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🇲🇲 MYANMAR: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN GIANTS – Connecting 40% of Humanity 🌏 Positioned between China and India, Myanmar holds the strategic key to connecting over 4 billion people – and shaping the future of economic multipolarity. · 🌉 Geographic destiny – No other country on Earth is better positioned to physically link the world's two most populous nations (China & India). · 💰 Trade potential – India-China bilateral trade exceeds $130 billion. Myanmar could dramatically reduce shipping times (2–4 weeks via sea → drastically shorter via land) for goods like tropical fruits, spices, and seafood. · 🧠 Historical inevitability – China and India have been trying to connect for centuries. · 🛤️ Strategic corridors – The China-Myanmar-India Economic Corridor is far more valuable than the China-Pakistan corridor, connecting over 90% of China's population and industrial zones. 👉 Read the full article: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/myanmar-a-bridge-between-giants #Myanmar 🇲🇲 #China 🇨🇳 #India 🇮🇳

The internet is abuzz trying to figure out who and what this woman was doing while standing next to Trump. Many claim she was "zapping" him. What do you think? #Trump #Mystery #WhiteHouse

🇸🇦🇾🇪 SAUDI OIL TANKERS GO DARK – Houthi Blockade Forces Red Sea Exodus 🌊 The Iran-aligned Houthis have declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia – and the kingdom is quietly scrambling to hide its tankers. This is not a minor disruption. It is a strategic reordering of global energy flows. · 🛢️ Saudi crude exports from the Red Sea are increasingly "vanishing" as tankers switch off tracking systems to avoid Houthi attacks. · 🚫 The Houthis declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia on July 20, claiming attacks on Yanbu facilities and the Jazan refinery. · 🗺️ Tracking chaos – three different analytics firms produced wildly different export estimates, showing how "dark voyages" are clouding visibility. · 🔄 Tankers are rerouting through the Suez Canal or around Africa – while the Strait of Hormuz remains severely restricted. #SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 #Yemen 🇾🇪 #Houthi #RedSea #OilWar #BRICS #GlobalSouth #

🇱🇧🇬🇧🇮🇹🇮🇩🇨🇭 FOREIGN TROOPS TO VERIFY HEZBOLLAH DISARMAMENT? A New Phase of Sovereignty Erosion 🇱🇧 The US‑mediated talks in Rome have shortlisted Britain, Italy, Switzerland, and Indonesia as potential contributors to a mechanism that could deploy foreign troops to Lebanon to verify Hezbollah's disarmament. · 🏛️ Foreign troops on Lebanese soil – The mechanism could see personnel deployed to inspect villages and verify they are free of Hezbollah weapons. · 🔍 Private homes included – Israel wants inspections to include private residences, a demand Lebanon has resisted. · 🤝 Lebanon must formally invite – Any foreign forces would need a formal invitation from the Lebanese government under a framework endorsed by Israel. #Lebanon 🇱🇧 #Israel 🇮🇱 #Hezbollah #ForeignTroops #Sovereignty #BRICS #GlobalSouth

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia offers to exchange 224 Ukrainians for Russians held by Kyiv. Moscow says it has approved a list of 224 Ukrainian nationals convicted in Russia and is ready to hand them over as early as tomorrow in exchange for Russian citizens detained by Ukraine. Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said the Russians Moscow wants returned include residents of Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea who have allegedly been waiting to come home since 2014 or 2022. She accused Kyiv of rejecting previous exchange proposals, claiming Ukrainian authorities are more interested in “media hype” than bringing their own citizens home. If carried out, the proposed exchange could become another channel for humanitarian negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv amid stalled peace efforts. Source: TASS #Russia #Ukraine #PrisonerExchange #PeaceTalks

🇷🇺💰 Russia is building a new path around the dollar. Russia’s ruble-linked A7A5 stablecoin has processed nearly $140 billion in turnover since its launch, according to Promsvyazbank chairman Pyotr Fradkov. A7A5 is pegged 1:1 to the Russian ruble and operates through the A7 cross-border payment system, created after Western sanctions cut most Russian banks off from SWIFT. Fradkov says A7A5 has become the world’s largest non-dollar stablecoin, with around $570 million in capitalization. The bigger ambition goes beyond Russia. A7 wants to expand its payment infrastructure into international trade, potentially giving Russian companies an alternative channel for cross-border transactions. The EU has already sanctioned A7A5 as an independent infrastructure project. The message is becoming clear: Sanctions are not only pushing Russia to build alternatives — they are accelerating the emergence of competing payment ecosystems. Source: RT #Russia #BRICS #Crypto #DeDollarization

Egyptian finance minister calls for fairer global financial system at 1st BRICS finance meeting in India Egyptian Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk called for a fairer global financial architecture for developing countries and discussed local currency trade settlements during the 1st BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ (FMCBG) Meeting, taking place on August 12 and 13 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, under India’s BRICS presidency.   The meeting was also attended by Rami Aboulnaga, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).   Kouchouk held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the...  Read more »

An Iranian assassination threat prompted an extraordinary operation last month that saw Donald Trump secretly leave Turkey aboard a different military aircraft while the White House publicly said he was flying on Air Force One, according to The Washington Post. Trump first boarded the old Air Force One in Ankara in full view of cameras, then was secretly moved minutes later in an airport catering truck to a smaller Air Force C-32A. The original jet continued on as a decoy with journalists and even some White House staff aboard, reportedly unaware the president was no longer with them. The elaborate ruse came amid an Iranian threat against Trump following renewed U.S. strikes on Iran Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondviralfeed Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX #Trump #AF1 #Airforceone #Turkey #Iran #spy

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine has handed Washington its proposals for ending the war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv wants the US to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses and pressure Moscow to move from “prolonging the war” toward negotiations. But there is another claim. Zelenskyy alleges Russia could mobilize several hundred thousand additional troops after September’s elections — a claim Moscow has repeatedly rejected. The Kremlin says mobilization is not on the agenda, while Dmitry Medvedev has called previous reports of a new mobilization “false provocation” and propaganda. Meanwhile, US-mediated Russia-Ukraine peace talks remain paused as Washington focuses on the Iran conflict. Kyiv is now putting its proposals on Washington’s table. The question is whether Moscow will see them as a path to negotiations or another attempt to reshape the battlefield through US pressure. Source: Anadolu Agency #Ukraine #Russia #Zelenskyy #PeaceTalks

Heavy rainfall triggered a sudden flash flood in Tamak Nala along the Niti Valley–Malari Road in Uttarakhand, sweeping away a Bailey bridge built just around a month earlier Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondviralfeed Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX #bridge #flood #Uttarakhand

🌐 Iran to join BRICS New Development Bank soon, says Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said the most important outcome of cooperation among BRICS member states is the creation of the New Development Bank Read more→ Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇷🇺 Russia’s cities will modernize but they won’t lose their identity. Vladimir Putin says depopulation is unacceptable for a country as vast as Russia. His message goes beyond infrastructure. Young people must have real reasons to stay in their hometowns and build their futures there. Russia has identified 2,160 key towns where around 75% of the population lives, with development programs focused on infrastructure, economic growth and quality of life. But modernization must not erase history. Putin called for AI and digital technologies to be integrated into cities while preserving their historic appearance, cultural heritage and unique local character. From Siberia and the Far East to the Arctic and Donbass, Moscow says development must create places where people actually want to live and raise families. The goal is not simply to build modern cities. It is to build a future people choose to stay for. Read our full article in the comments. We wrote about this a few days ago. Source: TASS #Russ...

🚨 US, Allies Push for 24-Hour Missile Launch Notice After China's Test The United States and 40 other countries are calling for at least 24 hours' advance notice before long-range ballistic missile launches following China's missile test in the Pacific last month. Beijing rejected the criticism, calling it "political manipulation" and said the launch was part of routine military training, adding that relevant countries had been notified in advance. Source: South China Morning Post (SCMP) #China #USA #MissileTest #Pacific #Military #Geopolitics

A woman sparked outrage in Pune, Maharashtra, after abusing a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and throwing slippers at it. Locals caught her, and several women beat her and doused her with black ink before handing her over to police. She was later arrested and now faces serious charges over the incident Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondviralfeed Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🚨 Iran Holds Firm as Hormuz Standoff Deepens Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. accepts Tehran's conditions, including ending military operations, lifting sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian assets, and supporting a broader regional ceasefire. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Tehran as Islamabad continues mediation efforts, while tensions persist with new attacks reported in the Gulf of Oman and Bab al-Mandeb. Source: Al Jazeera, Reuters #Iran #Hormuz #MiddleEast #Pakistan #US #Geopolitics

Anti-Israel influencer Dennis Feitosa, better known as Def Noodles, got into a scuffle with pro-Israel activist and former Golani Brigade soldier Yoseph Haddad during a podcast. Feitosa accused Haddad of ordering numerous bombings in Gaza, claimed he had effectively admitted to ordering strikes on schools, and accused him of joking about and demeaning people killed in those operations. Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondviralfeed Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🇰🇵🚀 NORTH KOREA FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE – US-South Korea Drills Provoke Response 🇰🇵 Pyongyang has launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off Korea's east coast, just days before the US and South Korea are set to conduct major joint military drills. 🚀 North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area at around 6am local time. 🇯🇵 The missile reportedly landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. 🇰🇷 South Korea's military has stepped up surveillance and is maintaining readiness. 🎯 The launch comes as the US and South Korea prepare for joint drills (August 17‑27) – which Pyongyang has consistently condemned as a provocation. #NorthKorea 🇰🇵 #US 🇺🇸 #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 #BallisticMissile #BRICS #GlobalSouth #DoubleStandards #ThinkBRICS #Geopolitics #NoToProvocation