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U.S. is unable to replace rare earths supply from China, warns CSIS

Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010. Stringer | Reuters As China imposes export controls on rare earth elements, the U.S. would be unable to fill a potential shortfall, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies — and this could threaten Washington’s

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NATO chief reaffirms support for Ukraine during visit to Odesa

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ODESA, Ukraine — ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s support for Ukraine remains “unwavering,” the alliance’s secretary-general said Tuesday, emphasizing that more than 20 billion euros in security assistance have already been pledged by NATO allies in the first three months of 2025. Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Tuesday and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in

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Ruble is top performing currency as U.S. trade war hits dollar

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(Bloomberg) — Russia’s ruble has surged to become the best performing global currency, posting this year’s strongest gains against the dollar to outpace even the traditional safe haven of gold. The ruble has strengthened 38% versus the dollar on the over-the-counter market since the beginning of this year, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. While the

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Who is Nayib Bukele? Meet Donald Trump’s new BFF and ‘world’s coolest dictator’ | World News

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Pool via AP) Elon Musk may still have his rockets and rage-tweets, but there’s a new favourite in the Trumpverse—an iron-fisted millennial with a crypto wallet in

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‘We cannot look away’ – UK hosts Sudan talks as famine takes hold

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A high-level international conference is under way in London to find “a pathway to peace” in Sudan, in the words of one of the hosts, the UK’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Sudan’s civil war began exactly two years ago causing what aid agencies call the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The UK is promising an extra

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Prisons across France attacked ‘in response to crackdown on drug trafficking’ | World News

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Several French prisons were attacked overnight in response to government efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking in the country, senior officials said. Unknown assailants fired automatic weapons at a prison in the southern city of Toulon, while vehicles were burned outside other facilities across the country and staff were threatened. France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s

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Harvard rejects demands; DOGE whistleblower : NPR

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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, may have taken sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board and hid

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Chinese Mockery of U.S. Manufacturing Reveals Economic Truth

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A “Make American Strong Again” banner hangs on the wall as rows upon rows of overweight workers assemble Nike sneakers; one lifts a burger up to his mouth as he eats while working, another rests his head on the sewing machine in front of him, barely able to keep his eyes open. It’s a caricature

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Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee

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El Salvador refused to return a U.S. deportee At a White House meeting with President Trump, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, said yesterday that he would not return a man who was wrongly deported from the U.S. and sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. “Of course I’m not going to do it,” Bukele

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Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 7 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Suspected U.S. airstrikes around Yemen’s rebel-held capital killed at least seven people and wounded 29 overnight, the Houthis said Monday as they also claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone. Since its start nearly a month ago, the intense campaign of U.S. airstrikes under President Donald Trump targeting the

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U.S. is unable to replace rare earths supply from China, warns CSIS

NATO chief reaffirms support for Ukraine during visit to Odesa

Harvard rejects demands; DOGE whistleblower : NPR

Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee

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