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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🕊️ TRUMP ANNOUNCES 3‑DAY UKRAINE CEASEFIRE: Prisoner Swap of 1,000 Each

In a surprise move, U.S. President Trump declares a three‑day truce to mark Victory Day – and honour Ukraine’s role in WWII. “Hopefully, it is the beginning of the end.”

🕯️ Ceasefire dates: May 9, 10, 11 – suspension of all kinetic activity.

🔄 Prisoner swap: 1,000 prisoners from each country.

🗣️ Trump thanks Putin and Zelensky for agreeing.

🕊️ “Talks are continuing… we are getting closer and closer every day.”

#Russia #Ukraine #Ceasefire #VictoryDay #Trump
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🇦🇪🛢️ THE UAE JUST BROKE OPEC – Why the BRICS Oil Takeover Is Inevitable

Abu Dhabi walked away from the cartel. The petrodollar is cracking. A new energy order is rising – and the Global South is building it.

This BRICS Business episode breaks down:

🔻 Why the UAE left OPEC – and what it means for oil prices, dollar dominance, and the multi‑polar world

🌊 Strait of Hormuz geopolitics – a toll that could trigger a market crash

💵 De‑dollarization 2026 – the “petroyuan” and the end of US energy hegemony

📉 Structural inflation – how oil shocks are weaponised using Sraffa‑Kalecki models

🌍 Global South economics – the inevitable shift away from Western‑controlled energy architecture

The petrodollar collapse is not a theory – it’s unfolding in real time.

🎥 Watch the full analysis here: https://youtu.be/cNElnupbAr0

#BRICS #OPEC #UAE #DeDollarization #OilCrisis #GlobalSouth
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Celebrations turned chaotic across Paris after Paris Saint-Germain F.C. eliminated FC Bayern Munich, with fires, clashes, and explosions reported in several areas of the city

Videos show young entrepreneurs and engineers trashing bins and setting them ablaze, having fireworks and mortars explode in crowds, with confrontations breaking out near the Champs-Élysées

Authorities also responded to an attempted rush toward the Paris ring road, as police moved in heavily to contain the unrest

Several people were reportedly injured during the night as tensions escalated following the match
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🇪🇺⚔️ GERMANY BACKS TIGHTER CURBS ON EU DISSENTERS

Berlin wants to sideline opposition. Twelve member states support making it harder for countries like Hungary to block EU decisions. This is not unity – it is centralisation by force.

🇩🇪 German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul endorses abolishing veto powers on foreign policy – arguing consensus “creates paralysis.”

🇭🇺 Specific target: Hungary’s blocking of aid to Ukraine over oil transit. (Orban lost power, but the institutional push continues.)

💶 Broader use of financial sanctions against member states accused of “rule‑of‑law” violations (the Hungary/Poland playbook).

What to Understand?

The EU is not a partnership of equals. It is a centralising machine that punishes dissent and strips sovereignty from its own members.

First they froze funds. Now they want to kill the veto. Democracy anyone?

#EU #Germany #Sovereignty #Orban #BRICS
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👽🛸 PENTAGON DECLASSIFIES UFO FILES – “Historic Transparency Effort” Reveals Decades of Mysterious Sightings

The US Department of War has released hundreds of documents, videos, and witness accounts spanning decades – from the Apollo 11 mission to 2025. “Metallic objects,” “glowing hot spheres,” and aircraft making impossible 90‑degree turns over the Aegean Sea.

📜 Hundreds of pages: FBI interviews, NASA transcripts, military pilot testimony, State Department cables, declassified videos.

🛸 Highlights:

2023 Aegean Sea: A UAP flew just above the ocean surface, making multiple 90‑degree turns at 80 mph.

2024 Indo‑Pacific: A football‑shaped object spotted near Japanese waters.

A “glowing hot sphere” over the Persian Gulf, emitting intense heat – “the heat has to come from something.”

Apollo 11 crew (1969): Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” and a “sizeable” object near the moon.

🧠 The sheer volume of declassified material is unprecedented.

#UFO #UAP #Pentagon #Disclosure #Trump
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Hyundai unleashes Terminator-style killer robot that can storm strongholds with explosives

The AI-powered MobED droid navigates rugged terrain with ease, carries up to 65kg of payload, and maintains perfect balance as an autonomous kamikaze weapon.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷 RUSSIA BACKS IRAN’S MEMBERSHIP IN BRICS DEVELOPMENT BANK

In a significant move toward deeper BRICS integration, Russia has officially expressed support for Iran’s membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB).

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed Moscow’s backing during talks with Iranian Ambassador Kazem Jalali in Moscow, pledging to consult other BRICS members to advance Iran’s status within the bloc – including its accession to the NDB.

🏦 Iran seeks NDB membership as a “mechanism for confronting unilateralism” in finance and economics.

🤝 Russia fully supports – and will actively advocate for Iran within BRICS.

🌍 BRICS as a shield against Western financial dominance.

💰 Strengthened economic and banking cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

#BRICS #Iran #Russia #NDB #DeDollarization #GlobalSouth
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🇺🇸💥 DESPERATE MEASURES: US Considers Drilling for Oil Under Military Bases – “Crazy” War Logic Exposed

The war in Iran has drained US emergency reserves so badly that Washington is now looking to drill under its own military bases.

Bloomberg reports: “We have military bases in the middle of oil fields, but there’s no development under those resources. That’s crazy. It’s right there.”

📉 SPR at lowest since mid‑1980s – about 415 million barrels remaining after massive releases to offset the Hormuz closure.

Gas prices above $4.50/gallon – first time since 2022. Trump downplays, but Americans pay the price.

🏗️ Plan: Drill under Department of Defense sites, including Barksdale Air Force Base (home of B‑52 bombers). Last September, the US already sold drilling rights for nearly 2,000 acres there.

🛢️ The irony: The US started a war to “secure energy” – now it’s digging up its own runways for crude.

#US #IranWar #OilCrisis #SPR #BRICS
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On May 4, 2026, footage from Taoyuan Airport shows a passenger plane landing in heavy crosswinds, visibly drifting as it touches down

Viewers praised the pilot’s control under tough conditions, while others voiced concern for the passengers onboard

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 EX‑TRUMP COUNTERTERROR CHIEF: “US Ignored Intel Warnings – Israel Dragged Washington into War with Iran”

Joe Kent, who resigned as head of the US National Counterterrorism Center in protest, has exposed a damning truth:

The entire US intelligence community agreed Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. Yet Washington joined Israel’s war anyway.

🧠 CIA and all US agencies agreed before the war that Tehran was not pursuing a nuclear bomb.

📢 Israel’s narrative – “spun by a foreign government” – won the argument and forced the US into another “never‑ending” conflict.

🎯 Predictions were ignored: US agencies warned that Iran would target American bases and close the Strait of Hormuz if attacked. Exactly that happened.

💥 Historical parallel: Kent compares to the 2003 Iraq War lies. “Similar misinformation” dragged the US into another illegal war.

#Iran #US #Israel #JoeKent #CIA #WarLies #BRICS
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🇮🇳📉 CUT MONEY, TOLABAJI & PARA DADAS – What Really Ended Mamata’s 15‑Year Rule in Bengal

The BJP’s landslide victory in West Bengal is not just a political upset – it is a case study in how systemic corruption, local strongmen, and governance failures can erode even the most resilient electoral strongholds.

This analysis breaks down the real reasons behind Mamata Banerjee’s downfall – and what it means for regional politics in the Global South.

💸 “Cut money, tolabaji (commission), and para dadas (local strongmen)” – everyday extortion that strangled ordinary life.

🛕 Religious and cultural tensions – controversies around Durga Puja, Kali Puja, and Ram Navami alienated a significant section of voters.

🧑‍🎓 Corruption in recruitment – young people felt cheated. Jobs never came despite qualifications.

👉 Read the full analysis here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/cut-money-tolabaji-and-para-dadas

#India #WestBengal #Elections #MamataBanerjee #BJP #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS
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A cat went viral after reportedly catching 27 rats in a single night and neatly arranging them in a row for its owner

The lineup looked almost intentional, like the cat was showing off its work one by one

The display left people both impressed and slightly horrified at the same time

Is he a serial rat killer?

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🌍 TOP NEWS | Global Debate Over the Dollar’s Dominance

Every time someone says the dollar is just the “global reserve currency,” listen carefully.

Because what that often means is this: the world continues to hold American paper while the United States consumes more than it produces, imposes sanctions far beyond its borders, and still presents itself as the anchor of the international order.

Critics argue the petrodollar system is not simply a symbol of trust, but the product of a global financial structure that has lasted for decades.

Under that order, producing nations supply the commodities, provide the labor, absorb environmental damage, and carry political risk — yet are still expected to settle global trade in the US currency.

For many observers, this remains one of the clearest expressions of modern financial power: not only controlling access to resources, but shaping the rules that determine how those resources are bought and sold.

Source: Commentary based on global reserve currency debate
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🌎 JUST IN | 🇨🇷 Laura Fernandez Sworn In as Costa Rica’s New President

Laura Fernandez has been sworn in as Costa Rica’s new president, taking office with her right-wing Sovereign People’s Party (PPSO) holding an absolute majority in the country’s legislature after winning 31 of 57 seats.

The 39-year-old leader pledged to confront rising crime, promising sweeping reforms to Costa Rica’s judiciary and security laws. During the inauguration in San José, Fernandez vowed a “war without quarter” against organised crime as the country faces growing pressure from drug trafficking routes linked to the United States.

Fernandez also signalled close ties with Washington. Her second vice president, Douglas Soto, has been appointed ambassador to the US, while Kristi Noem, a US special envoy, attended Friday’s inauguration. Outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves is also set to remain in government as dual minister of the presidency and finance, ensuring continued influence in the new administration.

Source: Al Jazeera ...
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Researchers exploring deep ocean trenches off Japan have captured footage of a strange, unidentified creature at a depth of 9,131 meters

The pale, ghost-like organism shows a symmetrical body with antenna-like structures, initially leading scientists to compare it to a sea slug or nudibranch

However, experts remain uncertain, noting key features don’t fully match known species and its classification is still listed as Animalia incerta sedis

At that depth, more than twice where nudibranchs are normally found, the organism remains unclassified and under study

Ocean still hasn’t revealed everything

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🌍 JUST IN | 🇮🇷 Massive Oil Slick Spotted Near Iran’s Kharg Island

Satellite imagery has revealed what appears to be a massive oil slick near Iran’s Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export terminal, raising fresh concerns over energy security in the Gulf.

According to a report citing European Copernicus Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 satellites, images captured between May 6 and May 8 showed suspected oil leaks spreading west and southwest of the island. Comparisons with imagery from April 18 indicated suspicious material stretching across the sea surface for several kilometres, with light-coloured patches consistent with offshore oil spills.

The development comes amid heightened tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, following recent exchanges involving Iranian and US forces, as global markets closely monitor risks to maritime traffic and oil supplies.

Source: Middle East Monitor | Yedioth Ahronoth

#Iran #KhargIsland #OilSpill #Hormuz
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A private Eid celebration planned at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas was canceled after backlash over promotional material describing the event as ‘Muslims only’

The June 1, 2026 event was set to take place at the city-owned waterpark before Texas Governor Greg Abbott reportedly threatened to pull more than $530,000 in state grants tied to the venue

The controversy also drew attention online after users noticed the organizer runs a childcare facility called ‘Excellence Early Learing Center’ — with the same typo in its branding that people compared to another widely mocked daycare case online

The center promotes multicultural education and was founded by Aminah Knight, who says she holds degrees from University of Southern California and Vanderbilt University

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🇷🇺 JUST IN | Victory Day Speech, Putin Says Russia Will Always Honor WWII Legacy

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his Victory Day parade speech on Red Square to declare that Russia “sacredly honors” the legacy of those who secured victory in the Great Patriotic War, calling Victory Day the country’s most important and sacred holiday.

Putin said Russia remembers the resilience of Soviet soldiers, the sacrifice of civilians, and the unity of the front line and home front during World War II. He stressed that the Soviet people made the decisive contribution to defeating Nazism, adding that their feat would always remain part of Russia’s national memory.

He also linked that wartime legacy to the present, saying participants in Russia’s special military operation are continuing the mission of defending the country. He added Russian forces are confronting an aggressive force “armed and supported by the entire NATO bloc” and said victory is being forged both on the battlefield and at home.

Source: TASS
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