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Trump hits India With 25% Tariff and 'Penalty' Over Russia Ties

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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified "penalty" over New Delhi's purchases of Russian weapons and energy. The measures will kick in on Friday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding to a bevy of other tariff hikes set to take effect the same ...

Volcano Erupts After Quake in Russia's Far East

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Russia Volcano Tsunami Quake

A volcano in Russia's Far East erupted on Wednesday, Russian scientists said, hours after a major quake prompted evacuations and tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific coast. Eruptions of the Klyuchevskoy volcano—the highest active volcano in Europe and Asia—are quite common, with at least 18 of them happening since 2000, according to the ...

Huge Quake off Russia Sparks Pacific Tsunami Warnings

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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. The magnitude 8.8 quake struck off Petropavlovsk on Russia's remote Kamchatka peninsula, and was the largest since 2011 ...

Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Training Camp Kills 3 Soldiers

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A Russian strike on a military training camp killed at least three Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday, following an overnight offensive in the south that killed a pregnant woman and a dozen prisoners. The Kremlin has come under intense pressure to end its war on Ukraine, now in its fourth year, with US President Donald Trump issuing a 10-day ultimatum ...

Russia Kills 25 in Ukraine, as Kremlin Says 'Committed' to Peace

This is Beirut, 29/07 14:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it wanted to pursue peace in Ukraine hours after mounting attacks that killed at least 25 people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates. The strikes on several regions came hours after US President Donald Trump issued Moscow with a new deadline to end its grinding invasion of ...

Trump Slashes Russia Ultimatum to '10 or 12 Days'

This is Beirut, 28/07 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Donald Trump issued on Monday a dramatic new ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face tough new sanctions, as he met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland. Saying he was not very interested in talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin anymore, the US leader also shifted his tone on Gaza, acknowledging there were signs of "real ...

Kremlin Does Not Rule Out Putin-Trump Meeting in China in September

This is Beirut, 28/07 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Kremlin on Monday said it was not ruling out a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in September in China. Putin is due to visit China in early September for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. "If it so happens that in the end the US president decides to ...

Russia Resumes Moscow-Pyongyang Commercial Flights

This is Beirut, 28/07 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Russian passenger jet landed at North Korea's main airport Monday, a flight tracking site showed, completing the first commercial leg in decades between capitals of the allied countries. Russia and North Korea have pulled closer in the last year, with Pyongyang sending weapons and troops to aid Moscow's war in Ukraine -- likely in exchange for ...

New Cryptocurrency May Be Aiding Russia to Dodge Sanctions

This is Beirut, 25/07 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia could be turning to a new cryptocurrency called A7A5 to allow money to flow in and out of the country and avoid Western sanctions, experts have told AFP. Multiple rounds of international sanctions have been imposed on Moscow since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine seeking to ramp up economic pressure to halt the war. But the launch of ...

Zelensky Says Russian Negotiators Have 'Begun to Discuss' Possible Putin Meeting

This is Beirut, 25/07 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv discussed the possibility of a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their talks in Istanbul this week, Zelensky said in comments released Friday. Ukraine has been pushing for a meeting between the two leaders and has expressed hope that Donald Trump, ...

Russian Rocket Puts Iran Satellite Into Space: Iran Media

This is Beirut, 25/07 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space on Friday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace program that has long concerned Western governments. "The Nahid-2 communications satellite was launched from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket," state television said. Weighing 110 ...

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