US officials pressing Africans over Wagner Group

"The Biden administration has attempted to pressure African nations into expelling the
Wagner private military company, with the firm’s presence in Sudan and Libya “at the top of every meeting” between American and Egyptian officials....Egypt reportedly asked that Haftar not station Wagner soldiers near its borders, while the US demanded that Wagner fighters be removed from their posts safeguarding Libyan oil facilities. The US declared the Wagner Group a “transnational criminal organization” last month, after Wagner forces notched up a series of victories against the Ukrainian military in Donbass." RT

China Threatens Repercussions for Downed Spy Balloon, Reserves ‘the Right to Take Further Actions in Response’

"The U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions.

China responded that it reserved the right to “take further actions” and criticized the U.S. for “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.”

The giant white orb was spotted over the Carolinas as it approached the Atlantic coast. About 2:39 p.m. EST, an F-22 fighter jet fired a missile at the balloon, puncturing it while it was about 6 nautical miles off the coast near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, senior defense officials said." Breitbart

No Evidence Russia Involved in Nord Stream Blasts Found So Far, German Investigators Admit

"No evidence that Moscow was involved in the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and
2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea has been found so far, a German investigator has admitted. An investigation being conducted by Germany’s Public Prosecutor General, Peter Frank, has come up with zero evidence that Russia was involved in the explosions that rendered both Nord Stream pipelines inactive." Breitbart

US Stealth Jet Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas

"US defense officials confirmed to Fox News an F-22 stealth jet fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder
that brought down the Chinese surveillance balloon. The F-22 was based out of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. NEW: senior defense official tells me an F22 fighter jet fired a single shot at the Chinese spy balloon in U.S. air space over Atlantic Ocean. The F22s flew from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia." ZEROHEDGE