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A biker who engages minds with special focus on Media Narratives, Geo-politics, Faiths & Foreign Relations.

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[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

BREAKING NEWS: NTV Uganda, Spark TV forced off air as Daily Monitor shutdown on Gen Muhoozi order

Details👇🏽
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[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

The source says Friday's agreement ensures 'genuine sovereignty and territorial integrity for Lebanon, and a permanent end to the conflict' https://t.co/lDlO33jron

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[Netcompany INEOS @NetcompanyINEOS]

Monaco has a new Time Trial champion 🇲🇨🆕⏱️

Congrats, @VicLangellotti! 👊

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[TASS @tassagency_en]

During a meeting with UN Secretary General candidate Maria Espinosa, Lavrov outlined Russia’s requirements for candidates for this position, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement:
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[Tour de France™ @LeTour]

🚴 Le #TDF2026 arrive, et avec lui, des milliers de supporters le long des routes !

C'est l'occasion idéale de lancer notre campagne avec Gestes Propres, une collaboration de longue date dans la lutte contre les déchets abandonnés.

Le message est simple : on profite du spectacle et on garde nos déchets jusqu'à la poubelle. 💛

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[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

The United States Justice Department has approved the Paramount-Warner Bros merger

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[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

The Pentagon has raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to its highest category, amid growing alarm that Washington’s supposed closest Middle East ally is intensifying efforts to spy on senior US officials
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[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

Opinion: In an age of propaganda, the greatest service we can offer Zionist students is not protection from difficult history, but preparation to face it. Teach the Nakba. Teach it truthfully.
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[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

🇨🇳🌍 China rises as Africa’s No.1 tech partner

From AI training centers in Kenya to anti-desertification projects in Mauritania, China is exporting technology, training and industrial know-how across the African continent, reports CGTN

🔸 Chinese-backed projects in Africa hit $61.2B in 2025, making Africa the top Belt & Road destination

🔸 Chinese firms helped build 150,000 km of telecom networks serving 700M users across Africa

🔸 African startups are rapidly adopting Chinese AI models, with costs far below Western competitors

🔸 In Kenya, the Luban Workshop – jointly established by Chinese and local partners – offers courses in cloud computing, cybersecurity and AI

🔸 Chinese perennial rice technology has been introduced in Burundi, Uganda, Madagascar and Mozambique, boosting yields & cutting farming costs

China is positioning itself as the key tech partner for Africa’s modernization drive — while expanding its clout across the Global South

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[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. https://t.co/cQz8oU5Wkh

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[Mao Ning 毛宁 @SpoxCHN_MaoNing]

President Xi noted that President Trump’s visit has been a historic and landmark one. We have agreed on a new vision of a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, and reached important common understandings on keeping economic and trade ties stable, expanding practical cooperation in various fields, properly addressing each other’s concerns, and enhancing communication and coordination on international and regional issues.

The two sides should effectively implement our important understandings, cherish the hard-earned momentum, move in the right direction, steer clear of interference, and promote the steady development of the relationship.

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[The Daily Somalia @TheDailySomalia]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s four-year term officially expires on May 15, 2026, exactly four years after he took office on May 15, 2022, under Somalia’s provisional constitution.

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[World Source News @Worldsource24]

WSJ: The United Arab Emirates has carried out military strikes on Iran.

The strikes, which the U.A.E. hasn’t publicly acknowledged, have included an attack on a refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf.

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[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Perhaps one of the most striking moments in the king's speech came when he reminded lawmakers that the Magna Carta, cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court over the years, advanced the foundational principle that "executive power is subject to checks and balances."

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[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

Media attendees at the White House dinner tonight, including a massive contingent from Fox News:

- David Ellison
- Bret Baier
- Maria Bartiromo
- Greg Gutfeld
- Ainsley Earhardt
- Laura Ingraham
- Jesse Watters
- Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott
- Chris Ruddy
- Jeff Bezos

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[Arab News @arabnews]

#Israel’s military removes two soldiers ‌from combat duty and places them in military detention for 30 days after they destroyed a crucifix in southern #Lebanon https://t.co/TOYwFq8onI

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[Anadolu English @anadoluagency]

#BREAKING Italy summons Russian ambassador to Rome after Russian television host Vladmir Solovyov makes 'extremely serious, offensive statements' against Premier Giorgia Meloni

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[UAE Embassy US @UAEEmbassyUS]

Iran targeted the UAE with 2,800+ missiles and drones, 90% of which were aimed at civilian infrastructure. UAE Minister HE Reem Al Hashimy joined @ThisWeekABC to discuss what that means for the region and the world.

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[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

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[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Yesterday, I spoke with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, as well as with U.S. President Donald Trump.

I urged the resumption of the negotiations suspended in Islamabad, the clearing up of misunderstandings, and the avoidance of any further escalation.

It is essential, in particular, that the ceasefire be strictly respected by all parties and that it include Lebanon.

It is equally important that the Strait of Hormuz be reopened unconditionally, without restrictions or tolls, as soon as possible.

Under these conditions, negotiations should be able to resume quickly, with the support of the key parties concerned.

France and the United Kingdom will also host a conference in Paris this Friday, bringing together by videoconference non-belligerent countries ready to contribute, alongside us, to a multilateral and purely defensive mission aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the strait when security conditions allow.