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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Several Ukrainian drones shot down near a city in Russia's Rostov region. Debris falling on an industrial site. There were no casualties...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
Early Saturday morning air raid warnings across all of Ukraine...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Four dead following a Ukrainian shelling attack on the Russian town of Shebekino near the border. Part of an apartment building collapsing...TASS RUSSIA
CHINA DUMPING 53.3 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF US TREASURIES.
THE MOVE SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES FOLLOWING RECENT US ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST CHINA.
THE US ACTIONS INCLUDE THE BAN ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER CHIPS FOR CHINA, INCREASED TARIFFS ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES IN CHINA AND THE BAN ON CHINESE OWNED SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK...MSN MONEY...
WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN HOLDERS OF US TREASURIES JAPAN CONTINUING TO BUY MORE AS WELL AS THE UNITED KINGDOM ACCORDING TO MARCH 2024 STATS NOT REFLECTING TODAY'S CHINESE SALE.
JAPAN'S TOTAL NOW 1.187.8 BILLION DOLLARS AND THE UK 728.1 BILLION...US TREASURY DATA
It's being called a 'secret anti-vax campaign' a US Defense Department campaign to discredit Chinese COVID aid for the Philippines and other countries.
Face masks, test kits and vaccines sent to the Philippines by China smeared through phony social media accounts.
Fake social media accounts also trashing the Chinese vaccines aimed at Muslim audiences in the Middle East linking them to pork gelatin.
The campaign against China operating from the spring of 2020 until the middle of 2021...AL JAZEERA QATAR
IN THE NETHERLANDS A SHORTAGE OF SPACE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS.
1200 MORE SPACES DESPERATELY NEEDED.
THE GOVERNMENT CALLING ON THE PROVINCES TO PROVIDE 100 SPACES EACH IN THE COMING DAYS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Firefighters in northern Israel battling a large brushfire ignited by Hezbollah rockets. There is no threat to inhabited areas...TIMES OF ISRAEL (VIDEO EMBED)
US Central Command tearing down the pier in Gaza set up to receive humanitarian aid.
The pier being moved to Israel due to high seas that are expected in the area...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...
A UN aid convoy denied entry into northern Gaza by Israeli authorities.
A UN spokesman saying all necessary documents were ready Israel claiming they were not filled out properly...BBC NEWS
THE CREW OF A GREEK MERCHANT SHIP HIT BY FIRE FROM YEMEN AND TAKING ON WATER IN THE RED SEA EVACUATED...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS
"...theft would remain theft, it would not go unpunished"
Comments from Russia's President Vladimir Putin regarding seizure of frozen Russian assets by the US and allied nations.
At the G7 summit plans moving forward to hand tens of billions of dollars of those seized assets over to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 57.94 points.
The NASDAQ rose 21.32 points.
At 738 pm New York Time the price of oil 78 dollars 49 cents a barrel down 13 cents...MARKETWATCH
IN THE FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS THE LEFT FORMING A 'POPULAR FRONT' FOR THE VOTE THAT STARTS 16 DAYS FROM NOW.
THE 'POPULAR FRONT' DENOUNCING THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL LAST OCTOBER 7TH.
MARINE LE PEN SPEAKING OF A 'NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT' TO GET FRANCE 'OUT OF A RUT' IF THE NATIONAL RALLY WINS THE CONTEST.
LE PEN WARNING OF A 'FAR LEFT' THAT IS 'RADICAL AND VIOLENT'...(Information from BFM-TV France)
Tensions in the formation of a new Dutch government the four political parties involved meeting today.
This because a candidate from Geert Wilders Party of Freedom for Migration Minister-Deputy Prime Minister was replaced following an intelligence agency probe.
New candidate Marjolein Faber drawing criticism...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE US SUPREME COURT LIFTING THE GUN BUMP STOCK BAN IMPOSED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BACK IN 2017.
THE BAN LINKED TO MASS MURDER ATTACK THAT KILLED 60 PEOPLE AT A CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS.
THE COURT MAJORITY 6-3 THE LIBERALS IN THE MINORITY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE CONSERVATIVES IN THE MAJORITY.
THE MAJORITY DECIDING THERE WAS NO AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS TO BAN THE BUMP STOCKS.
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS WRITING THE OPINION SAYING CONGRESS IS RESERVED THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH A MOVE...BBC NEWS
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN BROACHING THE NOTION OF A 'SECURITY SYSTEM' IN EURASIA.
THIS APPEARS TO BE A NOTION IN RESPONSE TO EXPANDING REACH OF NATO INCLUDING ITS INCREASED PRESENCE IN THE FAR EAST NEAR CHINA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In South Africa agreement on a new government.
The government includes the Leftist African National Congress, the Globalist Democratic Alliance and the Zulu Inkata Freedom Party.
Breakaway Leftist parties will sit in opposition to the government...BBC NEWS BLOG...
Late tonight Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected by lawmakers as President of South Africa.
Two killed and 11 others hurt in an explosion at an underground parking garage in Switzerland.
Over 100 evacuated after multiple explosions and fire in the garage underneath an apartment complex.
Police are assuming the explosions were an accident...NOS NETHERLANDS
IN NEW ZEALAND CALLS FOR A PARLIAMENTARY PROBE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE VISIT BY CHINA'S PREMIER LI QIANG.
PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE ADDRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT SPYING WITH LI DURING THEIR TALKS.
NEW ZEALAND IS TAKING ON A PERIPHERAL ROLE IN THE US-LED AUKUS MILITARY ALLIANCE AGAINST CHINA EVEN AS CHINA REMAINS NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
The Moscow Stock Exchange dropping 6.5 percent in early trading reacting to the latest US sanctions imposed on the exchange.
Stocks were still lower later in the trading...TASS RUSSIA
IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR THE ARMY SAYING IT KILLED A SENIOR RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF) COMMANDER UNDER US SANCTIONS. IT HAPPENED DURING THE BATTLE IN THE BESIEGED CITY OF EL FASHER...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD
THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL PASSING A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN END TO THE SIEGE OF EL FASHER IN SUDAN'S DARFUR REGION.
THE RESOLUTION APPROVED 14-0 WITH RUSSIA ABSTAINING.
THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES GROUP FIGHTING IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR HAVE LAID SIEGE TO THE CITY...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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HAMAS SAYS ISRAELI HOSTAGES DIED IN ATTACK
ISRAELI SOLDIER HURT IN RAMMING ATTACK
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
An Israeli attack earlier this week killing two Israeli hostages in Gaza that according to a Hamas official...TASS RUSSIA
An Israel soldier hurt after being run over by a vehicle at a checkpoint in Ramallah ("West Bank") today...ANADOLU AGENCY
In other news...
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT PROSECUTE ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND.
THIS FOLLOWS A HOUSE VOTE EARLIER THIS WEEK HOLDING MR. GARLAND IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NATIONAL PULSE STORY-DISCUSSION
A federal bankruptcy judge ordering liquidation of media personality Alex Jones assets.
This follows judgements of 1.5 billion dollars obtained by families of the 2012 mass murder attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut...BBC NEWS
Health New Zealand ordering an immediate hiring freeze for positions not dealing directly with the public.
Chief Executive Margie Apa saying rising costs need to be contained...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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