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Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russia will meet Slovakia’s energy needs.

Spanish Interior Minister: The EU has provided two additional planes for remaining European citizens. Contingency plans are being prepared with the Netherlands for citizens arriving from non-EU countries without available air transport.

According to TASS: The Russian Defense Ministry said it has responded to ceasefire violations in Ukraine. Ukraine has used drones and artillery fire to attack Russian military and civilian targets.

Spanish Interior Minister: Flights to France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands have been confirmed. Nationals from that country will disembark only when their evacuation planes are ready.

Russian presidential assistant Ushakov: The agreement provides for a three-day ceasefire, not longer.

Spanish Health Minister: The risk to the general population remains low.

Spanish Health Minister: The cruise ship will be disinfected in the Netherlands.

Spanish Health Minister: The deceased people will stay on the ship with some crew members, and the ship will continue to the Netherlands.

Spanish Health Minister: Spanish citizens on the cruise ship are expected to be disembarked first.

Spanish Health Minister: Cruise ships affected by hantavirus are currently expected to dock between 04:00 and 06:00 local time.

A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Trump’s recent downplaying remarks on the U.S. attack on Iranian oil tankers.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: On May 8, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates. They agreed to stay in contact and work to coordinate the positions of all parties to achieve a long-term, sustainable solution to the Persian Gulf crisis.

U.S. Geological Survey: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

Indian Foreign Minister: Our strategic partnership with the EU remains an important pillar of stability and resilience in today's world. The 16th India-EU Summit held earlier this year laid out a clear roadmap for taking bilateral relations to new heights.

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency: A military source revealed that although the conflicts in the Persian Gulf have subsided, they may still reignite if the United States causes trouble against Iranian ships.

Amazon Cloud Services (AWS): This outage was caused by a thermal event that caused an operational failure in an Availability Zone in the US-East-1 region, resulting in a power outage. There are still a small number of instances and EBS volumes that cannot be used normally.

General Administration of Customs: China imported 38.471 million tons of crude oil in April, compared with 49.982 million tons in March.

General Administration of Customs: China imported 185.292 million tons of crude oil from January to April.

Market News: US President Trump returned to the White House on Friday night local time, but he did not respond to questions about whether he received a response from Iran that night.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: The "Rededicate 250" event will be held on May 17.