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Description: US President Donald Trump announced that his trade negotiations team would effective immediately terminate all forms of trade talks with Canada, after the latter announced the imposition of 3% Digital Services Tax Act (DSTA). The DSTA stipulated that tech companies such as Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon would be forced to pay 3% tax on digital services originating from the Canadian market which after projections amounted to over $2 billion bill due at the end of the month. Trade has been only one of the more sensitive subjects between the neighbors as Trump repeatedly threatened to annex Canada as the 51 US State and positioned the country as a collaborator in t
Description: South Korean national intelligence service (NIS) stated that latest assessments on North Korea’s mobilization rates indicated the country planned on sending more troops in support of Russia’s summer offensive on Ukraine. NIS further stated that previous close cooperation between North Korea and Russia continued with a rapid pace, with Russia increasing North Korea’s access to its highly developed military technology departments. According to the assessment issued by NIS, North Korean troops were expected in Russia as early as Jul or Aug. The announcement arrives after Ukrainian Army General, Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that Ukrainian forces managed to prevent rece
Description: With the conclusion of the NATO Summit, European leaders met to discuss the latest US trade proposal before the 09 Jul deadline, when President Trump announced he would raise tariffs on several EU good in order to surpass the alleged trade deficit with the bloc. China has engaged in a diplomatic campaign of gathering potential trade partners and strengthening regional and global economic relations indirectly pitching the Union in reengaging towards their Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) which was stalled in 2021. China also reopened the fentanyl issue with the US by increasing export controls on several products and banning crucial precursors in an at
Description: Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted defense ministers from several allied countries such as Russia, Iran, Belarus, India and Pakistan while launching the Shanghai Cooperation Summit in the midst of the Middle East crisis and the NATO Summit in Hague. Leaders reaffirmed their close ties and strategic partnerships, with India refusing to sign the comprehensive joint statement over the organization’s definition of terrorism, referring to the Pahalgam attacks. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a 10 – member Eurasian political and security alliance, aiming at reaffirming partnerships between European countries and the ones pertaining to the so – called Global
Description: Following the latest border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, Thai Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the influential Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, conducted visits to border forces in their respective countries. Thailand recently imposed border crossing restrictions while Cambodia has cut trade ties while both countries continued dispatching military forces across their borders. Shinawatra relayed a message of unity while visiting border troops and stated she wanted to witness the government’s recent policy decisions on scam centers crackdown firsthand. Sen on the other hand was warmly welcomed as a political veteran in Cambodia and issued p
Description: Kenyan Interior Minister, Kipchumba Murkomen issued a public statement accusing the protesters of trying to overthrow the government and stated that police crackdown on violence would continue in the upcoming period. The demonstrations took a violent turn due to police brutality in the country which subsequently caused sporadic fires, looting and violent confrontations between the protesters and the police forces. The youthful protests were held on the anniversary of last year’s civil crisis in Kenya over anti – tax legislature and the recent death of a young blogger held in police custody. Demonstrations were reported all across Kenya, with protesters calling f
Description: The Commander of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, Godfrey Otunge, stated that the security and humanitarian crisis in the country caused by gang violence could further aggravate due to shortages in funding. Kenya launched a voluntary mission to assist Haitian government forces in confronting armed gangs in the country which have caused a massive refuge crisis, food shortages and widespread chaos, holding the country hostage and paralyzing its socio – economic system. Kenya filed an initiative during the latest UN Security Council meeting which would effectively make the MSS a UN sponsored mission and tackle the ongoing issues regarding
Description: Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement accusing Kenya of supplying arms to the Rapid Support Forces through the United Arab Emirates. The war in Sudan has been plagued by foreign interference from countries such as Turkey, Egypt, UAE and Iran with Kenya joining the fray further aggravating the violent confrontations. Armed confrontations have upsurged in recent days with the Sudanese army targeting the Al – Majlad Hospital claiming to have targeted RSF militants using the medical facility as a regional base of operations. The war has caused one of the most devastating humanitarian crises, displacing more than 13 million people causing nationwide famine.
Description: Clashes between police forces and demonstrators turned violent with the army dispatching hardware on the streets of Togo’s capital, Lome. Protesters called for the President Faure Gnassingbe’s resignation following his initiative to bend the country’s Constitution which would effectively enable Gnassingbe to remain in power indefinitely. The opposition group called Hands of my Constitution organized peaceful demonstrations last month which resulted in massive arrests of more than a hundred people opposing Gnassingbe’s rule. Gnassingbe rules Togo since 2005 when he inherited the position from his father, establishing a political dynasty in the country. Im
Description: Following the controversies surrounding the initial assessment on the US Midnight Hammer operation, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei reemerged from hiding addressing the nation and downplaying the US involvement in the 12 – day war. Khamenei’s statements regarding the mission were equally exaggerative as Trump’s and were aimed at discrediting the joint military operation launched by Israel and supported by the US while praising Iran’s defensive efforts and threatening further agression. Statements from both sides continued to diverge from objectivity with Iran remaining resolute their program was still active, while the Trump administration launched an aggres