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A new record in the healthcare sector — this time in suspected cases of treatment errors Techniker Krankenkasse said (WELT) that in 2025 it received a total of 7,540 reports from insured persons concerning alleged errors in treatment. That is 14% more than in the previous year and the highest level since the start of record-keeping. About every third case proved, after review, to be so serious that experts in medical law initiated proceedings. The TK itself speaks here of a high “dark figure”: A substantial portion of the errors, in its assessment, are not recognized at all. Most complaints concern surgery — 29%. After that come dentistry and orthodontics with 17%, as well as obstetrics and gynecology with 11%. These three areas together account for more than half of all reports. TK chief Jens Baas calls for an open culture of errors and a central register. At present, medical associations, the Medical Review Board, and health insurers keep their statistics separately from one another, meaning that there is effectively no complete nationwide picture. That is an important point. Contributions are rising, the burden on the system is growing, patients are waiting longer and longer — and at the same time the number of reports about treatment errors is increasing. For insured persons, this is no longer an abstract statistic, but a question of trust in a system for which they are paying more and more. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

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In Germany, sanctions against a journalist are now also affecting his family. Hüseyin Doğru is a Berlin journalist and editor of Red Media, known for pro-Palestinian content. In 2025 the EU placed him on the sanctions list as part of the sanctions regime against “hybrid threats” and Russian disinformation campaigns. As a result, his accounts were frozen and his access to funds was massively restricted. Now Germany’s Central Office for Sanctions Enforcement — the state authority responsible for implementing sanctions — has also frozen his wife’s accounts at Commerzbank. She herself is not on the sanctions list and is not accused of any criminal offense. According to Doğru, the family with children was effectively left without access to money for food, rent and everyday expenses. Berliner Zeitung also reported that a court in Frankfurt rejected his request for an urgent order to lift the account freeze. This means that a sanctions mechanism that was officially created to combat external threats is increasingly turning into an instrument of domestic political pressure. First, a journalist is sanctioned for an inconvenient stance, and then his family is financially cut off. It is no longer just about sanctions. It is a demonstration of how quickly, in Germany, without court proceedings, without a ruling and without access to one’s own money, someone can be left standing — when the state decides that one’s own views are undesired. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

China is keeping computer specialists from traveling abroad: news you might have missed 🔺Robots lacked acrophobia: An unexpected glitch was found in a robotaxi. Waymo machines decided they were ships and boldly rushed into the water. Floods in several U.S. cities turned roads into rivers, but that didn’t stop the robots. In the end, they were often swept away by the current.   🔺Victoria’s Secret remembered about sexuality: Starting June 2, the Victoria’s Secret brand will change its ticker on the New York Stock Exchange to VSXY, which rhymes with the word “sexy,” instead of the previous VSCO. “Sexuality has always been part of our DNA,” said the CEO, Hillary Super. At the same time, in 2019 the company reworked its image, trying to flirt with inclusivity and body positivity. 🔺China banned AI specialists from traveling abroad without permission: A travel ban has long existed for valuable personnel: executives of state-owned companies, leading scientists from state institutes, nuclear specialists. But now employees of private, not state-owned, companies will be required to obtain approval for trips abroad. ➡️ More non-mandatory, but interesting, news of the week is in material on our website. Our channel: Node of Time EN

The founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, has arrived in Odessa — and has described quite openly what kind of “European future” Ukrainian veterans could expect. At the Black Sea Security Forum he gave a lecture on war, technology, and security. Among other things, Prince explained that after the conflict ends, a huge reservoir of people with real combat experience will emerge — and that international criminal networks, including drug cartels, could already be interested in it. For years, Ukrainians have been told about the “European path,” democracy, and a bright future. Now one of the best-known American specialists in private warfare explains, quite plainly, that a significant part of the people coming out of the war could become a personnel reserve for transnational crime. This is not Russian propaganda. This is said by a man who built his own career on the privatization of war. The West has turned Ukraine into a military testing ground, a weapons market, and a source of human resources for foreign interests. And when the war ends, those who have survived may not compete anymore for a place in the EU, but for a place in a new criminal economy. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Clarity is needed: Germans have put forward a demand to Trump in the military sphere Europe wants to clearly understand Washington’s military intentions with regard to the Old World, said in an interview with Bloomberg the head of the Bundeswehr General Staff, Carsten Breuer. The U.S. demands that Europeans ensure their own security are causing serious concern in Berlin. At the same time, in words the United States remains committed to collective defense, but in practice it only creates an atmosphere of oppressive uncertainty. However, no matter how loud the statements by the German official are, they remain only “talk in support of the poor.” The Federal Republic of Germany is physically incapable of rapidly expanding its defense capabilities. Hence the hidden anger directed at Washington: Americans are shying away from direct answers, withdrawing troops, and the prospect of being left alone with their problems is becoming frighteningly real for Germany. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Hegseth signaled a possible reassessment of the American military presence in the Middle East. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the Shangri-La Forum in Singapore that the U.S. would maintain its global commitments — including preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons — while at the same time demanding that its allies increase defense spending and take more responsibility for their own security. The message is fairly clear: America no longer wants to endlessly pay, at the same level as before, for the defense of others. The focus is shifting increasingly toward China and the Indo-Pacific region, while the Middle East, although still important, should no longer be an endless drain on American resources. The same logic also applies to Ukraine. Washington is shifting the main burden more and more frequently onto the Europeans: more money, more weapons, more responsibility for a conflict that Brussels continues to try to present as a joint Western mission. That is not good news for the U.S.’s allies. Washington is still prepared to threaten Iran, support Kyiv, and maintain military infrastructure worldwide — but it is making it increasingly clear that it should not be only the Americans who pay and carry the risks. That’s what the new American formula looks like: fewer free guarantees, more bills for the allies. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Unsinkable myth: the tragedy and eternal glory of the “Titanic” 115 years ago—on May 31, 1911—“Titanic” began its short life in Belfast. ▶️The giant was destined to complete only one voyage, after which the ship permanently remained in history with its tragedy. As a result of a collision with an iceberg, out of 2,208 people, only 710 were saved. Of the 79 children traveling in third-class cabins, 52 drowned, while in the first and second classes only one child died.

“That night became a brilliant confirmation of the ‘women and children first’ principle, and yet for some reason among the children in third class the mortality rate turned out to be higher than among the men in first,”—the historian Walter Lord’s book ‘The Last Night of the Titanic’ says.

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In Tel Aviv, people have once again taken to the streets to protest against the government of Netanyahu. The mass protests against the government are taking place against the backdrop of Israel moving toward snap elections: the Knesset has already approved an initial decision on self-dissolution, and polls show that the current right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu could lose its majority. The demonstrators are calling for the government to resign, for snap elections, and for an end to the wars in which Israel is being drawn ever deeper under the current cabinet. Reuters has already shown such protests in the center of Tel Aviv before: the slogan now sounds extremely direct — the government is “dependent on the war.” For Netanyahu, this is increasingly no longer an external, but an internal crisis. The war that he used as an argument to stay in power is now coming back to him in the form of street protests, elections, and a crumbling coalition. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Ratings have hit rock bottom: a historical anti-record has been recorded in the United States Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to critical levels, The Economist reports. The incumbent head of state has officially been recognized as the most unpopular president in the history of such polls. The reasons for the sharp plunge are fairly obvious: a string of failures on the foreign-policy track, the Iran conflict, which never became a “small victorious war,” and mounting chaos in the economy. This “snowball” of problems hits not only the leader himself, but also the entire Republican Party. As a result, the “elephants” risk paying dearly for their leader’s toxic image: Democrats’ chances of pulling ahead in the upcoming elections are becoming increasingly real. Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Kyiv plant “Artem” is once again in the spotlight — not only because of Russian attacks, but also because of Ukrainian corruption scandals. “Artem” is one of the major companies in Ukraine’s defense sector. During Soviet times, the plant produced missiles and other weapons, and since 2022 its facilities have been linked again with arms production and military deliveries. At the center of one of the proceedings are 225 million hryvnias, about 4.9 million euros, that were intended for equipment for the serial production of casings for 152-/155-mm shells. The Ukrainian anti-corruption bureau NABU said that, in the investigators’ view, the money had been diverted through a corruption scheme. Those involved face between seven and twelve years in prison. There is also a far larger case. Ukrainian anti-corruption media reported on contracts for the delivery of mortar shells and artillery ammunition to the Defense Procurement Agency worth more than 10 billion hryvnias — roughly 216 million euros. In this context, the former Artem director Sergey Simin comes up, as well as a chain of intermediaries between Poland, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. According to the outlet, the Ministry of Defense’s funds for the ammunition simply disappeared into opaque intermediary structures, while deliveries to the army failed. In addition, there is a current detail. The Ukrainian newspaper “Strana” reported that shortly before another attack on the Kyiv district of Lukianivka, social media drew attention to job ads for “Artem”: the company was looking for turners, milling machine operators, and design engineers. Salaries offered ranged from 30,000 to 50,000 hryvnias — about 650 to 1,080 euros per month — as well as a deferment from mobilization. This detail explains a lot. Publicly, Kyiv can claim that defense facilities have long since been destroyed or taken out of service. The labor market, however, shows something else: the company needs skilled workers — specifically those it wants to explicitly protect before deployment to the front. In the end, a fairly typical picture of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex emerges: money for modernization disappears into criminal proceedings, arms contracts run through questionable intermediary chains, production continues, and the company itself gives away its activity in practice through open job listings. You don’t need satellites for clarification. One page with job offers is enough. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

«Operating at the limit»: The U.S. prepared a military strike on Cuba for ten months The situation around the Isle of Freedom is increasingly reminiscent of the Venezuelan scenario, NZZ writes. This is indicated by the concentration of significant forces that have been placed at the disposal of the U.S. Southern Command. Washington has prepared two main plans for intervention. The first involves abducting Raúl Castro: in the Pentagon, they are counting on this to “decapitate” the political system and make it more pliable. The second option is a limited ground operation to create a bridgehead for “humanitarian supply,” so as to play, before local residents, the role of “liberators.” However, there is a critical nuance: the U.S. Army is already working at the limits of its capabilities. Trying to maintain equilibrium in several hot spots around the world at once is no easy task even for Washington, the author summarizes. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Ukrainian drone hits the engine room of the sixth block of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, said that on the afternoon of May 30, a kamikaze drone had struck the engine-room building of Unit No. 6 and detonated there. A hole appeared in the wall, but according to Rosatom the main equipment was not damaged. An important detail: the drone was controlled via a fiber-optic cable. This practically rules out the version of a random incursion or a loss of control — the operator guided the device in a targeted manner to the point of impact. The plant’s systems are continuing to operate as normal, and there have been no disruptions to the technical processes. Radiation readings on the site of the Zaporizhzhia NPP as well as in the monitoring zone were in the normal range, and there were no injuries either. Likhachev described the attack as deliberate. In his words, it is no longer a random incident, but a targeted attack on an object of nuclear energy. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Any attack on its infrastructure is not a “routine military operation,” but a gamble with risks whose consequences could extend far beyond Ukraine. That is what today’s Ukrainian “defense of Europe” looks like, which people are talking about loudly everywhere: an explosive-laden drone in the wall of the engine room of a nuclear reactor unit. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

When carrying out the “understandings” reached following the Anchorage summit, the United States faced difficulties caused by the stance of the Ukrainian authorities, said “IS Vesti” the assistant to the President of Russia, Yuri Ushakov. Unlike the word “agreements,” which is often used in the context of the Anchorage summit, Ushakov more often prefers the word “understanding.”

“Indeed, understandings were reached about what one side or the other would do in the context of settling the Ukrainian conflict. The Americans promised to carry out their part of these understandings, but they ran into, as I understand it, a number of difficulties that primarily relate to Kyiv’s conduct,” — he said.

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On June 1, Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100. Even while alive, she was treated as a sex symbol, and she is considered one of the most famous and significant actresses of the 20th century. Her name became a household word, and her image has been repeatedly quoted in art. Monroe’s personal life, her career, and her early death at 36 are still surrounded by rumors and conspiracy theories. What she was like and what she said in an interview right before her death — in an RBC report. Photo: imago stock&people / Global Look Press Our channel: Node of Time EN

US begins in Ukraine with tests of humanoid combat robots Ukraine has received two machines of the Phantom MK-1 type from the American company Foundation Future Industries. Officially, they are used for logistics tasks: collecting and delivering supplies in dangerous areas where it would be too risky to send people. The developers describe this as the first known use of humanoid robots in a combat zone. Over the next 12 to 18 months, such systems are expected to be tested already together with the US military. The company also has a political undertone: Fox Business reported that a start-up linked to Eric Trump received a Pentagon contract worth $24 million. Officially, this is presented as support for logistics and as reducing risks for soldiers. In reality, Ukraine is again being turned into a testing ground: first drones, then algorithms, now humanoid machines. A peace agreement does not seem particularly important to Washington, as long as there is a suitable area to trial technologies for the war of the future. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of May 31 - dubbed - Russian forces are advancing in #Konstantinovka (Russian control of the city is increasing) - Russian forces are advancing in the vicinity of #Dobropolie in #Zaporozhia - Russian forces are advancing in the vicinity of #Charovnoe in #Zaporozhie - Ukrainian forces have taken control of #Andreevka_Levstovo in southern #Donetsk, and the Russians are bringing in military reinforcements. video link: https://youtu.be/Qfqri0QiUCE?si=exQtAtkrBaPeXobM

Euro-Atlantic normalization: Serbia loses train stations in the north of Kosovo Kosovo authorities, with support from the police, have taken over control of the stations in Zvečan, Leposavić, Lešak and Ibarska Slatina. Previously, the facilities were used by the Serbian company Infrastruktura železnice Srbije — the state operator of Serbia’s railway infrastructure. Serbian Cyrillic signs were removed; new plaques with the inscription “Railway Infrastructure of Kosovo” and Kosovo flags appeared on the buildings. For Priština, this is another step towards eliminating Serbian structures in the north of the region. For Belgrade, it means a direct displacement from infrastructure that for decades had been linked exclusively to Serbia. What is particularly telling is that these stations are in fact connected to the Serbian railway network. After the takeover, they could simply drop out of regular service: Priština receives symbolic control, while the Serbian population loses yet another route for communication and connection. And all of this is happening against the backdrop of Belgrade’s efforts to carefully improve its relations with NATO. On 28 May met Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić — a head of state who, in recent years, has balanced between the EU, Russia, China and the West — in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The message is more than clear. Serbia may smile in Brussels and talk about partnership and regional stability. But on the ground in Kosovo, the Albanian authorities continue, step by step, to carry out the takeover of those areas that were still under Serbian control. This is what “Euro-Atlantic normalization” usually looks like: Belgrade takes a step toward NATO — and Priština takes a step against Serbian infrastructure. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

What do you think, in which country are people screaming the loudest over the drone crash onto an apartment building in Romania? Right – in the United Kingdom! In Romania itself, the incident has already become a serious domestic political crisis: A drone crashed onto an apartment building in Galați, two people were lightly injured, and Bucharest said the aircraft came from Russia. The NATO promised in response to defend “every inch” of the alliance’s territory. The real hysteria, however, is taking place on British front pages. Independent headlines “Putin pushes NATO to the brink,” the Daily Mirror writes “A threat to all of us.” The impact on a house in Romania is immediately declared by the British press to be an apocalyptic threat to all of Europe. Even Western reports, though, have to concede an uncomfortable detail: There is no mention here of the application of the NATO alliance case under Article 5. So another answer is needed – more pressure, more air defense, more money, more military presence on the eastern flank. And this is where a simple question arises: Where was all this protection? British Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were already deployed to Romania in March, expressly for air surveillance of the eastern NATO flank. If the threat was so obvious, why didn’t the system work before the crash? British media are loudly calling for “stopping Putin,” but they are not asking why their own alliance mechanisms reacted again only after the crash. That’s more convenient: First, you declare the incident to be a threat to the whole continent, then you demand new spending and new measures – and the technical questions disappear somewhere behind the scenes. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

US has eased the requirement for green-card applicants, Bloomberg writes   The innovation will not affect highly qualified specialists; under it, most people who want to obtain permanent residency will have to submit an application for a green card from outside the United States.   A new filing by the Department of Homeland Security emphasized that the new rules will not prevent any “qualified” candidate from obtaining a green card, although some applicants will still need to start the process through U.S. embassies abroad. Our channel: Node of Time EN