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Noel Reports · World · before 2 meat.

Chinese firms continue supplying dual-use drone components to Iran and Russia despite US sanctions, WSJ reports.

Chinese firms continue supplying dual-use drone components to Iran and Russia despite US sanctions, WSJ reports. Exports include engines, batteries, fiber-optic cables and chips, often through small suppliers that are hard for Washington to restrict. One company, Xiamen Victory Technology, sold German-made L550 drone engines used in Iranian Shahed-136 strike drones.

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 meat.

❗️Zelensky says Russia broke the ceasefire, recording 1,820 violations by 10:00, including shelling, assault attempts, airstrikes and drone attacks.

❗️Zelensky says Russia broke the ceasefire, recording 1,820 violations by 10:00, including shelling, assault attempts, airstrikes and drone attacks. He said Russian forces launched nearly 30 assaults on key front sections from the start of the day, more than 20 airstrikes using over 70 guided bombs overnight and this morning, plus drone and missile strikes. Ukraine will decide next steps after eve...

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 meat.

This is Russia's response to a 'ceasefire'.

This is Russia's response to a 'ceasefire'. Russian drones struck a kindergarten in Sumy, acting mayor Artem Kobzar said. Information on casualties and the scale of destruction is still being clarified.

Science Facts · World · before 2 meat.

The Sun has only 22 galactic orbits left.Earth races around the Sun at ~67,000 mph (107,000 km/h), giving us our familiar 365.25-day year and changing seasons.But the Sun is in motion too—hurtling through the Milky Way at ~514,000 mph (828,000 km/h) on a grand orbit around the galactic center. One complete lap, known as a cosmic year, takes roughly 225–230 million years.When the Sun finished its most recent galactic orbit, the earliest dinosaurs were just beginning to roam Earth.Since its birth ~4.6 billion years ago, our star has completed about 20 such orbits.Stellar models predict the Sun will keep fusing hydrogen in its core for another ~5 billion years before it swells into a red giant and eventually fades into a white dwarf. At its current orbital speed, that leaves roughly 22 more laps around the Milky Way.Each cosmic year sweeps the entire Solar System tens of thousands of light-years across the galaxy—through dense spiral arms rich with star-forming regions, past ancient globular clusters, and amid countless other stars.Continents drift, mountains rise and erode, entire species evolve and vanish—all within a tiny fraction of one galactic circuit.Human civilization, from the first cities to today’s digital age, has existed for less than 0.001% of a single cosmic year.We are passengers on a star halfway through its ~10-billion-year galactic journey across a 100,000-light-year-wide disk—witnessing just the briefest sliver of one ongoing lap in an unimaginably vast cosmic dance.Science and facts💡

The Sun has only 22 galactic orbits left.Earth races around the Sun at ~67,000 mph (107,000 km/h), giving us our familiar 365.25-day year and changing seasons.But the Sun is in motion too—hurtling through the Milky Way at ~514,000 mph (828,000 km/h) on a grand orbit around the galactic center. One complete lap, known as a cosmic year, takes roughly 225–230 million years.When the Sun finished its m...

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 meat.

Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Sternenko says Russia violated the silence regime and launched multiple attacks on Ukraine, undermining Putin’s declared May 9 ceasefire. Two people were injured in Kharkiv, 7 homes damaged, while Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Kryvyi Rih came under attack.

Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Sternenko says Russia violated the silence regime and launched multiple attacks on Ukraine, undermining Putin’s declared May 9 ceasefire. Two people were injured in Kharkiv, 7 homes damaged, while Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Kryvyi Rih came under attack.

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 meat.

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The 05/05/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2051901798735049020.htmlNearly 700,000 people rely on our Ukraine war reporting across platforms, reaching over 800 million impressions per year. This reporting has no sponsors, no corporate backing, and no political funding. It exists because readers chose to support it.For nearly four years, we’ve delivered real-time, ve...

Leak Live · World · before 2 meat.

🇺🇸 Two teens killed, 10 others injured in targeted mass shooting at Westminster Apartments in #Amarillo (May 2, 2026)The two teenagers killed were identified as 17-year-old Ezekiel Rudy Almazan and 16-year-old Deven Antonucci. Ten others were injured, with five initially reported in critical condition. Suspects were reportedly asked to leave an earlier party, followed the group to the apartments, and opened fire using rifle-style weapons. No arrests have been made.Follow us -> LiveLeak

🇺🇸 Two teens killed, 10 others injured in targeted mass shooting at Westminster Apartments in #Amarillo (May 2, 2026)The two teenagers killed were identified as 17-year-old Ezekiel Rudy Almazan and 16-year-old Deven Antonucci. Ten others were injured, with five initially reported in critical condition. Suspects were reportedly asked to leave an earlier party, followed the group to the apartments, ...