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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:25am On Jan 09
⚡Yemen’s Houthis anti-ship ballistic and cruise missile arsenal.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:24am On Jan 09
⚡An Additional Photo has been released reportedly showing the Wreckage of the B-1B “Lancer” Heavy Bomber with the 28th Bomb Wing which Crashed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on January 5th.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:23am On Jan 09
⚡United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make - The Air Current

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:05am On Jan 09
⚡Armenia and Azerbajian have agreed to hold a new border delimitation commission meeting by the end of January, said Armen Grigoryan, secretary of the Security Council.

Armenian and Azerbaijani border delimitation commissions last met on November 30, 2023.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:51am On Jan 09
⚡"China successfully launched the Einstein Probe satellite using the Long March-2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, and the satellite entered its designated orbit," CCTV reported, adding the launch was a "complete success".
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:49am On Jan 09
⚡Taiwan issued emergency phone alert after China launched a satellite that flew over southern Taiwanese airspace

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:47am On Jan 09
⚡2 x U.S. F-16 fighter jets flew over Bosnia in a sign of support to the country as Serbs call for secession.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:28am On Jan 09
⚡Singaporean container ship KOTA HAKIM crosses the Red Sea with the vessel destination "VSL NO LINK ISRAEL".

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:27am On Jan 09
⚡🇫🇷 French Comedy in three acts.

1. 10/04/2022:

France wants to make the price of air defense unbearable for Russia. Sanctions against Russia are working. The facts are clear: the Russian economy is suffocating - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne

2. 01/08/2024:

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigns.

3. 01/08/2024:

Very difficult times await us, we need tough measures - French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire.



😂 🤣 🤡 🇫🇷 🤡

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:23am On Jan 09
⚡South Korea has banned the sale of dog meat
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:08am On Jan 09
⚡A possible military conflict over Taiwan could cost the global economy an estimated $10 trillion, dwarfing the blow from the war in Ukraine, Covid pandemic and Global Financial Crisis.

Bloomberg gives this estimate, noting that the indicated amount is about 10% of world GDP.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:43am On Jan 09
⚡The commander of the reconnaissance company of the 1st special forces brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Zayarnyuk, was eliminated near the city of Chasov Yar.

According to messages from his colleagues on social networks, he commanded the DRGs that committed sabotage in the Belgorod region.

He died in hospital after being wounded.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:01am On Jan 09
⚡ Firefighters and Secret Service have Cleared the Vehicle which Struck a Perimeter Gate tonight at the White House in Washington, D.C. stating that the “Suspicious Package” which was Discovered in the Vehicle was determined to not be a Threat.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:00am On Jan 09
⚡Biden:

“A home owned by a black family on one side of a highway, built by the same builder on the other side of the highway, and a white guy living in it, the white guy's home is valued more than the black guy's.”

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:53am On Jan 09
⚡Israeli Officials have now claimed Responsibility for the Strike on Southern Lebanon earlier today which resulted in the Assassination of Top Hezbollah Commander for the “Redwan” Special Operations Force, Wissam al-Tawil.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:52am On Jan 09
⚡South Korea has officially scrapped the mutually agreed buffer zones in the Yellow Sea due to the recent North Korean artillery drills.

South Korea's military will resume artillery drills and exercises near the land and sea border.

South Korean officials indicated recently that if North Korea continues to threaten South Koreans, the military will react and take action.

Chinese fishing trawlers have mysteriously stopped appearing near Yeonpyeong Island. There are fears that North Korea have warned them to stay away.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:51am On Jan 09
⚡4 more IDF soldiers have been declared killed in Gaza today.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:50am On Jan 09
⚡A US Navy officer who admitted to providing sensitive military information to China has been jailed for more than two years.

Wenheng Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty in October to passing on information to Chinese intelligence for bribes.

Mr Zhao was a petty officer working at a California naval base.

He passed on information about military exercises, operational orders and critical infrastructure From 2021 to 2023, US officials said.

Specifically, he provided information about the US Navy's large-scale drills in the Indo-Pacific region, as well as electrical diagrams and blueprints for a radar system located at the US base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:49am On Jan 09
⚡The U.S. Marine Corps have announced that General Eric M. Smith, the Commandant of the Marine Corps who suffered Severe Cardiac Arrest while Jogging near his Home in Washington, D.C. on October 29th, has undergone Open Heart Surgery today to Repair a Bicuspid Aortic Valve which is believed to have caused the previous Cardiac Arrest.

He is Recovering Well and will soon return to Full-Status as Commandant.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:03am On Jan 09
⚡Massive explosion reported at Sandman Signature hotel in Fort Worth, Texas

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:35pm On Jan 08
⚡UK said polls that saw Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to power for a fifth term did not meet the standard of free and fair elections
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:34pm On Jan 08
⚡France can supply Ukraine with another 85 SCALP-EG cruise missiles in addition to the 50 previously transferred missiles, Le Figaro reports.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:22pm On Jan 08
⚡Hamas asks Egypt to open border to treat wounded.

Hamas has called on Egypt to open the Rafah border crossing to allow the transfer from Gaza of 6,000 wounded people for urgent treatment.

Such a move would require consultation with Israel.

Dozens of Palestinians are reported to have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza as intense fighting continues across the territory.

In addition to the sustained Israeli bombardment, there has been ground combat between Israel's army and Hamas fighters.

Hamas' media office said nearly 60,000 injured Palestinians were suffering from infections.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:21pm On Jan 08
⚡Scholz is urging EU states to provide more military aid to Ukraine; other states such as France and Spain are making too little of a contribution

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:21pm On Jan 08
⚡Axios reports that Netanyahu asked UAE leader to 'pay unemployment stipends to Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank whom Israel barred from entering its territory', to which UAE president MBZ responded, 'ask Zelensky for money'.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:01pm On Jan 08
⚡ U.S. Defense Secretary was transported by ambulance from his home to hospital on Jan 1 after suffering "severe pain" — Pentagon
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:00pm On Jan 08
⚡Michelle Obama says she is kept awake at night due to the upcoming election: "I am terrified about what could happen"

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:00pm On Jan 08
⚡Saudi Crown Prince MbS met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his tent.

Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:21pm On Jan 08
⚡Biden has just been interrupted during speech at church:

I've been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:20pm On Jan 08
⚡Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) received 100 GB of secret data about the military equipment of the Russian Army, worth $1.5 billion.

The data was obtained from the Russian company "Special Technology Center", which produces military equipment and wartime equipment, in particular, the Orlan UAV of various modifications, a number of EW equipment, and other military products.

The array contains documentation for 194 nomenclature units: drawings, specifications, patents, software, etc.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:43pm On Jan 08
⚡Jeffrey Epstein secretly recorded sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Richard Branson and Bill Clinton, new unsealed docs claim
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:13pm On Jan 08
⚡Poland apparently blocked Nord Stream investigations.

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