Well, in Spain we are going to accelerate it with today's immigrant regulation.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 China Threatens Countermeasures Over Iran Tariff

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on April 14 that military assistance reports linking Beijing to Iran were completely fabricated. He stated that if the US used those reports as a pretext to impose additional tariffs on China, Beijing would take resolute countermeasures.

US President Donald Trump said on April 12 he would impose a 50 per cent tariff on Chinese goods if China provided weapons to Iran. The threat followed a CNN report citing US intelligence assessments that China was preparing to deliver air defence systems to Iran within weeks, and a New York Times report citing officials who said shoulder-fired missiles may have already been shipped.

Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing in May for talks with President Xi Jinping. China purchases the majority of Iran's oil exports but the two countries have no formal military pact.

#China #USA

@asianomics

Россия нанесла удар шестью КАБами по дамбе в Харьковской области. Сооружение серьезных повреждений не получило; сброс воды проходит в штатном контролируемом режиме. В случае разрушения дамбы возникла бы угроза подтопления населенных пунктов ниже по течению и серьезных экологических последствий.

Кроме того, удары были нанесены по административному зданию в Чернигове, объектам в Днепропетровской области, многоэтажному дому в Харькове и объекту в Кировоградской области. В порту Измаила повреждены два судна под флагами Панамы и Либерии, а также причал, баржа, погрузочное оборудование и здание СТО.

🇸🇳 Senegal Finance Chief Seeks Debt Compromise With IMF at Washington Summit

Senegal's finance minister Diba is leading Dakar's negotiating team at the IMF's Washington summit in pursuit of a debt compromise that would allow the Sonko government to avoid a complex debt restructuring deal. Officials are seeking terms that would keep the government's growth plans on track rather than subject the country to a lengthy and constraining restructuring process.

Senegal has faced mounting fiscal pressure following revelations of significant budget underreporting by the previous administration, which prompted the current government to seek a revised financial arrangement with international creditors.

#Senegal

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🔥 Consequences of a fire in a workshop at the Gagarin Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ, "Sukhoi"), - Exilenova

Several roof spans collapsed, which may indicate serious consequences inside the workshop.

Workshop No. 46 is an indispensable link in the serial production of the Su-57 - the only Russian "5th generation" fighter. Damage or destruction of the workshop directly stops or significantly slows down the assembly of Su-57 airframes, which cooperation with ONPP "Technology" will be able to compensate for only partially and with a large time lag.

The only way to resolve this and turn things around isn't to anyone's liking. We'd rather dig our own grave... until there's no turning back.

Suppose these are the times we live in, but it feels humiliating. And worst of all, there are people who will die without ever understanding any of it.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today’s meeting with Friedrich Merz was special and substantive. We focused specifically on how to make our efforts even more active and stronger.

Before the bilateral talks, we saw seven types of drones produced at our joint enterprises – six aerial and one ground-based. This is a significant result of our cooperation, and it is important that there will be more.

Today, we have new agreements on cooperation – ten in total – across the most important areas. I thank Germany.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today, most of the weapons that Ukraine uses for various types of operations – long-range, on the battlefield, or in protecting the sky – are produced in Ukraine. Hence the possibilities of our drone deals with different countries.

The scope of the capabilities of Ukrainian defense production is twice as large as what we use today, because we simply do not have enough money. We expect that Germany, as one of the leaders of the European Union, will help to quickly unlock 90 billion. And we will be able to increase the purchase of drones produced in Ukraine. Then there will be even more of our systems on the battlefield.

As for PURL. Specifically, this program helps with air defense against ballistics. Unfortunately, Europe does not yet have such capabilities. I am one hundred percent sure that in the end Europe and Ukraine will produce anti-ballistic systems. But while there is a deficit with this, we must protect our people, and for this we need the PURL program.