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🚨🇮🇷IRGC shows off MASSIVE new drone base monitoring US warships in the Persian Gulf
✅Iranian media footage shows an IRGC Navy hanger housing dozens of UAVs, from long-range recon and missile-armed strike drones to loitering munitions.
Situated in the southern province of Hormozgan along the coast, the facility provides the IRGC with full domain awareness of the eastern Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the strategic Strait of Hormuz maritime chokepoint. The base also houses missiles and naval assets.
💬 IRGC Commander Hossein Salami said the facility contains “only a fraction” of Iran’s UAV capabilities. He urged adversaries not to make “miscalculations” so as not to make “errors in judgement…that could lead to catastrophic consequences for themselves.”
✔️ Iran’s domestic drone development and production capabilities are unmatched in the region, consisting of up to 40 distinct models, from combat and reconnaissance to electronic warfare and naval UAVs.
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🇸🇰'Fico is right: that's economic suicide' - 🇭🇺Orban on EU anti-Russian sanction policy
💬 "The equation is simple: if there’s peace, sanctions can go. If sanctions go, energy gets cheaper. If energy gets cheaper, Europe can recover. Yet Brussels wants war and fast-tracked EU accession for Ukraine," Hungarian PM posted on 📱
✅ Pakistan strikes Indian Udhampur and Pathankot Air Bases – Geo News
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🇮🇱🕵🏻♂️Israeli spyware-maker ordered to PAY BIG in WhatsApp hacking lawsuit
✔️A US federal jury has slammed Israeli spyware firm NSO Group with $167 million in punitive damages—plus $440,000 more in compensatory costs—for hacking WhatsApp users through its notorious Pegasus tool.
Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, filed the lawsuit in 2019 after discovering NSO had deployed its spyware to hijack user devices in 20 countries.
➡️A judge had already ruled in December that NSO was liable for hacking and breaching WhatsApp’s terms of service.
NSO’s “zero-click” spyware, which doesn’t need the target to click on a link or open a message, was central to the trial.
➡️The US banned American companies from buying the infamous Israeli spyware package Pegasus after it was revealed that it was being abused around the globe by governments intent on spying on journalists, activists, and political dissidents.
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🌊 America is sinking – literally!
A new study reveals that 28 major US cities, including New York, Dallas, and Seattle, are literally sinking.
The cause? Excessive groundwater extraction.
Over 65% of the land is subsiding in most of these cities, with 29,000+ buildings in high-risk zones.
It’s a ticking time bomb, and the damage might stay hidden – until roads crack, buildings shift, and infrastructure collapses.
With 34 million people living in the affected areas, this silent disaster could be catastrophic.
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🇰🇵🇷🇺 KIM JONG UN HONORS RUSSIA’S VICTORY DAY IN PYONGYANG
On May 9, to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, DPRK leader Kim Jong Un visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang, accompanied by his daughter and senior party and government officials.
Representing the Korean people, Kim laid a flower basket and delivered a congratulatory speech, emphasizing the enduring significance of the Soviet victory over fascism and reaffirming North Korea’s commitment to strengthening its strategic alliance with Russia.
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❗️ India closes Mundra port, one of its largest commercial ports, local media report.
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🔎 Zelensky's grandfather fought for resources his grandson now sells out
Red Army commander Semen Zelensky added to liberating the manganese-rich city of Nikopol of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from Nazi troops in 1944, according to documents.
More than 80 years later, Semen Zelensky’s grandson, Volodymyr Zelensky, didn’t think twice before handing over Ukraine’s strategic manganese resources to the US in a bilateral deal.
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💰❌'WE REFUSE TO PAY FOR UKRAINE'S BANKRUPTCY' — Hungary's PM
As Ukraine controls 40% of EU arable land, flooding the market with cheap goods could CRIPPLE European agriculture and resources, Viktor Orban said.
"Development funds? Gone to Ukraine. Yet Brussels still wants to send them billions," he added.
🚨🇮🇳AL-QAEDA CALLS FOR JIHAD AGAINST INDIA
Al-Qaeda has called on its supporters in the region to take part in a "jihad" against India.
The statement was made on May 7 following a series of Indian strikes on militant targets in Pakistan .
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💸 Ukrainian Finance Minister's plan to solve Ukraine's debt — Just don't pay it
With the country's debt approaching 100% of GDP, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko boasted about the possibility of shifting the burden of debt payments to European taxpayers.
"Most of this debt was borrowed during the war on soft terms from our partners. That is, we are talking about the fact that in the NEXT 30 YEARS we will not repay these debts," he said.
🚨🇨🇳HUAWEI’S SECRET CHIP WAR: Inside China’s Bold Plan to Crush US Tech Dominance
Huawei is going ALL-IN on semiconductors—building a secret network of chip factories in Shenzhen to break free from US sanctions and dominate AI & advanced tech.
Let's go deep into it:👇
🔸The Shadow Chip Empire
3 Secret Factories in Guanlan, Shenzhen: Satellite images reveal rapid construction since 2022—all in Huawei’s signature style.
🔸7nm & AI Chips In-House: One facility will produce Huawei’s Ascend AI chips & smartphone processors—China’s first high-end domestic chip push.
"We’ve never seen a company try to control the ENTIRE supply chain before." — Dylan Patel, SemiAnalysis
🔸The Shell Game: Huawei’s Stealth Partners
SiCarrier (Chip Equipment) & SwaySure (Memory Chips)—officially "independent" but backed by Huawei with cash, staff, and tech transfers.
🔸State Funding: Shenzhen government pours money into the operation.
🔸Denials & Smoke Screens: Huawei claims no links, but insiders say it’s orchestrating the whole play.
Why This Is a Game-Changer?
US Sanctions Backfire: After being cut off from TSMC, ASML & Nvidia, Huawei went full self-reliance mode.
🔸China’s "Domestic Everything" Strategy: From lithography machines to wafer fabrication—Huawei is building a parallel tech universe.
🔸Military AI Threat? The US just blacklisted SiCarrier & SwaySure, accusing them of supporting China’s military chip ambitions.
🔸The Big Problem: Can Huawei Really Pull This Off?
ASML & TSMC still dominate—China’s homegrown tech lags behind.
But… With SMIC engineers on-site + state backing, Huawei is moving FASTER than anyone expected.
🔸What’s Next?
Digital Yuan + Domestic Chips = US Dollar & Tech Decoupling
🔸Global Chip War Escalation: If Huawei succeeds, China won’t need the West for critical tech.
Huawei is betting BILLIONS to end US tech supremacy—and China’s government is all-in. The semiconductor Cold War just went RED-HOT.
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📹🇺🇸 Treasury Sec. Bessent just dropped a BOMBSHELL to Congress: We're on the ‘warning track’ to SMASHING the federal debt ceiling!
He, however, declined to provide a specific timeline.
"When you're on the warning track, it means the wall is not far away," he said.
“We will share with Congress when we believe we are” nearing the point at which the Treasury can no longer pay all government bills on time, Bessent added, insisting that the US would never default but would instead raise the debt ceiling again.
🪖 Pentagon’s surprise freeze on Ukraine aid caught Trump OFF GUARD - report
Donald Trump and his top national security officials weren’t aware of an order that stopped the delivery of US weapons and munitions to Ukraine, Reuters claims, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The verbal order, which resulted in the cancellation of some 11 flights loaded with weapons and munitions, came from the office of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
The order was supposedly issued shortly after a January 30 meeting at the Oval Office where the idea of halting US aid to Ukraine was floated, but Trump himself ostensibly gave no such instruction.
This cessation in weapon shipments was only temporary as in a matter of days (“within a week”) the flights were resumed after frantic pleas from the Ukrainian side.
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📹 'We are done with that sh*t' — Hegseth on wokeness in US army
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✅Breakfast at Zelensky's: Macron, Tusk, Starmer, and Merz make ‘diplomatic pit stop’
Volodymyr Zelensky’s best buds have arrived for a little getaway, making use of Russia’s guaranteed ceasefire promise around the Victory Day celebrations.
French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish and British Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz claim they are on a mission of peace 🤡
📹 Or, you know, not peace – they’re there to cheerlead for a 30-day ceasefire while making promises to keep funneling military support to Ukraine.
Because that makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
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✅ Footage allegedly showing the aftermath of Pakistan’s strike on India’s BrahMos storage site in Beas is circulating on social media
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♟ TRUMP'S CHINA GAMEPLAN: "They need us more than we need them"
🔴 Trump's leverage: "China craves our markets and consumers"
🔴 Scott Bessent's mission: talks in Switzerland with full presidential backing
🔴 Endgame? Deal or total economic war
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🚨 Explosions rock Samba as India intercepts Pakistani drones
Blasts are heard in Jammu as Indian air defenses open fire, a local correspondent in the Jammu and Kashmir region reports.
Complete blackout is in force in the city, with sirens blaring throughout the region.
Tensions rise as security forces respond to the threat.
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🇷🇺 Russia’s victory parade optics show FIRM ALLIES in Putin’s corner
The presence of over 20 world leaders from Asia to Africa at Russia’s Victory Day parade demonstrates that Western efforts to isolate President Vladimir Putin have “failed,” The Washington Post admits.
The multipolar vibe at the epic celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet triumph in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany shows that President Vladimir Putin is not isolated, and “has a lot of partners and friends, and the West doesn’t dominate the world agenda with its narratives,” it cited Tatiana Stanovaya, senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, as saying.
According to the report:
🔴The US-Europe alliance is “fraying”
🔴Ukraine’s forces are under immense “pressure”
🔴Peace negotiations are “largely on Russia’s terms”
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🇷🇺 PUTIN AND FOREIGN LEADERS HONOR THE ETERNAL FLAME
Vladimir Putin, alongside foreign leaders, laid flowers at the Eternal Flame on Red Square — a solemn tribute to the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
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🇨🇳China watching 🇮🇳India repelling weapons it supplied to 🇵🇰Pakistan with 🇷🇺Russian S-400 systems that Beijing also has
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🇺🇸💻 Trump admin plans major overhaul of AI chip export rules
The White House is set to tear up Biden’s "AI Diffusion Rule" and introduce new guidelines that divide countries into three levels for AI chip exports.
✅ Allies & Taiwan get unlimited supply
⚖️ 120 countries get limited access
❌ China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea? No chips.
Sources say the change is happening soon, with the Commerce Department working on tighter controls, especially for countries that funnel chips to China.
The Biden-era rules? “Too bureaucratic and could hinder US innovation,” claims the Trump team.
What does this mean for global tech? Big shifts coming.
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🇫🇷😱⚽️Paris ERUPTS in CHAOS after PSG football club's victory over Arsenal in Champions League
Massive crowds flooded the streets of the French capital, destroying buses, attacking police, and setting fires.
As media report, the riot police deployed tear gas and made over 20 arrests.
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💸👋 Ukraine dumps the dollar? US losing grip on proxy state
The Ukrainian central bank is openly considering abandoning the US dollar as its primary reference currency, Reuters reports.
This comes as the dollar bleeds value under Trump's escalating trade war — with "what could be the highest tariffs in a century"—and "Ukraine's potential EU membership."
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📹 State senator faints at Gov. DeSantis press conference
Ileana Garcia, a member of the Florida State Senate, appeared to feel unwell as she was speaking at a press conference held by the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis
While Garcia seemed to have nearly passed out, she recovered and was able to finish delivering her remarks.
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📹 'It takes two to tango': Trump doubles down on his 51st state offer to Canada
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📹 Trump says Houthis in Yemen announced they "don’t wanna fight anymore", US to stop bombing Houthi positions effective immediately
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📹 ‘They’re gonna come after ya…’
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who recently found himself in hot water amid the Signal chat leak, shared what Trump warned him about.
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🇩🇪 Germany's parliament elects Friedrich Merz, leader of CDU/CSU bloc, as the new chancellor
He secured 325 votes from lawmakers, surpassing the required 316.
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