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South Korea ousts President Yoon as Constitutional Court upholds impeachment

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Arctic warming accelerates to seven times the global average, catastrophic damage “locked in”

The Arctic experienced record high temperatures this winter as warming accelerated again and is now running seven times faster in the North Barents Sea than the rest of the world, researchers have found. Catastrophic damage is now "locked in."

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ING: Trump’s Tariffs - Europe’s worst economic nightmare just came true

A US 20% reciprocal tariff on the European Union will hurt. It's worsened the eurozone's short-term outlook. Now, so much depends on European governments to push through with their planned fiscal stimulus and reforms to strengthen domestic economies.

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USMCA shields Mexico from Trump’s tariff offensive, but uncertainty remains

The United States has imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on 185 countries, yet Mexico and Canada have managed to sidestep the harshest of these measures, thanks to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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Russia, Cuba, Belarus and North Korea exempted from tariffs as already sanctioned

US President Donald Trump dropped a tariffs bomb on the whole world on “Liberation Day” by imposing sanctions on every country the US trades with – with a very few notable exceptions: Russia, Cuba, Belarus and North Korea.

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Israeli Prime Minister visits Budapest in first European trip since ICC arrest warrant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to arrive in the Hungarian capital late Wednesday night, but according to Hungarian media, he will land at Liszt Ferenc International Airport early morning of April 3.

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US imposes 17% tariffs on Israeli goods while Iran faces only 10%

US President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive new trade policy on April 2 that reveals a striking disparity in tariff rates between Israel and Iran.

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BEYOND THE BOSPOROS: Regime panicky over opposition call for “No shopping day”

English rock band Muse, meanwhile, scrap Istanbul concert in solidarity with Imamoglu protesters.

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COMMENT: EU’s foreign policy chief Kallas’ releases a white paper on European Defence sector plans

EU foreign policy chief and former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas recently unveiled a controversial White Paper on the “Future of European Defence: Readiness 2030”, but it received a very mixed reception from EU member states.

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A viral podcast clip has ignited a political and social firestorm in Russia after a real estate agent openly claimed that Russian women are securing financial stability by marrying men deployed to Ukraine.

Hungary will quit its International Criminal Court membership and will initiate the termination procedure "within the constitutional and international legal framework" on April 3.

Despite the puzzlingly high tariff rate, US policy toward Serbia has been more amicable under President Donald Trump than under previous administrations.

Iran has introduced a new reconnaissance and bomber drone called "Jas 313," equipped with jet engines, as the latest addition to its unmanned aerial vehicle fleet.

At least nine people including Turkish nationals have been killed in Israeli airstrikes late on April 2 on southern Syria.

Tech

Video sharing network reveals the scale of online manipulation around Romania's cancelled 2024 presidential election, with nearly 100,000 fake accounts blocked.

Tether cryptocurrency has reached a new record high of IRR 1.04mn, surpassing Ferdowsi Street's hard dollar exchange rate on March 30 as people dump the rial further weakening the national currency.

Value of country's startup ecosystem soared to $26bn in 2024, up 18-fold since 2019, says Dealroom.co and Astana Hub analysis.

Funding to be used to further develop SplxAI’s platform, which provides automated security testing, remediation and monitoring for AI agents and applications.

Russian tech giant VK, which has recently disclosed significant losses, is planning to introduce a “super-app” in an effort to replicate the functionalities of China’s widely used WeChat app.

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Brazil's President Lula boosted ties with Japan and Vietnam during his Asian tour last week, securing aircraft deals, beef markets and partnerships.

The new US administration wants to become the political team that ends the longstanding conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Ongoing geopolitical realignment accelerated by Trump’s return to office could plunge Emerging Europe into a cycle of instability and regional conflict, says a paper published by the ECFR.

Turkey’s opposition seriously lacks imagination, as it showed today by moving the Free Imamoglu, Give Us Democracy street campaign to the periphery, much to the regime’s delight.

Notes: “In my 50 years living in Istanbul, I have not seen as many so-called security measures on the streets as I have over the past few days.”

Data

Softer-than-expected figure suggests sell-off in lira hasn’t exerted significant upwards pressure on consumer prices, says analyst.

Trump's controversial tariffs seem based on a straightforward calculation: taking each nation's trade surplus with the US and dividing it by that country's total US exports to determine the tariff percentage.

Real wages grew by a handsome 6.5% y/y in January, according to preliminary Rosstat data just as the economy starts to cool, but it also brings down inflation.

On top of being the potential target of reciprocal tariffs by the United States from April 2 on, India has now been threatened with another type of US trade action.

The Trump administration's recent move to impose tariffs on Chinese, Mexican and Canadian goods as well as steel and aluminium imports in general is once again breaking with long-standing US trade policy, Statista reports.

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Caution evident in build-up to gathering.

An interview with the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

The well-being of Russian households has reached its highest level in a decade, a survey carried out by the Bank of Finland institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) found.

Student groups protested outside the Blitar DPRD office under a heavy police presence, demanding the law’s repeal and calling for press freedom. Activists pointed to past instances of media suppression, warning about potential threats to journalists

The end of the 54-year rule of Syria’s Assad regime came so quickly that many refused to believe it.

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Days earlier, French leader took aim at Turkish government for carrying out "systematic attacks" on freedoms. And referred to some mysterious "democratic path".

Reporter Mark Lowen has talked about press freedom and democracy. His comments in the context of the realities of the Erdogan regime are laughable.

The discovery of human remains at Rancho Izaguirre in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, has once again highlighted the brutal violence that dominates parts of Mexico.

Main opposition party continues to play the fool, acting like some laws are still in effect in the country.

So far, however, the response mounted by the opposition to the jailing of its challenger Imamoglu to Erdogan has not engendered fear.

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Dhi Qar Province has recorded the highest displacement rate due to desertification and drought in Iraq, with more than 1,000 people officially registered.

Indian solar EPC company Prozeal Green Energy plans to raise INR7bn ($82mn) through an initial public offering (IPO)

India is expected to become an important player in global energy markets, following a distinct growth path marked by lower energy intensity, a diverse energy mix and expanding commodity imports, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest Horizons report.

Authorities in Banda Luka and Prijedor declared a state of emergency as they tackle the impact of floods and landslides.

An accident at the Toranica lead-zinc mine leaked heavy metals and cyanide into the Kriva River.

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