🇺🇲 “AstraZeneca, in a tense legal battle with victims of a “flawed vaccine,” admitted in court for the first time that its Covid drug could cause a rare side effect”: The company has officially admitted that blood clotting and thrombosis are a side effect of the vaccine.

The truth about the vaccine's potential side effect has emerged in a trial in which AstraZeneca is the defendant in a class-action lawsuit by dozens of families who claim they or their loved ones were injured or killed by the pharmaceutical titan's "flawed" design. Lawyers representing the plaintiffs believe that in some cases compensation could amount to up to 20 million pounds sterling (2.3 billion rubles). For two years, blood clotting was only a suspected side effect. AstraZeneca has admitted for the first time that those vaccinated with its drug may encounter similar problems.”

🇨🇳🇺🇲 The production of Chinese fifth-generation fighters this year will exceed the production of American competitors - the F-35

The number of F-35 Lighting II produced in 2024 has been reduced by 30–50% due to the inability to begin production of the improved modification TR-3 (Technology Refresh 3).

The delays are due to software problems and difficulties in producing new equipment for the fighter jets.

Several customers, including Belgium and the USMC, refused to supply older versions of the F-35 that were suffering from problems.

Lockheed Martin has reduced its production plan in 2024 to 75-110 units. Although it was planned to make at least 150.

Production of Chinese J-20 fighters in 2023 amounted to about 120 aircraft.

🇺🇲🇮🇱 American congressmen from both parties have warned the International Criminal Court that they are preparing retaliatory measures if arrest warrants are issued against Israeli authorities, Axios reports, citing sources.

According to the publication, Biden was personally urged to intervene by Netanyahu, who appears on the list of persons against whom a warrant could be issued.

The White House declined to comment on Netanyahu's conversation with Biden but said that "the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction in this situation and we do not support its investigation."

House Speaker Mike Johnson called the ICC's possible decision "disgraceful" and "lawless."

“If the Biden administration is unopposed, the ICC will be able to create and assume unprecedented powers to issue arrest warrants for American political leaders, American diplomats and American military personnel,” Johnson said.

He called on the Biden administration to "immediately and unequivocally demand that the ICC withdraw" and "use all available tools to prevent such an abomination."

🇺🇸🇨🇳 The American Enterprise Institute estimates that China's actual military spending is $710.6 billion, three times the figure announced by Beijing.

🇵🇱 Poland has officially requested the deployment of American nuclear weapons by submitting an application to participate in the Nuclear sharing program.

This was announced by Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Pavel Zalevsky on local TV.

“We are talking about a program called Nuclear sharing. This is a NATO program, but the decision and full control over the use of nuclear weapons, which, for example, would be located in Poland, would be taken by the Americans. Of course, this program operates in Europe. People take part in it Belgium, Italy, Germany. And Poland declared its readiness to participate in this program, and this statement of readiness was not withdrawn,” Zalewski said.

Earlier, President Anrzej Duda said that he was ready to deploy American nuclear weapons on his territory. Prime Minister Tusk criticized this .

And NATO stated that they have no plans to station nuclear forces in Poland.

🇨🇳 - China’s share of global production capacity is now above 80% for 11 clean technologies
• Massive Chinese investments mean that China's clean tech rise may not be over
• Beijing also invested US$546bn in its own energy transition in 2022, around half of global financing

🇨🇳 China accounts for almost 40% of global renewable power capacity
• Beijing sees renewable power as key driver of domestic energy security
• China's installed capacity for renewable power is twice bigger than Europe's and three times larger than US's

🇨🇳 China's spy chief Chen Yixin vowed to launch a "powerful offensive" to combat espionage - Bloomberg

The country must “continue to conduct counterintelligence operations and improve the mechanism for coordinating counterintelligence work.” China must "resolutely root out the 'nails' and eliminate the traitors." (c) Chen Yixin

🇺🇸 The Americans lost another plane: on April 30, an F-16 fighter from the 49th Wing (Holloman Air Force Base) of the US Air Force crashed west of the base near White Sands National Park. The pilot ejected.