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WSJ: Trump's duties on allies are a real gift to Xi Jinping

10:17 30.04.2025

WSJ: Trump's duties on allies are a real gift to Xi Jinping

The duties imposed by US President Donald Trump have become a "real gift" for Chinese President Xi Jinping, as they have shaken global confidence in the reliability of the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the high import duties imposed by Trump on China …

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 167 Palestinians in three days amid total siege

10:16 30.04.2025

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 167 Palestinians in three days amid total siege

The World Food Program has announced it ran out of food stocks in Gaza due to the Israeli blockadeby Dave DeCamp. Israeli attacks on Gaza killed 167 Palestinians over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza’s Health Ministry, as the daily US-backed slaughter continues amid a total …

View from Canada: Trump doctrine & US strategic disengagement – can Europe’s military go it alone against Russia?

10:13 30.04.2025

View from Canada: Trump doctrine & US strategic disengagement – can Europe’s military go it alone against Russia?

With the United States pivoting its foreign policy focus toward the Indo-Pacific, Europe finds itself at a critical crossroads. The security umbrella once provided by Washington is thinning, and the continent is being called on to step up and assume responsibility for its own defense, writes ‘The Geopolitical Monitor’ from …

Spain and Portugal power outage: what caused it, and was there a cyber-attack?

10:11 30.04.2025

Spain and Portugal power outage: what caused it, and was there a cyber-attack?

Several countries in Europe have been scrambling to restore electricity after a huge power cut caused blackouts, writes ‘The Guardian’. Spain, Portugal and some of south-west France suffered a massive power cut on Monday, with major cities including Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon among those affected. Houses, offices, trains, traffic lights …

Vladimir Putin: “We firmly believe that the global community should join forces to create a new architecture of equal and indivisible security, which would safely protect all states without detriment to the interests of others. This is especially important for Eurasia”

19:40 29.04.2025

Vladimir Putin: “We firmly believe that the global community should join forces to create a new architecture of equal and indivisible security, which would safely protect all states without detriment to the interests of others. This is especially important for Eurasia”

The presidents of Russia and Belarus took part in the plenary meeting of the “Great Heritage, Common Future” International Forum of the Union State. April 29, 2025. Volgograd. The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National …

Sergey Lavrov meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

15:31 29.04.2025

Sergey Lavrov meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Council: “On April 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers …

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director: Few Western countries behind all big conflicts of past 300 years

11:01 29.04.2025

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director: Few Western countries behind all big conflicts of past 300 years

A small group of Western European countries have been behind every large-scale armed conflict in the past 300 years, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director and President of the Russian Historical Society Sergey Naryshkin said. "The upcoming celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory is an opportunity to …

View from London: Fall guy – Trump’s Russia deal is aimed at ousting Zelensky

11:00 29.04.2025

View from London: Fall guy – Trump’s Russia deal is aimed at ousting Zelensky

The intense time pressure piled on the Zelensky government was not only because Trump was hungry for a victory lap before the 100-th day of his administration, which falls on April 30, but because Putin wants to celebrate his own military victory on May 9, the day of an 80th …

FT: Ukraine on the brink of default – Kyiv failed to reach deal with investors to restructure $2.6bn of debt

10:59 29.04.2025

FT: Ukraine on the brink of default – Kyiv failed to reach deal with investors to restructure $2.6bn of debt

Ukraine said that it had failed to reach a deal with holders of $2.6bn of its debt, in a blow to its hopes of securing a restructuring ahead of a payment deadline next month, ‘The Financial Times’ reports. The country’s finance ministry said it would “consider all available options” on …

WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements

10:58 29.04.2025

WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements

China, a major source of REE, recently announced export restrictions on seven of them, potentially limiting the U.S. tech industry’s access to materials such as dysprosium, which is necessary for magnetic storage, motors, and generators. Western Digital announced that it has created a large-scale hard disk drive recycling program in …

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