China's stunning '6th gen' J-36 fighter swoops highway
#China
China hits Hollywood: US films to be banned in response to Trump tariffs, Xinhua reports
Recent data shows Hollywood films generated more box office revenue in China than in the US, highlighting their significant profitability in the market.
#Beijing
Impressive military guards flank Hegseth touchdown in Panama
#Panama #Hegseth
Bibi and Erdogan talk 'deconfliction line' in Syria — officials to Middle East Eye
#Israel #Turkiye #Syrua
American billionaire sued for 'facilitating Hamas October 7 attack on Israel'
Victims' families claim US-Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri's Gaza properties concealed militant TUNNELS
#Israel #Gaza
Trump’s Canada tariffs spark Blackfeet Nation revolt
Two Native Americans are suing the US government in Montana court, claiming Trump’s Canada tariffs violate the Constitution and tribal rights, demanding an exemption or total block.
#Trump
Philippines’ Kanlaon volcano erupts, spews out massive dust cloud 4km into the sky
Villages surrounding the volcano were still under evacuation orders from its previous eruption in December
#Philippines
2 pro-Palestine Microsoft engineers fired for protesting Tel Aviv's use of corporation’s AI tech in military applications
One claimed the Big Tech giant ‘powers this genocide’, adding she ‘did not sign up to write code that violates human rights’
#Microsoft #Israel
Dnepr Group drones strike Ukrainian armored vehicles and MK-19 grenade launcher in Zaporozhye region
#Russia #Ukraine
Indonesian markets sink 9% at the open, Jakarta halts trading, AFP reports
#Tariffs
AOC’s Marie Antoinette moment: Congresswoman lives it up 1st-class while 'Fighting Oligarchy'
The socialist star was seen flying 1st-class to a Bernie rally, sparking anger she’s tackling inequality in luxury & posing platitudes from 30,000 feet.
Let them eat cake (in economy).
#AOC
Israeli army strike on a journalists' tent near Nasser hospital in Khan Younis kills journalist Helmi Al-Faqawi and injures 9 others — Anadolu
Читать полностью…'US is a pseudo-democracy’ — Bernie Sanders
‘You get one vote and Elon Musk can spend $270 million to help elect Trump. Does that sound like a democracy to you?’
Defense Health Agency workers splashed $3.3mn and 87,000 hours on own union benefits — NY Post
Federal funds wasted by the DHA — tasked with organizing healthcare for US armed forces — and exposed by the Senate DOGE caucus included $190,000 negotiating a new labor contract
#US
‘Revanchist’ Japanese group labeled ‘undesirable’ in Russia
According to authorities, the ‘Northern Territories Issue Association’ has been promoting ‘cartographic expansion’ of Japan at the cost of the contested Kuril Islands, which are part of Russian territory
Musk makes 'direct appeals' to Trump to STOP tariffs
#Musk #Trump
Fiery truck crash in Russia’s Amur region kills two, engine explodes onto road, shuts down highway
Social media footage shows the aftermath of the smash.
#Russia
Russian mechanics bring ‘art of improvisation’ to military vehicles — WarGonzo
Everything but the engine and transmission is designed with personal touch, the military blogger's reporter discovers
#Russia
Tennis star Maria Sharapova measures up to Magic Johnson at Billie Jean bash
The Russian ace, standing 6'2" in heels, nearly matched the height of 65-year-old NBA legend Magic Johnson, who’s 6'9", as they posed together on the red carpet.
#Tennis
Pro-Palestine protesters attacked with feces, water in heated Manhattan march before cops make arrests
#Palestine #NYC
Hotel owner’s dreams turn nightmare as Irish government rents out small town’s only inn to migrants, Rebel’s Ezra Levant reports
#Ireland
‘We’re proud of you!’: Roscosmos head Dmitry Bakanov wishes good luck to the Soyuz MS-27 crew — Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and American Jonathon Kim
#Roscosmos
Eyewitness footage shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a central Gaza home, where nine people, including five children, were reportedly killed, according to local media
#Gaza
Trump artist insists she didn’t try to distort POTUS portrait
Sarah Boardman moans 41-year career ‘in danger of not recovering’ after his criticism of her $10,000 artwork, despite the apparently ‘overwhelmingly positive reviews and feedback’ she’d received
#Trump
Bitcoin price drops below $75,000 for the first time since November 7 — Binance
Читать полностью…Hong Kong stocks dive 12% — their worst drop in 16 years
Trade war escalates as China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs, sparking recession fears
US woman who drowned 1 and 3-year-old daughters to ‘cleanse the world of evil' found not guilty by reason of insanity
Naomi Elkins, 27, believed she was descended from Hitler or 'other dark forces'
Elkins will now serve two lifetime sentences in a psychiatric hospital
Hostage families protest outside Netanyahu’s home, marking 18 months since Oct. 7 — just hours before his White House meeting with Trump
Carrying photos of the 59 captives, they demand immediate release of both the living and the dead
New stock market ‘BLACK MONDAY’ possible, warns CNBC’s Jim Cramer
He claimed ‘if the president doesn’t try to reach out and reward these countries and companies that play by the rules, then the 1987 scenario [when Wall Street dropped 22pts in one day]… has the most cogency’
#US