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[l] at 4/3/25 12:31pm
Russia could profit by exporting agricultural products such as wheat to countries in Asia and South East Asia who currently import a lot of such goods from the US, says Ksenia Bondarenko, associate professor at Russia’s Higher School of Economics.

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[l] at 4/3/25 10:50am
“We are not naive, so we are going to protect ourselves,” French President Emmanuel Macron said, adding that “it is important that the investments to come, or announced in recent weeks, are, a time, suspended, until we have clarified things with the United States.”
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[l] at 4/3/25 9:33am
The US president recently hit the world’s most remote islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, with a 10% tariff, The Guardian reports.
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[l] at 4/3/25 8:08am
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a press conference today after meeting his counterparts from the Alliance of Sahel States.

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[l] at 4/3/25 7:15am
The US president earlier said that “from the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly."
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[l] at 4/3/25 7:15am
The US president earlier said that “from the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly.
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[l] at 4/3/25 6:44am
Hungary has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), as it believes the institution has shifted from an independent judicial body to a politically motivated one in recent years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Thursday.

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[l] at 4/3/25 6:38am
By choosing to withdraw from International Criminal Court, Hungary shows its policy is “in line with the thinking of the Trump administration," Dr. George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at The Global Policy Institute, told Sputnik.
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[l] at 4/3/25 5:33am
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have attacked Russian energy infrastructure FOUR TIMES despite the moratorium on attacks on energy facilities, the Defense Ministry said.

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[l] at 4/3/25 3:51am
The decision comes amid the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for whom the ICC issued an arrest warrant in November.

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[l] at 4/3/25 2:28am
By imposing 25% tariffs on auto imports, the US has once again resorted to trade protectionism under the pretext of safeguarding national security, Chinese Ministry of Commerce Spokesperson He Yadong stated at a briefing on Thursday.
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[l] at 4/3/25 2:17am
The statement notes that the persistent trade deficit has devastated the US manufacturing base.
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[l] at 4/3/25 1:54am
US President Donald Trump referred to his move to slap tariffs on 180 countries and territories as a “declaration of economic independence.”

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[l] at 4/2/25 8:38pm
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States will impose a 10 percent tariff on all foreign imports starting April 5, with higher tariffs for countries with which the US has the the largest trade deficits starting April 9, the White House said in a statement.
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[l] at 4/2/25 1:03pm
Moscow has repeatedly slammed the alliance over its intervention in Ukraine, accusing NATO of waging a "proxy war" against Russia, and saying that the conflict would never have started without the bloc's eastward expansion, the 2014 coup in Kiev, and promises of alliance membership.

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[l] at 4/2/25 12:37pm
Israeli attacks also reportedly targeted the outskirts of the city of Hama. Considerable destruction was reported in the Damascus attack.
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[l] at 4/2/25 11:42am
The new scheme will serve to hinder the restoration of Russian-British relations if and when the time comes, and is designed to distract ordinary Britons from “depressing” news, like cuts to social benefits and rising electricity costs, the Russian Embassy in London said.
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[l] at 4/2/25 11:33am
A Paris court has barred Marine Le Pen from seeking political office for five years. “If political leaders or magistrates decide who can run and for whom the French people can vote, we’re no longer a democracy,” Le Pen said at a press conference after the decision. Here's who else these faceless ‘magistrates’ have gone after recently.

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[l] at 4/2/25 9:56am
With the redeployment of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier from Asia to the Middle East, Yemen’s Houthi fighters are “tying up” two US carrier strike groups, undermining American plans against China in the Indo-Pacific, US defense news and analysis site 19fortyfive has grumbled.
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[l] at 4/2/25 9:08am
As Trump’s tariff hammer drops, the impact is being felt across the board.
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[l] at 4/2/25 8:50am
As Russian forces continue their advance in the special operation zone, a sniper from the 40th Marine Brigade revealed that particular attention is being paid to adult men in the liberated settlements.

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