⚔️Trump’s tariff TAKEDOWN heats up: pharma and chips in the CROSSHAIRS

The Trump administration launched secret probes on April 1 that could result in 25% tariffs targeting pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and everything in between, Commerce Department documents revealed.

According to published filings:

🟠The semiconductor investigation will assess the national security impacts of chips, manufacturing equipment and “derivative products.”
🟠The pharmaceutical investigation will focus on drugs, ingredients and derivative products.

The new tariffs would be issued under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

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💻China accuses US of launching MALICIOUS CYBERATTACKS

Three alleged agents of the US National Security Agency (NSA) have been added to a wanted list by Chinese police in the city of Harbin, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Identified as Katheryn A. Wilson, Robert J. Snelling and Stephen W. Johnson, the three have been accused of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the 2025 Asian Winter Games in February.

🎯What “critical information infrastructure” in Heilongjiang province was targeted?

🟠energy
🟠transportation
🟠water conservancy
🟠communications
🟠national defense research institutions

The NSA reportedly intended to use cyberattacks to steal the personal data of participating athletes.

The University of California and Virginia Tech have been accused of being involved in the attacks.

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❗️Ukrainian forces attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities SIX TIMES over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The attacks were carried out on facilities in the Bryansk, Kherson, and Kursk regions, the ministry stated.

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☢️Iran WILL NOT ABANDON its nuclear program - Iranian FM to Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff

However, Iran is willing to provide the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to its nuclear facilities, local media reported.

🤝 Iran and the US will hold the second round of indirect negotiations in Oman next Saturday, the Iranian foreign ministry said earlier.

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❗️Russia and US in deep talks to unravel the origins of the Ukrainian conflict - Russian Intel

📍Russia's objectives for the Ukrainian settlement remain:

🟠Non-nuclear status
🟠Demilitarization
🟠Denazification
🟠Recognition of Russia's current borders

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☢️✅Even if Moscow and Washington do not reach an agreement to replace the START Treaty, Russia knows how to ensure its defense capabilities – Russian foreign minister

There have been no bilateral proposals on strategic deterrence from the administration of Donald Trump so far, Sergey Lavrov noted.

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Zelensky has dismissed Volodymyr Artiukh as head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, with the government endorsing the decision, Ukrainian media report

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🙅‍♂️Trump dumps $3B climate farming 'SCAM' plan

The US Department of Agriculture has pulled the plug on a Biden-era Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities program that had “sky-high administration fees” while often providing less than half of the federal funding directly to farmers.

The initiative was “built to advance the green new scam at the benefit of NGOs, not American farmers,” said Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.

Some of the projects could get a second shot - if they prove at least 65% of their funds go directly to farmers by 2024.

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📹Fighting fires or spraying pesticides?

China has unveiled a new robot that could potentially replace humans in their professions. 🤖

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📹 American roots of German Nazism, Part 5: How the Nazis implemented their "starvation plan" inspired by the US

"Famine as a weapon was repeatedly used in [the US'] wars against the Native Americans," Yegor Yakovlev, historian and author of The War of Extermination, explained.

He recalls how American authorities and settlers expelled the native population from fertile lands and systematically exterminated bison, the primary food source for the indigenous people.

This American practice served as a model for the Nazis' starvation plan to annihilate the population of Eastern Europe.

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❗️Following a Ukrainian drone strike on a residential building in Kursk, some apartments have suffered concrete ceiling damage, broken windows, and collapsed balconies, according to a Sputnik correspondent.

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🛩🚫China grounds Boeing: Trade war takes to the skies

Beijing is halting further jet deliveries in retaliation to Trump's tariffs.

And it’s not just about the planes – Chinese airlines are also being told to stop using US-made aircraft parts, Bloomberg reports.

That's what happens when a trade war turns into a full-on sky-high showdown. Boeing, already reeling from a series of accidents with its newest jets, is caught in the middle with its stock dipping and planes gathering dust.

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🗣JD Vance SLAMS Zelensky's claim of US backing Russia as ‘absurd’

In a fiery response to Zelensky's statement on 60 Minutes, where he suggested “Russian narratives are prevailing in the US,” Vance fired back:

💬 “I've also tried to apply STRATEGIC RECOGNITION that if you want to end the conflict, you have to try to understand where both the Russians and the Ukrainians see their strategic objectives,” Newsweek reported.

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