Hi Global Recap readers,

It’s that time of the week again when I seek your adept opinions on an ongoing geopolitics event. Today, the spotlight is on Prigozhin’s supposed death.

Before you share your thoughts, do take into account the recent revelation about the flight attendant!

🌐 Here’s what’s up around the world:

• 💧 Russia behind deadly water sabotage?

• 🔥 Looking for the “scum” who set Greece on fire.

• 💰 Long live King U.S. dollar.

• 🔥 Denmark is done with the Quran burnings.

• 👀 End of the India-China border dispute?

• 🛩️ The West on Prigozhin’s Demise

Let’s get into today’s news.

📈 Top News

💧 Russia behind deadly water sabotage? Polish authorities are on the case, investigating a possible outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. With seven lives lost and over 100 infected, they’re not taking any chances.

Could it be intentional tampering? Russia, with its history of using biological weapons, is among the suspects.

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🔥 Looking for the “scum” who set Greece on fire. Greece is ablaze with wildfires, and the heat is on to catch the “arsonist scum” responsible. With 20 lives lost, 60 firefighters injured, and 140 arrests made, it’s a race against time to extinguish the flames and bring the culprits to justice.

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💰 Long live King U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar reigns supreme in the oil market, despite attempts to overthrow its rule.

India’s oil minister says that he is a realist, who knows that switching to other currencies is “not so easy” and the USD will continue to be the top dog for international oil trades for a long time.

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🔥 Denmark is done with the Quran burnings. The government proposed a bill that would ban the public desecration of holy books, such as the Quran, the Bible, and the Torah.

With national security concerns at the forefront, this bill aims to prevent violent reactions and terror plots triggered by book burnings.

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👀 End of the India-China border dispute? The two leaders met in Johannesburg during the BRICS summit and agreed to ease the tensions along the disputed “Line of Actual Control” at their borders.

But can they really trust each other?

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✍️ In-Depth

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The West on Prigozhin’s Demise

🔥 Wagner boss blown up in the sky? A mysterious plane crash that killed Prigozhin may have been caused by a bomb on board, according to U.S. and Western officials. They believe that he WAS on the jet that broke apart in midair and fell like a stone.

🛩️ Rare and shocking. Aviation experts say it’s extremely unusual for a modern and reliable aircraft like the Embraer Legacy 600 to lose a wing while flying. They say the only possible explanation is a catastrophic event, such as an explosion or a violent thunderstorm. But we can scratch the latter out because the weather was clear then.

👩‍✈️ Stewardess’ last message. Kristina Raspopova, 39, was the flight attendant who served the passengers on the doomed jet. She had contacted her relatives hours before the departure and said that the flight was delayed due to some urgent “maintenance or repair issues.” She did not reveal the destination or the identity of the passengers.

🇧🇷 So could Embraer be an accomplice? The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer says it DID NOT service or supply parts to this particular jet, due to international sanctions on Russia.

💣 Sabotage most likely. The Pentagon says there were no detectable signs that suggest a missile hit the plane, but intelligence points to sabotage being the most likely cause. Some sources even claim that it was a result of a bomb planted in a wine crate.

🤓 But logically speaking, sabotage does seem to be much cleaner than a missile hit. After all, why go through the trouble of trying to come up with a coverup story for a missile strike, when the culprit can make the incident elusive by simply planting a bomb on the plane?

👀 Suspicion and speculation. President Biden and other Western leaders have suggested that Prigozhin may have been the target of a Kremlin hit, as he had launched a brief armed mutiny against Putin two months ago.

When asked about the crash soon after it happened, Biden simply commented,

Moscow denies any involvement and calls the allegations “absolute lies.”