😳 CNN Correspondent Faces Ridicule for Bemoaning Lack of Black People in Argentina - Cries “Racism”

“I have spent a week in Argentina and I didn’t see a single black person,” said Larry Madowo, who is a host of African Voices on CNN International.

“The people are super nice, but where are the black people?” Madowo added.

One respondent informed Madowo that there isn’t a huge amount of black people in Argentina, “Because they are a country, not a Disney movie.”

Another pointed out that there aren’t many Argentineans in Cameroon either.

Madowo reacted by predictably calling his detractors “racist.”

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💲 Unmasking the US billions spent on advanced Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine

The US has sent at least 847 of its newest advanced Patriot interceptor missiles, worth a whopping almost $3.26 billion, to Ukraine since 2022, according to a Sputnik analysis.

This is something that the Pentagon has been tight-lipped about. A deep dive into the DoD’s annual budget reports revealed:

🔘 A mysterious $956 million listed as for a "classified program" was injected into the US Army’s budget for fiscal year 2023, according to a Pentagon report in January 2023.

🔘 An additional $340 million was added to the $1.993 billion budget for the procurement of MSE missiles for the US Army to replace the ones those transferred to Ukraine, per an April 2023 report.

🔘 The US Army’s original 2023 budget report requested only $1.037 billion for the procurement of 252 MSE missiles.

🔘 Number crunching shows that $956 million matches the difference between the sums, suggesting that the "classified program" was to cover MSE missile costs for Ukraine.

🔘 The average unit cost of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile stood at around $3.85 million, according to budget reports.

🔘 The actual budget for MSE missiles for fiscal year 2023 jumped from the original $1.037 billion to $2.47 billion, due to "$1,442.764 million emergency supplemental funding to support the procurement of replacement missiles transferred to Ukraine," per the fiscal year 2025 report.

🔘 An additional $1.44 billion in "emergency supplemental funding" for fiscal year 2023 would allow the US Army to buy at least 375 MSE missiles to replace those sent to Ukraine.

🔘 The US Army’s budget for the procurement of MSE missiles for fiscal year 2024 jumped to $3.03 billion (up $1.818 billion), allowing for the purchase of at least 472 MSE missiles.

🔘 Total additional funding of $3.26 billion for both fiscal years would cover the purchase of at least 847 MSE missiles to replace those sent to Ukraine.

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😒 IDF Admits Israel has Pushed Beyond Golan Heights Buffer Zone

Israeli troops were operating in the “area of separation [the buffer zone], and then a few additional points,” Nadav Shoshani, the IDF’s international spox conceded Tuesday.

He claimed the Israeli positions were for “defense” and that the IDF was trying to keep the area safe and ensure stability.

The IDF had earlier denied reports Israeli troops and tanks had breached the buffer zone.

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😳 “We can't tell the world what you are doing here…”

UK PM Keir Starmer thanks British soldiers at RAF Base in Cyprus - which has been secretly aiding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

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⛔️ ICYMI: Greta Thunberg Fires Expletive Volley at Pro-Palestine Rally in Mannheim - “F*ck Germany and F*ck Israel”

Her speech at the German demo on Friday has triggered German authorities and pro-Jewish groups alike – dubbing Thunberg an “antisemite” and a “Hamas shill.”

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⚠️ ‘When Syria Falls, the World Burns’: Baba Vanga’s Chilling Prophecy Sparks Alarm

Baba Vanga - the “Nostradamus of the Balkans” - had warned that Syria’s fall would mark the start of a devastating global war.

Her prophecy states: “When Syria falls, a great war between the West and the East will follow. In the spring, a conflict will ignite in the East, leading to a Third World War - a war that will destroy the West.”

Vanga passed away in 1996 but gained fame for her prophecies, including the 9/11 attacks and the Kursk submarine disaster. Her warning about Syria has drawn renewed attention: “Syria will fall at the feet of the winner, but the winner will not be the one.”

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❌ Terror Watchdog Fears Creation of New Islamic State after Assad Downfall

The overthrow of Assad risks creating a haven for terrorists that could lead to a new form of Islamic State, the UK’s terror watchdog has warned.

Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said he was “as worried as I was with Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan” after the fast-moving developments that resulted in the designated terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seizing the capital, Damascus.

However, the UK govt is reviewing the designation of HTS as a terrorist group, with ministers saying its leader is “saying some of the right things.”

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❗️Iranian Supreme Leader: “The Youth of Syria Will Rise Up”

“The group in charge of Syria currently won't stay in power for long. The youth of Syria will rise up against them,” Ali Khamenei told the amassed throng.

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⚠️ Giorgia Meloni, Klaus Schwab ‘targeted in assassination plot by neo-Nazi group’

Twelve alleged members of the far-right supremacist group, Werewolf Division, were arrested in country-wide raids by Italian anti-terrorism police last week.

Suspects had described the Italian PM as a ‘fascist who persecutes fascists’ and had discussing plans to attack her since 2023, as per local media.

One of the suspects inside the “organised cell” had allegedly claimed to have “trained” five people as “potential warriors” to kill the Meloni, according to the warrants.

Police claimed the group carried out its propaganda and recruitment activities on Telegram.

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🎇Thousands of Protesters Gather Outside Seoul’s Parliament to Demand Arrest of President Yoon

The protesters are dancing and waving glow sticks to K-Pop while demanding Yoon’s impeachment.

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🇩🇪🇷🇺 In light of Merkel's recent accusations against Putin that in 2007 he tried to intimidate her with his dog, the Internet found a photo from 2016 in which Merkel looks very comfortable around a Labrador that looks just like Putin's Konnie.

Merkel previously said that she has been afraid of dogs since childhood.

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🧛 Comic Tragedy: Reporters Laugh as US State Dept Spox Miller Calls for ICC Case Against Assad

Washington supports the ICC… except when it comes to Israel.

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📉 UK Stock Market Trails Oman and Malaysia in IPO Rankings

Things are going from bad to worse for London’s IPO market, where less money has been raised this year than on some tiny frontier venues.

Fundraising from London initial public offerings has declined about 9% this year to $1bn, pushing the UK four spots lower to 20th place in a ranking of global IPO venues, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

It’s been leapfrogged by upstarts including Oman, a market that’s 1% the size of the UK, as well as Malaysia and Luxembourg.

Before Brexit, London would regularly feature among the top five venues globally.

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⛓️‍💥US trade row with China spills over to drones, threatens more fallout

China is starting to limit sales of key drone components to the US and Europe, Bloomberg reported.

What’s new in the US-China trade row?

⚪️Chinese producers of motors, batteries, and flight controllers are reportedly capping or stopping shipments.

⚪️Future license approvals may be based on what the parts will be used for, with Chinese manufacturers possibly required to report shipment plans.

China controls almost 80% of the commercial drone market, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Affected companies are said to be rushing to source alternate supplies.

❓What was recent tit-for-tat?

⚪️Washington imposed curbs in December on shipments to China of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips; additional chipmaking and software tools; and chipmaking equipment made in third countries.

What is the fallout?

🔺US restrictions violate market rules, disrupt supply chains, and could backfire on the American chip industry itself, China warned.

🔺US consumers bear the brunt of the trade war through higher prices; aggregate real income plummets, per 2021 research by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

🔺Manufacturing, automotive, and tech companies are particularly at risk regarding revenue and supply chain dynamics, according to Strategy Risks.

🔺Donald Trump, whose 2018 trade tariffs set off the trade war, has threatened to levy duties of 10% to 60% on Chinese goods with potential for epic-scale fallout.

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😳ICYMI: 323 Deadly Virus Vials Missing from Aussie Lab

Nearly 100 vials contained the Hendra virus, transmitted from horses to humans, with a 57% fatality rate. Two had the hantavirus, spread by rodents, with a 38% fatality rate and 223 vials contained the lyssavirus – a rabies virus, with an almost 100% fatality rate.

The breach was only discovered in August 2023, despite the samples going missing in 2021 - in what Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls described as a "serious breach of biosecurity protocols."

The lab has not been able to conclude if the viruses were destroyed or removed from secure storage but claimed they do not appear to have been stolen.

Welcome to 2025’s global crisis?

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🔴 IAEA Chief Warns Syrian Chaos Exposes ‘Nuclear Material to Looting or Theft’

Assad had given the IAEA permission to visit and collect fresh samples from suspected sites in recent months – where plutonium had been previously detected, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters in Oslo Wednesday.

The absence of a functional state admin exposes Syrian nuclear material to looting or theft at places like the Al-Hadjar Nuclear Research Center, Rossi noted.

So, terrorists looting nuclear material... well played Team America.

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