Pentagon ‘shocked’ by Houthi arsenal – Axios
The arsenal now possessed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has come as a shock to the Pentagon, Axios reported on Thursday. According to the outlet, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, Bill LaPlante, told a defense summit in Washington earlier this week that the group’s capabilities “are getting scary.”
“What I’ve seen of what the Houthis have done in the last six months is something that – I’m just shocked,” LaPlante reportedly said. He added that the rebels are brandishing increasingly sophisticated weapons, including missiles that “can do things that are just amazing.”
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Vladimir Zelensky did not want the German Chancellor to speak with Putin – Reuters
Is Scholz in an abusive relationship?
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❗️During a rare phone call with Vladimir Putin, Germany’s Scholz urged for peace talks with Ukraine – Berlin
The German chancellor also reiterated he remains fully supportive of Kiev.
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❗️Abkhazian President's office working on rescinding the Russia investment deal treaty from the parliament in order to appease protesters — statement
9 people have been injured in the storming of the parliament building, local health officials say.
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⚡️Protesters in Abkhazia break into parliament building in Sukhumi
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Abkhazian MPs look out of the windows of the parliament building now encircled by protesters
Local reports suggest that the parliament speaker managed to leave the premises.
Earlier, lawmakers had postponed the debate on the ratification of a major investment agreement with Russia. The opposition demanded a vote to kill the treaty today.
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⚡️Protesters break fence around Abkhazian presidential administration's headquarters in Sukhumi – RIA
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Protesters in Abkhazia ram vehicles into metal barriers to force their way into the parliament
Demonstrators then began throwing stones and sticks at law enforcement officials, according to TASS.
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❗️Israeli Air Force conducts multiple strikes on Beirut — Al Jazeera
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Pentagon UFO report: 21 mysteries remain, but are aliens really off the menu?
The US DoD’s latest report on UFOs reveal that out of 757 sightings last year, 21 remain completely unexplained and are deemed "true anomalies" worthy of further investigation.
But don't get too excited, as the Pentagon assures there's no evidence of extraterrestrial activity or advanced foreign tech behind the sightings.
Most of the resolved cases are attributed to mundane causes like balloons, birds, or drones – so apparently, those are the real cosmic enigma, at least for now.
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‘Artists, musicians, comedians thanked me for endorsing Trump because they can’t do it’ — Joe Rogan
In a recent interview, the podcast king told his audience that too many Americans are afraid to exercise their First Amendment rights for fear of having their careers destroyed.
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How is it that Gazans are still not receiving humanitarian aid?
According to COGAT - an Israeli MoD unit - the issue is one of logistical capabilities on the part of international organizations.
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Russia has proposed a nuclear power cooperation program to Indonesia, which has expressed strong interest in the partnership, according to Russian trade representative Alexander Masaltsev
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Crisis to coalition: Incumbent Sri Lankan president wins in election landslide
Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition has won a decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s snap general election, winning 137 out of 196 seats. His victory gives him a parliamentary majority to appoint a full cabinet and fulfill his key promises.
Dissanayake, who inherited a nation reeling from the financial crisis, plans to tackle poverty and the high cost of living with the help of a $2.9 billion IMF bailout.
But experts fear his proposal to revise key terms of the IMF agreement, including tax reforms, may delay further aid and complicate Sri Lanka's economic recovery.
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Kim does Top Gear: DPRK’s ‘suicide drones’ tested on tanks and German autos
Kim Jong-un observed test flights of “suicide drones” that blew up a BMW and tanks, images released by KCNA on Friday show.
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Ukrainian ‘anti-disinfo’ agency scrubs criticism of Trump’s intel chief pick
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) has removed news bulletins in which it accused Donald Trump's pick to oversee the CIA and NSA, former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, of spreading fake news on behalf of Russia.
Gabbard, a long time critic of open aid to Ukraine and a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserve, has been selected by Trump as his pick for director of national intelligence.
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Betting market founder claims Trump-link behind FBI raid
The FBI has raided the home of the chief executive and founder of the betting platform Polymarket, Shayne Coplan, seizing his electronic devices.
Polymarket claims the search was “obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election,” a source close to the matter told the New York Post.
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❗️Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand become BRICS partner countries – Russian MFA
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Israel destroyed Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility – report
Israeli airstrike in October destroyed a secret nuclear weapons research facility in Iran's Parchin, damaging efforts to resume nuclear weapons research, Axios reported, citing US and Israeli officials.
"They conducted scientific activity that could lay the ground for the production of a nuclear weapon. It was a top secret thing. A small part of the Iranian government knew about this, but most of the Iranian government didn't," a US official was quoted as saying.
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🚨MATT TAIBBI: ANTI-WAR SENTIMENT WAS CRUCIAL IN TRUMP'S VICTORIES
'I think his supporters would be incredibly disappointed if there was not a swift, negotiated end to conflict in Ukraine, it's part of his political identity that he's against the forever wars...I know from covering his campaign in 2016 that this was incredibly important to building up his support with the working class in America.
If you go to red states, you see so many people who came back from America's misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq and they were so angry about so many things. That was a huge factor in electing Trump the first time and I'm sure this time as well.'
-Matt Taibbi joins us on Monday's Going Underground to discuss Donald Trump's victory
FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v5nuc4b-matt-taibbi-on-donald-trumps-victory-legacy-media-is-dead-americans-have-de.html
❗️Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania has left the administration building as anti-government protesters broke through the fences – local media
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❗️Protesters clash with law enforcement in Abkhazia
Gunshot-like noises could be heard near the parliament in Sukhumi, RIA reports.
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American lefties offered cryo-freezing to skip Trump presidency
A viral parody ad from a fictional company called "Don’t Cry Cryo" humorously offers to cryogenically freeze leftists who can’t cope with Trump's election victory, promising to wake them up after his presidency is over.
Be sure to watch until the very end, as there's a surprise waiting for you…
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The Tiger King wants to be let out of his cage
Sentenced to 21 years in jail for allegedly paying a hitman to murder his rival Carole Baskin, Joe Exotic has reportedly written to Donald Trump, asking to be pardoned and offering himself as the new “Federal Fish and Wildlife Director.”
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❗️French spy’s arrest in Niger fuels accusations of interference
The arrest of a DGSE agent operating under a false identity in Niger further substantiates the Nigerien government's claims of French destabilization efforts in the country and the broader region.
This incident, following previous accusations, provides additional evidence of France's alleged hybrid warfare tactics, combining covert operations and disinformation campaigns against Niger, despite denials.
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Ukraine could consider creating nuclear bomb, but Western aid more urgent — Kiev
Zelensky adviser, Mikhail Podolyak, said that Ukraine could consider building a nuclear bomb “despite all the legal and reputational difficulties,” but there’s no point now as one would be unable to change the frontline situation.
He added that for changes on the front, Ukraine only needs more Western investment and arms, as well as permission to strike deeper into Russia.
This follows a report from The Times suggesting that Ukraine could build a nuclear bomb using plutonium within months if US assistance were to cease.
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Israeli soldiers laugh and sing ‘The Final Countdown’ while watching footage of a strike on Gaza — Sky News
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Experts reveal which creature will survive long after humans go extinct - can you guess what it is?
Scientists suggest that if humanity bites the dust due to a global cataclysm or nuclear war, the octopus will be our heir to the throne, unlike primates who would face the same extinction problems as we do.
With exceptional intelligence, dexterity, and eight limbs with pure potential, octopuses could evolve into underwater overlords.
Perhaps after millions of years, they'll even build Atlantis 2.0, but this time, it will be much cooler – and less human.
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Close call!: Falling scaffolding plank nearly clocks pedestrians in Boston, US
CCTV captured the terrifying moment it fell, but fortunately, no one was injured.
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‘It’s gotta stop’: Trump calls for end to Russia-Ukraine conflict
At an America First Policy Institute Gala, the President-elect said that his future administration will prioritize resolving both the Middle East war and Ukraine, declaring, "It's got to stop."
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