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G.O.P. Split in Texas Breaks Wide Open With Drunkenness Accusation

New York Times Attorney General Ken Paxton’s accusation against the House speaker came as the House investigated Mr. Paxton’s request for $3.3 million to settle a suit accusing him of corruption. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/texas-ken-paxton-speaker-drunk.html

Five Banks Unlawfully Shared Information on Government Bonds, U.K. Regulator Says

Wall Street Journal The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada exchanged sensitive information on U.K. government bonds via online chats. https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-banks-unlawfully-shared-information-on-government-bonds-u-k-regulator-says-d1a81a25

Russian MFA blasts US threat to sanction Georgia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Earlier, the US State Department threatened to levy sanctions on any company that provided maintenance services to Russian planes at Georgia’s airports https://tass.com/politics/1622409

Dutch inventor growing mushroom coffins as sustainable new alternative in burial practices

Fox News For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too. A Dutch intrepid inventor is now “growing” coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold that, in a week, turns into what could basically be compared to the…

Russia supports fostering partnership in BRICS — top security official

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Nikolay Patrushev assured that Russia highly appreciates the achieved level and nature of relations within the alliance https://tass.com/politics/1622401

China said to be negotiating arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Middle Eastern countries are eyeing Chinese drones, fighter jets and air defence systems as they seek to diversify weapons supply amid Ukraine war and tensions with Washington, according to Beirut-based intelligence service. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3221715/china-said-be-negotiating-arms-deals-saudi-arabia-and-egypt?utm_source=rss_feed

Polish general calls to prepare for uprising in Belarus

Pravda Ukraine General Waldemar Skrzypczak, former Commander of the Polish Land Forces, considers the prospect of an armed uprising in Belarus quite real and calls on Warsaw to prepare for such a scenario. Source: Skrzypczak expressed this opinion on the air of the Polsat television channel on Tuesday, reports European Pravda Details: According to the…

We’re witnessing the birth of a new Middle East – analysis

Jerusalem Post Nothing illustrates the new realities of the Middle East better than the Saudi Kingdom hosting both Vladimir Zelensky and Bashar al-Assad. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-744110

Gov’t treating delegation to Ethiopia as ‘human safari trip’ – protesters

Jerusalem Post A delegation of directors-general of Israeli government ministries will embark on a mission to Ethiopia in July and will then suggest a plan to end aliyah from Ethiopia. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-744109

Putin’s ‘butcher’ warns of simmering revolution as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on

Fox News Chief of Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary force and self-proclaimed “butcher” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has once again come out swinging at Moscow’s defense ministry, this time warning there will be a revolution like the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution if Russian elites do not get serious about the war in Ukraine. According…