🇮🇷🤝🇮🇶🇮🇶 — British Newspaper The Times reports that Iran has provided Shiite militias in Iraq with surface-to-surface missiles, including some long-range types capable of reaching Europe.

➡️ Iran has transferred long-range missiles to its proxy forces in Iraq for the first time, increasing the regime’s military footprint in the region even as President Trump threatens to hold Tehran accountable for the actions of its militia.

➡️ The Times has learned that Tehran has been bulking up its presence in the region by supplying a new batch of weapons to powerful Shia militias in Iraq, dashing hopes that Iran would withdraw support as it prepares to enter negotiations with the United States over its missile and nuclear programme.

➡️ The weapons were transferred last week, according to regional intelligence involved in monitoring the nearly 1,000-mile border between the countries. It was the first time long-range surface-to-surface missiles had been in the possession of an Iran-allied militia in Iraq. Sources said the delivery was arranged by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Air Force.

https://archive.is/or1ZM

🇺🇸🇵🇦❌🇨🇳 — US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth from Panama Canal:

"I want to be very clear: China did not build this canal, China does not operate this canal, and China will not weaponize this canal."

🔗 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial)

🇺🇸📞🇵🇦 — Via his Twitter/X account, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that he met with Panamaian President

It was an honor to speak with you today, President Jose Raul Mulino

You and your country’s hard work is making a difference.

Increased security cooperation will make both our nations safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

🔗 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef)

🇺🇸❌🇨🇳💊 — US President Donald Trump:

"We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."

📝 As of 2022, China accounted for over 6% of U.S. pharmaceutical imports regarding finished goods (like packaged medicaments, vaccines, etc.)

💊 The reliance on China is much more pronounced for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).

🛍 While exact figures aren’t available per se, historical estimates (from sources like the FDA and industry reports) suggest that China supplies a significant portion—potentially 40% or more—of the APIs used in U.S. generic drugs.

🇺🇸❌🌍❗️ — United States reciprocal tariffs affecting almost all countries of the world now in effect!

🇷🇺🇺🇦 “Russia has built a multi-layered defense system that is hindering Ukraine’s use of naval drones, Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa said in an interview with RFE/RL on April 7.

‘In the past, we could easily enter Sevastopol Bay with our drones,’ said Neizhpapa.

‘Now it’s not so simple because the enemy has established a tiered defense system. It starts with a layered detection network—with long-, medium- and short-range zones designed to pick up our unmanned systems, followed by a protocol for their destruction.’”

https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/russia-mounts-successful-defense-against-ukraine-s-naval-drones-50504292.html

🔗 Rob Lee

🇺🇸🇪🇺 The EU will have to commit to buying $350 billion of American energy to get a reprieve from sweeping tariffs, US President Donald Trump said yesterday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-says-eu-must-buy-350b-of-us-energy-to-get-tariff-relief/

📱🇮🇳 Apple plans to shift more iPhone production to India to avoid U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, threatening the $70 billion China earns annually from the tech giant.

🔗 unusual_whales

🇺🇸🔌 Trump signs executive orders to boost US coal as power demand rises

"We're bringing back an industry that was abandoned," Trump said at the White House, standing in front of about three dozen mostly male coal miners wearing hard hats.

"We're going to put the miners back to work," Trump said about a workforce that has sunk to about 40,000 from 70,000 ten years ago.

Trump, a Republican, campaigned on a promise to increase U.S. energy output and has sought to roll back energy and environmental regulations since taking office on January 20.

U.S. electricity demand is rising for the first time in two decades on growth in power-hungry data centers for artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and cryptocurrencies.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-sign-executive-orders-boost-coal-industry-sources-say-2025-04-08/

https://archive.ph/MpQ4j

🇵🇦🇨🇳🇺🇸 "Panama breaks with China and aligns with the US. (President) Mulino leaves the Silk Road, reactivates military exercises with Washington and closes ranks with Hegseth to shield the Canal, curb migration and contain the communist advance in the region."

https://fxtwitter.com/UHN_Plus/status/1909776701929795956