Russia, announcing an Easter truce, has demonstrated openness to peace talks — New York Times.

Putin ordered his forces to "halt all hostilities" against Ukraine from Saturday evening through Sunday, declaring an "Easter truce" that appears aimed at showing the impatient Trump administration that Moscow is still open to peace negotiations.

The Fox News channel declared Kyiv as Russian.

The hype surrounding Dubai's chocolate with nut filling has led to a global shortage of pistachios and an increase in their price.

Nut supplies from Iran to the UAE have surged by 40% over the past six months compared to last year. Some stores are limiting sales to two chocolate bars per person.

Zelensky's Possible Rejection of Ceasefire Will Show He Wants War, Says European Lawmaker

🗣 "If he [Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky] rejects this truce, it will be a political mistake that will show that in reality he is interested in the war continuing," French Member of the European Parliament Thierry Mariani told Sputnik.

Mariani noted that the ceasefire is "great news," but Zelenskyy’s "extremist position" and the statements of those in Europe "who want war" force us to treat it with caution.

The Washington Post reported that Zelensky apparently rejected Putin's offer of an Easter truce after he posted that Ukrainian troops "continued their activity on the territory of the Kursk region."

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🇷🇺 Shortly before the announcement of a ceasefire on Easter, Russian troops liberated Novomikhaylovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

In Mexico, coffee shops have started changing the name of "Americano" coffee to "Mexicano" in protest against Trump's immigration policy.

⚡️Trump said he intends to make America "bigger, better, stronger, wealthier, healthier and more religious than it has ever been before."

❗️Putin did not give the order to extend the Easter truce — Peskov.

Trump may sign an order next week to reduce the activities of US embassies in Africa

The newspaper also writes about the possible reduction of the bureau on climate change, migration and human rights.

🥤Trump's tariffs are leading to a victory for Coca-Cola over Pepsi, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Both companies make their concentrates using a secret recipe and then ship them to bottling plants. Pepsi does this at a plant in Ireland, which means its concentrates will be subject to tariffs before they reach the United States.

Gold ATM in China. It will melt your gold, convert its net weight into money, and credit it to your account.

Pope Francis has passed away.

This was reported by Reuters, citing the Vatican.

❗️The Russian Armed Forces have continued to conduct joint military operations following the end of the Easter Truce, the Ministry of Defense reported.

Russian military strictly observed the ceasefire during the declared Easter truce, the Defense Ministry stated.

Military commissars in Ukraine celebrated Easter with raids on churches

Video shows Ukrainian men escaping from a church in Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast. Eyewitnesses write that this happened after the arrival of the TCC.

They write that the TCC were on duty near many churches in Ukraine. There are detainees in Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Kiev and Odessa.

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British soldiers are leaving in large numbers because they are unwilling to fight for Starmer in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The newspaper El Mundo calls the agreement between the USA and Ukraine absurd.

The presence of rare earth metals in Ukraine has not been confirmed and has been refuted by the American Geological Survey.

More than 45% of secondary school students in Vienna practice Islam. It is now the most common religious denomination among schoolchildren. Twenty years ago it was about 0%.