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U.S. and Ukraine talks on contentious minerals deal: “The negotiating environment is very antagonistic”

11:13 13.04.2025

U.S. and Ukraine talks on contentious minerals deal: “The negotiating environment is very antagonistic”

A Ukrainian delegation was in Washington on Friday for a new round of talks about a deal that would give the United States a major stake in Ukraine’s natural resources, writes ‘The New York Times’. The new proposal, reviewed by ‘The New York Times’, reverts to Mr. Trump’s initial demand …

British life-style: The health care system is falling into disrepair. Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

11:10 13.04.2025

British life-style: The health care system is falling into disrepair. Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

Hospitals in England could axe more than 100,000 jobs as a result of the huge reorganisation and brutal cost-cutting ordered by Wes Streeting and the NHS’s new boss, ‘The Guardian’ reports. The scale of looming job losses is so large that NHS leaders have urged the Treasury to cover the …

View from London: Can China win the trade war against the US?

11:08 13.04.2025

View from London: Can China win the trade war against the US?

China hit back with an additional tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 per cent so far from Washington, vs 84 per cent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars …

FT: Bond sell off raises questions about U.S. ‘Safe Haven’ status

11:06 13.04.2025

FT: Bond sell off raises questions about U.S. ‘Safe Haven’ status

As the fallout from President Trump’s global trade war spreads, investors are even fleeing U.S. Treasuries, notes ‘The Financial Times’ with a viper British satisfaction. A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bond markets has sparked fears about the growing fallout from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and retaliation by China, the …

Sergey Lavrov the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: “So my conclusion is that by ignoring the gross violation of all the international norms about human beings, by ignoring these norms and violations by Zelensky of these norms, and at the same time, by discussing deployment of something military, call it ‘peacekeeping’, call it ‘stabilization force’, on the remaining part of Ukraine, they want to use this force not to keep peace, but to keep and protect the Nazi regime, and this is the key”

22:36 12.04.2025

Sergey Lavrov the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: “So my conclusion is that by ignoring the gross violation of all the international norms about human beings, by ignoring these norms and violations by Zelensky of these norms, and at the same time, by discussing deployment of something military, call it ‘peacekeeping’, call it ‘stabilization force’, on the remaining part of Ukraine, they want to use this force not to keep peace, but to keep and protect the Nazi regime, and this is the key”

Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, welcome to ADF Talks-Russia, which is a one-on-one conversation at a time when the global diplomatic landscape is under, I think it's fair to say, extraordinary pressure and transition. We are joined today by His Excellency, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of …

The President of Russia held a meeting with Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America

13:55 12.04.2025

The President of Russia held a meeting with Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America

The President of Russia held a meeting with Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America. The meeting is focused on the aspects of the Ukraine crisis settlement, Kremlin informs. The Washington administration considers US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff's trip to Russia and his …

Useless European dreams: 200 military planners from 30 countries have been drawing up a well-developed plan of fighting Russia

11:23 12.04.2025

Useless European dreams: 200 military planners from 30 countries have been drawing up a well-developed plan of fighting Russia

The “coalition of the willing” led by the UK and France to help secure a possible ceasefire in Ukraine risks stalling after it failed to obtain any firm commitments from the White House on security guarantees, people familiar with the matter said, Bloomberg quotes. The ministers of defense of the …

Reuters: Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order

11:21 12.04.2025

Reuters: Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order

The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. The fines stem from a 1996 law that was enforced for …

Macron’s life-style: The French president’s industrial-scale spritzing is rather a way of asserting power and “marking his territory”

11:20 12.04.2025

Macron’s life-style: The French president’s industrial-scale spritzing is rather a way of asserting power and “marking his territory”

There are few among us who haven’t experienced the headache-inducing horror of an overpowering waft of someone else’s perfume. But it seems that this is an unusually frequent occurrence for the aides of Emmanuel Macron, who can allegedly “scent” the French president’s presence before he enters a room, ‘The Telegraph’ …

A broad Spanish view: Sanchez discussed Trump's tariffs, trade with Europe and cherries with Xi

11:20 12.04.2025

A broad Spanish view: Sanchez discussed Trump's tariffs, trade with Europe and cherries with Xi

Chinese ruler Xi Jinping proposed the EU and Beijing work together to resist Donald Trump as the U.S. president wages a global trade war. "China and the EU must fulfill their international responsibilities, jointly safeguard the trend of economic globalization and a fair international trade environment, and jointly resist unilateral …

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