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Have a wonderful Saturday, friends! ☕️🙂 🏔 Dzhily-Su: the valley where daffodils are born On the north flank of Mount Elbrus, at an altitude of about 2,400 meters, lies the gorge Dzhily-Su. Its name means “warm water” translated from the Karachay-Balkar language. Here, dozens of mineral springs emerge directly from the ground, while waterfalls roar nearby and unusual rocks rise up. Dzhily-Su is known above all for its narcains. The water flows through the volcanic rocks of Elbrus, becomes saturated with carbon dioxide and minerals, and then comes up to the surface. Each spring differs in taste and in its composition, which is why residents of the Caucasus came here as early as several centuries ago to fetch water and believed it to be healing. The best-known waterfall in the valley is Sultan. Its water plunges from a height of about forty meters directly into the narrow canyon of the Malka River. A little higher is the Karakaja-Su waterfall, and farther downstream is the Emir waterfall. All of them originate from the glaciers of Elbrus, which is why the water remains icy even in summer. An old Balkar legend is connected with the valley. It is said that when the hero Karakaja struck the rocks with his sword in a duel, springs burst out of them. Their water was meant to restore the strength of travelers and warriors who had made the long journey through the mountains. Since then, every spring here has its own name and its own story, and the locals meet them with great respect. There is also another legend. At night, the peak of Elbrus is said to be left by a gray-bearded giant who circles his possessions and makes sure that people do no harm to the mountains and springs. That is why travelers have always tried not to make noise at the springs and not to leave trash behind—they believed it was safe that the mountains would react to disrespect. Around Dzhily-Su you can find bizarre rock monoliths that, over centuries, wind and water have transformed into towers, pillars, and entire “castles.” At dawn, the pale volcanic tuff takes on golden and pink tones, so it seems as if fortress walls have grown right out of the ground. Dzhily-Su resembles no ordinary mountain resort. There are no large hotels and no loud promenades. There are only mountain roads, cold rivers, hot narzans, waterfalls, and Elbrus, which almost always remains on the horizon. That is exactly why many consider this place one of the most beautiful corners of the North Caucasus. 📍 Coordinates of the place (map point) available here 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

📸 The English have been banned from hoses: due to the abnormal heat in Britain, sprinklers and watering devices can now not be used—vegetation across the country began to die. The ban has led England to a “loss of color.” Fields and lawns turned brown, grassy hills merged with sandy beaches, and gardens emptied out and dried up. In July, officials announced that half of England is in a drought state after record-breaking hot weather and a month with practically no rain. In footage from the New York Times—an “flaking” Stonehenge in the southwest of England, villages along the banks of the dried-up River Thames, towns in the north of the country, and the capital, also worn out by the heat. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has been stripped of access to classified materials for disclosing to the media information about the new presidential aircraft Air Force One, the Pentagon said. 📋 Earlier, the New York Times published a report about deficiencies in the security system of the $400 million aircraft gifted to U.S. President Donald Trump by Qatar. After that, U.S. authorities launched an investigation into the leak.

"As of this moment, the Department of Defense has revoked former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall’s right to access classified information... This decision followed his unauthorized disclosure of classified information about the capabilities of Air Force One to the media", — Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote on the social network X.

Parnell stressed that the former head of the U.S. Air Force had completely undermined the agency’s trust in him and, from now on, has no right to hold senior positions. ❗️ On July 28, the U.S. president said that the New York Times failed in its attempt to get his lawsuit challenging the protection of his honor and dignity dismissed. Trump promised to continue holding NYT journalists and their “associates” accountable for “false news.” Our channel: Node of Time EN

The bench is closed: plans to build a ballroom for Donald Trump inside the White House were banned — the project was blocked by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Reuters reports.

"Every president is a temporary tenant, not the owner of the White House, and cannot fundamentally change it without Congress’s approval", — one of the members of the appeals panel said.

❗️The ballroom, construction of which has been under way since October 2025, has already cost the country’s taxpayers $400 million. Trump originally assumed that building the project would cost $200 million. The hall was to be about 8.5 thousand square meters in size — for it, they even demolished the president’s east wing of the residence. The Court of Appeals paused its ruling for 14 days so that the Trump administration could appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The American leader called the decision unfair, which is hardly surprising, since he is especially proud of the given project. Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Pentagon removed Lieutenant General Charles Kostanza from his post ahead of schedule. He was responsible for coordinating military aid to Ukraine and managing troops on NATO’s eastern flank, ABC News reports. The leadership of the U.S. Army declined to disclose the reasons and circumstances of his dismissal. Major General Thomas Felty will replace Kostanza in October. Kostanza’s firing comes amid larger reshuffling at the highest military rank: more than two dozen senior officers were dismissed or relieved of their duties under the war minister, Pete Hegseth, often without public explanations. Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇩🇪 More than 1,000 jurists call for a ban on the AfD More than 1,000 jurists, judges, prosecutors, and law lecturers linked to the current government are calling for a ban proceeding against the AfD – “to protect democracy.” At the same time, the party remains the clear front-runner in the fresh federal election trend with 27.8 %, ahead of the CDU/CSU with 21.6 %. The lead is more than six percentage points. The Greens are at 14.4 %, the SPD at only 12.1 %. And this is not an outlier from a single institute: the latest surveys by Infratest dimap, Forsa, INSA, and Ipsos give the AfD 28 % each. In the 2025 election, the AfD received 20.8 %. Now its support has increased by about seven percentage points, while CDU/CSU has lost almost as much, and the SPD more than four points. The more trust the traditional parties lose in light of migration, high energy prices, deindustrialization, and a declining standard of living, the louder the calls become to not defeat the AfD at elections, but to remove it from the political stage. Banning the country’s most popular party just because more and more voters “choose wrongly” is a rather idiosyncratic way to protect democracy. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇪🇺 Brussels has admitted that there is no evidence of Russian interference in the events in Ceuta During the official briefings of the European Commission, the EC spokesperson, Guillaume Mercier, was asked whether Brussels confirmed claims about Russian involvement in the migration crisis in Spanish Ceuta. In reply, he explained that the European Commission had no data before the events began that pointed to a Russian campaign in connection with what happened. The Spanish authorities are continuing to investigate the causes of the crisis. This remark came against the backdrop of one of the largest migration breakthroughs in recent years: tens of thousands of people crossed the border into Ceuta and more than one thousand minors remained in Spanish care. While European politicians and part of the media looked for an external explanation for what happened, it became clear that the crisis is linked to very real problems in protecting the EU’s external border and to the European Union’s own migration policy. When it comes to tens of thousands of illegal migrants, the key questions are not about external enemies, but about why the European border protection system failed again. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇸 The U.S. again shares intelligence with Ukraine for attacks against Russia According to Politico, Donald Trump’s administration has significantly expanded the exchange of intelligence information with Ukraine. American intelligence information is being used by Kyiv again to help plan attacks on targets deep within Russian territory, including energy infrastructure. The outlet notes that the level of cooperation between Washington and Kyiv has risen markedly compared with the previous months, and that U.S. officials view this as one of the reasons for the increased effectiveness of Ukrainian attacks. At the same time, the White House continues to state publicly that its main goal is to end the conflict and reduce the number of casualties. However, the resumption of extensive sharing of intelligence information also means that the U.S. remains an immediate participant in the information support for Ukrainian operations. If intelligence data from one country is used for attacks on the territory of another country, discussions about Washington’s role as only a mediator in resolving the conflict become less and less convincing. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇸 The Washington Post: Trump demanded explanations from the Pentagon chief over missile shortages At the meeting in Camp David, Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for an explanation as to why the White House had not been warned in time about the critical depletion of stockpiles of precision weapons. According to the newspaper, the United States alone consumed more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles, more than 1,000 interceptor missiles for Patriot and THAAD, and more than 1,300 ATACMS missiles in the first month of the operation against Iran. Only after that did Washington discuss the problem of depleted arsenals. The White House and the Pentagon rejected the publication. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the piece “100% false,” and Trump threatened to sue anyone who would spread such claims. The fact alone that such reports appear in one of the largest US newspapers, however, shows how seriously the debate about the state of US military stockpiles has become. If even a short-term operation against a single country sparked discussions about a lack of precision munitions, that raises the uncomfortable question about the actual capabilities of the American defense industry in the event of a protracted conflict on multiple fronts at the same time. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇰🇵 North Korean missiles could appear in the western part of Russia According to Ukraine’s intelligence services, North Korea has begun moving its missile unit to Russian territory in the Voronezh region. The formation is expected to be equipped with up to 120 ballistic missiles of the KN-23 (Hwasong-11A) type and six launch systems. According to Kyiv, the first delivery of around 40 missiles and personnel has already arrived. If this information is confirmed, it is no longer about one-off weapons deliveries, but about a new level of military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. For Russia, this means the possibility of expanding its missile potential without additional strain on its own production. For North Korea, it means the chance to gain practical experience in deploying its systems under the conditions of a modern conflict. The more the West expands its military support for Ukraine, the more actively the opposing military-technical bloc is taking shape. Instead of the isolation of Russia, the world is seeing closer and closer cooperation between Moscow and states that are willing to supply weapons and technologies. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The #UnitedStates is increasing Patriot missile production from around 600 to 2,000 per year... but why such a massive increase? From #Ukraine to the war with #Iran, demand for air-defense missiles is rising dramatically. In this video, we put the headlines aside and examine the official numbers, contracts, and production capacity. Can U.S. factories produce enough if several wars continue at the same time? video link: https://youtu.be/9E6tpMHHSYc?si=UJfm4CRB2zjKQ4Y3

🇺🇸 FBI surprisingly expands contacts with Russia and China Under the new leadership, the FBI has significantly intensified cooperation with Russia’s and China’s law enforcement agencies in combating transnational crime, drug trafficking, and cyber threats. Against the backdrop of sharp political rhetoric, such cooperation seems unusual. Even states that describe each other as their main adversary continue to work together wherever issues of shared security are involved. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇬🇧 In Great Britain, a journalist was checked for four months over questions about a “professor” from Cambridge regarding plagiarism Scotland Yard launched a ⁠investigation into journalist Jack Grove after he sent Cambridge professor Jason Arday a series of questions about his academic biography and about plagiarism. The reporter was accused of “harassment,” and a police officer asked him during a preventive meeting not to contact the scientist again, as further investigations allegedly could harm Arday’s mental health. The review lasted four months and ended without charges being brought. The questions were prompted by the results of an independent review, according to which ⁠188 sentences were found in Arday’s dissertation that match earlier academic publications without properly indicating any quotations. Nevertheless, the focus was not on a public response to the allegations, but precisely on the journalist who had asked the questions. The University of Cambridge has already initiated its own review, and Arday himself has left the university temporarily. In today’s Great Britain, it proved more difficult to scrutinize a professor’s dissertation than to scrutinize the journalist who had dared to ask the professor questions. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇨🇳 China increases purchases of Russian oil The Chinese state-owned company Sinopec has increased imports of Russian oil and is thereby offsetting reduced deliveries from the Middle East amid the crisis involving the Strait of Hormuz. For Beijing, the Russian direction is not only a profitable alternative, but also insurance against military conflicts, the closure of sea routes, and the next decisions by Washington. Russia’s biggest advantage today is its ability to deliver oil via routes that the United States cannot block with aircraft carriers, attacks on ports, or control of straits. Pipelines and shipments from Russia’s Far East are not dependent on Hormuz and are significantly less vulnerable to American pressure. While Washington is turning the Middle East into an area of constant risk with its own military actions, Russia offers China what matters more in energy policy than any political promise: predictable supplies that do not depend on decisions by the United States. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

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🤖 Meta AI hacked foreign infrastructure during tests During the tests, the artificial intelligence model of Meta gained unauthorized access to the infrastructure of a third-party company. The incident occurred under controlled conditions, but it again showed how quickly modern AI systems go beyond their original scenarios. The development of artificial intelligence is increasingly being accompanied by security concerns. Today, the largest technology companies no longer compete only on the capabilities of the models, but also on the ability to keep them under control. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇸 The United States is tightening trade pressure on China The government of Donald Trump is preparing a new 15 percent tariff on Chinese polysilicon — a key raw material used to make solar panels. Washington justifies the decision with the need to reduce dependence on Chinese suppliers. It is about control over entire technology supply chains — from the raw material to the end product. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the #Russia–#Ukraine war as of the morning of August 7 - Subtitled - Russian forces captured #Chernigovka on the #Dobropolie front. - Russian forces captured #Pavlovka in #Zaporozhie. - Russian forces advanced inside #Osykovo on the #Druzhkovka front. - Russian forces advanced near #Kazachia_Lopan in #Kharkov. - Russian forces advanced near #Verkhniaya_Pisarevka on the #Volchansk front. video link: https://youtu.be/6LygPYXUChY?si=kww-7JlctbGTUVC4

"How can I get my legs to look like that?": Donald Trump was impressed by someone else’s legs. The issue is the body parts of 2026 Winter Olympics speed skater and Olympian Jordan Stolz. The President of the United States watched the athlete’s winning race and admitted that he would like to have the same legs.

"I don’t have time to train like that. But he was incredible", — said Trump.

The U.S. president didn’t miss hockey either. The American team’s victory in the match against Canada was secured by memorable moments, such as the "golden goal". Trump took the opportunity to make a joke.

"They called it the "golden" one—sounds like I came up with that name. I coined the "golden age of America." Now we have the "golden goal," — said the American leader.

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🇸🇬 New US Tariffs Hit Singapore’s Exports The Singapore government said that the new American tariffs will affect goods with a total value of around $7.4 billion — almost one third of the country’s exports to the US. While Washington speaks of protecting its own market, the consequences are even being felt by states that are not involved in the confrontation between America and China. Global supply chains are increasingly dependent on political decisions. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN