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Zelensky Urges Trump Not to Surrender to Russia

April 29, 2025

“Vladimir, STOP!” These were the feeble words of a cowardly blowhard, whose failure to bring the Russo-Ukrainian War into line with his imagined reality has begun to leave an impression on the one thing that matters most to President Donald Trump: his own ego. Trump has never understood the war in Ukraine, and as a […]

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching in the federal election campaign

April 29, 2025

April 18: Poilievre pledges to reverse the ban on plastic straws and grocery bags, and to overturn the former Liberal government's plan to phase out certain single-use plastic products by 2030. Poilievre says that will save Canadians money and help restaurants and grocers do business. April 19: Poilievre says he would give judges the ability […]

Marriage registrations down in China in Q1 amid demographic, perception changes

April 29, 2025

China recorded 1.81 million marriage registrations in the first quarter of this year, marking an 8 percent drop from the same period in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After nine consecutive years of decline, China's marriage registration numbers saw a brief rebound in 2023. However, the downward trend resumed in […]

Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as Russian

April 29, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could not accept US recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea as he visited South Africa, while both he and Donald Trump criticised a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv. Though he did not mention Crimea – the contested Black Sea peninsula occupied by Russia since spring 2014 – by name, […]

Trade War Is Diverting USA Petroleum Gas Cargoes Away From China

April 29, 2025

The diversions show the disruption to supply chains caused by the trade fight between the U.S. and China. Multiple carriers of petroleum-based gases traveling from the US to China have begun diverting to other countries due to the intensifying trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Four cargoes of propane have shifted their routes […]

Live Market Update (SPX): China Pops Trump’s Tariffs-Ease Bubble, Sending S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq Lower

April 29, 2025

What goes up must come back down, with a little help from China. The South China Morning Post reports this morning that, Mr. Trump's comments yesterday notwithstanding, there are no negotiations going on with the Trump Administration regarding lowering tariffs between the two countries. Investors are displeased with this revelation, and markets opened lower pretty […]

Analysts say it’s ‘highly unlikely’ Xi Jinping called Donald Trump over tariffs

April 28, 2025

As the world watches tariff brinkmanship unfold between the US and China, analysts have cast doubt on the truth of US President Donald Trump's claim in a magazine interview that China's President Xi Jinping called him. Mr Trump told Time magazine that tariff talks were taking place between the US and China, an assertion he […]

As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press

April 28, 2025

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We’re continuing our conversation with Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect to talk about another of his recent articles, this one headlined “Is the […]

With US Aid To Ukraine Uncertain, Moscow Pulls Ahead Of Kyiv In Military Spending

April 28, 2025

An annual report on global military spending shows Ukraine is spending more of its GDP on defense than any other country in the world — but is still being outgunned by Russia. The report, released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on April 28, says Ukraine's military expenditure in 2024 was $64.7 billion, […]

Southeast Asia treads a careful trajectory between china and the USA

April 28, 2025

The third week of April has seen a very geo-economic and strategic visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. Although his visit was scheduled months ago, it fell at an opportune moment for Beijing, with the international trade system in disarray because of the actions of US President Donald Trump. On […]