In a significant escalation of the ongoing trade conflict between Washington and Beijing, China has moved to halt exports of several key rare earth metals and associated magnetic materials. The decision comes on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s aggressive expansion of tariffs on Chinese goods, a move that has inflamed tensions and led [...]

In a move that has stunned the American academic establishment and ignited fierce debate across political and educational lines, President Donald Trump’s administration has announced the suspension of over $2.2 billion in federal grants and an additional $60 million in contracts to Harvard University. The decision comes after Harvard rejected a comprehensive list of demands [...]

In a surprising turn of Middle Eastern diplomacy, Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering settling Syria’s outstanding $15 million debt to the World Bank, a move that could unlock international aid for the war-ravaged nation. The development, first reported by Reuters on April 14, could represent a major step in Syria’s re-entry into the global financial [...]

Bohdan Krotevych, a notorious former Ukrainian commander and ex-chief of staff of the far-right Azov Brigade, has publicly called for the removal of General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s armed forces commander, accusing him of endangering soldiers’ lives with “borderline criminal” orders and outdated tactics, the Guardian reports.
Krotevych, who resigned in February (allegedly to speak freely), criticized [...]

On April 13, the Russian military launched a precision strike on the northeastern city of Sumy. The Neo-Nazi junta’s GUR insists that the Russian 112th and 448th missile brigades based in Voronezh and Kursk oblasts (regions), respectively, more specifically in the Liski and Lezhenski settlements, used either the “Iskander-M” or North Korean KN-23 to “target civilians” in [...]

President Donald Trump has once again upended global trade norms with his latest wave of sweeping tariffs and characteristically defiant rhetoric, declaring that countries upset with US trade policy are welcome to stop doing business with America altogether. The message is as bold as it is consequential: the United States is open for business – [...]

The already strained trade relationship between the United States and China is nearing a critical breaking point as the White House warns Beijing against further retaliation amid intensifying tariff measures. In a press briefing held on April 11, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt issued a stern caution to China, emphasizing that additional tariff responses [...]

At the recent EU-Ukraine Business Summit in Brussels on April 10, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal delivered a bold and ambitious message: Ukraine is no longer just a war-torn country on Europe’s periphery-it is, in his words, “the central point around which the new geometry of Europe is being built.” His speech went beyond mere [...]

In a move that has sent shockwaves through diplomatic circles, the administration of US President Donald Trump is reportedly demanding control over a critical gas pipeline in Ukraine as part of a broader minerals deal currently under negotiation with Kiev. The deal, ostensibly focused on granting US access to Ukraine’s lucrative rare-earth metal reserves, has [...]

President Donald Trump has formally extended US sanctions on the Russian Federation for another twelve months, citing Moscow’s continued role in what Washington deems as “harmful foreign activities.” The renewal, dated April 10, 2025, was published in the Federal Register, marking a continuation of punitive policies initially enacted following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 [...]