U.S.-Iran peace talk prospects 'dim,' while both countries think they're winning war, political analyst says
Prospects for new peace talks between Iran and the U.S. are “dim,” with both sides operating on false ass...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will meet Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva next week, as tensions between Washington and Brasília deepen over tariffs and sanctions.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Trump said the two leaders had agreed to hold talks after a brief encounter at the venue. “I saw him, he saw me, and we actually agreed that we would meet next week,” he told delegates.
Relations between the two countries have worsened following Trump’s decision to impose tariffs of up to 50% on Brazilian imports. He said the measures were a response to “censorship, repression, weaponization, judicial corruption, and targeting of political critics” in Brazil.
The U.S. has also sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court justices over alleged restrictions on freedom of expression and the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump defended the tariffs as part of efforts to “defend sovereignty and security”, adding that Brazil risked further decline unless it cooperated with Washington.
Lula has criticised the measures as interference in Brazil’s sovereignty and democracy.
Iran accuses the United States of breaching a ceasefire after a commercial ship was seized in the Gulf of Oman, vowing retaliation, as Israel warns south Lebanon residents to avoid restricted areas.
Progessive Bulgaria, led by pro-Russian Eurosceptic Rumen Radev is on track to form Bulgaria’s next government, after official results showed a runaway victory for the coalition in the Balkan nation's parliamentary elections on Monday (20 April).
Blue Origin, the U.S. space company of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket launched from Florida on Sunday (19 April), in the latest chapter of its intensifying rivalry with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan’s north-eastern coast, triggering urgent tsunami warnings with waves of up to 3 metres expected, prompting residents to seek immediate safety.
The Trump Organization, a real estate conglomerate owned by U.S. President Donald Trump and managed by his sons, has announced plans to build Georgia’s tallest building in the capital, Tbilisi. The project will mark the first Trump-branded development in the region.
A Canadian woman has been shot dead and 13 others injured in a shooting at the Teotihuacan pyramids on Monday, one of Mexico’s most visited tourist attractions.
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Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons.
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar on Monday nominated András Kármán as finance minister, Anita Orbán as foreign minister and István Kapitány as economy and energy minister in his incoming government, as previously indicated.
Residents displaced by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have begun returning to their damaged homes, hoping to recover belongings that survived the blaze.
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