🤥 Hypocrite Biden at White House Correspondents' Dinner: "Journalism is clearly not a crime”

Meanwhile, as journalists in diamonds mingling with the most powerful people in Washington clap like seals during the WHCA dinner - Julian Assange is dying in a maximum security prison in London at the behest of the US govt, for doing the job they pretend to every day.

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⚡️ ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Herzi Halevi this week - Channel 12

Netanyahu has already been phoning world leaders in desperation, as per Israeli media - and has taken to social media to accuse the International Criminal Court of “undermining” Israel.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf set to resign - BBC

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❗️ China's President Xi Jinping set to visit France, Serbia and Hungary from May 5 to 10

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❎ France reduces arms exports to Israel to bare minimum, without completely severing military relations - Le Monde

France suspended the export of components used in the manufacture of artillery shells at the end of October.

Equipment transfers to Tel Aviv represent only a tiny percentage of French defense exports: 0.2%, out of a total of €27bn in 2022.

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🎯 Even the BBC Highlights US “Hypocrisy” to Blinken…

“The problem is we’ve now got a catastrophic loss of life in Gaza. You’re sitting here in China, where they are managing to paint the US as hypocrites.

You’re asking China to stop sending components, not weapons, but components to Ukraine - while you continue to send weapons to Israel.

It erodes the credibility of the US. Not only here in China, but all over the world.”

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💶Major European banks remaining in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Moscow in 2023 - FT

The seven largest European banks by assets in Russia - Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit, ING, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo and OTP - reported combined profits of more than €3bn in 2023.

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🤔 Berlin categorically against plans to seize frozen Russian assets to hand to Kiev - WSJ

German authorities believe that frozen Russian assets should be left intact in order to use them as leverage in negotiations to end the war.

In addition, the move “could set a precedent and provoke new lawsuits against Germany for crimes during WWII,” the report states.

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❗️Kenya Dam Collapse - Dozens Feared Dead

At least 42 people have died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, as heavy rains and floods battered the country.

The dam collapsed on Monday near Mai Mahiu in Nakuru county, washing away houses and cutting off a road, with rescuers digging through debris to find survivors.

"Forty-two dead, it's a conservative estimate. There are still more in the mud, we are working on recovery," Nakuru’s governor said.

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🔴 Tesla Agrees Partnership with Chinese Tech Giant Baidu for Full Self-Driving Navigation Software – Shares Up Over 9% Pre-Market

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