❎ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei again takes aim at Israel

Israel “must” and “will” face retaliation for the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, he posted on X.

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⏰ Israeli FM Katz Responds to Iran’s Khamenei

“If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will react and attack in Iran.”

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⚠️ BREAKING: Two Russian businessmen win their case to remove EU sanctions imposed on them

An EU court has annulled the inclusion of billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven in the list of sanctions by the European Council.

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⚠️ German Troops Arrive in Lithuania in First Long-Term Foreign Deployment

The first group of German soldiers arrived in Lithuania this week as part of a new brigade that will be permanently stationed on NATO's eastern flank.

The brigade, to be named Panzerbrigade 45, will be fully operational by 2027 and will have some 5,000 troops.

Responding to the deployment, Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov said the German military presence in Lithuania would escalate tensions.

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😳 UK Child Antidepressant Prescriptions Hit 500K – Up 44% Since 2015

The number includes almost 4,000 prescriptions for kids under 10.

Perhaps the UK govt should stop sending tens of billions to help fund wars and start spending money on its own citizens' wellbeing.

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💵 Costco Selling $200MN in Gold Bars Monthly, Wells Fargo Estimates (CNBC)

Gold has turned into easy money for Costco, where yellow metal sales begun last year have turned into a cash cow for the big-box retailer.

In fact, sales are so brisk that analysts at Wells Fargo expect revenue may now be running at $200mn a month, a rapid acceleration since bullion hit the warehouse club late in the summer of 2023.

Is Costco already one of the largest bullion dealers in the world?

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💸China Warns Washington it Won’t Accept ‘Criticism or Pressure’ Over Ties with Russia

China and Russia have the right to “engage in normal economic and trade cooperation,” FM spox Mao Ning insisted Wednesday.

“This kind of cooperation should not be interfered with or limited, and China also does not accept criticism or pressure,” she added.

Her response comes after US Dep Sec of State Kurt Campbell said that Washington would “not sit by and say everything is fine” after Beijing renewed pledges of cooperation with Moscow during a visit by FM Sergey Lavrov.

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👀Wokery > Weaponry in the UK

China and Russia must be quaking in their boots. 😂

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😳 Thoughts, Prayers & Future Condolences to the Whistleblower’s Family

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🔴 UK, Ukraine Ink Agreement to Cooperate on Arms Production

The framework agreement was signed at a military industry conference in Kiev that was attended by about 30 British defence companies desperate to siphon Western taxpayers’ money into their coffers.

British defence company BAE Systems, one of the first Western producers to set up a local entity in Ukraine, signed an agreement with Britain's Defence Ministry to conduct maintenance, repair and overhaul of light guns on the ground in Ukraine.

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⚠️ Hamas Indicates It Cannot Find 40 Israeli Hostages Requested for Next Round of Ceasefire

A six-week pause in the fighting is reportedly being offered if Hamas releases 40 hostages, including all females as well as sick and elderly – in return for hundreds of detained Palestinians.

Fears have been raised that more hostages may be dead than currently known after Hamas told international mediators they did not have 40 living Israelis who matched those criteria. (CNN citing sources)

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🇺🇦 Ukraine needs to do away with its “old-fashioned mentality” towards women and adopt an Israeli-style female conscription policy, the country’s chief military adviser for gender issues has said.

There are currently 65,000 women serving in the Ukrainian armed forces, according to government figures — an increase of about 40 per cent since 2021. Nearly all of those are volunteers as there is no mandatory draft for women, though women who hold medical degrees are now required to register with their local enlistment office.

But as the country grapples with the task of recruiting hundreds of thousands of men this year, Oksana Grigorieva, adviser on gender issues to the commander of the ground forces, said that Ukraine should prepare for the fact that women too will have to be mobilised in the coming years.

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🤔 Chinese Cement Producer’s Market Value Crashes 99% in 15 Minutes – Bloomberg

Tianrui’s stock plummeted 99.4% in mere minutes, losing over $1.8bn in value.

Trading in its stock has been suspended Wednesday.

The company’s owner and their spouse held 72% of the shares and sold.

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