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Bloomberg: US, China to slash tariffs during 90-day reprieve for talks

11:45 13.05.2025

Bloomberg: US, China to slash tariffs during 90-day reprieve for talks

The US and China will temporarily lower tariffs on each other's products, with the US reducing its levies from 145% to 30% and China dropping its duties from 125% to 10%. The move is seen as a significant de-escalation of trade tensions, with stocks, the dollar, and oil prices rising, …

Netanyahu shows desire to relinquish US security assistance – reports

11:44 13.05.2025

Netanyahu shows desire to relinquish US security assistance – reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed a desire for a gradual reduction of security and military assistance received from the US, amid differences with the Trump administration, local media reported on Monday. "I think we will need to wean ourselves off American military aid," Netanyahu told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs …

‘The Times’: Putin’s words change, but not his demand that Ukraine surrenders

11:42 13.05.2025

‘The Times’: Putin’s words change, but not his demand that Ukraine surrenders

This article from the London newspaper is interesting - it is for the first time in recent months ‘The Times’ has written about Russia's real demands on Ukraine, which are formulated in two words: demilitarization and denazification. These words mean the replacement of the Nazi government in Kyiv and a …

View from London: Setback for Europe after Trump insists Ukraine has ‘immediate’ peace talks with Russia

11:39 13.05.2025

View from London: Setback for Europe after Trump insists Ukraine has ‘immediate’ peace talks with Russia

Donald Trump’s social media post insisting Ukraine must immediately start peace talks with Russia has set back, and possibly jeopardised, Europe’s carefully laid plans to persuade the US to impose sanctions on Moscow for refusing the US president’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, European diplomats have said, writes ‘The Guardian’. …

‘The National Interest’: Trump’s minerals deal with Ukraine is a national security disaster

11:09 12.05.2025

‘The National Interest’: Trump’s minerals deal with Ukraine is a national security disaster

Yet again, the Ukrainians are trying to pull the Americans into a deepening — and widening — commitment to their defense. It is not in America’s interests to go along, writes Brandon J. Weichert, a senior national security editor at ‘The National Interest’. When President Donald Trump was elected, he …

MWM: No New Abrams tanks for Ukraine – U.S. blocking Australian delivery as performance raises questions

11:08 12.05.2025

MWM: No New Abrams tanks for Ukraine – U.S. blocking Australian delivery as performance raises questions

The United States is reported to be blocking the transfer of 49 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks from Australia to Ukraine, with experts pointing to delayed U.S. export approvals as the primary cause for a lack of progress towards delivering the vehicles. Transfers of American-manufactured defence equipment to any third …

‘The Times’: New MI6 boss will be a woman

11:07 12.05.2025

‘The Times’: New MI6 boss will be a woman

Dame Barbara Woodward, a former ambassador to China who has never been a spy, is one of three women in line for the top job at the Secret Intelligence Service, ‘The Times’ informs. A woman is to take charge of MI6 for the first time in the history of the …

Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

11:06 12.05.2025

Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligece as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities of Pope Francis, AP reports. But in a sign he was making the papacy very much his …

Foreign media gave their first reaction to Putin's night press conference

15:46 11.05.2025

Foreign media gave their first reaction to Putin's night press conference

Foreign media gave their first reaction to Putin's night press conference, at which it was proposed to hold repeat talks in Istanbul on Thursday. “A great day” – this is how Donald Trump commented on Vladimir Putin's proposal to hold direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul. “This may be a …

Vladimir Putin: “Our proposal is, as they say, on the table. The decision is now up to Ukrainian authorities and their supervisors”

15:12 11.05.2025

Vladimir Putin: “Our proposal is, as they say, on the table. The decision is now up to Ukrainian authorities and their supervisors”

In conclusion to festive events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin made a statement for the media where he summarised the results of work on May 7–10. May 11, 2025 02:00 The Kremlin, Moscow President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening, or …

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