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FT: How five years of Brexit reshaped Britain

11:59 04.02.2025

FT: How five years of Brexit reshaped Britain

Five years after the UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020, the country is still adjusting to life outside the bloc. Brexit has strained small businesses more than big ones, changed university campuses and the NHS, and contributed to a three-way fracture in the British political firmament following …

AXIOS: Trump says USAID run by “lunatics”

11:57 04.02.2025

AXIOS: Trump says USAID run by “lunatics”

Following reports that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives accessed the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) D.C. headquarters, American citizens' data and classified spaces, Senate Democrats wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to demand answers, AXIOS informs. The latest: Elon Musk said he's spoken with President Trump about …

Trump started beating his neighbors: Canada and Mexico move to retaliate on Trump tariff orders

11:56 04.02.2025

Trump started beating his neighbors: Canada and Mexico move to retaliate on Trump tariff orders

President Trump on Saturday moved to impose stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada, whose leaders swiftly responded with their own levies and accused Mr. Trump of starting a trade war that would debilitate all three economies, writes ‘The New York Times’. Mr. Trump hit Canada and Mexico with tariffs of …

Europe in panic and horror from conflict with Trump

11:55 04.02.2025

Europe in panic and horror from conflict with Trump

French president and other leaders call for cooperation with Washington but vow a robust response if needed, writes ‘The Guardian’. The EU will stand up for itself if its interests are targeted, Emmanuel Macron has said, as the bloc’s leaders urged talks but a firm response if needed to Donald …

Sergey Lavrov: “In this year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the 80th anniversary of the UN, and ahead of the events scheduled to mark the 80th anniversaries of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, it would be reasonable to outline our stance for the immutability of the system of international law as the basis of the post-war world order formulated as the goals and principles of the UN Charter”

12:10 03.02.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “In this year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the 80th anniversary of the UN, and ahead of the events scheduled to mark the 80th anniversaries of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, it would be reasonable to outline our stance for the immutability of the system of international law as the basis of the post-war world order formulated as the goals and principles of the UN Charter”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a General Meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow, January 30, 2025. Mr Ivanov, Colleagues, friends, It is gratifying to convene once more for the General Meeting within the walls of this mansion on Spiridonovka Street, where all our pre-pandemic meetings were planned …

‘The Guardian’: Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid

11:37 03.02.2025

‘The Guardian’: Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid

Ukraine is reeling from the shock decision by the Trump administration to pause all US foreign aid programmes immediately, as a variety of projects in the country – from military veteran rehabilitation programmes to independent media and anti-corruption initiatives – have effectively been stopped overnight, ‘The Guardian’ writes. It was …

POLITICO: Trump vows to launch trade war on EU

11:35 03.02.2025

POLITICO: Trump vows to launch trade war on EU

“The European Union has treated us so terribly,” U.S. president complains, as Canada and Mexico get nailed with blitz of tariffs, writes POLITICO. A massive trade war looms after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday evening he will “absolutely” slap tariffs on goods from the EU. “Am I going to …

Arab ministers reject Trump’s call to displace Palestinians from Gaza

11:34 03.02.2025

Arab ministers reject Trump’s call to displace Palestinians from Gaza

US president has suggested that Egypt and Jordan should to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Arab FMs reject displacing Palestinians ‘under any circumstances’, Al Jazeera reports. Foreign ministers of five Arab countries have issued a joint statement rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land. The statement, released on …

Trump orders airstrikes in North Somalia

11:34 03.02.2025

Trump orders airstrikes in North Somalia

President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he took office, ‘The New York Times’ reports. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the military’s initial assessment was that “multiple operatives” in the remote Golis …

Bloomberg: Trump threats risk stretching Europe’s fragile unity to breaking point

9:33 02.02.2025

Bloomberg: Trump threats risk stretching Europe’s fragile unity to breaking point

European officials are trying to rally support from member states as they brace for President Donald Trump to play on their divisions to force through his “America First” agenda, Bloomberg notes. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, urged member states in a private meeting last week to remain united, …

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