❗️The US Treasury will extend its sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil for another 30 days, Reuters reports. Several vulnerable countries asked for more time to buy Russian oil after Gulf supplies were disrupted by the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure.
🇺🇸 Massive brawl broke out Friday night at a Chipotle in the Navy Yard area. Chipotle workers dodging flying chairs like it's an Olympic sport. At this point, burrito bowls should come with hazard pay and a helmet.Follow us -> LiveLeak
Natural gas has been continuously seeping from the Haripur field in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for approximately 70 years following a blowout that occurred during the first drilling operation in 1955.The ground at the location has been continuously leaking gas.Science and facts💡
How coconut water is packaged in ThailandDid you know? 🎓
🇺🇸 A World War II-era seaplane makes an emergency landing right on a #Phoenix street.Smoke reportedly started entering the cockpit after the plane's engine made a noise. All the passengers made it out safely. An NTSB investigation is now underway.Nice save. Pretty impressive how he threaded the needle going around the power lines and under the traffic light or whatever that was.Follow us -> LiveLe...
Massive flooding due to a heavy rainfall caused the river level to surge to twelve meters in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China 🇨🇳 (18.05.2026)
Sentinel satellite images confirm four RVS-5000 tanks were destroyed at the Solnechnogorskaya oil pumping station in Moscow Oblast after the May 17 strike. The site is a critical Transneft node in the oil product pipeline ring around Moscow.
Hungary canceled deportation decisions and a 3-year Schengen entry ban against all 7 Oschadbank employees detained in March while transporting $40M, €35M and 9 kg of bank gold from Vienna to Kyiv. Oschadbank said Hungary also ordered the records removed from state registers after withdrawing earlier national security claims against the Ukrainian citizens.
Ukraine has equipped 430 km of anti-drone protection and restored 106 km of roads from February to April, the defense minister said. More than 1,170 km of logistics routes are now protected, while road repairs continue in 5 frontline regions.
🇫🇷🇪🇸 French rider Johann Zarco crashed during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Catalonia. He was taken to hospital after the incident and diagnosed with torn ligaments in his knee, a small crack in his fibula, and was fitted with a neck brace as a precaution.Zarco later reassured fans, saying: “More fear than harm. The femur is fine — the main issues are the knee and ankle.” He confirmed there are no majo...
Ukrainian drone strikes hit multiple Moscow Oblast targets on May 17, including Gazpromneft’s Moscow refinery and Transneft’s Solnechnogorskaya oil loading station in Durykino. The refinery strike hit a construction site, while production capacity was not damaged. At Solnechnogorskaya, a diesel storage tank caught fire and flames spread to other reservoirs.
Zelensky said Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service obtained new Russian internal documents assessing the aggressor state’s war losses. He cited about 400 closed oil wells at one Russian oil company, oil refining down at least 10% in just several months this year, 11 financial institutions preparing for liquidation, 8 more banks with critical problems and a federal deficit already near $80B.
Occupation head of Skadovsk Oleksandr Dudka was hit by a drone and hospitalized with severe wounds. Collaborator and Russian apppointed Kherson Governor Vladimir Saldo said Dudka suffered blast trauma and shrapnel wounds to the head after the strike.
🇨🇦 The mother of 12-year-old Maya Gebala has shared an update on her daughter’s condition.Maya Gebala, 12, was shot three times in the head and neck on Feb 10 during a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C., Canada. She tried to lock the library door to protect classmates. She suffered a severe brain injury and has had multiple surgeries (including a recent successful cranioplasty...
This is Karl Bushby. In 1998, he made a bar bet that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 years later, he is still walking. He has survived the Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, and traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice.He's expected to return in England by late 2026.Did you know? 🎓