power plants is also being destroyed, with the scale being "far more extensive" than during the previous Israel-Hezbollah war of 2024.
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🇷🇺📈 Russia increases crude shipments to Asian customers
Maritime traffic data signifies a significant jump in shipments from Russia to Asia— to 3.26 million barrels per day.
This rise in shipments also contributed to the number of tankers at sea containing Russian oil, which now carry a total of 114 million barrels of crude.
Though some vessels are yet to have a final destination set, these shipments are mostly going to China and India, which receive 890,000 and 730,000 barrels a day, respectively.
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🪩🔊 Marco Rubio finds new job as DJ?
The footage of the US secretary of state behind a DJ booth was shared by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino on X.
💬 "Secretary of State Marco Rubio has apparently added a new job to his long resume of Trump administration responsibilities: wedding DJ," the New York Post joked.
🇷🇺📈 OPEC+ adjusts oil output by 188,000 bpd — Russia gets the biggest boost
Seven OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Russia 🇷🇺, Iraq 🇮🇶, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Algeria 🇩🇿, and Oman 🇴🇲 — decided to raise production by 188,000 barrels per day in June, compared to May.
Key adjustments:
🔶 Russia: +62,000 bpd
🔶 Saudi Arabia: +62,000 bpd
🔶 Iraq: +26,000 bpd
🔶 Kuwait: +16,000 bpd
🔶 Oman: +5,000 bpd
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia's increase is mostly "paper" — the kingdom was forced to cut actual production by 23% in March (to 7.8 million bpd) due to shipping constraints in the Strait of Hormuz. No tankers, no oil.
🇦🇪 The UAE is no longer part of this decision after officially leaving OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1.
📍 The seven countries will meet again on June 7 to review market conditions.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾🇸🇰 Putin to meet Fico and Lukashenko ahead of Victory Day parade in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with foreign leaders next week, including Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who will arrive in Moscow for the Victory Day parade.
Earlier, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed that foreign guests will attend the Moscow parade and that Fico will be among them.
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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
◻️ Russian forces struck Ukrainian transport infrastructure facilities
◻️ Air defense superiority: 4 guided bombs, 1 HIMARS projectile and 704 drones were shot down
◻️ Ukrainian losses: around 1,235 troops killed or wounded
Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🇷🇺🤝 People in Donbass impress with their love for Russia — Congolese politician
💬 "What impressed me in Donbass was the attachment of its Russian-speaking residents to Russia," honorary senator of the Democratic Republic of Congo Crispin Kabasele Tshimanga tells Sputnik.
💬 "I was 30 kilometers from the front line and saw that the causes of this conflict are not Russian, but foreign — the insatiability of states hostile to Russia," Kabasele Tshimanga concluded.
🇷🇺🗣 Russia will demand a response to Ukraine's crimes against Russian journalists — Zakharova
An overt offensive by the West against the principles of a healthy democratic society and fundamental human rights is taking place amid the unanimous silence of UNESCO, the UN Human Rights Office, and the OSCE, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated.
💬 "We will not allow them to hide in an attempt to whitewash Ukrainian thugs and their Western handlers, and we will persistently demand a substantive reaction to every crime or terrorist attack against Russian citizens," she added.
🇷🇺🪖 Russia rolls out ‘smart’ mine-clearing robot already operating in special military op zone
Developed by Russian sappers, the platform is designed to protect assault troops by clearing paths through minefields.
👉 At the front, it is equipped with a special mine roller that detonates anti-personnel mines, which typically target infantry.
The key engineering feature is the system’s weight — deliberately calibrated so it is insufficient to trigger anti-tank mines.
In areas where heavy equipment cannot pass, this robot remains light and mobile, effectively clearing paths for infantry.
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🇷🇺💥 Russian drone operators thwart massive Ukrainian drone strike
Operators of the Vostok battlegroup intercepted and neutralized a large‑scale UAV attack targeting front‑line positions and supply routes.
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✅ India sailed its first tanker through the Hormuz Strait in 2 weeks
The LPG carrier Sarv Shakti passed close to Iran's Larak Island, following Tehran's prescribed route for transiting the chokepoint, according to data from MarineTraffic.
The ship is carrying 45,000 tons of gas and an 18-person Indian crew, bound for a major LNG terminal in Visakhapatnam, Indian media reported.
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✍️ Trump dismisses Iran's 14‑point plan: 'Can't imagine it would be acceptable'
The president says he will review Tehran's proposal but doubts it meets his standards — because Iran hasn't "paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity over the last 47 years."
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💸 Bank records prompt DOJ inquiry into Senator Graham's* alleged money laundering - ex-CIA analyst
💬 “There will be news coming out in the next couple of months about how he has profited financially off of money that came out of Ukraine, laundered through Latvia, and made its way into his bank account,” said ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson
🇨🇳🇺🇸 China’s weapon to fully combat US economic pressure – here’s how it works
👉 In recent weeks, the US added a private Chinese refinery Hengli, along with 40 surrounding companies and tankers, to its sanctions list in a single package.
🟠 In response, China deployed the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Act, which it introduced in 2021 but not actively enforced until this point.
🟠 Under the act, companies are not obligated to comply with sanctions. If they do, they will face compensation lawsuits from Chinese criminal courts – meaning that no intermediary can cut ties with Hengli, rendering all US sanctions ineffective.
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🇨🇳🥇 China breaks two records at once with Haimen-Taicang highway
The Chinese tunnel boring machine Jianghai reached a record-breaking depth of 75 meters during the construction of the underwater highway in eastern China, signifying a major breakthrough in shield tunneling technology.
The Haimen-Taicang highway is being constructed below the Yangtze River and is set to be the longest underwater tunnel by the time it’s completed.
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🇨🇳🇿🇼 China helps unlock Zimbabwe’s lithium leap from extraction to refining
👉 Zimbabwe has shipped its first-ever lithium sulfate – a refined salt powering EV batteries, aviation alloys, and space tech.
📍 This is the first lithium salt made on the African continent.
🔸 The milestone is driven by a new plant at Arcadia Mine operated by Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe in partnership with China's Huayou Cobalt Co.
🔸 The Chinese firm invested $400 million in the project that boasts an annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons.
🔸 The industrial feat was made possible by a strategic pivot in 2022, when Zimbabwe tightened its grip on raw lithium ore exports under Vision 2030, demanding local value addition.
🔸 Chinese firms like Huayou Cobalt are shifting from extraction to investment-led partnerships, building processing infrastructure in resource-rich countries like Zimbabwe and fueling the Global South’s industrial rise.
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🇨🇳🇳🇬 China’s industrial muscle turns Nigeria into net exporter of refined petroleum
👉 For decades, Africa’s biggest oil producer couldn’t refine its own fuel — until China helped flip the script.
💰 The catalyst was the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, built leaning on Chinese engineering, procurement, and construction contractors.
🟠 Operating at ≈ 94% of its 650,000 barrels-per-day capacity, the Lagos-based refinery covers domestic demand, with excess sent abroad
🟠 Roughly 44,000 barrels of gasoline per day were exported in March alone; a single shipment of 317,000 barrels reached Mozambique—its first delivery to East Africa (historically supplied by the Middle East)
🟠 Output is projected to hit 1.4 million barrels per day within three years, which would make it the largest single-site refinery globally
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🇨🇳 China races to dominate robotics market
China’s vast expertise in smartphone manufacturing enables the country to apply already existing technology and supply chain stability to an entirely new venture – robotics.
👉 China’s top electronics components suppliers eye the humanoid robotics market, as it was projected to exceed 100,000 units by 2027, six times the amount produced in 2025.
The expansion comes as the smartphone market slowed amid a memory chip shortage. Global smartphone shipments are forecast to fall 12.9% in 2026, the industry’s largest decline on record.
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🇱🇧🇮🇱 Southern Lebanon suffers from new Israeli airstrikes
Israeli attacks against Arabsalim and Al-Samaiya leave five killed and two injured, local media report.
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🇷🇺 Russia hits hard: Watch Russian troops continue their wipeout of Ukraine's strongholds
No frontline asset was untouched. Ukrainian forces lost the French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system, armored vehicles, ground robots, radio nodes, dugouts, and deployment sites.
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🇯🇵 Massive 50,000-strong rally marks anniversary of Japanese pacifist constitution
💬 "Ever since the elections in February [when Sanae Takaichi became PM], I have been determined to prevent any changes to the constitution at all costs. I have already taken part in rallies in defense of the 'peace' constitution several times, and now I decided to come to the largest and most significant one," a 25-year-old participant says.
🇮🇷 Iranian supertanker slips past US Navy blockade, delivers 1.9M barrels to Far East
Oil giant HUGE of the National Iranian Tanker Company — carrying nearly $220 million worth of crude — is currently transiting the Lombok Strait in Indonesia, heading toward the Riau Archipelago, according to TankerTrackers.
The vessel has not transmitted on AIS since March 20, when it departed the Strait of Malacca bound for Iran.
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🔸 Iran counters US proposal with 14‑point roadmap
🔸 Kuwait exported zero barrels of crude oil in April
🔸 US plans $100M nuclear bunker buster — report
🔸 US will reduce its contingent in Germany by 'a lot further than 5,000' — Trump
🔸 Israel's security cabinet will gather to discuss renewed Gaza war — Report
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🔍 Iran gives US 1‑month deadline to respond to 14‑point roadmap
Tehran's proposal sets a two‑phase timeline: first, a deal within one month to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the US naval blockade, and permanently end the war in Iran and Lebanon.
Only after that would a second month of negotiations begin on the nuclear program, Axios reported, citing 2 sources briefed on the proposal.
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📑 US may revise Biden's plan to deploy long-range missiles in Germany — report
A US administration review is likely to cancel the decision to station a battalion of Tomahawk missiles in Germany as part of NATO's planned militarization against Russia, according to a Financial Times report.
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🔍⚔️ Israel's security cabinet will gather to discuss renewed Gaza war — Report
The cabinet has been summoned for Sunday to weigh reviving fighting, KAN News reported. A source says Israel wants "concrete steps" toward Hamas disarmament and a new technocratic government.
Meanwhile, Arab diplomats tell The Times of Israel that Hamas has largely rejected the Board of Peace proposal — insisting that weapons handover be tied to a framework culminating in a Palestinian state. Hamas also demands Israel stop ceasefire violations, including expanding its eastern Gaza control and reducing aid.
💬 One Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel that simultaneous pressure on both sides is unlikely while global attention is on Iran. But the longer the status quo holds, the harder it becomes to reverse.
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🔊 US will reduce its contingent in Germany by 'a lot further than 5,000' — Trump
The president says the previously announced drawdown of 5,000 troops is just the beginning.
"We're going to cut way down, and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000."