☄️ BREAKING: Aid Ship Leaves Cyprus Bound for Gaza

The vessel belonging to Spanish NGO Open Arms will take 200 tonnes of food, sourced by the World Central Kitchen charity.

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ℹ️ Biden ‘definitely thought about’ conditioning military aid if Israel begins Rafah offensive - US Officials (Politico)

Biden and “thought” in the same sentence that doesn’t include “ice cream” - strange times…

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📣 JUST IN: Russia, China and Iran Begin Naval Drills in the Gulf of Oman – 🇷🇺 MoD

The primary purpose if the exercises is to practise safety in maritime economic activities.

During the drills, the combat ships of the three countries will jointly manoeuvre and conduct firing at surface and air targets, as well as hone elements to liberate the ship hijacked by the pirates.

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❗️FLASHBACK: Majority of Boeing Factory Employees Caught on Hidden Camera Wouldn’t Fly on Planes They Are Assembling

An Al Jazeera reporter with a hidden camera visited the Boeing plant in South Carolina in 2014, where the 787 Dreamliner aircraft is assembled.

He asked the workers if they themselves would fly on the planes they were assembling - of the 15 random respondents, 10 said “no.”

Boeing clearly haven’t learnt any lessons from the documentary – the embattled aircraft manufacturer responded to the report by accusing the piece of “pursuing its own agenda.”

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⚠️ Haitian PM Ariel Henry Resigns after Law & Order Collapses

Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the country.

He is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home.

Henry, who had led the country supposedly on an interim basis since July 2021 following former President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, had repeatedly postponed elections, saying security must be restored first.

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😳 Killary Clinton's Shadow… Quick Timeline of Haiti Since 2010

Jan 2010: Devastating earthquake claims 220k lives, decimates Haiti - the Clinton Foundation raises $30mn for relief… that goes largely unaccounted for

Nov 2010: Hillary endorses Michel Martelly, but he comes in third place and does not qualify for election runoff scheduled for March 2011

Jan 2011: US Sec of State Hillary travels to Haiti, meets with President Preval, and threatens to cut off aid if Martelly is not on ballot - Celestin is dropped and Martelly is placed on ballot

March 2011: Martelly "wins" election marred by voter fraud allegations – some 650k "ghost ballots" reportedly counted, including many who died in the earthquake

2011-2016: Martelly admin is plagued with corruption scandals - mainly centered around claims of accepting bribes in exchange for construction project deals that never materialized

2016: Martelly resigns and flees to Florida a week before his term is set to expire

June 2016: Results of special election annulled after audit found extensive voter fraud

Nov 2016-2020: Jovenel Moise wins new elections - he begins enacting agrarian reforms, establishing free trade zones, fighting corruption, and arresting narcotics and human traffickers

July 7, 2021: 6 months after Joe Biden takes office, 28 foreign - mostly Colombian - mercenaries storm the presidential palace and assassinate President Moise

July 7–21, 2021: Departing PM Claude Joseph takes over as president for 14 days, but stands down in favor of Ariel Henry, who was supported by the US

Feb 2024: Claude Joseph and Moise's widow are indicted for plotting Moise's assassination

March 2024: Henry travels to Kenya to sign an agreement for 1,000 troops to help restore order in the Haitian capital but is unable to return home due to security concerns. Henry remains stranded in Puerto Rico as warring gangs wrestle for control of the govt.

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☄️ BREAKING: Plane Crashes in Ivanovo Region, Northeast of Moscow after Engine Erupts in Flames - Reportedly Russian Military II-76 Cargo Aircraft

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🤔 Remember When the British Royal Family Didn’t Doctor Their Photos?

Simpler times…

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⚠️ US Navy Plans for Smaller Fleet amid Spending Caps

The US Navy will also delay key modernization projects in order to fund operations amid spending caps enacted by Congress and signed by Biden last year.

It plans to decommission a total of 13 ships in fiscal year 2025, including ten before the end of their expected service life, for a total overall fleet of 287 ships, according to budget documents released by the Pentagon.

Meanwhile, US destroyers continue to shoot down Houthi drones with multimillion-dollar missiles…

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💸NEW: "Inflation compared to 2017, 2018, 2019 is significantly higher" – CNBC

US inflation rises to 3.2% Tuesday, higher than expectations – as middle-class Americans suffer from Bidenomics.

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➡️British Muslim Scholars Call for London Central Mosque Boycott - After it Hosted Rishi Sunak

The UK PM has repeatedly shown support for Israel and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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🔴Beijing Accuses Washington of "Exploiting Ukraine for its Own Geopolitical Goals"

“What the US cares about is not Ukraine, but to realize its geopolitical and strategic goal via the Ukraine crisis,” China’s FM spox Wang Wenbin said Tuesday.

His response came after US spy chief William Burns told a Senate hearing that walking away from Ukraine will ‘stoke the ambitions of the Chinese leadership.’

Separately, US intel agencies alleged in their 2024 Annual Threat Assessment report Monday that Beijing “may attempt to influence the US elections in 2024 at some level because of its desire to sideline critics of China and magnify US societal divisions.”

Washington continues to stoke the fire to keep the war launderette machine turning.

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⚠️ Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Wants “War Now” with Lebanon

Itamar Ben-Gvir has thrown down the gauntlet to Tel Aviv's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on 𝕏 – appearing to taunt him about “100 missile launches on the State of Israel… but you sit quiet.”

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