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The US President, Donald Trump, posted on Wednesday, April 29, on the Truth Social platform, an image in which he appears in an aggressive posture, accompanied by the message “Done, I’m not a good boy anymore”. In the same post, the American president asserts that Iran “is failing to get its affairs in order.” “Iran can’t cope. They don’t know how to sign a non-nuclear agreement. It would be good if they woke up quickly”, wrote President Donald Trump on the social network. The statements come shortly after Trump claimed that Tehran had conveyed that it is in a “state…
After four years of war, Russia’s economy seems to become one of the main points of vulnerability of the regime in Moscow. The conflict in Ukraine has pushed it into a state of stagnation combined with high inflation — a phenomenon known as stagflation — which limits economic policy options and amplifies short-term risks, writes Zarkalo Nedeli. The increase in expenses, the decrease in income Between 2021 and 2025, the defense and security expenditures of the federal budget increased from 6.5 trillion to almost 20 trillion rubles annually. At the same time, essential revenues — particularly those from the export…
The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated on Wednesday that his relationship with the American President Donald Trump remains good, despite the disagreement between the two regarding the war in Iran. However, the head of the federal government in Berlin reiterated his concern about the economic impact of the conflict in the Middle East, reports Reuters. This misunderstanding reflects the divergent views between the Trump administration and its European NATO allies regarding Iran and other issues, including the conflict in Ukraine. “From my perspective, my personal relationship with the US president remains good. I simply had doubts from the beginning about…
The United Kingdom has agreed to create a unified naval force together with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open maritime border” in the north, announced the head of the Royal Navy, reports The Guardian, cited by News.ro. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins stated that, despite the current crisis in the Middle East, where the Strait of Hormuz remains closed following the war between the USA-Israel in Iran, “Russia remains the most serious threat to our security,” said General Jenkins. “A complement to NATO” In a speech, the First Lord of the Royal Navy stated that the…
Three men, including one of Romanian citizenship, having ties with Ukraine, committed a series of arson attacks on properties associated with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the name of a mysterious person known as “El Money”, who communicated in Russian, British prosecutors declared on Wednesday, in front of a London court. Over the course of five days in May last year, the police were called to intervene in the case of fires at a house in North London linked to Starmer, at another nearby property where he had previously lived, and at a fire that engulfed a Toyota…
The United States’ war in Iran has so far cost 25 billion dollars, a high-ranking Pentagon official announced on Wednesday, thus providing the first official estimate of the military costs of the conflict, reports Reuters. With just six months before the midterm elections, in which Trump’s Republicans could face a tough battle to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives, the Democrats are doing well in opinion polls, trying to link the war in Iran, unpopular among Americans, with financial problems caused by the rising cost of living. Most of the money, spent on ammunition Jules Hurst, who serves…
For the 23 million inhabitants of Taiwan, the most important diplomatic meeting of 2026 could be one to which they are not invited, writes Reuters in an analysis published on Wednesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made it clear that Taiwan will be at the top of his agenda when he welcomes his American counterpart Donald Trump next month in Beijing. Reuters emphasizes that the agenda of the Chinese leader starkly contrasts with his meeting last year with Trump, in South Korea, where he deliberately avoided this thorny issue for the relations between Washington and Beijing. The government in Taipei…
Ukraine has asked Israel to seize a ship carrying grain that Kiev claims was stolen from areas occupied by Russia, the country’s prosecutor general announced on Wednesday, after the shipment triggered a diplomatic dispute between the two countries, reports Reuters. Ukraine and Israel exchanged accusations on Tuesday, with Kiev stating that it has repeatedly urged Israel, diplomatically, to take action regarding the said ship. Israel accused Kiev of “diplomacy on Twitter”. The Attorney General of Ukraine, Ruslan Kravchenko, stated in a message published on the Telegram messaging app, that the cargo ship, Panormitis, headed towards the Israeli port of Haifa…
The World Bank believes that we are witnessing the biggest oil shock in history and, even in the optimistic scenario where the Strait of Hormuz would reopen in May, oil deliveries will not be able to return to pre-war levels until the end of the year. The impact will be severe on all goods, but especially on fertilizers that determine global food prices. Warning for over-indebted states, regarding the increase in interest rates. In its Commodity Markets Outlook report, the World Bank takes into account several scenarios to determine the increasingly severe impact of the Persian Gulf war on the…
The former FBI director, James Comey, has been indicted on the grounds that he allegedly incited the assassination of Donald Trump, in a supposed cryptic message, when he posted a photo on Instagram of shells arranged in the shape of “86 47” – a slang expression interpreted by prosecutors as “eliminate the 47th president”. If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in prison. The American Department of Justice believes that James Comey, the former FBI chief, sent a message with the “intention to harm” after he posted a photo on Instagram last year of shells arranged to form…