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Updated: 2026-08-22
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵- According to Ukrainian intelligence chief Skibitskiy, as reported in a CNN interview, North Korea has deployed 8,500 new troops to Russia, including 400 drone operators…
❓🇷🇺- Retired FSB Major General Igor Laptev was found deceased with a gunshot wound at his residence in Moscow. Russian media reports present conflicting accounts regarding the ca…
⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇶 – Iranian state news outlet IRNA reported "a number" of Iraqi oil tankers were granted permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to al-Arabiya. The move come…
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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 – A Russian refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara, and a port in Eisk, Krasnodar, were targeted by Ukrainian projectiles a few hours ago. @GeoPWatch
⚡️🇮🇷🇴🇲 – New UKMTO data shows maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dipped to only 20% of the pre-war average. Last week, 103 ships entered the strait and 89 left. …
#BREAKING ⚡️🇺🇸🇨🇦 – Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed after Canadian PM Mark Carney withdrew from the negotiations, triggering 50% tariffs set by the Trump admin…
⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 – Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas official, was told by Board of Peace mediators and U.S. advisor Jared Kushner to "be sensitive" to Netanyahu's political standing before th…
A head-to-head of how Backpack and Phantom advertise on Telegram — the Solana-rooted exchange-and-wallet versus the leading self-custody wallet, their creative and targeting differences, and what the Telegram Ads Spy archive reveals.
How advertisers reach Belgian audiences on Telegram — one of Europe's toughest gambling and ad-restriction regimes pushing operators offshore, a Dutch/French/German language split, and EU-regulated crypto and trading.
How advertisers reach Irish audiences on Telegram — an English-speaking EU member inside the UK-Ireland creative pool, a fintech and tech-HQ hub, EU-regulated crypto and forex, and offshore gambling under a tightening licensing regime.
How advertisers reach Korean audiences on Telegram — the real-name banking regime that pushes activity offshore, one of the world's most intense retail-crypto cultures, gaming and esports adjacency, and won-denominated payment friction.
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