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CBS: Higher gas prices have cost U.S. drivers an additional $8.4 billion

10:18 07.04.2026

CBS: Higher gas prices have cost U.S. drivers an additional $8.4 billion

American drivers have paid an additional $8.4 billion in fuel costs since the Iran war started, according to a new estimate from the Joint Economic Committee's Democratic minority, CBS reports. The lawmakers' calculation is based on daily average gasoline prices as tracked by AAA between Feb. 28, when the U.S. …

View from London: Why the Iran war hurts China less than its rivals?

10:16 07.04.2026

View from London: Why the Iran war hurts China less than its rivals?

China is a force for stability and certainty. At times this can be a hard sell. But as the globe lurches from the lunacy of Donald Trump’s tariffs to the fallout from his attacks on Iran, Chinese officials are making their pitch to an audience that needs little persuading—and they …

Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversations with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi and with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi

15:39 06.04.2026

Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversations with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi and with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi: On April 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi. The ministers discussed the situation in the Persian …

CNN: The Iran conflict is a boon for Russia – and it’s not just about oil

12:02 06.04.2026

CNN: The Iran conflict is a boon for Russia – and it’s not just about oil

The Iran war has handed Russia’s beleaguered economy a much-needed lifeline, CNN stresses. “The biggest winner of the (Iran) conflict is Russia,” said Ben Cahill, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank in Washington, DC. The Kremlin can now sell previously discounted …

View from India: “Trump is not the cause of the West’s decline... He is its consequence”

12:01 06.04.2026

View from India: “Trump is not the cause of the West’s decline... He is its consequence”

Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University speaks with Brigadier Anil Raman (retired) on the structural forces reshaping global power. - Your work has argued since 2014 that the American world order is in structural decline. And yet [Donald] Trump is bombing Iran, engineering regime change in …

News from Washington: “Israel finally went too far” – Dept. of Justice opens FARA investigation into AIPAC

12:00 06.04.2026

News from Washington: “Israel finally went too far” – Dept. of Justice opens FARA investigation into AIPAC

The state of Israel finally overplayed its hand with the government of the United States; pushing the US into a war it didn't want, and refusing to do as the US requests to stop the war. The US Department of Justice has announced it is opening an investigation into AIPAC …

Reuters: A war meant to break Iran could leave Tehran stronger, and Gulf exposed

11:57 06.04.2026

Reuters: A war meant to break Iran could leave Tehran stronger, and Gulf exposed

If President Donald Trump ends the war with Iran without a deal, he risks leaving Tehran with a stranglehold over Middle East energy supplies and Gulf Arab oil and gas producers grappling with the fallout of a conflict they did not start or shape, Reuters notes. Instead of crushing Iran's …

Macron's cronies are running away from the outgoing president – His inner circle starts heading for the exit

11:54 06.04.2026

Macron's cronies are running away from the outgoing president – His inner circle starts heading for the exit

Key members of the French president’s team are departing with the end of his second term already in sight, POLITICO reports. As Emmanuel Macron enters the final year of his presidency, aides are beginning to abandon ship. A wave of departures is sweeping through the ranks of his staff, raising …

NYT: Placing U.S. troops in Middle East hotels may violate laws of war

11:05 05.04.2026

NYT: Placing U.S. troops in Middle East hotels may violate laws of war

The U.S. military’s decision to move troops away from bases under Iranian attack to hotels and office spaces in civilian areas may amount to violations of international humanitarian law and the U.S. military’s own laws of war, human rights officials and experts say, ‘The New York Times’ quotes. The constellation …

POLITICO: Trump’s rage at Western ex-allies is binding them together — against him

11:03 05.04.2026

POLITICO: Trump’s rage at Western ex-allies is binding them together — against him

Leaders and defense officials have started hedging against the risk America will pull out of NATO, the bedrock of European security since 1949, POLITICO stresses. Donald Trump’s anger at NATO allies for refusing to join the war against Iran has so far achieved one thing: uniting them against him. In …

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