30: Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that prosecutors are proceeding with a terrorist charge against him that could add 30 years to his current 11.5-year sentence.
1: In a joint naval exercise on Wednesday, US and Philippine forces used missiles and bombs to sink an out-of-commission Philippine Navy warship meant to represent an enemy vessel in the South China Sea as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. watched. After 38 years of joint war games, this is the first time the two allies have simulated a rocket attack in the disputed waters. China, no doubt, was watching too.
600 million: The British American Tobacco subsidiary, the world's second-largest tobacco company, has pleaded guilty to violating US sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea between 2007 and 2017. The more than $600 million fine amounts to “the single largest North Korean sanctions penalty in the history of the Department of Justice,” according to US officials.
40: On Monday, researchers in Sweden fired a rocket into the sky to carry out experiments on potential carbon-free fuels. Unfortunately, on return, the rocket landed about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from its planned landing site … and in the wrong country: Norway. No one was injured, and Sweden does not appear to have declared war on its neighbor, but Norwegian authorities are not the least bit happy about this.The Regime's viral banger "Special Military Operation" is NOW STREAMING on most platforms, including those TWO BIG ONES. #PUPPETREGIME
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The US has paused Russian oil sanctions in a bid to stabilize energy markets rocked by the war with Iran. Administration officials stress that it’s a “tailored” measure, applying only to oil already loaded onto tankers, but it’s still a gift to Russia, which has already been clocking an extra $150 million daily in oil revenues since the war began.
4: The number of crew members aboard a US refuelling plane – out of six total – who died after the aircraft crashed in neighboring Iraq on Thursday, US Central Command said this morning.