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Donald Trump is urging the European Union to impose tariffs of up to 100% on China and India to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. A source familiar with discussions between US and EU officials on Tuesday informed the BBC that Trump made this request while looking for ways to…
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the European Union to slap tariffs of up to 100 percent on China and India in a bid to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. The proposal came during a meeting between U.S. and EU officials, first reported by the Financial Times, where…
A one-year-old baby and a young woman were killed in a Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. At least 13 more people were injured. The child’s body was pulled from rubble after strikes hit residential buildings, Kyiv military administration chief Tymur Tkachenko confirmed. Several apartment blocks in the Svyatoshynkyi and Darnytskyi…
Marina, a 45-year-old freelance copywriter from Tula, thought WhatsApp was a lifeline for both her work and personal life. But last month, a call to a colleague wouldn’t go through. She switched to Telegram, Russia’s second most popular messaging app. That failed too. She wasn’t alone. Millions of Russians suddenly faced restrictions in mid-August after…
World leaders opposed to the West are converging in Beijing this week for a grand military parade marking 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II. The event, staged by President Xi Jinping, is meant to showcase China’s military strength and growing role as a counterweight to the U.S.-led global order. The parade, set…
Russian President Vladimir Putin called his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping “unprecedented” during talks in Beijing on Tuesday, just hours before China stages its biggest military parade in history. Putin praised Xi as a “dear friend,” while Chinese state media described their partnership as “exemplary.” The two leaders announced new agreements: Russia will boost…
In his 2020 book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar wrote that Delhi must “engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play, draw neighbours in, extend the neighbourhood and expand traditional constituencies of support.” That balancing act is being tested like never before. For…
The EUROPEAN POWERS have written to the UNITED NATIONS warning of the possible use of the 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL’s SNAPBACK MECHANISM. The major European powers informed the UN that if no DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION is reached by the end of AUGUST, they are prepared to RESTORE UN SANCTIONS on Iran’s NUCLEAR PROGRAM. In a letter to…
