🚩 JUST IN: Iran Official Reveals Elon Musk Met With Tehran’s UN Ambassador - NYT

Musk requested the meeting and the two discussed defusing tensions between Iran and US under Trump.

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❌ DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un Orders “Mass Production” of Suicide Drones - KCNA

Kim oversaw a drone test on Thursday, marking his second known inspection this year.

The supreme leader emphasized the urgency of ramping up the production of newly developed military drones, ordering their "full-scale mass production" to begin as early as possible.

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❌ Israel Kills at Least 12 Lebanese Civil Defense Members in Strike on Baalbek

The attack destroyed a building operated by the civil defense, a politically unaffiliated emergency rescue service, and a neighboring residence.

Fatalities included the head of the civil defence center, Bilal Raad.

Human Rights Watch has denounced Israel’s repeated attacks on medics in Lebanon as “apparent war crimes.”

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⚠️ Javier Milei becomes first world leader to meet Trump since election win

The libertarian economist was expected to talk to Elon Musk - about their shared interest in slashing public spending and jobs.

“The job you’ve done is incredible. Make Argentina Great Again, you know, MAGA. He’s a MAGA person,” Trump told guests at a gala held in the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago estate.

In a speech during the gala, Milei slammed left-wing ideologies and saluted Musk, saying his social media site was helping to “save humanity.”

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🤔 JUST IN: Tehran Offered Written Assurances to US Last Month it Wasn’t Seeking to Kill Donald Trump - WSJ

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🔶 VIDEO: Trump will ‘work very hard on Russia and Ukraine’

🔶 Nuclear bomb will not help Ukraine – Zelensky's office

🔶 Trump won't allow Ukraine to build an atomic bomb – US foreign policy analysts

🔶 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picked as US health and human services secretary

🔶 Kim Jong-un personally oversees testing of kamikaze drones

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💲Biden Admin Finalizes $6.6bn CHIPS Act Grant to TSMC Before Trump Returns

The money will be disbursed in stages, contingent on the company hitting project milestones – but TSMC is expected to receive at least $1BN by the end of 2024, the US Commerce Dept said.

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⚡️ NOW: Israeli Air Force Fighter Jets Fly Menacingly Low Over Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

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⚡ JUST IN: Israel “Destroyed” Iranian Nuclear Research Facility - Axios

Tel Aviv carried out a targeted airstrike in October on Iran’s Parchin military complex, reportedly destroying the Taleghan 2 facility, an alleged covert site for nuclear weapons research.

Located 20 miles southeast of Tehran, the facility had been dormant since Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 - but recently resumed covert activities under the guise of civilian research, as per Axios.

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🚩Xi Jinping Opens China-Funded Mega Port in Peru

Beijing injected a $1.3bn investment into the project - which is expected to generate $4.5bn annually and create 8k jobs.

Xi said that Chancay, a 15-berth, deep-water port, was the successful start of a "21st century maritime Silk Road" and part of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

"China is willing to work with the Peruvian side to take the Chancay project as a starting point to forge a new maritime-land corridor between China and Latin America and connect the Great Inca Trail," Xi said.

Washington can only dream of such diplomacy.

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🤬 Former Head of Israeli National Security Council Explains to Sky News the Plan to “Stop the Supply of Food, Fuel and Other Important Materials to Conquer Northern Gaza”

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