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The EU wants to end all Russian gas imports. Moscow’s friends in the bloc say it’s a ‘serious mistake’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during their joint press conference at the Kremlin on July 5, 2024. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia’s allies in Eastern Europe say Brussels plans to end all Russian gas and energy imports in the coming years are tantamount to “economic suicide” […]
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Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘not going to end any time soon,’ JD Vance says
U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two on May 1, 2025 in Charleston, South Carolina. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Vice President JD Vance has warned Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is not likely to come to an end “any time soon.” Speaking during an interview […]
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Trump said he could stop the Ukraine war in 24 hours. After 100 days, a deal still eludes him
U.S President Donald Trump speaks to members of press onboard Air Force One on a flight to Fiumicino Airport near Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, April 25, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Before his presidential election win last fall, Donald Trump famously boasted that he could end the war between Russia and […]
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Putin announces 3-day ceasefire in May to mark 80 years since WW2 victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a nuclear submarine base March 26, 2025, in Murmansk, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies […]
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Trump tells Putin to ‘STOP!’ Russian strikes on Kyiv
Trump’s message to Vladimir Putin came a day after the American president said he believed that “Russia is ready” for a peace deal with Ukraine. Source
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U.S. proposes lighter sanctions on Russia as part of peace plan with Ukraine: Bloomberg
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024. The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. Roman Pilipey | […]
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U.S. will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress ‘within a matter of days,’ Rubio says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a press conference with Suriname’s President Chan Santokh (not pictured), in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 27, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary […]
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Tariffs-spared Kremlin says a global war trade would still hurt Russia
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Russia escaped unscathed from President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs unveiled earlier this month, but the Kremlin says Moscow is not immune from the economic aftershocks […]
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Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year and Magnificent 7 to adopt stablecoins, Cardano founder predicts
Bitcoin could hit $250,000 as early as this year with technology giants such as Microsoft and Apple entering the cryptocurrency space, industry veteran and founder of the Cardano blockchain Charles Hoskinson told CNBC. Crypto markets have been hammered amid a sell-off of risk assets stoked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” on countries across […]
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Why OPEC+ is accelerating oil production as prices are tanking and tariffs hammer markets
The Phillips 66 Company’s Los Angeles Refinery in California. Bing Guan | Reuters The oil price outlook is being hit with more bearish forecasts on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping and market-hammering tariff announcements. Businesses and investors worry that a trade war and lower global growth lies ahead. Goldman Sachs on Thursday […]
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