XI & HIS OLDS FRIENDS. China's Pres. Xi Jinping convened his Russian & North Korean counterparts in Beijing for the first time on Tuesday, a show of solidarity with countries shunned by the West over their role in Europe's worst war in 80 years.(Reuters) XI, PUTIN & KIM are set to take centre stage at a massive military parade on Wednesday, where the CHINESE PRESIDENT WILL FLAUNT HIS VISION FOR A NEW GLOBAL ORDER AS TRUMP'S "AMERICA FIRST" POLICIES STRAIN WESTERN ALLIANCES.(Reuters)

JEFFREY EPSTEIN'SE 50TH BIRTHDAY, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. One of them was Trump. Maxwell collected letters from Trump & dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The WSJ. Pages from the leather-bound album—assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006—are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago, according to people who have reviewed the pages. (WSJ)