🇮🇳⚔️🇵🇰 Reuters reports, citing two U.S. officials, that a Chinese-made Pakistani fighter jet shot down at least two Indian military aircraft on Wednesday.

The Indian Air Force declined to comment to Reuters.

Washington is reportedly paying close attention to how a top Chinese fighter jet stacks up against its Western counterparts, seeking clues about Beijing's potential combat readiness in a future conflict over Taiwan or across the Indo-Pacific.

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🇻🇦 BREAKING: American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Elected New Pope

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🇷🇺🇧🇫🇬🇼🇻🇪🇻🇳 More scenes from the Kremlin

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🇷🇺💬The main points from Putin's speech to the dinner guests who arrived to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory:

➡️The President called May 9 a sacred date;

➡️The victory over Nazism was achieved through the joint efforts of the peoples of Europe, the USA, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America;

➡️The importance of the UN is now growing again;

➡️No one will be able to slander the historical truth about the decisive role of the USSR in the victory;

➡️The Russian Federation calls on the entire international community to show solidarity in solving current problems.

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🇻🇦✝️ First Public Appearance of the New Pope

Pope Leo XIV has made his debut before the public, delivering his first address as the new head of the Catholic Church.

In his speech, Pope Leo XIV called on believers around the world to "build bridges of dialogue" in pursuit of global peace.

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🇷🇺The "Parade for One Veteran" event for Vasyliy Gerbulenko, a participant in the 1945 Port Arthur assault, was held in the Kherson region

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🇨🇳🇷🇺 Then & Now

Today, China is in Russia for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations.

This footage from 1950 shows Beijing welcoming a Soviet delegation—filmed by Soviet documentarian Vladislav Mikosha.

A 75-year arc of strategic partnership, solidarity, and shared memory.

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🇸🇰🇷🇺Slovak Prime Minister Fico arrived in Moscow to take part in events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory

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🇺🇸 Pope Leo XIV back in February.

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