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US-Russian ballet dancer has been freed from detention in Russia after a prisoner exchange was agreed between Washington and Moscow, her lawyer and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

US And Russia Exchange Prisoners

Russia and the United States exchanged prisoners on Thursday, the second such swap since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House as the two superpowers push for closer ties.
The VIX 'fear index' signals US market volatility

Trump Stuns With Tariffs Reversal But Hits China Harder

US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a brutal duel between the world's two largest economies.
EU economic sectors most exposed to US tariffs

How Tariffs In The EU Work

Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond to US President Donald Trump's recent offensive.
The EU plans to hit US soybeans imports with tariffs, after officials said Europe could buy the stuff from Brazil

How The EU Is Responding To Trump's Trade Assault

Hit by three waves of painful US tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office, the European Union's response has been a high-wire act, balancing calibrated retaliation with a push for negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.
US President Donald Trump announced the Iran talks after a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an arch foe of Tehran.

Iran Says Deal Can Be Reached If US Shows Goodwill

Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday he believed a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran's longtime foe shows sufficient goodwill in talks to begin in Oman on Saturday.
A Palestinian man sells fuel, extracted from recycled plastic at a makeshift plant, at a roadside kiosk in the northern Gaza Strip

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 44

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Sunday as Israel's prime minister vowed a "strong response" to a rare salvo of rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled territory.
US President Donald Trump signing executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods

Trump Tariffs To Test Resiliency Of US Consumers

In unveiling tariffs this week challenging the decades-old international trade order, President Donald Trump lambasted globalization as a raw deal for the United States that has devastated US manufacturing towns.

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