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Corporate Japan warns of $28bn blow from US tariffs

10:24 25.05.2025

Corporate Japan warns of $28bn blow from US tariffs

Japan’s largest companies have said tariffs planned by the Trump administration could erode annual profits by tens of billions of dollars, with the probability of a bigger impact in the event of a US recession. Groups including Toyota, Sony and Mizuho could suffer a total hit as high as ¥4tn …

View from London: Russia’s elite drone unit destroying Ukraine’s precious HIMARS launchers

10:21 25.05.2025

View from London: Russia’s elite drone unit destroying Ukraine’s precious HIMARS launchers

The results were devastating, with the majority of Ukrainian troops pushed out of Kursk after the Rubicon unit destroyed their supply route. In the process, Rubicon is believed to have disabled hundreds of Ukrainian vehicles, including M2 Bradley infantry carriers and heavily armoured MaxxPro trucks, often with fibre optic cable …

JD Vance issues new warning: “Era of uncontested US dominance is over”

10:20 25.05.2025

JD Vance issues new warning: “Era of uncontested US dominance is over”

Vice President JD Vance warned about the end of an "era of uncontested U.S. dominance" during his commencement speech at the Naval Academy on Friday, ‘Newsweek’ reports. Vance's speech underscores the new approach to foreign policy embraced by the Trump administration. The perspective of Vance and President Donald Trump could …

British life-style: “For six hundred people on a ship of Royal Navy not to have a daily warm shower is a disgrace!”

10:19 25.05.2025

British life-style: “For six hundred people on a ship of Royal Navy not to have a daily warm shower is a disgrace!”

The UK’s £3.5 billion Queen Elizabeth-class carriers face ongoing issues, including a months-long hot water failure, sparking “Showergate” complaints and raising concerns over reliability, cost, and future upgrades, writes ‘The National Interest’. As conceived, the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers were to be the most advanced warships ever built …

MWM: Foreign combatants playing key role in major Donbas battles against Russia

10:10 24.05.2025

MWM: Foreign combatants playing key role in major Donbas battles against Russia

Russian troops are killing in large numbers soldiers and officers from NATO countries who came to fight against Russia, reports ‘The Military Watch Magazine’. Multiple Russian sources have reported that during major clashes at the the village of Volnoye Pole in the south of the disputed Donetsk region, foreign fighters …

Trump administration to Ukrainian migrants: “Take $1000 and go home!”

10:09 24.05.2025

Trump administration to Ukrainian migrants: “Take $1000 and go home!”

The Trump administration has devised plans to spend up to $250 million earmarked for foreign assistance to fund instead the removal and return of people from active conflict zones, including 700,000 Ukrainian and Haitian migrants who fled to the United States amid extreme, ongoing violence back home, according to draft …

View from India: The Russia-China push in the Arctic – a new strategic flashpoint and a withering Arctic exceptionalism

10:07 24.05.2025

View from India: The Russia-China push in the Arctic – a new strategic flashpoint and a withering Arctic exceptionalism

Will the potential entry of new players into the Arctic require a wider reimagining of the Arctic governance architecture? How will the Arctic governance mechanism confront the changing geopolitical calculus in the region? The Arctic Council will need to delicately balance these pressing questions, writes ‘The Indian Express’. On March …

U.S. is destroying EU unity with trade methods – “EU suffers from collective action problem in trade,” they say

10:04 24.05.2025

U.S. is destroying EU unity with trade methods – “EU suffers from collective action problem in trade,” they say

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union, citing a lack of progress in current trade negotiations, CNN informs. “Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have …

Sergey Lavrov: “Will we consider which Ukrainian authorities hold legitimacy”

17:12 23.05.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “Will we consider which Ukrainian authorities hold legitimacy”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question. Moscow, May 23, 2025 Question: Is Russia prepared to sign a peace treaty with President Vladimir Zelensky? Sergey Lavrov: You are putting the cart before the horse. First, a treaty must exist, and once it is agreed upon, then we will …

Who can sign a memorandum with Russia for Ukraine?

9:42 23.05.2025

Who can sign a memorandum with Russia for Ukraine?

A Russian diplomat has explained who can sign a memorandum with Russia for Ukraine. "It is of major importance who signs [documents] because their current ‘leader’ lost domestic, let alone external, legitimacy long ago. Hence, there could be problems with any agreement signed by such a person," Maxim Musikhin, director …

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