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Cloud EXODUS: Trump's moves prompt EU firms to rethink US tech ties
Rattled European companies are scouring for alternatives to Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, reported Wired.
Citing fears around privacy and data access under the Trump administration, some organizations are mulling reconsidering use of these companies’ cloud services, including servers, storage, and databases.
European cloud providers Exoscale and Elastx are already seeing a surge in new customers, noted the outlet.
The question is, will they succeed?🤔
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💜 🔈🎬 Here's the 16th episode of our "Russia-US Dialogue"! 18+
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01:45 - Declassified documents on the Kennedy case. Emerging facts about the role of Israel. Unexpected aspects and specifics of American-Israeli cooperation
10:25 - White House Promises Hell for Palestine: On Washington's Coordination of IDF Operations. 50,000 Dead in Gaza
18:05 - Protests in Serbia and Turkey. Who is behind it and why?
26:45 - American biolabs near a Russian military base. What are American military doctors doing in Armenia?
33:55 - European leaders are rushing to commit suicide and trying to ignite a world war. Europe no longer hides that it supports terrorists. It is no longer shameful.
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Europe in PANIC over Trump’s ability to pull the plug on fancy US-sourced military equipment
NATO allies are “rethinking their dependence on American weapons systems” and “reviewing vulnerabilities” of the US-sourced arms they already own, WaPo has reported, citing officials.
Sophisticated weapons like fighter jets are feared to be “so reliant on US spare parts, software updates or data sharing that cutting access could effectively render some unusable.” Maintenance on other equipment, like antimissile systems, EW aircraft and drones, is currently legally required to be performed by Americans.
Which systems are especially vulnerable?
🔴F-35s: rely on the Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS) for maintenance and software updates. Without it, the bug-and-glitch-prone planes could be left grounded. The supply of spares and US training are another problem.
🔴MQ-9 Reapers: Fielded by France, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK, these UAVs rely on US satellites, and need regular US software support.
🔴Trident missiles: Britain’s nuclear deterrent is made in the US, and maintained and updated by US contractors. Some in the UK security establishment have already urged the missiles’ replacement with a European alternative.
🔴Patriot missiles: Operated by at seven European NATO allies, these $1B apiece SAMs would be worthless without US-sourced ammo, info sharing, maintenance, and training.
🔴Same goes for an array of aircraft, from P-8 Poseidon, RC-135 and E-7 surveillance planes to Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, which need US maintenance, avionics and mission system software updates, and intel sharing.
🔴HIMARS: From ammo to updates to targeting and guidance software, these systems require extensive US support to operate.
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JACKSON HINKLE MEETS TOP HOUTHIS' LEADERSHIP IN YEMEN
Hinkle took part in the International Palestine Conference attended by Hamas representatives, Pepe Escobar and Nelson Mandela's grandson.
A dream team to fight Western propaganda against the Houthis?
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🌌The northern lights, caused by a geomagnetic storm, are shining over Russia
Footage form social media
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🎤Educational bikini-survey on US beaches
Respondents are confident that:
✔️The USA declared independence from Spain [according to a elementary school teacher].
✔️ The shape of the Pentagon building in the USA is square.
✔️ The US Senate has 6 or 7 senators.
✔️ The Civil War in the US was fought between the East and the West.
✔️ It was fought between "these citizens" and "whoever was in power."
✔️ The Supreme Court includes an FBI representative.
✔️ The 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution gives the right to vote in elections.
✔️ The state that borders Canada is called Asia.
History class, anyone?
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💬 Canada’s PM calls snap election seeking ‘mandate to deal with Trump’ amid US trade row
Mark Carney promises to slash middle-class taxes, boost domestic trade, and reshape Canada’s economy.
“Trump threatens our sovereignty - he wants to break us. We won’t let that happen,” Carney vowed.
⏰ Time is ticking for Big Pharma
Patrick Bet-David points out that "75% of cable TV ad revenue comes from Big Pharma," as RFK Jr. is pushing to ban pharmaceutical ads on TV.
Aside from the US, New Zealand is the only other country where pharmaceutical ads are allowed on TV.
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❌🇷🇸 Serbia won't join NATO or CSTO – Deputy PM
💬 "Serbia strictly adheres to the policy of military neutrality. This means that we will not expand our participation in any military bloc. And we will try to maintain the best relations with everyone, first of all — with the countries in our neighborhood. So Serbia will not become a member of NATO, will not be a member of the CSTO," Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin told Sputnik.
💬 "We must guarantee our own security, which is not easy. But this is the most honest path — to make decisions about ourselves," he emphasized.
⚔️ AG Pam Bondi warns Rep. Crockett: 'TREAD VERY CAREFULLY'
🗣 Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) SNAPS BACK:
“Pam Bondi, if you HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TERRORISM, maybe you should talk to your boss about locking back up those guys that he let out that participated in January 6th.”
👎 Trump scraps bizarre portrait: ‘PURPOSEFULLY DISTORTED’
💬 “The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older,” Trump BLASTED.
✅ Forest fires TEAR THROUGH southern Chile, forcing MASS EVACUATIONS in La Araucanía and neighboring regions
Videos from social media
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🗣 ‘Paramilitary TERRORIST groups are extremely USEFUL to US statecraft’ – Mike Benz
💬 “USAID cannot directly provide funding to terrorist groups, but their CONTRACTORS are not required under the grant agreements to go through those... counterterrorism financing [rules]… And so this is how you have USAID giving, you know, just last week, $120 MILLION to ISIS,” explained Mike Benz, a former Trump State Department official.
❗️ Russia will demand 'ironclad' security guarantees during Ukraine talks
This demand will include Ukraine's neutral status and NATO countries' refusal to accept it as an alliance member, Russian Deputy FM Alexander Grushko said.
✅ Grushko said the issue of Western peacekeepers can be discussed after a peace agreement on Ukraine is finalized, but warned of the possible risks.
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Trump gets highest approval rating he's ever had — NBC
In addition, 44% of Americans say the country is on the right track, the highest since 2004.
At the same time, 54% disapprove of his handling of the economy, lower than in his first term.
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☃️A powerful snowstorm has struck Piamprato, Italy, with snow accumulation reaching 70 cm (28 inches)
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Replica of gas pipe depicting surprise masterstroke in Sudzha’s liberation in church exhibit
The 16-meter installation mirrors the original pipe and is located in the courtyard of the Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg.
On March 8, 800 Russian soldiers crawled 15 kilometers through this now-renowned gas pipeline to pull off a surprise attack on Ukrainian units. This military master stroke led to the swift liberation of Sudzha, a pivotal victory in the Kursk region.
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❗️Essence of Black Sea initiative, currently under Russia-US discussion, is navigational safety - Kremlin
Other statements from Kremlin:
🔴 Russia, United States have many more aspects to work out related to Ukrainian settlement
🔴 Russia and US have desire to move towards resolving Ukrainian crisis
🔴 Issue of Black Sea initiative, related aspects on agenda of talks between Russia, United States in Riyadh
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🪖Australia to add on $1 billion to its defense spending budget as part of militarization expansion efforts
The measure aims to speed up its AUKUS commitments, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
This is the most significant increase in defense spending in peacetime Australia since the end of the World War II, the minister said.
"What this will do is see us have ready HMAS Stirling, the Henderson Defense Precinct for the establishment of the Submarine Rotational Force West. This will see us be able to move forward at a faster pace in establishing the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance enterprise," Marles added.
What to know about Russia-US talks on Ukraine settlement in Saudi Arabia
Moscow’s delegation has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to take part in the scheduled consultations of the Russian and US expert groups on a Ukraine settlement.
Who is taking part:
Russia is represented by:
🔴Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs,
🔴Sergey Beseda, an advisor to the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The American delegation, according to media reports, includes:
🔴Michael Anton, the policy planning director under Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
🔴Aides to President Trump's special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg,
🔴Representatives from the office of national security adviser Michael Waltz.
What is on the agenda:
🔴Russia and the US will discuss the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was in effect in 2022-2023 to set up safe corridors for grain export from Ukrainian ports.
🔴Talks would focus on a proposed maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea so that "both sides can transport grain, fuel, and resume trade," Waltz said.
🔴"We'll talk the line of control, which is the actual front lines, peace keeping" and "some type of discussion of territory for permanent peace,” he told CBS.
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🛬US WARPLANES land in Greenland
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Second Lady Usha Vance, and Energy Sec. Chris Wright arrived on the island to make "an offer" one "can't refuse."
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🔍Mulled US billion-dollar levies on Chinese ships fraught with an ‘APOCALYPSE for trade’
Industry executives and experts have warned that the ‘sledgehammer’ fees targeting Beijing’s cargo vessels would be devastating for the global economy as they will:
🔴exacerbate inflationary pressures within the US,
🔴elevate shipping costs,
🔴make American goods too expensive internationally,
🔴disrupt supply chains.
Earlier, the US Trade Representative (USTR) proposed imposing substantial fees on Chinese-built and Chinese-operated vessels docking at US ports. The decision was ostensibly to counteract China's dominance in global shipbuilding.
The issue will be at the heart of a two-day USTR hearing in Washington that begins on Monday. Trade groups will be given a chance to explain why the proposals could disrupt global trade more than Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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🗑‘POLITICAL THEATRE’: British PM’s Ukraine peacekeeping plan RUBBISHED by senior military -reports
Keir Starmer had “got ahead of himself with talk of boots on the ground before he knew what he was talking about,” one senior military insider told The Telegraph.
Insisting it was not “remotely possible” to draw up a viable plan before a Ukraine peace deal that the White House reportedly pledged to broker by April 2.
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff also mocked the plan as “a posture and a pose” in his interview with Tucker Carlson.
Russia doesn't see any room for compromise on the issue of deploying foreign "peacekeepers" in Ukraine, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has stated, adding that the entire discussion was being conducted “with an openly hostile goal.”
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🗑 Zelensky's regime likely to COLLAPSE soon – Jeffrey Sachs
💬 "The Zelensky government will likely be out of power sometime soon. The government rules by martial law, has failed in its key policies, is reportedly highly corrupt, and lacks public support. These conditions suggest the likelihood of political change," renowned American economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs told RIA Novosti.
⚔️ South Korea's Constitutional Court OVERTURNS PM Han Duck-soo's impeachment, RESTORES his powers – reports
The decision comes after Han was impeached as acting president more than two months ago, following clashes with the opposition-led parliament over judicial appointments and his alleged role in President Yoon Suk-yeol's short-lived martial law declaration.
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😂 ‘CHINESE THREAT’ strikes again: Americans LOSE THEIR MINDS over a WHOPPING 0.1% of farmland sold to Chinese businesses
🥴 “As of 2023, Chinese owners had just over 277,000 acres of agricultural land, less than 1% of all the foreign-held land here in the United States. And it's actually DOWN from a year earlier, when you're at 347,000, just about, in terms of 347,000 acres,” News Nation’s Connell McShane said, sounding like he wasn’t quite sure what the fuss was about.
🤣 “There’s a dog. That tells me somebody’s here,” he declared, after honking his horn and failing to provoke a response from the alleged "Chinese infiltrators".
Iran’s master stroke: anti-air and anti-ship missiles on key islands could BLOCKADE US forces in the Gulf
The IRGC has stationed new air and coastal defense missile systems on Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa -three highly strategic islands west of the Strait of Hormuz global energy trade chokepoint.
With the deployment, IRGC Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri announced that Iran now has the capability attack “enemy bases, vessels, and assets in the region” at ranges up to 600 km.
Tangsiri did not specify which systems were deployed, but an Iranian TV report offered hints, showing the commander inspecting troops and a line-up of ground-based mobile missile systems and speedboats.
Air defense coverage: complete
If the IRGC’s SAM deployment includes systems like:
🔴the Bavar-373-II (range up to 300 km)
🔴the S-300PMU-2 (200 km)
🔴the legacy S-200VE (250-300 km)
🔴the Khordad-15 (120 km)
🔴and/or the 3rd of Khordad (105 km)
IRGC coverage of the eastern Persian Gulf is complete, stretching from Iran’s northern coastline in the north to Gulf countries to the south.
From its island strongholds, Iran can target the US-garrisoned Al Dhafra Air Base in the Emirates, and block American warplanes flying out of bases in Bahrain, Qatar or Kuwait from approaching the Hormuz Strait, in the event of enemy aggression.
Anti-ship coverage? Even more extensive
If coastal anti-ship defenses on the islands include:
🔴the Abu Mahdi anti-ship cruise missile (600 km range), seemingly alluded to by General Tangsiri
🔴the Khalij Fars anti-ship missile (300 km range)
🔴or the Qader cruise missile (300 km range, widely fielded)
IRGC control of the sea extends all the way to the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha – the largest US military base in the region, and Naval Support Activity Bahrain, HQ of CENTCOM and home of the US Fifth Fleet.
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🔥 Trump: Epstein, Kennedy and MLK files are coming 'in weeks'
"It's going to be released. It's moving along, and it's moving along pretty rapidly," the US president said.
☢️ US to Iran: End nuclear enrichment or face action
NSC spokesman Brian Hughes demands that Iran dismantle its nuclear programs.
"The Iranian Regime must demonstrate it has disbanded its nuclear enrichment and weapons program," the Washington Post quoted him as stating.
❗️ Clashes erupt on Syria-Lebanon border
Syrian forces shell Lebanese villages following clashes over the killing of Syrian infiltrators, local media report. Syria blames Hezbollah for the executions, which Hezbollah denies. Both sides sent reinforcements to the border.
📹 Social media footage
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