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@CARandDRIVER Very nice Chinese design.

Here's our first in-person look at the stunning Vision BMW Alpina concept! What do you think of it?

NYP Reporter: Prior to boarding Air Force One to depart Beijing, the entire U.S. delegation disposed of every item provided to them by their Chinese hosts. Gifts, badges, pins, and commemorative items were all dumped into a trash bin on site. The directive was absolute, no item of Chinese origin was permitted to board the aircraft. The precautions extended beyond the departure itself. Delegation members had left all personal electronic devices at home before traveling to China and operated exclusively on clean burner phones throughout the duration of the trip.

“beware those who seek constant crowds; for they are nothing alone.” — Charles Bukowski

I am not sure everyone fully understands how badly Russian energy has been crippled by Ukraine’s sustained attacks. The is the pilar of Putin’s Russia going up in smoke.

Au cours de mon enquête, je suis allé à la rencontre des panafricanistes qui fustigent l’#Occident et le néocolonialisme français, avec en apparence, un discours de gauche radicale, souverainiste, anticolonial. En réalité : des figures connues de ces mouvements comme Kemi Seba, Nathalie Yamb et Justin Tagouh sont financés par la #Russie. Les deux premiers sont omniprésents sur #RT. Le troisième a rencontré #Lavrov à Moscou et décroché un contrat pour diffuser RT en Afrique et Seba aurait reçu au moins 400 000 euros de l’ancien groupe Wagner de Prigojine. La stratégie russe est documentée : faire monter le sentiment antifrancais en instrumentalisant les crimes coloniaux et propager l’idée que la pauvreté de l’Afrique est due aux Européens. Comme disait Vassily, un mercenaire repenti de la Russie dans le documentaire « Wagner, l’armée de l’ombre de Poutine » : « Notre cible, c’est le monde occidental avec son idéologie et ses valeurs ». Ce qui explique pourquoi ces panafricanistes, qui dénoncent le néocolonialisme, ne disent jamais un mot sur le grand pays néocolonial de notre époque. La Russie. #Occidents, Enquête sur nos ennemis (Plon)

🇱🇧 Depuis cinquante ans, il n’a presque connu que des guerres. Aujourd’hui leader de la communauté druze, Walid Joumblatt raconte une vie mouvementée dans un livre, « Un destin au Levant » (Stock). A l’heure où s’ouvre un nouveau round de négociations entre le Liban et Israël à Washington, il partage ses doutes sur le sort d’un pays en lequel il croit, tiraillé entre des divisions internes et des pressions extérieures. #franceinfoRF 🎥 Christian Chesnot, Chadi Romanos

@CBSNews Sometimes the only explanation is to admit that humans are just nasty parasites.

The suspect accused of hurling a rock at a beloved and endangered seal in Maui, Hawaii has been arrested.

@AbdllahAlneaimi لما الصين تقلد اوروبا و امريكا و تعود امريكا تقلد الصين تكون النتيجة مسخ.

مع الاحترام... ليس فيها شيء من هوية وهيبة كاديلاك.

Footage of Ukrainian FPV interceptors slamming into Russian Shahed-136 attack drones over Rivne yesterday.

@SkyNews I am sure he had pretty much this face when he paid in cash after he received a 5£ million gift. A nod to the picture editor.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash, shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, Sky News learns news.sky.com/story/nigel-fa…

Good reminder from Bloomberg's Stephen Engle Marco Rubio was sanctioned by China in 2020 when he was Senator over criticism of China's human rights policies in Xinjiang and interference in Hong Kong. Sanctions included a travel ban. Today: Sanctions have been quietly forgotten/overlooked

@mymomcare Are you sure about that? (Taking pictures of our context to promote a reactionary views is not wise).

Something has gone terribly wrong

About time

@AfricaFirsts This kind of posts is absolutely counter productive. It is saying 1- the reference for beauty is France and Spain and Europe 2- we are trying to be as good 3- Europeans have actually brought great cultural standards. Are you sure this is what you want to say?

This is not Paris in France or Barcelona in Spain. This is a neighborhood in Algiers, Algeria 🇩🇿, Africa.

Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty! Excellent reporting from Bloomberg's Julien Lee who has analysed satellite imagery that shows oil shipments from Kharg Island (the main export terminal) have come to a standstill over the last few days. "There were no ocean-going oil tankers observed at Kharg Island on May 8, 9 or 11" With Iran’s ships unable to leave the Persian Gulf without risking seizure or attack by the US Navy since mid-April, oil tankers are being used as floating storage. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Something you don’t get to see everyday.

87.5% of Labour MPs have NOT called for the PM to resign.

Video shows the moment French President Emmanuel Macron pauses a speaker mid-presentation at Nairobi University to demand silence from a noisy audience. Macron is in Kenya for the ‘Africa Forward’ summit.

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Have you ever read a book by an author that was so good it made you want to read everything else they've written?