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🚨🇨🇳 BREAKING: China’s pharmaceutical industry just made another global move.

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical,
China’s largest drugmaker by market value,
has signed a massive US$15.2 billion agreement with American pharma giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS).

Not a small partnership.

A global licensing and collaboration deal.

The message is clear:
China is no longer just manufacturing medicine.

It is competing for pharmaceutical dominance.

Hengrui’s shares jumped immediately after the announcement,
as investors reacted to one of the biggest biotech agreements involving a Chinese company.

For years,
Western pharmaceutical giants led the industry almost uncontested.

Now,
Chinese biotech firms are entering the global stage with serious leverage,
serious technology,
and serious ambition.

The balance inside the global drug industry is shifting faster than many expected.

Source: South China Morning Post (SCMP)
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World : Malaysia To Participate In BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting In India
By Shakir Husain
HYDERABAD, May 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will participate in the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting being held in New Delhi on May 14 and15.  Read more »
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🇨🇳🇹🇯 BREAKING NEWS | Xi Jinping Holds Talks With Tajik President Rahmon in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Beijing during Rahmon’s state visit to China. Xi stated that China and Tajikistan will remain trusted neighbors, close friends, and long-term development partners despite changing global conditions.

The two leaders signed a treaty on permanent good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation, reinforcing political trust and long-term bilateral relations. Xi called for deeper cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, including expanded trade, investment, green energy, digital economy, smart cities, artificial intelligence, and scientific innovation. Both sides also pledged stronger cooperation on security, law enforcement, and regional stability through international frameworks including the UN and SCO.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

#China #Tajikistan #XiJinping #BeltAndRoad
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Ukrainian businessman Igor Litvinchuck attacked a seal in Hawaii.

The owner of a major shipping firm threw a rock at an endangered mammal, claiming "he's rich and can pay fines."

He now faces up to a year in prison..
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🇦🇪🇮🇱🇮🇷 BLOOMBER: UAE STRUCK IRAN MULTIPLE TIMES – COORDINATING WITH ISRAEL

The UAE was not merely a host for US bases – it was an active belligerent, striking Iranian targets before and after the ceasefire, in coordination with Israel.

🇦🇪 The UAE carried out multiple retaliatory strikes on Iran – both before and after the April 8 ceasefire.

🤝 Israeli coordination – including intelligence sharing, target selection, and the deployment of Israeli Iron Dome batteries and personnel to the UAE.

🎯 One coordinated response targeted Iran’s Borouge petrochemical plant after an Iranian attack on the UAE’s Borouge facility.

🇮🇱 Another strike hit an Iranian refinery on Lavan Island.

📞 UAE President MBZ held a rare call with Netanyahu, who expressed solidarity after Iranian attacks.

🗣️ UAE statement: “International relations and defense partnerships are an exclusively sovereign matter. No party has the right to use them as a pretext for threats.”

#UAE #Israel #Iran #War #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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🌐 BRICS ministers to meet in India as Middle East tensions rise
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar will chair the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on May 14-15 Read Full Article at RT.com
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🇿🇦 RAMAPHOSA REFUSES TO RESIGN: “I Have Not Stolen Public Money, Committed Any Crime, or Violated My Oath”

South Africa’s president fights back against a flawed impeachment process – insisting he will not be pushed out by a “constitutionally invalid” parliamentary panel report.

🏛️ The Constitutional Court ruled that parliament’s earlier vote not to proceed with impeachment was unconstitutional – but made no finding on whether Ramaphosa committed misconduct.

🗣️ Ramaphosa: “Nothing in the court’s judgment compels me to resign. I will seek judicial review of the panel report on an expeditious basis.”

💰 The scandal involves an alleged 580,000 theft from his private farm.

🛡️ Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing: “I have consistently maintained that I have not stolen public money, committed any crime, nor violated my oath of office.”

#SouthAfrica #Ramaphosa #Politics #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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Minister Ronald Lamola arrives in New Delhi for Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations
Minister Ronald Lamola arrives in New Delhi for Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations
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Tue, 05/12/2026 - 20:58


12 May 2026


Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, has arrived in New Delhi, Republic of India. He joins his counterparts for the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations, hosted under India’s BRICS Chairship on 14 and 15 May 2026.

The meeting is conve...  Read more »
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Putin will be visiting China! Dates will be announced later "in sync with our Chinese friends" - Kremlin spox.

Reminder - Trump will be also visiting China soon.
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🇷🇺 RUSSIA'S SARMAT MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED

The Kremlin announces a major strategic milestone as the intercontinental ballistic missile “Sarmat” completes a successful launch. Range: over 35,000 km.

🕊️ Ukraine conflict – Peskov: “The special military operation will stop the moment Kyiv takes the necessary decisions. They know exactly what needs to be done.”

🤝 Putin ready to meet Zelensky – in Moscow “at any moment.”

🔴 Sarmat missile test (Strategic Rocket Forces):

🚀 Successful launch – first regiment to be placed on combat duty by the end of 2026.

📏 Range exceeds 35,000 km – capable of striking any target on Earth via any trajectory.

💪 Replaces “Voevoda” – significantly surpasses its predecessor in range and capabilities.

🔥 Putin: “Russia has created advanced missile systems with no analogues in the world.”

🔴 Other strategic systems update:

🛸 Poseidon & Burevestnik – final stages of development.

🎯 Oreshnik – can be equipped with nuclear warheads.

#Russia #Sarmat #Putin #BRICS
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🇮🇱⚔️ ISRAELI SOLDIERS JAILED FOR DESECRATING VIRGIN MARY STATUE

Two IDF soldiers received 21 and 14 days in military prison for placing a cigarette in a statue’s mouth. Another soldier smashed a statue of Jesus Christ last month, getting 30 days.

The IDF says it “respects freedom of religion.” But is this justice – or a performance?

📸 Photo surfaced of an Israeli soldier hugging a statue of the Virgin Mary in the Christian village of Debel, southern Lebanon, with a cigarette in the statue’s mouth.

🏛️ The soldier posing and the one filming received 21 and 14 days in military prison.

💔 Last month, another soldier smashed the head of a statue of Jesus Christ in the same village – 30 days in prison.

🕊️ The incidents occurred amid IDF operations in southern Lebanon, where a ceasefire has failed to stop fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

#Israel #Lebanon #ChristianPersecution #BRICS
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"President Putin is READY TO MEET with Zelensky for talks at any time, IN MOSCOW or any other location" — Kremlin's spox Peskov

"But it makes sense to meet in another location only if the peace process has been fully finalized"
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🇨🇳🇺🇸 TRUMP FLIES TO BEIJING – BUT WHO’S ACTUALLY DESPERATE?

Think BRICS sits down with Beijing‑based investment expert Jian Lian for a reality check on the Trump‑Xi summit – and the answer may surprise you.

In this exclusive interview, Jian dismantles the Western media narrative:

🔥 Trump “needs a show” – “All the promises, all the so‑called deals done by Trump have no meaning.”

🇨🇳 China’s oil resilience – Jian argues China may be “the strongest, most resilient country in the world” to oil shocks (EVs, renewables, strategic reserves).

💴 Yuan internationalisation accelerates – Explicit policy shifts in China’s 15‑year plan; a recent US‑China sanction showdown marks a milestone in confronting dollar dominance.

🤝 BRICS new members – Ethiopia, Egypt, UAE, Indonesia are not just “leverage chips.” China’s “spoke‑and‑wheel” model creates real responsibilities.

🎥 Read about the full interview here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/trump-flies-to-beijing-but-whos-actually

#BRICS #China #US #Trump
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