World Bank: Global Economy on Track for Worst Half-Decade of Growth in 30 Years

"The World Bank warned Tuesday that the global economy is moving toward its worst half-decade of growth in 30 years.....The bank’s Global Economic Prospects report forecasted that global growth would slow in 2024, dropping to 2.4 percent from the 2.6 percent recorded in 2023." Breitbart

Drones attack oil depot and energy facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast

"Drones attacked an oil depot and energy facility in the city of Oryol, Oryol Oblast of the Russian Federation. According to Ukrainska Pravdaʼs source, this operation was carried out by Ukraine's Defence Intelligence with the assistance of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Come Back Alive Foundation." Pravada

Ecuadorian TV crew taken hostage as camera rolls

"A TV news crew in Ecuador has been taken hostage by masked assailants who stormed the station’s studio during a broadcast, waving guns and explosives as a presenter pleaded for help.

The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon amid a sudden and brutal nationwide wave of violence and kidnappings, after President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency to combat “narcoterrorists.”
Presidential spokesman Roberto Izurieta Canova later said on X (formerly Twitter) that “the vast majority” of the hostages has been rescued." RT

Ukraine reports 64 combat clashes on front lines

"Sixty-four combat engagements took place between Ukrainian forces and Russian

troops.Ukrainian aircraft struck nine areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
Ukrainian rocket forces, in turn, struck an area of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, and two artillery pieces of the Russians.
The enemy launched a missile strike, 29 air strikes and 17 attacks using multiple rocket launchers against the positions of Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian cities and villages." Ukrin