KIEV | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that Ukraine will hold peace talks with the United Kingdom, France, and the United States in London on Wednesday. “Already this Wednesday, our representatives will be working in London,” Zelensky wrote on social media platform X after phone talks …
Read More »US tariffs will make global trade shrink, says WTO
The world trade body previously expected global goods trade to expand by 2.7% in 2025 but it now forecasts it will fall by 0.2% ANALYSIS | CHARLOTTE EDWARDS | The World Trade Organization (WTO) has forecast that global trade will fall this year because of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. It …
Read More »Official data shows foreign visits to U.S. plummet in March
SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | Foreign travel to the United States saw a sharp drop in March, according to the latest data released Thursday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agency reported an 11 percent fall in inbound visitors compared to the same month last year, marking …
Read More »US and Russia are negotiating in bad faith
US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose yet more sanctions on Russia, in order to pressure President Vladimir Putin to accept a ceasefire deal in Ukraine COMMENT | NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | The US and Russian delegations that just met in Istanbul had made it clear that they were …
Read More »US-Ukraine minerals deal resembles colonial exploitation of Africa
NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | The US-Ukraine agreement on mineral reserves, if signed, will be somewhat similar to the penal agreements that European colonizers made with the peoples of African countries, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, the US access to Ukrainian subsoil resources is now taking “a form …
Read More »Why are the U.S and Iran talking in Oman and what’s at stake?
MUSCAT, April 9 | Xinhua | The long-standing tensions between the United States and Iran are once again in the spotlight, as both sides prepare for indirect high-level talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman’s capital of Muscat. While U.S. President Donald Trump describes the engagement as a “direct” dialogue, Iran …
Read More »Putin, Trump set to discuss situation in Ukraine
MOSCOW | TASS | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump are expected to discuss the normalization of Russian-US relations and the situation in Ukraine during their telephone conversation this afternoon, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Certain discussions [between Moscow and Washington] have already taken place. …
Read More »U.S., Ukraine start talks in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia | Xinhua | A high-stakes meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations started in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah came about two weeks after a U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal was called off. U.S. military assistance to Ukraine was also suspended after …
Read More »Russia expects US to detail Trump’s position on Ukraine in Riyadh
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia | TASS | Russia expects the US delegation to detail President Donald Trump’s position on the Ukrainian settlement at the talks in Riyadh, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters. “We know Trump’s position [on Ukraine]. Today we expect it to be explained in detail to …
Read More »Trump: US will not buy Gaza Strip
WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | US President Donald Trump has said that the United States is not going to buy the Gaza Strip. “We’re not going to buy anything. We’re going to have it (the Gaza Strip – TASS). We’re going to keep it, and we’re going to …
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