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Former US President Donald Trump claims that China’s bases in Cuba pose the most serious threat to the United States. The military bases set up by China in Cuba pose the most serious threat to the United States, former US President Donald Trump said Friday at the Moms for Liberty forum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “China – they opened up military bases, they are opening up military operations in Cuba, 90 miles off our coast. That is the most serious threat that I can imagine,” the former US leader told the forum. Moreover, he claimed that the media was censoring the…

Everybody knows that Ukrainian President is in no way an independent figure, Russian Foreign Minister said It is pointless to speak with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky as he doesn’t act independently, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Radio and Television of Portugal media group. “Everybody knows that Zelensky is in no way an independent figure. He is being told what to do, which policy to pursue. Of course, he is improvising while pursuing this course, depending on the situation on this concrete day. But it is senseless to speak with him,” he said. He drew attention to…

Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki announced that Warsaw would like to join NATO’s Nuclear Sharing program amid Russia’s intentions to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus The potential deployment of nuclear weapons to Poland may prompt the country to use them, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told TASS. Commenting on Poland’s ambitions to take part in NATO’s Nuclear Sharing program, he said, “The only danger arising from the request to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland is that such weapons will be used.” Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki announced that Warsaw would like to join NATO’s Nuclear Sharing program…

The SCO summit will be held on July 4, India is chairing the organization in 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed their countries’ cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (CSO) and the Group of Twenty, the Kremlin press service said on Friday after their telephone call. “Special attention was focused on cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Group of Twenty, where India now holds the presidency, as well as within the BRICS format,” it said. The SCO summit will be held on July 4. India is chairing the organization in 2023. According…

The cause of the blaze remains unclear, while the personnel at the facility have been evacuated A massive fire has consumed a chemical plant in southeastern China, with videos from the scene showing thick black smoke rising from the facility. Local authorities said that there have been no casualties. According to CCTV News, the incident took place on Saturday morning at a facility owned by a silicon production company, Jiangxi Qiantai New Material Co, in the city of Guixi in Jiangxi province. Local emergency services are said to have scrambled to put out the fire, finally extinguishing it at about…

President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call today from the President of the Federal Republic of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in which they discussed the latest developments in the two countries and ways to enhance bilateral relations. During the phone call, the Russian leader congratulated President Abbas and the people of Palestine on Eid Al-Adha. President Putin also affirmed Russia’s permanent position in support of the Palestinian people in achieving their aspirations for freedom, independence and the establishment of their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Meantime, President Abbas briefed his Russian counterpart on the latest developments relating to…

Russia’s Aerloft Airlines had been suspended from conducting flights to Cuba since Western countries banned it from their airspace since the onset of the war in Ukraine. Rossiya Airlines, a subsidiary of Aeroloft, has reportedly resumed conducting scheduled flights to Cuba after European countries banned it from operating in their airspace since the onset of the war in Ukraine. Flights will be organized on a bi-weekly basis, Aeroflot said. The first flight departed from Sheremetyevo airport to the Cuban resort of Varadero. The deputy prime minister for tourism, sport, culture, and communications, Dmitry Chernyshenko said that regular flights to Cuba…

Syria strongly condemned the cold-blooded and deliberate murder of the teenager Nahel M, a 17-year-old boy, in a suburb of Paris by the French police, a source at Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said Saturday. “Syria joins those who advocate an end to racist behaviours that are rooted in the French authorities, mainly targeting members of the communities,” the source noted. This crime reflects the racist colonial mentality, which belies the French government’s claimed values of equality and non-discrimination, the source indicated. Source: SANA

The top diplomat also recalled the European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s statement that the West was doing the right thing by arming Ukraine and called for stepping up arms supplies to Kiev The West should not worry about Russia’s national interests; the country has emerged stronger from all troubles, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at an online briefing on Friday. “Thank you for your concern about our national interests, but you shouldn’t feel worried,” Lavrov said, responding to a question from Reuters. About the attempted mutiny in Russia Lavrov said that “Russia has always emerged stronger from…

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is found guilty of abuse of power by a majority of the country’s electoral court. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was shattered on Friday after the country’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from holding public office until 2030 for his behavior during last year’s contentious election. Five out of seven justices voted to convict the 68-year-old Bolsonaro for abuse of power and misuse of the media over charges whereby in July, before the 2022 election, he summoned ambassadors to vent unfounded claims about Brazil’s electronic voting system. The former…