• 03/15/2025

US works with allies abroad to develop semiconductor policies

Fox News  As the United States works to ramp up semiconductor production domestically, lawmakers are also heading overseas to work with allies abroad. “In today’s interconnected world, we cannot wall ourselves off from shared problems. We are stronger and better when we work together,” President Biden said on a trip to Mexico City earlier this…

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Kremlin affirms that Kuril Islands constitute inseparable part of Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Japanese authorities had refrained from using the term “illegal occupation” in respect to the Kuril Islands during the prime ministerial tenure of Shinzo Abe https://tass.com/politics/1602577

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Larger NATO footprint in Arctic to trigger military tensions — Russian foreign ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Russia’s new foreign policy concept, which replaced the previous version from 2016 https://tass.com/defense/1602575

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Russian air defenses intercept GLSDB smart bomb, four HIMARS rockets in Ukraine operation

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Maryinka, Vesyoloye and Yelenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Marinskoye and Novaya Mayachka in the Kherson Region were also destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1602569

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Over 11 million Ukrainians cross border with Poland since start of full-scale war

Pravda Ukraine More than 11 million Ukrainians have crossed the border into Poland since Russia launched a full-scale invasion last February. Source: Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the European Union “Today, the number of persons who have crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border since the beginning of the Russian aggression has exceeded 11 million.…

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Stock Futures Inch Up; Bitcoin Rallies

Wall Street Journal Bitcoin rose more than 3% to over $30,000, a level it hasn’t breached since June. https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-markets-dow-update-04-11-2023-8f88b063

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Fresh strawberries from Japan seized at border for pesticide residue

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) Five shipments of fresh strawberries from Japan were recently seized at Taiwan’s border, after being found to contain residue of a banned pesticide, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304110019

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Talk of ‘digital draft notices’ pertains to military records, not mobilization — Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that military registration is something that our country’s citizens deal on an ongoing basis, based on the Constitution, at least once in a lifetime https://tass.com/defense/1602567

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Military-biological activity in Ukraine carried out in violation of BTWC

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Sergey Ryabkov recalled that throughout the past year the foreign ministry had been closely cooperating with the parliamentary commission on the probe into the activities of US biolaboratories in Ukraine and with the parliament in general to promote Russia’s interests and priorities in…

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