Brussels, Jan 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries unless Denmark accept a deal over Greenland has drawn swift rebukes from Nordic capitals and major European leaders, fueled calls for an EU-level response, and cast fresh doubt over the implementation of last year’s EU-US tariff “truce.”In a social media post on Saturday, Trump said the United States would levy a 10-per cent tariff from February 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Fr…
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Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is willing to bring a peace plan to end the Ukraine crisis for a referendum if Russia agrees to a ceasefire of at least 60 days, according to US media outlet Axios. In a phone interview with Axios on Friday, Zelensky said he would still like to negotiate a better position on territory. But if the plan demands “a very difficult” decision on that issue, he believes the best path forward will be to put the entire 20-point plan…
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS) Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on Tuesday blamed the European Union (EU), former US President Joe Biden and his supporters for the conflict in Ukraine, local media reported. At the last meeting of the fall session on Tuesday, Vyacheslav Volodin said, “The EU, Biden and his supporters are to blame for what is happening in Ukraine. It is their fault that many innocent civilians died. Their hands are stained with the people’s blood,” Russia’s leading news agen…