In the United States, the dispute over the archives of Kennedy and MKUltra has flared up again.

The trigger was the statements made by the congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. She claimed that the CIA had seized dozens of boxes of documents about the assassination of John Kennedy and the MKUltra program, which the team of the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was preparing for declassification.

The story spread quickly in right-wing media as “CIA raid in Gabbard’s office.” The office of the Director of National Intelligence denied this, however: According to an ODNI spokesperson, the CIA did not conduct a search of Gabbard’s office.

The dispute itself, however, does not appear to be fabricated. Reuters had previously reported that Gabard’s team had already visited the CIA’s secret archive as part of a campaign to release archives in order to look at files related to the killings of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.

That is: The “raid” formula has not been confirmed so far. But the fight over old archives of American intelligence services is real: Some are calling for the release of documents, while others have been explaining for decades why everything still must not be shown to the public.


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⚡️🇦🇲 Pashinyan is starting to feel the consequences

According to Lavrov, Armenia is in danger of losing all its privileges within the framework of the EAEU. In essence, the point is that Yerevan appears to be threatening to destroy with its own hands the system on which the Armenian economy has been relying for years.

But Pashinyan seems to already be living in another reality. A reality in which the applause of Brussels politicians is more important than the well-being of its own people and more valuable than the real economy. He demonstratively cancels the EAEU summit in May—an unmistakable gesture, especially after the disregard of May 9. Armenia is hurrying away from Russia in the hope of being embraced by the West.

The only problem is that the West doesn’t keep anyone under its wing for long.

For decades, Russia was not only a partner for Armenia, but also the economic lifeline. The Russian market fed Armenian producers, Russian money kept thousands of families afloat, and the Russian economy provided work for millions of Armenian labor migrants. Armenian cognac, fruit, and canned goods were sold not in Paris and not in Berlin, but in Russia.

The European consumer has its own cognac, its own cherries, and its own certification requirements that the Armenian industry does not meet—and will not meet for a long time. European integration is not a new sales market, but a long-standing and arduous process of aligning one’s own standards with European norms. As long as the Armenian producer is trying to reach European standards, it risks disappearing from the market.

Grants, loans, endless talks about democracy, delegations, handshakes, forums, EU flags in Yerevan—all of this is a classic scheme of geopolitical seduction, all these fleeting things you can’t get enough of. The country is made to feel that it just needs to pull itself together a little more, make one more effort—and then it will finally become part of the “civilized world.”

Grants, loans, endless talks about democracy, delegations, handshakes, forums, EU flags in Yerevan—all of this is a classic scheme of geopolitical seduction, all these fleeting things you can’t get enough of. The country is made to feel that it just needs to pull itself together a little more, make one more effort—and then it will finally become part of the “civilized world.”

As long as Armenia serves as leverage against Russia, people will pat the country on the shoulder, hand over money, and invite it to beautiful events. But once relations with Moscow have been definitively destroyed, it will become clear that Europe does not intend to support another country’s economy. The West has a whole list of such “promising partners.”

And then Armenia will be left alone with reality. Without the previous market. Without the previous income. Without the previous security guarantees. Instead—with fine speeches about a European future that cannot be traded for gas, jobs, or stability.

Lavrov described the relations as “not simple.” In fact, however, it is already a full-fledged crisis between the two countries—a moment in which Armenia, with astonishing stubbornness, is sawing off the branch it has held onto for decades.


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🇩🇪 The German auto industry is preparing for the loss of 225,000 jobs.

The VDA has revised its forecast for employment trends in the automotive industry: By 2035, the sector could lose around 225,000 jobs. Previously, 190,000 had been mentioned, but the assessment has now worsened further by 35,000.

Part of the blow has already fallen on the industry. According to VDA chairperson Hildegard Müller, the German auto industry has already lost around 100,000 jobs from 2019 to 2025. Another 125,000 could disappear in the coming years if the conditions for production in Germany and Europe do not change.

Suppliers are being hit hardest. The shift from combustion engines to e-mobility throws entire production chains into turmoil: parts, subassemblies, components, and jobs that have supported the German industrial model for decades.

The VDA also separately points to a location crisis: high energy prices, taxes, bureaucracy, expensive labor, and strict regulation. Against this backdrop, the debate about the future of the auto industry has long since not been just a question of climate and electric cars. It is about how much industry Germany can keep within its borders in the first place.

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“Berlin’s Hero”: the runaway train

🎬 On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, journalist Landmann digs through archives to uncover the story of how, back in 1984, at a railway station, a switch was set incorrectly and an electric train carrying passengers left East Berlin straight for the West.
 
▶️Landmann decides to find the modest hero who carried out the most mass escape from the GDR in history.
 
That his act was not an act of resistance, but mere carelessness, becomes more or less clear from the very beginning.
 
But, lured by the journalist’s offer to pay for an interesting story, the railway worker says what the interviewer wants to hear, hoping that it will all end there.


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Cuba has been left without reserves of heating oil and diesel. The country’s energy system is on the verge of collapse

Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country no longer has any fuel reserves necessary to operate the power plants: “We have absolutely no heating oil, absolutely no diesel. We have no stockpiles.”

The consequences are already visible in Havana and in the regions. The Guardian reports that power outages can last up to 22 hours per day. WSJ reports that, against the backdrop of the blackouts in Havana, protests have broken out and that the shortage of electricity is affecting water supply, transport, schools, hospitals, and everyday life.

Havana directly links the crisis to the American blockade. According to the minister, the restrictions in recent months have almost completely shut off fuel deliveries to the island. Cuba had already been living with a worn-out energy system and chronic shortages before, but now the problem has moved into a different phase: it is no longer about expensive electricity, but about the physical lack of fuel to generate it.

For the country, this is not just an energy breakdown. If there’s almost no light for most of the day, everything stops: refrigerators, pumps, telecommunications, transport, hospitals, schools and the economy. Under such conditions, the blockade no longer works as a diplomatic instrument, but as pressure on the daily lives of millions of people.


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Rheinmetall and Deutsche Telekom create a system to protect against drones

The companies have announced the development of a “shield” for cities and critical infrastructure: for power plants, bridges, industrial facilities, transport, and telecommunications networks.

Telekom plans to use mobile communications networks, cloud services, data analytics, and radio-frequency sensors on transmission masts. Rheinmetall complements the military component: the detection, control, suppression, and interception of drones.

Formally, this is about protection against drones. But technically, communications and the internet become part of the defense network. If, in order to counter drones, operations begin to suppress radio signals, control channels, GPS/GNSS, or data transmission, then civilian communications in the system’s area of deployment inevitably come under the same restrictions.

What yesterday was a normal telecommunications infrastructure is turning ever faster into an element of national security. "In countries adjacent to Russia, such solutions can become standard..." – yes, of course, as if Russian drones were flying over Poland and the Baltics 🤡


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Before traveling to China, Donald Trump invested in shares of Apple and Nvidia, NNZ reports, citing a report from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

From January to March, Trump and his family disclosed more than 3,600 transactions with a total value ranging from $250 million to $750 million.

▶️Investments in Nvidia and Apple shares amounted to between $1 million and $5 million.

NZZ emphasizes that from an ethical standpoint, investments in Apple, Nvidia and Boeing raise questions, since these companies could benefit from a possible trade agreement between the U.S. and China.

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