Author: Jennifer Onyeagoro

India this week lashed out at what it called Western double standards, after facing renewed threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over its surging purchases of Russian crude oil. Since the beginning of the war, trade between the EU and Russia has drastically contracted due to EU sanctions and import restrictions on some products. Imports from Russia fell by 86% from the first quarter of 2022 through the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data from Eurostat.Read More

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Donald Trump took an unexpected walk across the White House roof on Tuesday (5 August), announcing that he was “taking a little walk” when asked why he was up there. The US president emerged from a door connected to the State Dining Room and stepped onto the roof above the press briefing room and west colonnade, spending almost 20 minutes surveying the rooftop and grounds below, including the newly-paved Rose Garden. In July, the White House announced that construction on a huge, new $200m ballroom would begin in September. It is the first structural change to the Executive Mansion itself…

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