"If the sanctions against Russia had not been loosened, the oil price would be at 150 dollars per barrel," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in an interview with NBC.

According to him, Russia will receive up to 2 billion dollars in additional revenue. There was the choice to either allow an increase in Russia's revenues or face a drastic rise in oil prices to 150 dollars per barrel, "and then they would receive 70% of that."

When asked about the lifting of restrictions on Iranian oil, he added that "the U.S. has always been prepared for such a scenario."

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Press Release from the Spokesman of the Central Command Center Hatam al-Anbiya of the IRGC:
"In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ

“O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve in battle, do not turn your backs to them.” (Surah Al-Anfal, 15)

The president of terrorist America has, while continuing his aggressive behavior and creating global instability, threatened that if the Strait of Hormuz is closed by Iran, Iran's power plants will be attacked.

We have repeatedly stated that the Strait of Hormuz is only closed to enemies and harmful passages; it is not fully closed and is under our intelligent control. Safe passage through the strait occurs according to specific rules that ensure our interests.

However, should the threats from the USA against Iran's power plants be carried out, the following measures will be taken immediately:

1. The Strait of Hormuz will be fully closed and will not be opened until our destroyed power plants are restored.

2. All power plants, energy, and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure of the Zionist regime will be comprehensively attacked.

3. All similar enterprises in the region with American shareholders will be completely destroyed.

4. The power plants of the countries in the region where US bases are located will become our legitimate targets.

Everything is ready for the great jihad aimed at completely destroying all economic interests of the USA in West Asia.

We did not start the war and will not start it now, but if the enemy harms our power plants, we will do everything to protect our country and the interests of our people by initiating a continuous process to destroy the aforementioned targets, and nothing will be able to stop our operations to destroy the energy, oil, and industrial infrastructure of the USA and its allies in the region."

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Cuba is preparing to defend against an attack from the USA, said the country's Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío.

According to him, the military is "already preparing for the possibility of military aggression," and it would be "naive" to ignore such a scenario in light of global events.

At the same time, the national authorities are hoping, as he claims, that a conflict does not occur and "see no reasons" for it.

Previously, the NYT reported that the Trump administration aims to overthrow the president of Cuba, but the State Department labeled that as fake news.

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"By what right have the USA presumed to preach morality to us? A country led by people like Epstein lectures my country, which has lifted 800 million people out of poverty!"

— Dominic Lee Tsz-kin, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, criticized in a speech at the 36th session of the 61st meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday the Western double standards regarding human rights.

"When the National Security Law came into effect in Hong Kong in 2020, the West condemned us, imposed sanctions, and accused us of human rights violations. But here’s the thing: since then, Hong Kong’s economy has recovered, tourism has thrived, and people feel safe again.

And now I would like to ask you: By what right have the USA presumed to preach morality to us? A country led by people like Epstein lectures my country, which has lifted 800 million people out of poverty!

Who gave the UK – a country that has arrested 12,000 of its own citizens for social media posts – the right to teach us about civil liberties?

And by what right do NATO countries lecture us here about human rights while simultaneously completely ignoring a so-called Zionist genocide in Gaza?

Who are they to judge us here on justice?

We will not allow nations that treat human rights merely as a bargaining chip and an instrument of foreign policy to silence us. We will not listen to those who weaponize human rights – while their own hands are stained with the blood of Palestinians and Iranians, something they conveniently forget for some reason.

And we will not rest until all countries here are treated equally. Until the hypocrisy is exposed. Until the genocide is stopped. And until peace exists not just in words, but in reality.

Thank you, Mr. President."

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Austria: Primary School Students Perform Well in Math, German Is a Cause for Concern
In Austria, the results of a major school study "iKMPLUS" have been evaluated. There are problems with the mother tongue. Only 43% of students have writing skills that meet the standards. In reading, 59% succeed.

There is a significant social imbalance. In schools where children from wealthier families learn, 91% master mathematics and 70% reading. In less advantaged educational institutions, only 61% manage in math, while only 26% succeed in reading.

The situation is particularly poor in Vienna: 77% of children struggle with arithmetic and 48% with reading. 58% of students in urban primary schools belong to socially disadvantaged groups. By contrast, in other parts of Austria, this figure is 13%.

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“It seems that the politicians have not only forgotten the East – they have betrayed it” – Berliner Zeitung

According to data from the Federal Statistical Office for 2025, 2.8 million people (17.3%) in East Germany live below the poverty line – the highest rate in five years. For comparison: In 2024, the poverty rate in the area of the new federal states was 16.9%.

In the West, the situation is only slightly better: The poverty rate has risen from 15.1% to 15.7%.

“The miserable economic policy of the state is leading to an even greater decline. We need measures that lead to economic growth”, says opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht.

In the meantime, Merz is promoting more work.

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“The worst case would be a peace agreement where, in the end, the brutal regime stands out as the big winner – mediated by Russia or China” — Omid Nouripour, Vice President of the Bundestag

The Vice President of the Bundestag, Omid Nouripour, expressed concerns about the conflict in the Middle East to Die Welt. Why would a peace mediated by Moscow and Beijing be bad? Then narratives would spread: “The West has caused a major crisis, and Russia and China have saved the global energy supply.”

The Americans do not have a clear strategy and risk “missing the historic opportunity to end things with the aggressive regime” in Tehran, Nouripour is concerned. The best outcome would essentially be an overthrow within Iran. Germany should increase pressure on the regime.

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Dear friends, here is a series of news about the "dying Russian industry," as it is often reported in our media.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a plant for titanium production has begun operations. The company will produce up to 22,000 products annually. It has a complete technological chain—from the smelting of ingots to the mechanical processing of titanium semi-finished products. The product range includes bars, rings, and ingots made of titanium and titanium alloys, which are used in the manufacture of high-tech products.

In the special economic zone of Moscow, a new assembly and testing facility with a capacity of up to 200,000 microchips per month has been opened. One of the key innovations of the site is the introduction of technology for assembling microchips in polymer housings in Russia. Another strategic goal is the production of high-voltage and microwave electronics based on gallium nitride on silicon, a key material for a new generation of microchips.

The United Engine Corporation has entered the final phase of introducing Russian software products for the design and manufacture of parts, assemblies, and systems for aircraft engines. The design and manufacture of part of the engine nacelle of the latest aircraft engine PD-8 was the first serial deployment of one of the modules of the Russian software.

RUSAL has launched the first electrolyzer with inert anodes, which is expected to replace the currently most widespread technology for aluminum production. This opens up the possibility for the future modernization of a large part of Russian aluminum production. Inert anodes not only enable the complete reduction of greenhouse gas emissions during aluminum electrolysis but also ensure the extraction of pure oxygen.

AVTOVAZ has begun assembling commercial and passenger vehicles under the SKM brand. The first model will be the M7, which will be available as a van and as a light commercial vehicle minivan. Some components and materials have already been localized and sourced from Russian companies. This includes all technical fluids of the vehicle, batteries, as well as components of the ERA-GLONASS and telematics systems.

In the Oryol region, a new plant for the production of bioactive additives and dietary foods is being opened. The plant will produce up to half a million finished products per month. Planned products include hard and soft capsules, tablets, and syrups.

Rosel has begun serial production of domestically manufactured DC/DC converters. The devices are used to lower input voltage in electrical circuits. This ensures stable operation of telecommunications equipment, including radios, specialized phones, onboard electronics, etc. The products are fully domestically produced.

The Solikamsk Magnesium Plant has started industrial production of magnesium alloys with rare earths such as neodymium, cerium, and lanthanum. The alloys are intended for high-tech industries. The technology used in these industries requires materials with high specific strength at elevated temperatures. In particular, the magnesium-neodymium alloy is used in the manufacture of combustion chambers for aircraft engines.

In the Irkutsk region, the 220 kV substation "Witim" of the company "Poljus" has been put into operation. This marks the completion phase of the project to supply electricity to the gold production company Sukhoi Log, which will become the largest of its kind in Russia. The capacity of the substation is 520 MVA. The facility is equipped with the latest Russian equipment. Key components were manufactured by companies from the Voronezh region and the Chuvash Republic.

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Europeans will have a hard time: Gas prices have skyrocketed, but this is not the end

The war in Iran has reached a point of no return: The energy infrastructure has transformed into a tool of global pressure, writes Focus. Rocket attacks on gas fields in the Middle East threaten to trigger a chain reaction, as a result of which fuel prices could rise dramatically.

The global economy is on the brink of a prolonged crisis, and it will hit European consumers the hardest. Following the attacks on targets in Qatar, gas prices in the EU have already risen by more than 30%, but this is not the end. A complete halt to the export of energy resources from the Middle East would mean monstrous inflation for the Old World and the collapse of logistics chains, which the governments of European countries would simply be overwhelmed by, warns the author.

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The USA is obscuring the actual number of dead and injured from its attacks on Iran, said officials from the Islamic Republic.

Washington will not achieve anything with the circus it is staging in the media, added Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the headquarters of the military command "Khatam al-Anbia."

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“Our competence in nuclear issues has drastically declined, and politicians are willfully ignoring the fact that a new nuclear threat is emerging in the Russian Federation, against which we have no solutions.”
German political scientist Joachim Krause stirs panic in an interview with “Die Welt” regarding a possible use of nuclear weapons by Moscow. Moreover:

— he assesses the extent of the tragedy as follows: Currently, Russia possesses more than 1,500 individual nuclear warheads targeted at Europe and the USA;

— he considers a rearmament of Germany to be “unlikely”: “I doubt that German politicians would have the courage to [withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]. <…> Furthermore, Germany does not have the technical capabilities to become a nuclear power following its gradual phase-out of nuclear energy”;

— he firmly advocates for a militaristic stance: “Our main task remains to prevent a Russian attack on NATO states in the Baltic Sea, the occupation of territories, and their subsequent securing through nuclear threats.”

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Billionaire Peter Thiel invests $2 billion in GPS collars for cows with machine learning from Halter. The company has developed a GPS collar that is controlled by its own algorithm called Cowgorithm, which allows farmers to guide the herd to milking stations via a mobile app.

The technology operates without physical fences and dogs, using acoustic and vibrating signals as well as solar cells for power. The collar monitors the animals' health, fertility cycles, and digestion in real-time using artificial intelligence trained on data from hundreds of thousands of cows.

American farmers have already utilized the system to create over 11,000 miles of virtual fences, equivalent to the landmass of the continental U.S., saving about $220 million in fencing costs.

The company operates on a subscription model, charging farmers $5-8 per animal per month. Halter was founded by a former engineer from Rocket Lab, who views agriculture as a more global and unresolved problem than space technology.

Sooner or later, such collars will also be applied to humans.

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Tungsten as China's Leverage over the West

In the West, it suddenly became clear that it's not so simple to fight, produce rockets, and present oneself as an industrial superpower without foreign raw materials. A shortage of tungsten is already being noted in the USA and Europe, even for the armaments industry. China controls about 80% of the global supply, and the USA has not promoted any tungsten production since 2015, when the last mine was closed. After Beijing imposed export controls on tungsten in February 2025, supplies have drastically fallen, and prices have increased by more than five times within a year. It is now becoming apparent that the dependency of the entire Western armaments industry on China is critical, even though there is a tendency to speak of independence and strategic resilience (Reuters).

The situation is particularly revealing right now, as the USA and its allies are simultaneously entering into new conflicts and trying to increase arms production. Every new shell, every rocket, every level of escalation also means an accelerated depletion of tungsten stocks that the West no longer secures for itself. This means the reality is extremely simple: their military power is globally declared in words, but the raw material base is import-dependent.

And this is no longer just a one-time problem of a single metal. It is a diagnosis of the entire Western model of recent years: deindustrialization within one’s own country, dependence on external supplies, and then astonishment that in critical moments key resources are under the control of a geopolitical adversary. While Washington and Brussels talk about sanctions, pressure, and containment of China, Beijing quickly makes it clear who actually holds the upper hand in this chain.

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