China doesn’t want Russia to lose. The Earth is about to spin faster. Join the discussion club.

China doesn’t want Russia to lose. The Earth is about to spin faster. Join the discussion club.

You’re watching the news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is July 12, 2:30 PM.

On July 11, The Insider reported that on July 6 and 7, the Houthi paramilitary group—backed by Iranian authorities—sank two merchant ships: Magic Seas and Eternity C. The ships’ guards resisted the attacks for two days, but with no assistance from the British fleet or the European "Aspides" mission—due to the absence of warships in the area—the crews were forced to abandon the vessels.
theins.ru/news/283006

On July 8, Euronews reported—citing the German Foreign Ministry—that a Bundeswehr aircraft participating in the Aspides mission was struck by a Chinese laser system during a surveillance flight over the Red Sea. EU forces are conducting operations there to protect civilian shipping from Houthi attacks.
ru.euronews.com/2025/07/08/chineese-laser-attaque-on-german-aircraft

On July 4, the South China Morning Post, citing sources, reported that during a four-hour meeting in Brussels, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi responded to European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas’s call to end "any material support" for Russia’s military industry by saying that Beijing does not want Russia to lose in Ukraine—fearing that, in such a case, the U.S. would shift its full attention to China.
www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3316875/china-tells-eu-it-cannot-afford-russian-loss-ukraine-war-sources-say

On July 7, the popular science site Live Science reported that over the next few months, the Earth will begin to rotate faster. On July 9, July 22, and August 5, the day will be shorter by 1.5 milliseconds. This is because the Moon will be closer to Earth’s poles. Because the Moon is gradually moving away, which slows Earth’s rotation, the day lengthened by 5 hours over the past about two billion years.
www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earth-is-going-to-spin-much-faster-over-the-next-few-months-so-fast-that-several-days-are-going-to-get-shorter

We’ve launched a public beta version of a discussion club based on the anonymous chat platform SimpleX. Our goal is to create a safe space for exchanging fresh ideas—something we all sorely need right now. Some concepts we've already been exploring include: Realistic Transparency, Quiet Arctic Civilization, Evosphere, Consensual Republic, and Cathedral Synthesis.

We invite you to join! You’ll find the link to participate, along with guidelines for communication and safety, on the ADRL Talks page of our website:
adrl.pt/talks/en