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Story by Florence Mucha US President Donald Trump has fired yet another “tariffs” weapon at BRICS. POTUS has reaffirmed his stance about de-dollarization, saying that if their nations do not maintain the dollar’s role in global trade, he will impose 100% import tariffs. POTUS wrote on Truth Social, “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and watch, is over.” The intergovernmental economic – now turned political block – includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. There is now new additions including Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.…

Story by David J. Lynch, Mary Beth Sheridan, Amanda Coletta For the Washington Post President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, the nation’s three largest trading partners, invoking emergency economic powers in high stakes bid to compel them to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs reaching the United States.

At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground, Mexico’s president and Philadelphia’s mayor said on Saturday.

U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President Donald Trump said. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.” Saturday’s strikes were carried out in the Golis Mountains and an initial assessment indicated many militants were killed, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said. No civilians were harmed,…

House Representative Eduardo Bolsonaro, shows  President’s Lula true colors, showing his real political tendencies and the total disrespect for the USA or President Donald Trump.

USDA Orders Removal of Climate Change Mentions from Public Websites By Julio Gonzaga The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has directed its officials to scrub content related to climate change from its public websites. This directive, which came to light through internal emails obtained by ABC News, requires all references to climate change to be identified, archived, or unpublished by the close of business on the day the order was issued. According to the directive, USDA Director of Digital Communications Peter Rhee outlined the process in an email to staff, stating, “Identify and archive or unpublish any landing pages…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would once again restrict financial transactions with many Cuban military- and government-linked entities, just weeks after the Biden administration had sought to roll those sanctions back.

Motta and Alcolumbre expected to control large share of federal budget spending Lula faces declining approval ratings amid budget control issues BRASÍLIA, Brazilian President  Lula da Silva is bracing for another two years of struggle with the nation’s Congress, as lawmakers convene on Saturday to potentially elect leaders to both the House and Senate who have promised to continue exerting tight control of an overstretched federal budget.

Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems Musk’s team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight WASHINGTON, Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Russian forces sweep around the south of strategic city Pokrovsk, a key road and rail hub, risks being cut off Ukrainian military officers say their forces are outnumbered Battle for Pokrovsk comes as both sides position for peace talks KYIV, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main supply lines are under threat nearly three years after Moscow invaded its neighbour. While Ukraine is stubbornly defending the city, its encirclement or fall could put Russia in a strong position to mount attacks in several…