❗Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Possible - Baku

There is a possibility of reaching a peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan, especially considering that Armenia has recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan - President Ilham Aliyev.

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Watch: Massive Fire Destroys Abandoned Factory In Sydney

A fire broke out at an abandoned hat factory in central Sydney, forcing local residents to evacuate.

Over 120 firefighters combatted the blaze which eventually gutted the building.

No causalities have been reported.

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Microsoft Joins Western intelligence To Accuse China Of Spying On US Infrastructure

On Wednesday, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft claimed that a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been engaged in extensive espionage targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure organizations in the United States.

This campaign encompasses sectors such as telecommunications and transportation hubs. Additionally, Microsoft's report highlights that the US territory of Guam, which houses strategically important American military bases, has also been subject to this cyber espionage.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded by saying the allegations were a "collective disinformation campaign" from the Five Eyes countries, the intelligence sharing group made up of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

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Pension Reform Protesters Try To Break Into Paris Stores

French protesters clashed with police officers while trying to break into several stores at high-street outlets in Paris.

The scuffles happened as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital, rallying against the Macron government’s pension reform.

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US, South Korea Hold Large-Scale Drills Near Border With North

The United States and South Korea have conducted large live-fire drills near the border with North Korea on Thursday, ignoring Pyongyang’s warning that it won’t tolerate what it called an invasion rehearsal.

The drills involved 2,500 troops and 610 weapons systems such as fighter jets, attack helicopters, drones, tanks.

The exercise was merely the first of the five joint live-fire drills planned through mid-June, which are designed in part to commemorate 70 years since the establishment of the military alliance between Seoul and Washington.

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❗️Russian Su-35 and Su-27 fighters escorted two US strategic bombers flying to the Russian border over the Baltic Sea - Russian Defense Ministry.

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Germany Recession Has Begun - official data

Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) has fallen for two consecutive quarters, figures released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) have shown, meaning that the country has entered recession.

While energy and food prices in particular have shown above-average growth since the start of the conflict in Ukraine and have become the main contributors to Germay’s high inflation rate, Destatis explains.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz in January ruled out a possible recession, despite the economic impact of Western sanctions on Russia. “I’m absolutely convinced that this will not happen, that we are going into a recession,” he said in an interview to Bloomberg TV. “We showed that we are able to react to a very difficult situation.”

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US Officials Believe Ukrainians Attacked Kremlin – NYT

One of Ukraine’s military or intelligence special units was “likely” behind the May 3 drone attack in Moscow, the New York Times reported on Wednesday citing anonymous US officials.

US intelligence agencies have assessed this based in part on intercepted communications of both Russian and Ukrainian officials, according to the Times. The US reportedly does not have “specific evidence” yet as to which operatives or agency was involved.

Two drones went down in Kremlin airspace earlier this month, with one exploding above the roof of the building hosting presidential offices. President Vladimir Putin was not there at the time. Moscow accused Kiev of attempting to assassinate Putin and vowed retaliation, but Zelensky – who had just left for a tour of the EU – denied Ukraine had anything to do with it.

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❗️Denmark and the Netherlands will be the first countries to begin training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, other countries will join later — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin

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Watch: Progress 84 Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Berthed At Space Station

The unmanned Roscosmos Progress 84 spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS), after being launched into orbit from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The Russian cargo vessel is delivering 2.7 tons of fresh supplies for those aboard the station, including food, water, clothing and more.

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Ukrainian Attacks On Russian Nuclear Plants Foiled – FSB

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it intercepted a Ukrainian saboteur group that was planning a terrorist operation on two nuclear power plants in the country ahead of May 9, when the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany is celebrated.

The suspects were aiming to destroy more than 30 pylons bearing high-voltage lines linked to the nuclear power plants, the FSB announced in a statement on Thursday.

Before being detained, the Ukrainian agents were able to blow up one transmission tower and mine four others on power lines leading to the Leningrad nuclear plant near St. Petersburg, according to the statement.

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China Urges Israel To Stop Palestine 'Provocations'

Chinese ambassador to the UN Geng Shuang called on Israel to stop “provocations” and “encroachment” on Palestinian land by upholding the historical status quo of religious holy sites, ceasing expansion of settlements, and respecting international humanitarian law.

Tensions have spiked after last week the government signed an order for more Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank.

“China will continue to firmly support the Palestinian people and their just cause to restore their legitimate national rights,” he added.

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Kremlin Responds To Ukrainian Threat To Kill Putin

Ukraine’s leadership has again proven its “terrorist” nature by threatening to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said, while giving assurances that the Russian leader is well protected.

“A terrorist regime talks about its terrorist aspirations,” Peskov said on Thursday. He said that such threats show that the military operation, launched by Russia in Ukraine in February 2022, was “more than justified, more than necessary and that it must be completed.”

In an interview with Die Welt Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) said on Wednesday that Putin was on his agency’s kill list. He claimed that Putin “notices that we’re getting ever closer to him.” Ukrainian operatives have so far been unable to get to him because the Russian leader “stays holed up,” he added.

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Kiev Corruption: Defense Contractors Accused Of Embezzlement

Several Ukrainian state-owned companies engaged in international arms purchases received millions of dollars under Ministry of Defense contracts but did not fulfill the deliveries, according to Ukrainian media.

In 2022, the MoD signed contracts and made down payments with several arms importers, but have not received arms - while some funds have been withdrawn abroad and transferred to foreign firms.

At the beginning of 2023, the Ministry began to file lawsuits, and at the moment there are at least 30 of them - most still pending - with total claims amounting to 8.9 billion hryvnia ($241 million).

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White Powder Envelope Sent To German Economy Minister's Office

A large-scale police operation was launched in Germany on Thursday after an envelope containing a white substance was received at the constituency office of Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

Preliminary examination by the police suggests that the substance in question was finely-ground sand, stated a spokesperson, pending a comprehensive investigation into the incident.

The police operation lasted for two hours, during which the substance was safely removed from the building by the fire brigade in a container.

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US Approves $285 Million NASAMS Sale For Ukraine

The US State Department has approved a possible sale of the NASAMS air defense system to Ukraine, along with AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel Radar .

The proposed for-sale items would also include a Fire Distribution Center, canister launchers, secure communications, GPS receivers, code loaders, cable sets, as well as US government and contractor technical support.

The total cost of the potential deal is estimated to be around $285 million, and follows the delivery of two NASAMS systems last year.

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