US Defense Secretary Hegseth will travel to Panama next week.

Zelensky:

Russian forces attacked an energy facility in Kherson today.

Zelensky:

In the near future, America will increase sanctions pressure on the Russians for not wanting to end the war.

NEW: B-2 bombers operating from Diego Garcia have joined the strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.

Source: CNN

Trump continues with his Truth Social posts after the tariffs.

🔻: S&P 500 ends week down 9.1% in biggest decline since March 2020.

Dow plunges more than 2,000 points for only fourth time in history.

Nasdaq 100 sinks 6% in worst day since March 2020.

BIG: JPMorgan now forecasts a U.S. recession in 2025.

Protester disrupts Microsoft Copilot keynote:

Shame on you. You say AI for good — but you sell AI weapons to the Israeli military.

Microsoft has blood on its hands.

A mother says goodbye to her 15-year-old son — killed by Russian forces in Kryvyi Rih today.

Injured Ukrainian little boy lies with paramedics — he tragically didn’t survive.

He was killed by Russian missile strike today in Kryvyi Rih.

🇺🇸 U.S. stock market has lost $7 trillion since Wednesday — over $11 trillion since Trump took office.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on China and its people:

We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things that those Chinese peasant manufacture.

Trump releases video of a U.S. airstrike targeting large number of Houthi fighters.

Netanyahu to visit Washington on Monday, seeking to remove recently imposed US tariffs on Israel.

Other topics on the agenda include the Iran nuclear crisis and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Obama on Trump policies:

Imagine if I had done any of this.

Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps.

It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me, or a whole bunch of my predecessors.

A video recovered from a paramedic’s phone — found in a mass grave in Gaza — shows a convoy of clearly marked ambulances and a fire truck with emergency lights on before being hit by Israeli gunfire.

Israel claimed the vehicles approached “suspiciously” without signals.

But the video shows flashing lights and active sirens.

Fourteen aid workers were killed. Israel has yet to respond to the video’s release.

Source: NYT

🇩🇪 Dramatic shift in Germany: CDU/CSU drops to 24% (-2), while the AfD climbs to 24% (+1) — putting both parties neck and neck for the first time ever.

Source: BILD, INSA

Billionaires Lose $536 Billion in 48 Hours

The world’s 500 richest people just saw their biggest-ever two-day loss on record, shedding $536 billion after Trump’s tariff announcement.

Source: Bloomberg

BIG: Germany may pull €113 billion in gold from the U.S.

Germany, shocked by Trump’s unpredictable policies, is reconsidering its trust in the U.S. as a reliable partner.

Germany holds the world’s second-largest gold reserves, with 37% — over 1,200 tons worth €113 billion — stored in New York.

These reserves are meant to guarantee liquidity in dollars or other hard currencies.

Now, some in Berlin question whether that gold is truly safe.

Source: Politico

Israeli singer Shay Ohayon calls for a boycott of Türkiye during a concert, praising Dubai and the Burj Khalifa and urging Israelis to travel to the UAE instead.