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Somali forces launch an anti-Al-Shabaab offensive outside Aadan Yabaal
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 5: Local News
total failure of birth rate in Belarus	1 12:49 Skidmark [100]
Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting in nine directions - Ukrainian General Staff	0 [89]
Five participants of the march in Nalchik were released after arrest	0 [98]
Current information on the situation on the front line on May 27 (updated)	0 [79]
'Russian pig!' Ukrainians killed pensioner a week before fleeing Sudzha	0 [77]
Russian Navy Begins Large-Scale Exercises in Baltic Sea	0 [89]
Russian Defense Ministry has published a list of military facilities attacked in Ukraine	0 [90]
Under the negotiating table	0 [111]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	3 21:54 trailing wife [178]
Somali forces launch an anti-Al-Shabaab offensive outside Aadan Yabaal	0 [202]
Germany arrests ex-Syrian officer suspected of crimes against humanity	1 22:20 DooDahMan [166]
Gaza: airstrikes kill five in Khan Younis as IDF tech officer maimed by sniper fire	0 [150]
Hezbollah’s Radwan force turban drone-struck in south Leb Tuesday as IDF nears Mays al-Jabal	0 [149]
Two Palestinians sentenced to life plus 50 years over deadly West Bank terror attack in 2023	0 [115]
Gazans chanted 'Thank you, America!' after breaking through Hamas checkpoints to reach the new aid system. Pro-Palestinian activists are scrambling to discredit the only system actually helping people.	0 [131]
Two soldiers killed in Borno Boko Haram attack	0 [147]
Israel launches anti-terror raids on West Bank money changers	0 [123]
Brawl erupts at wedding in Karachi	0 [123]
Lebanon seeks 'real peace’ with Israel: PM Nawaf Salam	1 02:04 Grom the Affective [118]
Israel military says intercepted two projectiles fired from Yemen	0 [141]
Gaza death toll rises to 54,056, says health ministry	0 [95]
Dagestan resident sentenced to prison in ISIS recruitment case	0 [116]
FSB shows footage of the arrest of four members of Basayev and Khattab's gang	0 [165]
Gaza reports American company’s distribution complex destroyed, food packages looted; Gaza was overexcited — distribution quickly recommenced, 95 aid trucks entered Strip	0 [161]
Page 2: WoT Background
Rojava, Damascus reach agreement on al-Hol camp	0 [130]
Europe/Britain anti-Israel and Jew-hate round up for 5/28	0 [137]
El Salvador just DENIED access to Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey to see Kilmar Garcia	8 18:19 Angstrom [266]
Israel marks 800th planeload of US guns, bombs and ammo as war nears day 600	0 [97]
Coincidentally, you also get 12 years for telling this joke in Britain	4 11:55 Grom the Affective [214]
Report: Trump told Netanyahu he ‘doesn’t want anything to impede’ potential Iran nuclear deal, anonymous US officials afraid Israel will attack Iran’s nuke sites without warning	6 15:26 trailing wife [237]
ICC prosecutor was readying warrants for Smotrich, Ben Gvir before going on leave — WSJ	0 [88]
Damage to Yemeni ports by past US-Israeli airstrikes estimated over 1.3 billion dollars	0 [104]
Turkey’s Erdogan appoints team to draft new constitution, drawing fear of power grab	4 14:27 NoMoreBS [176]
Israel and Syria holding face-to-face meetings at border to calm tensions	0 [105]
Suspected Islamic State member pleads guilty to deadly stabbing at German festival	0 [82]
Israeli cabinet secretly approves 22 new settlements in West Bank	1 11:07 Angstrom [110]
Calls grow for proof behind Israel’s claims on Gaza aid diversion	0 [112]
Azerbaijan commits to defence, trade, investment boost with Pakistan	0 [82]
Nigerian government losing ground to a resurgent Boko Haram and its IS-affiliated splinter : Peoples Dispatch	1 07:42 Procopius2k [132]
Palestinian clans are looking to join Abraham Accords after Oct. 7.	0 [101]
Ramaphosa defends Politicians and South Africans calling for the death of the White Farmer saying it’s not meant to be taken literally	3 16:08 Beavis [188]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Who Is “Evergrande 2.0” in China’s Auto Sector?	1 18:47 Pancho Poodle8452 [131]
The T-90 in Ukraine is a failure	5 13:00 swksvolFF [214]
Pro-Life Groups Press US Attorney Jeanine Pirro To Investigate 5 Late-Term Abortions In DC	0 [91]
RFK Jr. Announces Major Change to COVID Vaccine Guidance	2 13:36 swksvolFF [121]
Teenage domestic worker ''tortured'', murdered in Jhelum	0 [87]
At least six killed as heavy rains, dust storms hit parts of Pakistan	0 [96]
Video: Paraglider Is Sucked Into a ‘Cloud Vortex', Gets Covered Head-To-Toe in Ice, Almost Freezes to Death Drifting at Five Miles High	12 23:16 swksvolFF [266]
Meth-crazed Florida man is bitten by alligator, charges at cops before he's shot dead	9 14:14 swksvolFF [211]
60-year-old woman beaten in break-in at Beanie Babies founder''s California mansion	2 19:17 Pancho Poodle8452 [144]
Victims of random punchings in NYC blast NYPD response	2 19:53 Rambler [136]
Russia, China, North Korea trash Trump''s $175 billion Golden Dome missile shield as ''dangerous''	1 12:38 Skidmark [101]
Secret Service Fracas Outside Obama Residence	7 19:54 Rambler [257]
New Covid Variant -- coming from China	1 12:50 Abu Uluque [136]
'Lovers quarrel.' The French are thinking about who will replace Macron	2 14:12 swksvolFF [146]
Boat with 13 people on board explodes in Florida	1 13:51 mossomo [125]
Population collapse is a massive crisis	7 13:44 Abu Uluque [247]
Page 4: Opinion
Genocide in South Africa Going Global – Alex Newman	1 03:23 Besoeker [151]
'Madmen and Fruitless Victims.' Was the Battle of Tsushima a Defeat for Russia?	1 08:52 Matt [125]
End of the war in Europe	0 [88]
Page 6: Politix
DEVELOPING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Kicked Off House Floor by Sergeant at Arms	3 07:22 NN2N1 [240]
Trump to yank all federal funds to Harvard over school''s mishandling of campus antisemitism	5 15:52 Lord Garth [175]
Wasserman Schultz rejects NY Times report on voters seeing Democrats as ''slow'' and ''passive''	3 17:09 BrerRabbit [146]
Ron DeSantis blasts House GOP for failing to codify DOGE cuts: ''Betrayal of the voters''	10 17:48 49 Pan [264]
Tommy Tuberville launches run for governor of Alabama	0 [113]
The secret to saving Democrats $20 million: Stop trashing men	7 16:13 Pancho Poodle8452 [231]

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total failure of birth rate in Belarus

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The birth rate in Belarus has collapsed from 1.72 in 2016 to below 1.1 last year.

The birth rate in the capital city Minsk is down from 1.24 to 0.69