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🇫🇷 French Socialist Party leader Raphael Glucksmann was floured shortly after his victory. In the 2026 French Socialist Party presidential primary held online, EU lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann won a crushing nationwide victory. Glucksmann, who leads the allied Place Publique party, won 66.13% of the vote in the first round, defeating Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure (14%) to officially become the joint center-left candidate for the 2027 French presidential election.

🌞 Relax session

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🇨🇳 China intends to accelerate the development of AI, humanoid robots, quantum technologies, and nuclear fusion energy, according to the National People's Congress of China. The country's authorities have presented a large-scale technology development program, which includes the implementation of AI in all sectors of the economy, the creation of 6G networks, the development of neuro-interfaces, and unmanned technologies. Beijing also intends to increase funding for scientific research and support companies working on cutting-edge technologies.

🇩🇯 At least 109 migrants were killed, including 15 children, and some 116 were missing after a boat sank off the shores of Djibouti, a UN agency reported on Sunday.

🇳🇵 Footage shows the moment that Soti Khola Bridge in Nepal’s Gorkha District is swept away by powerful flash floods.

??? Zelensky already stated he knows nothing about it... Interesting what is this all about...

🇪🇪 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 The Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal proposes to boycott Trump's oil deals with Russia.❗️ “It will be worth discussing in Estonia and in the European Council next week whether we can quickly contribute more to Ukraine so that they can blow up Russia's oil refineries.”....

🇸🇰 🇪🇺 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Agreement between Putin and Trump on Russian diesel highlights the naivety of EU leadership, stated the Prime Minister of Slovakia. Robert Fico explained: "The United States will receive cheap fuel, while Russia will receive revenue for its budget. Europe, on the other hand, will have to pay €3 per liter, or Europeans will face a shortage of the fuel altogether.❗️

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Trump regarding Zelensky: “He could’ve settled it many times. We said you can do wahtvee you want just don’t hit the Russian refineries. He wants to make problems for the world. He wants to make problems for our farmers and ranchers.” He' d better damn stop it!

🇩🇪 The leader of the "Alternative for Germany" party, Weidel, has called on Germany to follow the example of the United States: Trump's deal with Putin: sanctions are being eased, and more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel fuel are allowed to be supplied, which should lead to lower prices. This is the way to proceed! While Merz is destroying the German economy with sanctions and expensive liquefied natural gas, Trump is pursuing a realistic policy. Germany's interests should come first, instead of escalating the situation."❗️

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives: There have been no presidential elections in Ukraine since 2019. The previous administration sent billions of U.S. dollars there... The war must end, and Zelensky should listen to what the President is saying. The proposal from the United States will benefit everyone; we cannot allow this war to continue...

🇾🇪 🇸🇦Saudi Arabian Civil Aviation Authority issued an official tally of today's attack on Riyadh airport, claiming that 12 people were killed and 309 injured in the Yemeni missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. According to the report, among the deceased, there were 4 Saudi citizens, 2 from Bangladesh, and 1 each from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan. 🇾🇪 🇸🇦 Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded: "Principle of Reciprocity Is the Basis for Military Response to Saudi Arabia"❗️ Yemen’s Foreign Ministry, stressing that “the principle of reciprocity determines the nature of the military response to Saudi Arabia,” announced that continued Saudi attacks and intervention in Yemen will have strategic consequences for the Kingdom: "Dozens of martyrs, hundreds of wounded, and the destruction of infrastructure make it incumbent upon Yemen’s armed forces to respond. The Saudi regime has ignored calls over the past 12 years to lift the blockade and halt attacks on Sanaa Airport."

🇻🇦 Pope Leo to undergo lung surgery in the coming days. The Pope announced during his Sunday blessing that doctors found a 'well-defined' lung nodule during recent medical tests and recommended its removal. The procedure is scheduled for early next week.

🇫🇷 Macron hits just 15% approval rating. Positive opinion of him among the French has fallen to its worst level since 1017. Source: Ipsos poll

🇺🇸 🇷🇺 After the deal between Russia and USA and the attack of Zelensky to Trump, Elon Musk came out to support the US president. In addition Kirill Dmitriev, Russia president's special envoy for US grabbed the chance of the temporary improved US and Russia relationship to bring back to the table the idea of a Trump Putin tunnel in the Bering Strait.

🇪🇺 As per BCG survey many public European corporations face financial issues.

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Donald Trump: "'I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president.❗️❗️ You’ve lost 30% of your country, and you’ve had over a million people killed'"...

🇷🇸 🇨🇳 Novak Djokovic has made the Beijing China Open his own, and the Serbian used it to edge within one title of matching his great rival Roger Federer’s all-time mark. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Djokovic captured his record-extending seventh title at the ATP 500 event in Beijing to bring his total tour-level tally to 102, just one behind Federer’s 103, which is the second most among men in the Open Era. Jimmy Connors holds the record with 109 trophies, but Djokovic will be eager to continue his quest to climb even higher on the all-time list.  Later this week Djokovic disqualified early from Shanghai China Open but was not upset at all as the 39 y.o. explained he needed some days for rest.