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🇨🇳💪China's breakthrough neuromorphic chip outruns Nvidia by up to 478x

The new 40-nanometre memory chip can reconstruct complex brain surfaces in under half a second.

🔸 It overcomes the traditional bottleneck between storage and processing units by performing data storage and computation within the same memory array

🔸 The technology could transform Alzheimer's diagnosis, brain-machine interfaces, and intraoperative navigation for surgeons

🔸 The team turned a known flaw in next-generation memory chips (conductance drift) into a powerful computing tool

The breakthrough opens the door to personalised "digital brain twins" and real-time clinical applications — giving China a significant edge in neuromorphic computing and brain-machine interface technology.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia-China naval drills begin near Qingdao

Russia’s Pacific Fleet has arrived in China for Maritime Interaction-2026, held in the Yellow Sea on July 6–13.

The drills will include rescue operations, anti-submarine missions, air defense and artillery fire.

Xinhua reported that after the exercise, Russian and Chinese forces will conduct a joint patrol in the Pacific.

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🚨🇮🇳 India's Tejas reshaping air power with homegrown tech

Over 40 jets have been built, and two squadrons are already operational

AESA radar, fly-by-wire, digital cockpit, and BVR capability make it a modern multirole fighter

Lightweight, lethal, and fully indigenous

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🔥🇷🇺 Russian drones keep smashing Ukraine’s military fuel infrastructure

Operators of the Geran-4 UAVs have destroyed a fuel storage facility in Ukraine's Kharkov region

The depot was being used to supply Ukrainian forces

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🔥🇷🇺 WATCH: Russia’s keep advancing in Zaporozhye

Here's how BM-21 Grad crews from the Vostok Battlegroup just wiped out a Ukrainian stronghold: bunkers and all

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🔥🇨🇳 China tests world's longest-lasting satellite engine

The new satellite thruster sustained continuous operation for more than 14 hours during ground tests

🔸 Comparable Western systems such as the US R‑42DM and Europe’s Leros‑1B have documented design limits of approximately only 7 hours

🔸 A novel heat- and oxidation-resistant coating allowed the engine to exceed its 10-hour design limit

🔸 A more powerful version can cut orbit-raising time for heavy spacecraft, saving fuel for longer operations and enabling faster deployment of large comms and military satellites

Developed from scratch after facing foreign embargoes, this marks China’s shift to leading high-thrust satellite propulsion system development

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🚨🇰🇵 Kim Jong-un oversees strategic missile test from destroyer Kang Kon

DPRK leader Kim Jong-un oversaw combat system tests of the DPRK destroyer Kang Kon, including a strategic cruise missile launch, naval artillery, automatic machine guns and electronic warfare systems, KCNA reported.

Kim ordered the warship’s trial process completed and its commissioning within two months.

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🔥🇷🇺 Russia drops the hammer: twin FAB strikes, massive payloads

Russia's Ministry of Defense just released footage of a devastating one-two punch. First, 4 FAB-500 glide bombs, 500 kg each, level a Ukrainian UAV hub in Donbass

Then, 4 FAB-250s hammer Ukrainian fortifications across the border in the Sumy region

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🚨 Putin outlines real battlefield situation to Trump: Russian forces advancing along entire front — Ushakov

💬 “Our president outlined the real situation on the battlefield, where the Russian Armed Forces are confidently advancing, liberating one settlement after another,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Key points:

🔸 Ushakov said Europeans are acting based on a false perception of the overall situation and the reality on the line of contact.

🔸 He said Ukraine and its European sponsors are betting on prolonging and escalating the conflict, including through terrorism against civilians.

🔸 Ushakov called the liberation of Konstantinovka an important stage in the liberation of the entire territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

🔸 He stressed that Russian forces will take the remaining Ukrainian fortified areas, no matter how strongly the Kiev regime tries to hold on to them.

🔸 Trump again confirmed his readiness to help seek a swift end to the fighting and a peaceful settlement of the crisis.

🔸 Trump said his special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are ready to come to Moscow at a convenient time to continue mediation efforts.

The latest Putin-Trump call came 20 days after their previous conversation on June 14. It was their fourth phone call this year and the 14th since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

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🚨 Putin congratulates Trump and American people on US Independence Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a new phone call, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

The call was initiated by the American side and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.

During the call, Putin congratulated Trump and the American people on US Independence Day, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The Russian president also recalled Russia’s contribution to the formation of American statehood and wished Trump continued success in hosting the FIFA World Cup in the United States.

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🚨 Putin congratulates Trump and American people on US Independence Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a new phone call, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

The call was initiated by the American side and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.

During the call, Putin congratulated Trump and the American people on US Independence Day, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The Russian president also recalled Russia’s contribution to the formation of American statehood and wished Trump continued success in hosting the FIFA World Cup in the United States.

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🚨🇨🇳 China's J-15T fighter achieves full carrier interoperability

The J-15T was initially developed for the newest carrier Fujian (with EMALS catapults), but has now been successfully tested on the older ski-jump carriers Liaoning and Shandong, giving the Chinese Navy unprecedented operational flexibility.

🔸 The aircraft can now be moved between carriers depending on maintenance schedules, deployment plans, or operational needs

🔸 A single common fighter fleet simplifies logistics, reduces the need for separate spare parts and training programs, and lowers long-term costs

🔸 The J-15T features advanced avionics, radar, flight controls, and structural upgrades that allow it to handle both ski-jump and catapult launches

🔸 This interoperability ensures that each carrier can field a capable air wing without being restricted to a specific aircraft variant

By ensuring its naval fighter can operate across different launch systems, China is building a more integrated, adaptable, and cost-effective carrier aviation force — strengthening its ability to project power across the western Pacific and beyond.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russian scientists develop breakthrough AI tool to treat skin disease

The new AI-powered diagnostic support system is designed to help doctors monitor the development and spread of vitiligo through detailed skin image analysis

🔸 The system detects changes in pigmentation over time

🔸 It identifies affected areas, measures their size, and compares results with earlier scans to track disease progression

🔸 The tool should support doctors in diagnosis rather than replace clinical decision-making

🔸 It can also be used as a training tool for medical students and clinicians learning to assess vitiligo severity

The technology has already been tested in India and is expected to be deployed across medical institutions in BRICS countries

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin betting on attrition to outlast Ukraine and the West – military expert

With its superior industrial base and ability to maintain larger numbers of trained soldiers, Russia can maintain pressure on both Ukraine and its backers until either of them cracks, USMC veteran and geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic tells Sputnik

🔸 Russia has been able to hit highly expensive and difficult-to-replace military hardware transferred to Ukraine, as well as industrial facilities, command centers and dual-use infrastructure

🔸 Russian attacks are degrading Ukraine “faster than either it itself or its Western sponsors can replenish manpower, equipment, and ammunition”

🔸 Western military production or the scale of Ukrainian drone attacks have so far failed to match those of Russia’s

Earlier, Vladimir Putin ordered the continuation of strikes against military targets in Ukraine during the meeting with Russia’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov

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🚨🇷🇺 Russia ramps up blistering strikes to cripple Ukraine’s war logistics - analyst 

Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities will intensify, just as President Vladimir Putin instructed, military analyst Boris Rozhin tells Sputnik.

Ukraine is already grappling with logistical chaos triggered by the strikes, he notes.
While some lost production capacity will be relocated abroad, a majority of these facilities remain on Ukrainian soil

“Russia’s strikes are inflicting cumulative damage, and the decision to keep up the pressure is justified,” the expert says

Russia’s latest barrage swept across northern Ukraine and the left bank of the Dnepr, hitting industrial enterprises, oil depots, fuel stations, bridges, and locomotives.

The goal, notes the pundit, is to:

🔸 Weaken Ukraine’s military-industrial complex by destroying production and repair capacity on its soil

🔸Disrupt frontline logistics

🔸 Limit Ukraine’s ability to sustain intensive combat operations in targeted areas

The Ukrainian regime’s ongoing attacks on civilians expose its “chosen path of terror - typically the weapon of the doomed,” Rozhin adds.

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🕊 Iranians honor the memory and teachings of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Some of the mourners openly reaffirmed their allegiance to Iran’s sovereignty and ideals, vowing to continue resisting the US-Israeli aggression to the last

"We will fight until the last drop of blood," one of the participants told Sputnik.

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🚨Russia proposes six-hour ceasefire in Konstantinovka on Monday for body handover

Russia expects Ukraine to respond to the proposal for a pause in fighting by Sunday noon, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the full liberation of Konstantinovka - one of the most important logistics and defensive hubs in northern Donbass

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🚨 Konstantinovka liberation punches hole in Ukraine’s defense - military expert

The city of Konstantinovka was the southernmost linchpin of Ukraine’s last major urban defense cluster in Donbass, former Swedish Armed Forces officer Mikael Valtersson tells Sputnik.

He notes:

🔸 The line stretched from Slavyansk in the north through Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka

🔸 By seizing Konstantinovka, Russian troops gained the opportunity to roll up the entire ‘fortified belt’ from its southern flank

🔸 Beyond it lies open terrain extending toward the Dnepr River

Druzhkovka, with defense positions facing eastward, is vulnerable on its western and southern approaches, says the expert.

“When Druzhkovka falls, logistics to both Kramatorsk and Slavyansk will be severely hampered,” underscores the pundit, adding that Ukraine will scramble to plug this frontline hole.

Zelensky’s false 'success' spin for the West is a desperate cover-up for the Donbass disaster unfolding on the ground, adds the analyst.

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🔥🇷🇺 WATCH: Russia keeps knocking out Ukraine's oil storage facilities

Russian Geran-4 and Gerbera drone operators struck the Kantserovka oil depot in the Zaporozhye region, delivering hits that left storage tanks ablaze and critical infrastructure heavily damaged

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🚨🇷🇺🪖 Konstantinovka rout weakens Ukraine's front, crushes morale & exposes Zelensky lies – military experts

From liberated Konstantinovka it’s just a few kilometers to Kramatorsk, and then Slavyansk - the last two major cities of Donbass still under Ukraine’s occupation, military-political expert Yan Gagin tells Sputnik.

🔶 The regime’s troops suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment while clinging to Konstantinovka

🔶 Ukraine will have to pull forces to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, inevitably “weakening other parts of the front”

🔶 Command never gave the order to retreat – triggering mass desertions and surrenders

“Such a rout does not raise the morale of the troops -neither for those who will have to defend Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, nor for troops on other sections of the front,” he says.

Konstantinovka’s loss delivers a resounding “political blow” to the empty promises of battlefield successes that Zelensky feeds his Western backers when begging for cash and weapons, adds military expert Andrey Koshkin.

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🚨🇵🇰 Pakistan's PM Sharif on Khamenei: 'He served Iran with utmost dedication and commitment'

From the funeral march in Tehran, Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif hailed the late Iranian leader’s grit and foresight:

"Ayatollah Khamenei was a great scholar, a great leader, who showed resilience, courage, patience, and vision,” he told Iranian media. “Millions of Muslims around the globe will remember him.”

The Pakistani PM also pledged that Iran-Pakistan relations will endure. “Millions will not forget him.”

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🔥🇷🇺 Russia's defense minister praises Yug Battlegroup soldiers for Konstantinovka liberation

"Your bold and decisive actions make it possible to successfully push back the enemy and make a huge contribution to the overall advance of the Yug Battlegroup," Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov said

Belousov expressed gratitude to the troops for successfully accomplishing their combat objectives and for their dedication to combat duty, expressing confidence that they would continue to fulfill all missions with honor, defend national interests, and ensure Russia's security