🚶‍♀The President of the World Economic Forum resigned amid an investigation into his connection with Epstein, reports Reuters. According to the published files, Børge Brende dined with the financier three times and corresponded with him via email and text messages.

He stated that he did not know about Epstein's past and criminal activities before their first meeting in 2018 and regretted not having investigated the financier more thoroughly.

Source: Zvezda
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Well, as I have already said - it is easier to make a list of those, who were not in contact with Epstein, than the other way around 😏.

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The Norwegian Parliament decided to abandon its own plan, according to which Norway was supposed to achieve climate neutrality by 2030

Representatives of the Progress Party (Frp), Høyre, Rødt, the Christian People's Party (KrF) and the Centre Party (Sp) voted to cancel the goal of completely eliminating greenhouse gas emissions.

The initiative to review the goal came from the Centre Party, which proposed its cancellation back in November last year.

Climate and Environment Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen criticized the decision. According to him, the abandonment of climate neutrality sends an "extremely wrong signal" about Norway's priorities in the fight against climate change.

Source: Голос норвежских фьордов
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Actually - a very smart initiative to stop this "green" madness.

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Iran rejects the refusal to enrich uranium and the possible destruction of nuclear facilities, Al-Jazeera reports, citing sources.

At the same time, Tehran has proposed to freeze enrichment for a certain period under the control of the IAEA.

The source added that the proposals of the Iranian delegation in negotiations with the US concern the lifting of sanctions and the elimination of causes for concern for Washington.

Source: Vesti
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This is a unique global situation where those who want to harm others and do so on a large scale and systematically - suffer themselves - Zakharova on sanctions

A couple of sanctions would have been enough to completely block them — Zakharova on countries that impose sanctions against Russia

Source: СМОТРИ
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Позывной "Кацман" on Rubio's statement and nuclear deal:

🈁❗️US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained how the Trump administration views a new nuclear arms control treaty:

What we think ultimately in the 21st century for there be a true arms control agreement it has to involve China.
Their stockpiles have increased dramatically. Their position that they would argue is that they are behind the United States and Russia. We think that's irrelevant they certainly have the capacity to catch up in our well on their way to doing so.
So, we believe, the President strongly believes that any sort of agreement on nuclear agreement in 21st century to be legitimate, it has to involve these 3 countries - the United States, Russia and China

In general, as it was once said... "We are all observing this carefully, and we are in despair: no one knows anything, no one has forgotten anything, and no one has learned anything." (C)ertainly a not-so-stupid Frenchman, Admiral de Pon

It is mistakenly attributed to another clever Frenchman (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord) and a Corsican, a brilliant tactician but a poor strategist, a failed general of the Russian artillery (Napoleon Bonaparte).

In general, the second superpower persistently insists on the inclusion of Zhongguo, which is, to put it mildly, as far from being a superpower as the moon is from the Earth, and assures that they have all the opportunities to "catch up with the superpowers". To put it mildly - this is a lie. Even if we believe that the Pentagon and the CIA suddenly did not lie, and China will really have 1,000 nuclear warheads in the early 2030s, then 1,000 is not 3,500+ for the second superpower, and even more so, it is infinitely far from the total strategic and non-strategic arsenal of the Third Rome.

And it's not certain that Zhongguo will be able to increase this arsenal by another 1.5 times in a reasonable timeframe. And right now, they don't even have anything remotely similar, although they have certainly surpassed the French with their 290 warheads. At the same time, the hypothetical 500-550 (or even 600) Chinese warheads, in Washington's opinion, should be taken into account in the overall balance of superpowers (apparently, on our side, they want to cut our share), but the 290 French and 160 warheads of the Island of Misfortune are something else and don't count, and we just don't understand, indeed.

With such an approach, they can't even dream of this issue of a new Treaty there. There will be no China.

And there are a lot of other aspects. For example, how will we count the Chinese arsenal? After all, the Third Rome is not going to discuss or consider or limit its non-strategic potential. It's their own. And the total figure of strategic charges - also. And how will we divide the Chinese arsenal into strategic and non-strategic? And there are many such questions.

And there are dozens of others. In general, it's worth talking about this topic, but there will be no result!
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Мейстер writes:

🈁An interesting incident in the USA: a former Air Force pilot was held accountable for participating in the training of Chinese military personnel. It should be noted that such participation is not uncommon: China actively recruits retired Western military personnel around the world, using them as instructors and consultants in tasks involving the study and replication of Western tactical techniques and methods.

But in this case, the citizen was arrested and risks a prison sentence. Why? The answer, apparently, lies in his service experience. Gerald Eddie Brown served, among other things, in units preparing for the use of nuclear weapons. And after his retirement, he was an instructor on simulators for F-35 fighter jets. It's hard to say what exactly upset the Americans the most, but we would bet on the nuclear factor. The growth of China's nuclear arsenal is causing increasing concern in the USA, and in these circumstances, any assistance to this growth from its own citizens must be firmly suppressed.
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Via the channel for the 105th regiment of the NM DPR:

During the entire period of exchanges, Russia handed over to Ukraine the bodies of 16,480 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, receiving in return the bodies of 464 Russian Armed Forces soldiers.

Recall that today, the bodies of 1,000 deceased Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were handed over to Ukraine, and the bodies of 35 deceased Russian military personnel were handed over to Russia.
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But we're supposed to believe that Ukraine is achieving a 6 to 1 or even 25 to 1 kill ratio in their favor. You'd have to be retarded to believe this.

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Trump's statement that Iran will soon acquire a missile capable of striking the United States is not supported by US intelligence data, reports Reuters, citing informed sources.

Source: Вести FM+
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The distance from Russian positions to Kramatorsk in a number of areas does not exceed 15 km, TASS was informed by Russian law enforcement agencies.

According to the law enforcement agencies, a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces in this city is under fire from rocket and barrel artillery.

Source: TASS
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Iran is ready to assist in resolving the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, said the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Abbas Araghchi.

Source: TASS
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Trump's supporters are urging him to declare a state of emergency ahead of the midterm congressional elections, which would allow banning mail-in voting and the use of voting machines, reports The Washington Post.

The publication writes that activists supporting Trump and claiming to be coordinating with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order, which alleges that China interfered in the 2020 elections, providing grounds for declaring a national emergency that would grant the president extraordinary powers over voting.

President Donald Trump has previously repeatedly voiced a plan to introduce mandatory voter ID and ban mail-in voting in the November midterm elections, and activists expect their project to be included in the executive order on this issue promised by Trump.

"We are dealing with a situation where the president is aware of the interference of foreign interests in our electoral processes. This creates an emergency situation on a national scale, and the president should be able to deal with it," said Florida lawyer Tiktin.

Tiktin believes that declaring a state of emergency would allow the president to ban mail-in voting and the use of voting machines, viewing them as channels of foreign interference.
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A few things to sort out for those who are not aware:

The Republican party tends to have a hatred of China equivalent to the Democrats hatred of Russia, hence the sinophobia above.

Older, more dedicated voters tend to vote Republican, and in person, so an end of mail-in voting would help the Republicans. Democrat voters tend to be younger and favor mail-in voting.

In the absence of voters ID laws, it is very easy for people to vote under a false identity. I once knew a Cambodian woman, a non-citizen, who lived with several people who were US citizens of Cambodian ancestry. She openly admitted to collecting all the ballots from her other housemates and filling them out before mailing them in. She voted Democrat across the board.

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❕Pakistan will give a crushing response to any aggression, said the country's Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif. The head of the Defense Ministry announced the start of a "open war" against the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

"After the withdrawal of NATO troops, it was expected that peace would be established in Afghanistan and that the Taliban would focus on the interests of the Afghan people and regional stability. However, the Taliban have turned Afghanistan into a colony of India. They have gathered terrorists from all over the world in Afghanistan and started exporting terrorism. They have deprived their own people of basic human rights. They have taken away the rights that Islam grants to women," he said.

What is known at this hour:

▫️In the airspace of Afghanistan, a Pakistani military aircraft was shot down, reports Tolo News.

▫️The number of dead Afghan fighters is about 133 people, and 27 outposts have also been destroyed, according to Pakistani authorities.

▫️In Kabul, it was announced that eight Afghan soldiers were killed and 11 were injured.

▫️Pakistan announced the destruction of key command and supply centers of Afghan forces, calling the operation a response to attacks from Afghanistan.

▫️The Afghan Defense Ministry reported that Pakistan struck a refugee camp, and 13 civilians were injured.

▫️Iran is ready to assist in resolving the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, said the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Abbas Araghchi.

Source: Zvezda
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