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China has a defense against Trump’s trade war. A great wall of pork.

18/03/2025 06:00 Washington Post

Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. farm goods will have little short-term impact on Chinese consumers — making it ideal for inflicting political pain on Trump, analysts say.

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Here’s what Russia has demanded to end its war in Ukraine

The Trump administration is pushing Russia to agree to a Ukraine ceasefire and peace talks. Here is what Moscow has said it wants....

18/03/2025 10:38 Washington Post
Trump-Putin call set for Tuesday over ceasefire talks, Kremlin confirms

President Donald Trump announced the call Sunday and said there would be concessions over land and power plants....

17/03/2025 14:10 Washington Post
China vows to ‘vigorously boost consumption’ to revive weak economy

China has unveiled a 30-point plan to boost consumer spending — a task that has become ever more urgent since President Donald Trump ignited a trade war. ...

17/03/2025 13:43 Washington Post
Under Russia’s deepening shadow, Belarus tries to maintain its balancing act

Belarus’s Lukashenko calls Putin his “elder brother,” but over his 30-year rule he’s balanced close ties to Moscow with keeping his country from being swallowed....

16/03/2025 08:00 Washington Post
Trump orders large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis

While warning Iran, Trump vowed to use “overwhelming lethal force” against Yemen’s Houthis for its attacks on commercial ships and U.S. forces in the region....

15/03/2025 20:36 Washington Post
Pope Francis is recovering. It hasn’t stopped talk of a succession.

Discussions of succession scenarios have been accelerated by the pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia and warnings that he could be significantly diminished....

15/03/2025 08:00 Washington Post
Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister amid Trump trade war

The former central bank chief takes over at what he has called a “time of great consequence” for Canada, with Trump attacking its sovereignty and economic security....

14/03/2025 20:49 Washington Post
G-7 overlooks Trump’s brash insults to find agreement on Russia, China

The Group of Seven’s show of unity in Quebec papered over Trump’s dismissiveness of Canada as a sovereign country and threats to impose tariffs on European wine and liquor....

14/03/2025 18:00 Washington Post
Trump praises talks with Putin, asks Russians to spare Ukrainian soldiers

Vladimir Putin told a news conference that he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire, but he immediately spelled out tough conditions that appeared to rule out agreement....

14/03/2025 17:49 Washington Post
Trump is pushing Canada and Europe closer together

Amid a tariff war, Canadians are warming to the idea of strengthening ties with Europe. Analysts view stronger engagement as “not just strategic, but essential.”...

14/03/2025 14:11 Washington Post
If peace comes, Putin could face the ire of his most hard-line backers

Vladimir Putin convinced many in Russia that there was an existential battle against the U.S. Now they have to deal with a thaw in U.S.-Russian relations....

14/03/2025 09:00 Washington Post
Trump’s trade war, rhetoric put his ambassador picks in tough spot

Worsening relations with three of the United States’ biggest trading partners dominated a Senate hearing for the would-be U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan....

13/03/2025 23:02 Washington Post
Putin still intends Ukraine domination, U.S. intelligence reports say

U.S. assessments of Vladimir Putin say that Moscow is determined to hold sway over Kyiv, despite ongoing ceasefire talks....

13/03/2025 22:30 Washington Post
Destruction of Ukraine dam triggered toxic ‘time bomb,’ researchers say

The Kakhovka dam explosion flooded towns on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war. The long-term consequences could be just as severe, new findings show....

13/03/2025 20:35 Washington Post
Putin casts doubt on U.S. ceasefire proposal, sets tough conditions

Russian leaders comments signal that there will be difficult negotiations ahead that could frustrate President Donald Trump’s hope for a swift peace deal....

13/03/2025 19:55 Washington Post
Europe pushes for greater role in Ukraine talks, postwar security

European leaders are working to bolster the Ukrainian military and recruiting partners for a “coalition of the willing” to serve in a postwar Ukraine....

13/03/2025 17:50 Washington Post
U.N. humanitarian affairs chief issues warning about U.S. funding cuts

With crises from Sudan to Gaza, the United Nations is estimating that it will not be able to help some 200 million people in desperate need of humanitarian aid this year....

12/03/2025 23:06 Washington Post
E.U., Canada retaliate against Trump’s tariffs as trade war escalates

As President Donald Trump’s global steel and aluminum tariffs took effect, the E.U. and Canada responded with their own levies, including on bourbon and motorcycles....

12/03/2025 22:57 Washington Post
With drug war, Duterte long courted global condemnation

Rodrigo Duterte arrived in The Hague on Wednesday. In photos and videos, here’s how he went from president of the Philippines to defendant before the ICC....

12/03/2025 21:38 Washington Post
Document prepared for Kremlin outlines hard-line negotiating stance

The document, written in February by a Moscow-based think tank close to Russia’s Federal Security Service, lays out Russia’s maximalist demands....

12/03/2025 19:02 Washington Post
Talk of ceasefire and aid spurs hope in Ukraine, anger in Russia

The resumption of U.S. military and intelligence aid for Ukraine follows a contentious White House meeting between the American and Ukrainian leaders, but Moscow is unlikely to agree to the proposed ceasefire....

12/03/2025 17:19 Washington Post
U.S. lifts pause on Ukraine aid as Kyiv agrees to ceasefire proposal

The agreement followed an expansive meeting in Saudi Arabia. It was not immediately clear whether its terms would be acceptable to Moscow....

12/03/2025 03:50 Washington Post
Philippine ex-president Duterte on plane to The Hague after ICC warrant arrest

Duterte is accused of presiding over thousands of extrajudicial killings during his war on drugs. He was arrested in Manila and “forcibly” taken to The Hague, his daughter said....

11/03/2025 18:58 Washington Post
Visualizing Ukraine’s military aid after the U.S. freeze

Since 2022, the United States has allocated more than $120 billion in aid to Ukraine. European nations have collectively allocated over $140 billion....

11/03/2025 09:00 Washington Post
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries are leading a campaign of terror in Mali

Fighting alongside Malian soldiers, Wagner mercenaries have massacred civilians and burned their villages in northern Mali, fueling a fast-growing refugee crisis....

11/03/2025 09:00 Washington Post
Amid fierce fighting along the front, Ukraine prepares for U.S. talks

Over the weekend, Russian forces pushed hard against the territory controlled by Ukraine in Kursk, but troops are still holding on....

11/03/2025 00:12 Washington Post
Trump may resume Ukraine aid if pivotal meeting goes well, Rubio says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Ukrainian officials for the first time since the Oval Office blow-up between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky....

10/03/2025 18:36 Washington Post
How the Ukraine war increased U.S. dominance of the global arms trade

U.S. arms exports reached 43 percent of the worldwide total as Ukrainian imports skyrocketed following the Russian invasion, according to research by SIPRI....

09/03/2025 23:05 Washington Post
Canada’s Liberals pick ex-central banker Carney to replace Trudeau

Carney cast himself during the campaign as an even-keeled political outsider with the economic bona fides to take on Trump and manage a trade war....

09/03/2025 22:52 Washington Post
As Putin sees Ukraine … Trump sees Canada?

Donald Trump is not the first U.S. president to want to claim or annex Canada. But it backfired last time....

09/03/2025 16:25 Washington Post
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