*? US dollar to maintain dominance over next decade*The dollar will maintain its position as the world’s dominant reserve currency over the next decade, confounding growing calls from some countries for the adoption of alternatives, according to a closely watched annual survey of central banks.

Research by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), a UK central banking think-tank, found that reserve banks managing close to a combined $5tn of assets expect the dollar to continue to decline as a proportion of global reserves at a “gradual” pace. However, it will still account for 54% of the total in 10 years’ time, compared with 58% currently, the survey found.

Reserve currencies are foreign assets held in large quantities by central banks for international payments and to support local currencies.

*?? Shin Bet embraces cutting-edge AI to thwart cyberattacks*Israel continues to explore innovative uses for artificial intelligence (AI) in various aspects of security and law enforcement, helping to foil numerous threats.

"AI technology has been incorporated quite naturally into the Shin Bet's interdiction machine," Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar said in a speech to the Cyber Week conference in Israel. "Using AI, we have spotted a not-inconsequential number of threats."Shin Bet, the Israeli counterpart to the FBI or Britain’s MI5, has created its own generative AI platform, akin to ChatGPT, Bar revealed. He explained that the platform has allowed the intelligence service to streamline its work by flagging surveillance anomalies and sort "endless" amounts of intelligence.

Azerbaijan is effectively canceling the November 9, 2020 agreement, showing that they will do whatever they want.

This behavior of Azerbaijan is due to a number of circumstances. Erdogan has visited Azerbaijan and supported his brothers. We also see the degeneration of the democratic community, which does not react in any way to the processes taking place around Artsakh, on the contrary, it supports the aggression of a non-democratic country against a democratic country.

And all this gives another pretext for Azerbaijan and Turkey to toughen their policy. It would be naive to think that they should not do so. That's what you need to think about, and not about the guarantees that some “smart” people constantly appeal to.

David Babayan, diplomat

*?? Inflation rose at a 4% annual rate in May*The inflation rate cooled in May to its lowest annual rate in more than two years, likely taking pressure off the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

The consumer price index, which measures changes in a multitude of goods and services, increased just 0.1% for the month, bringing the annual level down to 4% from 4.9% in April. That 12-month increase was the smallest since March 2021, when inflation was just beginning to rise to what would become the highest in 41 years.

States invest in nuclear arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorateA Swedish think tank has sounded the alarm over the growing number of operational nuclear weapons in the arsenals of major military powers. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated that there are now 12,512 nuclear warheads globally, up 86 from last year.

Of the 12,512 total nuclear warheads, the think tank estimates that 3,844 of them are deployed with missiles and aircraft.

The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israel—continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.

*?? Iraq unveils transport project worth $17 billion*The $17 billion logistics project, dubbed the "Route of Development," will link the port of Grand Fau in the oil-rich south of the country with the Turkish border in northern Iraq. It can compete with the Egyptian Suez Canal as a transport hub in the region.

*?? DeSantis is betting on the polarization of American society*At first glance, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives the impression of a kind of new Trump reissue, but softer in rhetoric, not a fan of dramatic excesses — and generally a more easily elected politician. But this impression is deceptive, says Austrian journalist Thomas Seifert.

*??*?? Results of Mishustin’s visit to China: the struggle for world leadership takes on more concrete features**Russia's alliance with China is necessary and inevitable. But building this alliance, one needs to think not only about the interests of an ally, but also not forget about the interests of your own country, emphasizes political scientist Dmitry Zhuravlev.

*☪️*** Albir Krganov: Difficulties are given to a person to strengthen the connection with the CreatorWhy are the tests given to humanity? What should be done to establish an interreligious dialogue? What are the prospects for a dialogue between Islam and Judaism?

These and other questions of the Realist News agency were answered by the Russian religious and public figure, Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Albir Krganov.

*"From the very creation, the human race has been tested. The tests are different for each epoch and have always been difficult. We must also remember that there are trials of God, and there is also the fault of the person or society itself. For example, think about climate issues, excessive consumption, the arms race between countries. Trials can become an absolute misfortune for us if a person perceives them as punishment, and can lead to the fact that he moves away from the Creator. “Among people there is one who worships the Almighty, being on the verge between faith and unbelief. If he gets good, then thanks to this he feels confident; if he is tempted, then he turns back. He loses both this world and the Last Life. This is the obvious loss!” (Quran 22:11).

The teaching of overcoming life’s difficulties is to strengthen the connection with the Creator during difficulties. When the Almighty is with us, none of the situations in our life seems so hopeless and unsolvable."*

Alexander Khodakovsky named the reasons for the failures of the offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces outside urban conditionsAt the moment, our distances are shorter, and we simply do not reach the firing positions of enemy artillery and cannot provide full-fledged cover for our infantry in open terrain. In many ways, these reasons explain our offensive failures outside of urban conditions. Now the main task is to ensure the necessary ranges, hit accuracy and speed of detection of enemy weapons, explained Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head of the State Guard of the Russian Guard for the DPR.