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“EU Slams Russia's Attacks on Sumy and Kryvyi Rih as Rejection of Diplomacy: Putin's War Machine Grinds On”
"Putin is Mocking Trump": EU Foreign Ministers Call for New Sanctions on Russia After Sumy Attack After a deadly missile strike on the city of Sumy in the northeast of Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers called an emergency meeting on Monday to demand sweeping new sanctions against Russia. This was a striking escalation of tensions. The attack, which killed at least 12 civilians and leveled a residential complex, has been widely condemned as part of Moscow’s intensifying campaign to destabilize Ukraine ahead of a critical NATO summit. But beyond the immediate humanitarian crisis, the EU’s response carried a pointed geopolitical subtext: accusations that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “mocking” former U.S. President Donald Trump and exploiting Western political divisions to advance his war aims.
By Sajidul hoque2 years ago in Journal
“North Koreas Huge Surprise” Allowing Tourism, Is IT Real ?. Content Warning.
Even seemingly insignificant actions, such as reopening a border city to tourists, can have a significant impact in the intricate world of North Korean diplomacy. However, that door has swung shut as swiftly as it creaked open, in typical Pyongyang fashion. A glimmer of hope appeared in early 2025 when North Korea received its first Western visitors in more than five years. Rason, a special economic zone tucked away in the nation's northeast, is the destination, where it will meet up with Russia and China. However, the thrill didn't last long. Only a few weeks after the first wave of foreigners cautiously entered the strictly controlled city, the regime closed the gates and stopped all travel once more.
By Erfanul Haque Emon2 years ago in Journal
The Sunrise of The Atomic Age: The Story of The First Atomic Bomb
The development of the first atomic bomb stands as one of the most significant and controversial achievements in human history .it marked the beginning of the nuclear age _a period defined by the immense power of atomic energy and its ability to either the advantages or destroyed humanity . this story , rooted in science, politics, war, and ethics ,start in the early 20th century and culminates in the deserts of New Mexico in 1945 .
By Muhammad suleman2 years ago in Journal
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
US President Donald Trump's administration has exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from "reciprocal" tariffs, including the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. US Customs and Border Patrol published a notice late on Friday explaining the goods would be excluded from Trump's 10% global tariff on most countries and the much larger Chinese import tax. The move comes after concerns from US tech companies that the price of gadgets could skyrocket, as many of them are made in China. This is the first significant reprieve of any kind in Trump's tariffs on China, with one trade analyst describing it as a "game-changer scenario".
By CryptoCurrency News 2 years ago in Journal
What is Iran's nuclear programme and what does the US want?
⛔Why did Trump pull out of the nuclear deal? e UN, US and EU imposed extensive economic sanctions on Iran from 2010, over suspicions that its nuclear programme was being used to develop a bomb. The sanctions stopped Iran from selling oil on international markets and froze $100bn (£77bn) of the country's foreign assets. Its economy plunged into recession and the value of its currency fell to record lows, which in turn caused inflation to soar. In 2015, Iran and six world powers – the US, China, France, Russia, Germany and the UK – agreed to the JCPOA after years of negotiations. As well as limiting what Iran was permitted to do with its nuclear programme, it allowed the IAEA to access all of Iran's nuclear facilities and to carry out inspections of suspect sites. In return, the powers agreed to lift the sanctions. The JCPOA was set to last up to 15 years, after which the restrictions would expire.
By CryptoCurrency News 2 years ago in Journal
What does it mean to be a typist?
Back in my sophomore year in high school I had my first year of typing, which actually we had to take as a graduation requirement. We learned on manual typewriters just like the one in the image. Well, exactly like the image. Before I get too far what made me think of writing this essay was the fact I just finished kind of a funny video on msn.com when I first turned on my computer. The video was from the 1950's and the secretary was a clerk typist that used an IBM Electric typewriter that by no way looked like the one that I had in my senior year course in typing on an IBM Selectric typewriter.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Journal
Padmanabhaswamy Temple’s Greatest Secret | Can Vault B Be Opened?
In 2011, something amazing happened in Kerala, India. There is a very old and famous temple there. It is called Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple. This temple had six locked vaults. These vaults were closed for many, many years. Then, the Supreme Court of India said the vaults should be opened.
By Rahul Kumar2 years ago in Journal
Is Trump any closer now to his trade goals?
Donald Trump announced a massive tariff plan last week that would have upended the global economic order as well as long-established trading relationships with America's allies. But that plan - or at least a significant part of it - is on ice after the president suspended higher tariffs on most countries for 90 days while leaning into a trade war with China. So with this partial reversal, is Trump any closer to realising his goals on trade? Here's a quick look at five of his key ambitions and where they now stand.
By Mustafa kamal2 years ago in Journal
Virtual Side Hustles: Navigating the Freelance Revolution of 2025
In 2025, the freelance revolution is reshaping the way we work and earn money. The digital landscape has evolved beyond traditional employment, opening up a realm where remote work and gig platforms empower individuals to pursue multiple income streams simultaneously. This article explores how emerging freelance opportunities are setting the stage for a modern work-life balance, highlights success stories, spotlights the skills in demand, and offers practical tips for navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.
By Mysteries with Professor Jahani2 years ago in Journal
Liberation Day Tariffs Miss the Real Target: China
⏩The Trump administration’s announcement of blanket tariffs misses the mark. Instead of using a tariff threat to address trade irritants with our allies in order to form an alliance to jointly confront China’s mercantilist practices—the real threat to American economic and technological dominance—these tariffs indiscriminately hit allies and competitors alike. While they are sure to result in some increases in domestic manufacturing, foreign retaliation, as well as US tariffs on intermediate goods, will also mean fewer US exports. And the result will be strained, if not broken, partnerships at a time when America and the West should be laser-focused on countering predatory China’s trade offensive. ▶️With these tariffs, the Trump administration is arguably implementing the worst possible solution to address a problem they have rightly identified. Despite, or perhaps because of America’s leadership in the global trade system (until the day before “liberation day”), the result was a massive trade deficit and deindustrialization. ▶️Yet, U.S. globalists blithely denied that trade deficits matter and that globalization played a key role in hollowing out U.S manufacturing. At the same time, U.S. policymakers gave short shrift to foreign trade barriers as even long-standing allies adopted policies that disadvantaged American firms. Most of our Allies indeed took advantage of the United States by imposing their own trade barriers, and challenging us to adjudicate them at the WTO, which did not work for various reasons. And, of course, at the end of the day, it is China that will ultimately be responsible for breaking the global trading system, given its massive trade and economic distortions that have done so much to harm allied manufacturing economies. ▶️For at least a decade, the writing was on the wall for all to see. Yet, no serious and systematic efforts were made to reform the global trade system to address these systemic imbalances and distortions. Indeed, most in the Washington trade community insulted and mocked anyone who dared say there might be problems, if they even bothered to pay attention to them. ▶️So why are we surprised that Trumpian extremism to break globalization is the response? The reality is that “liberation day” is a natural, albeit likely fatally flawed, result of that self-righteousness, combined with an ill-informed nativism and protectionism from the Trump trade community. Now, the United States has declared a trade war with the rest of the world, treating allies and adversaries as equals. And like a partner who cheats and gets caught, these bonds with allies will likely never be fully restored, even if Trump wrangles deals. ▶️It would be one thing if the Trump tariff wall were effective. At least the United States would benefit from more manufacturing and a lower trade deficit. The reality is that “liberation day” will do little to make the United States more globally competitive and restore manufacturing, especially high-value-added advanced production. ▶️To be sure, “liberation day” measures will mean that some U.S. manufacturers will sell more, and some multinationals might move some production to the United States. But at least six factors are working in the opposite direction. ⏩First, tariffs on intermediate goods will hurt U.S. companies competing in global markets. Higher steel prices mean U.S. auto exports will be less competitive. ⛔Advertisement⛔ Subscribe to our notifications for the latest news and updates. You can disable anytime. pital goods (e.g., computers, machine tools, etc.) will raise these costs and lead to diminished US capital investment, not just in manufacturing but throughout the economy. That will slow the growth of vitally needed productivity. ⏩Third, most, if not all, other countries will retaliate. Even as the President has said he is open to negotiation (although other top Trump officials have said there will be no negotiations) and will punish retaliators. As this happens, some companies in America will move U.S. operations to other nations to serve non-US markets, as Harley-Davidson and Caterpillar did in 2018. ⏩Fourth, for intermediate goods that pass back and forth across the US border for additional value-added stages, the cumulative tariff stacking will likely lead companies to do all of this work outside of the United States. ⏩Fifth, even if the tariffs do restore some manufacturing, much of that could very well be low value-added products that have no real strategic interest for America, something those in the Trump trade community don’t care about. But the reality is that producing computer chips is vastly more important than producing potato chips. And other nations, who do understand this key difference, could very well respond by reducing exports to the United States of low-value added products, as well as vastly increasing imports of them, along with minerals and agricultural products. All with the objective of getting off Trump’s naughty list by reducing their trade deficit with the United States (the so-called reciprocal tariffs are a simple formula that reflects our trade deficit in goods with these nations). The result would be balanced trade, but the United States would be “winning” by being largely a “hewer of wood and drawer of water.” ⏩Sixth, the tariffs are a gift to Xi Jinping. By placing high tariffs on countries like India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, the incentive for multinationals to move production out of China goes down significantly. More importantly, besides arguably violating many trade agreements the United States has legally agreed to, the tariffs destroy any movement toward a Western alliance to counter China’s goal of setting the rules of the global economy. Just as America’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine cemented the alliance between Russia and China, Trump’s tariffs will go a long way toward building economic agreements between China and other nations. Already, Korea, Japan, and China have announced joint actions to respond, while the EU has discussed establishing closer ties with China. Free-market globalists screwed this up and enabled American losses, and as such, their “solutions” to do nothing other than remove the tariffs are unviable. Hopefully, they will realize this soon. In the vacuum of failed “free trade,” Liberation Day has been the answer. There is a better solution. First, the United States should establish a national innovation strategy focused on advanced manufacturing that includes implementing incentives for technology development and diffusion, establishing a National Competitiveness Council to formulate and coordinate advanced-industry competitiveness policies, or providing financial support—for example, creating a Super Chips Tax Credit. Killing the CHIPS Act, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and cutting federal research spending is just digging the hole deeper. ⛔Advertisement⛔ Subscribe to our notifications for the latest news and updates. You can disable anytime. Subscribe to push notifications ▶️Second, Trump should approach our allies, one at a time, and confront them with a bill of particulars on the most important trade barriers they have related to US advanced industry development. He should state clearly that his additional tariffs go immediately to zero when these nations have made significant progress in rolling them back. For too long, the United States was too reticent to confront these practices, such as the systematic attacks on U.S. technology companies overseas. It’s not too late for this. ▶️At the same time, rather than tariffs which rightly anger our allies and inevitably lead to tit-for-tat retaliation, the administration should immediately push for a weaker dollar (which has the exact same effect as tariffs) and the implementation of a border-adjustable value-added tax (VAT) that would raise the price of imports and if used to partially lower business taxes, reduce the cost of exports. Allies might squawk but would not retaliate, partly because most have VATs, and many already manipulate their currencies. ▶️Third, the United States will lose the race for advanced industry competitiveness without serious partnerships with our allies. And that means China rules the world. In reality, we are close to having already lost this techno-economic war that China launched almost two decades ago. If Trump forces our allies to be against us and for China, the battle is definitely lost. ▶️Toward that end, Trump needs to adopt an Allied “Huawei” strategy. Absent Trump’s action in his first term to convince allies not to buy Huawei telecom equipment, it is likely that either Ericsson or Nokia would now be out of business, Huawei much stronger, and its future complete dominance likely. However, Trump’s efforts to limit their access to allied markets allowed us to gain a valuable commercial line of defense. The United States and allies need to do this again, but on a vastly broader array of Chinese goods and services, including Chinese company airplanes, drugs, semiconductors, heavy equipment, EVs, and other advanced and strategic industries that China has “cheated” in. ▶️If most of the allies, especially in Europe, had more cohesion and courage, they would be the ones to lead such a system, even as Trump tries to undermine it. But as it stands, they are more than happy to have America be the “bad cop” while they play “good cop” and take the U.S. market share. So, at the end of the day, it probably still comes down to US global leadership. Alas, with Trump’s nationalist protectionism, which is unlikely to come. The end of globalization as we know it, along with the end of America’s techno-economic leadership, is the likely result. ▶️There is a path out of the destruction and defeat that the Trump approach will bring. It’s not too late for the President to implement it. If he did, creating a new type of globalization to address critical current geopolitical challenges, he could go down as one of America’s greatest presidents. As things stand now, he will likely be seen as worse than Herbert Hoover when confronting the Great DepressionStart writing...
By CryptoCurrency News 2 years ago in Journal
