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Description: EU’s Chief of Diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, met with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Brussels as they discussed current rifts in trade relations, Chinese support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s rare earth minerals trade practices. President Trump’s tariff war has caused the bloc to reinstate trade relations with China and work towards tackling the introduction of Chinese companies on the EU market under the strict regulations imposed by the Union. Kallas stated that China needed to show healthy trading practices by reducing export taxes on rare earth elements to the EU as well as adapt their companies towards EU regulatory compliance. Foreign Minister
Description: After the Senate vote in favor of Trump’s enormous tax cut and spending bill, the House of Representatives vote has stalled casting a shadow on the bill’s success of being introduced as legislation. Last ditch overtures saw several members of the Republican party stressing the problematic tax cutting details of the bill which mostly affected the US healthcare system and other social programs such as the food stamp initiative. Billionaire Elon Musk reignited his spat with President Trump, heavily criticizing the bill, which incited further divisions between the Republican political camp. President Trump has also been heavily invested in the introduction of the bi
Description: Thailand’s Constitutional Court has adopted the initiative launched by the 36 Thai senators and suspended the Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, from duty, pending an ongoing ethics investigation. The Court ruled 7 to 2 in favor of suspending Shinawatra as the initiative was prompted by the leaked phone call between the Prime Minister and Cambodia’s influential Senate President Hun Sen where Shinawatra was recorded demeaning a Thai border commander and warmly addressing Hun Sen. Protests erupted over the weekend as the public sought from the Constitutional Court to permanently remove Shinawatra from office since the Prime Minister has effectively undermined
Description: The US Senate, following a long weekend of reading and debating has passed the tax cutting and spending bill proposed by President Donald Trump. The vote was hanging on a knife’s edge as Vice – President Vance tipped the scales towards the passage of the bill which would now be subjected to voting in the US House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson stated the House has already approved the bill in the preliminary voting cycle. Three members of the Republican Party have sided with the Democratic camp in voting against the bill and managed to push the Democratic party camp towards forcing some amendments into the language and text of the bill without an
Description: US President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted certain terms for a ceasefire with Hamas but only in principle. Following the joint military campaign in Iran, Israel and the US have reportedly shifted their focus towards resolving the war in Gaza and securing the release of the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, has been conducting meetings with US Vice – President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Special envoy, Steve Witkoff, which have allegedly resulted in concrete proposals for a cease
Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russian ground forces have managed to fully occupy the region of Luhansk which marks the first complete territory occupation by Russian forces since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Putin managed to exploit the global focus on Iran to dominate the aerial battle with Ukraine and commence the amassment of troops in Sumy and Kursk regions where the next larger ground offensives are almost certain to happen, following recent advances in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. Peace negotiations under the US mediation have stalled as both countries only managed to agree on a mutual prisoner exchange which also experienced difficult
Description: Official spokesperson for the Malian Army, Souleymane Dembele, has stated that insurgent forces launched simultaneous attacks on several military outposts as armed confrontations resulted in the elimination of approximately 80 militants. Al – Qaeda affiliated Jama ‘at Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the attack while denouncing the assessments from the army spokesperson by stating that several members of the armed forces were killed in the confrontations. The attacks add to the insurgency wave which has encircled the Sahel region where the Islamic State, Al – Qaeda and other militant and extremist groups are fighting for territorial
Description: The Congolese military has shot down a plane in the trilateral border area between DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, which the rebels have claimed carried humanitarian aid to civilians in the war affected villages. The DRC signed a peace agreement with Rwanda last Friday in Washington which seems to be at risk of faltering since over the past few days, clashes between the rebel forces and the Congolese military have intensified. The rebel alliance in DRC is comprised of over 100 militant groups with the M23 being the most dominant one which hasn’t been included in the signing of the peace agreement. The security and humanitarian situation remains volatile and threat
Description: The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, in a televised interview for CBS stated that distrust, skepticism and diplomatic rifts still remain in place between the US and Iran amid the frail ceasefire imposed by US President Donald Trump. The post war shockwaves and Trump’s pressing towards immediate diplomatic engagement only pushed the Iranians far away from rapprochement with their arch enemy. Israel has remained on the sidelines regarding the assessments surrounding the damage inflicted by the US attacks on Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites but reconfirmed they would attack Iran again if information about the renewed development of the nuclear program emerg
Description: Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has rescinded the Digital Tax Services Act on US tech companies operating in Canada, effectively relaunching the trade negotiations. Carney’s press secretary has confirmed that he and President Donald Trump through representatives from both countries would engage in a broad trade negotiations process which would also take on other disputable issues related to bilateral economic and strategic ties. Carney abandoned the idea after Trump’s direct threats that the US would completely cease negotiations with Canada regarding trade. Both countries over the years have developed largely dependent economies through the regional USMCA