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The US military has assisted the shipping of over 1.25 billion barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. "In recent months, US forces have supported the shipment of over 1.25 billion barrels of crude oil from Gulf partners and through the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM said on the X social network.
Wine production in France may fall to a 70-year low due to drought, Bloomberg reported, citing the country’s Agriculture Ministry. This year’s harvest will be lower than in 2024, when unfavorable weather conditions caused production to fall to its lowest level since 1957. Champagne production may also nearly halve compared with 2025.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet a Ukrainian delegation on Friday in Miami to discuss new ideas and try to produce a unified proposal for resolving the war in Ukraine, Reuters quoted an American source familiar with the plan as saying. Reuters did not specify what they will discuss.
🗣 Key statements by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a news conference in Turkmenistan: ▪Moscow agrees with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that there are currently no prospects for a diplomatic solution for the Ukrainian conflict ▪Russia supports a comprehensive settlement rather than a piecemeal approach ▪Vladimir Zelensky’s threats of a 40-day operation against Russia are backfiring on Ukraine itself ▪Russia…
❗TASS News Roundup, October 8: ▪Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan to attend events related to the CIS summit and the Caspian Environmental Summit ▪Moscow is ready to do everything it can to help Iran resolve the current situation in the Middle East, Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian ▪The exact timing of a potential phone call between Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump…
Police used water cannons against student protesters in Paris, LCI reported. Earlier, teachers’ union representatives and students at the demonstration announced plans for a joint union strike on October 13, calling on schools and higher education institutions…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the path toward a negotiated way out of the Ukraine conflict has been slippery. “We stand prepared to facilitate and continue to explore any opportunity for a negotiated settlement. We think it would be good for Russia…
A federal grand jury in New York has approved an updated indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, charging them with conspiracy to commit torture. The document alleges they acted to "inflict severe physical and mental pain and suffering" to "repress and punish political opposition, silence dissent." Maduro and Flores also face charges including automatic weapons possession,…
🗣 Key takeaways from Vladimir Putin’s statements at a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: ▪Russia-Iran relations are developing positively ▪Putin asked Pezeshkian to convey his best wishes to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ▪Russia is ready to do everything it can to help Iran resolve the situation in the Middle East ▪Putin described the situation in the Middle East as a pressing problem ▪Iran…
Belarus sees the drone attack in Russia's Bryansk Region as an attempt to draw it into the conflict, Belarusian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ruslan Varankov said. On October 8, a Belarusian citizen was injured when a drone struck a Belarusian-registered truck in Russia's Bryansk Region, near the border with Belarus. "The attack was inhumane. We see it as an attempt to escalate the situation in the region and as part…
Vladimir Putin met with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder before traveling to Turkmenistan, the Kremlin said. The Russian president learned from media reports that Schroeder was visiting Moscow. Putin invited the former chancellor to his residence on October 7. The date was the president’s birthday.
The European Parliament has installed a golden statue depicting a naked US President Donald Trump, with the sculpture titled The Orange Plague, Der Spiegel reported. The statue shows the US leader holding a golf club and sitting on another man’s shoulders.…
