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US Approves Ukraine Deal for F-16 Maintenance and Training

The US government has approved an agreement that allows Ukraine to secure F-16 aircraft maintenance from several heavyweights within the American defense industry. The agreement, which includes both personnel training and aircraft parts, grants Ukraine permission to purchase goods and services worth $310 million, equivalent to 3 billion kronor.
US Approves Ukraine Deal for F-16 Maintenance and Training

Trump's Environmental Policies Impact Climate and Research

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, signs a decree so that the pen glows. The country's rapid swing affects the climate and environmental work.
Trump's Environmental Policies Impact Climate and Research

US Approves $50 Million Arms Sale to Ukraine

The US government has formally notified Congress that it is ready to approve a sale of weapons for "50 million dollars or more" to Ukraine. .
US Approves $50 Million Arms Sale to Ukraine

China Criticizes US Tariffs as Bullying at UN Meeting

The USA's trade tariffs are equivalent to bullying and extortion. This was stated by China's UN Ambassador Fu Cong in a fiery speech before the Security Council.
China Criticizes US Tariffs as Bullying at UN Meeting

Trump's Final Offer: Russia Retains Key Ukrainian Territories

The USA wants to speed up the negotiations about Russia's invasion war in Ukraine. Ukraine is being pressured to make major concessions.
Trump's Final Offer: Russia Retains Key Ukrainian Territories

Putin Proposes Frontline Freeze to US in Ukraine Talks

Russia's president Vladimir Putin has offered the USA to freeze the current frontline in Ukraine, according to several sources to Financial Times. .
Putin Proposes Frontline Freeze to US in Ukraine Talks

US Urges Ukraine to Concede Crimea, Halt NATO Bid

The USA is reported to propose that Ukraine meets Russia's demands and gives up the Crimean Peninsula and the strive for Nato. According to President Zelensky, a Ukrainian delegation is traveling to London on Wednesday.
US Urges Ukraine to Concede Crimea, Halt NATO Bid

Wrongfully Deported Man Remains in El Salvador Prison Despite Court Ruling

A man who was mistakenly deported from the USA to El Salvador will not be returning to the USA. This is claimed by the US government – despite admitting that he was expelled on incorrect grounds.
Wrongfully Deported Man Remains in El Salvador Prison Despite Court Ruling

Trump Considers Sending Violent Offenders to El Salvador Prisons

The White House is exploring legal possibilities to send American citizens to prisons in El Salvador, confirms press secretary Karoline Leavitt. .
Trump Considers Sending Violent Offenders to El Salvador Prisons

Bukele Rejects Return of Wrongfully Deported El Salvadoran Man

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele will not reinstate the man who was wrongly deported by the USA. He says this during a meeting with the USA's President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Bukele Rejects Return of Wrongfully Deported El Salvadoran Man

Trump to Announce New Tariffs on Semiconductors and Electronics

USA's President Donald Trump says that he will announce new specific tariffs on semiconductors this week. Certain electronics, such as phones, will also get new specific tariffs, according to Trump.
Trump to Announce New Tariffs on Semiconductors and Electronics

Economist Warns US Tariffs Echo 1930s Trade War Risks

The latest days' escalation towards a trade war, following the US's announcement of aggressive trade tariffs, resembles what happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is an exact parallel to the first years of the Great Depression, says Simon Johnson, recipient of the economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel, in SVT.
Economist Warns US Tariffs Echo 1930s Trade War Risks

Stockholm Stock Exchange Drops as Trump's Tariff Plans Rattle Markets

The Stockholm Stock Exchange ended the first quarter with a sharp decline. The broad OMXS index fell 1.
Stockholm Stock Exchange Drops as Trump's Tariff Plans Rattle Markets

US Coast Guard Joins Arctic Exercise in Northern Norway

The US Coast Guard is participating in a maritime exercise with several NATO countries in northern Norway in April. .
US Coast Guard Joins Arctic Exercise in Northern Norway

Trump Dismisses Military Chat Leak as Minor Blunder

A journalist ended up in a chat group where the US government discussed imminent military attacks. Frustrated tones are heard from the White House, but President Trump downplays the whole thing as a minor blunder.
Trump Dismisses Military Chat Leak as Minor Blunder

Sweden Seeks Clarity from US on $15 Million Aid Funds

Sweden is trying, together with Norway and the Netherlands, to get clarity on what will happen to a total of 15 million dollars, equivalent to 152 million kronor, which has been paid into the American aid agency Usaid. .
Sweden Seeks Clarity from US on $15 Million Aid Funds

Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Spark Concerns Over Public Safety

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn.
Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Spark Concerns Over Public Safety

Columbia University Agrees to US Demands to Restore Funding

Columbia University in New York agrees to a list of demands that the US government has set to resume the state funding of 400 million dollars to the educational institution, reports NBC News. .
Columbia University Agrees to US Demands to Restore Funding

Trump mocks the US weather authority - "will cost lives"

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn.
Trump mocks the US weather authority - "will cost lives"

Trump Withdraws Billion-Dollar Grants Following Israel Protests

The US government has stopped federal grants and contracts worth equivalent to four billion kronor to Columbia University, reports The Guardian. .
Trump Withdraws Billion-Dollar Grants Following Israel Protests

USA pauses Ukrainian access to satellite images

The USA has "temporarily suspended" Ukraine's access to satellite images that the US government purchases, announces a spokesperson for the American intelligence agency NGA. Maxar, one of the companies that has provided images shared with Ukraine, confirms the suspension.
USA pauses Ukrainian access to satellite images

Netanyahu Warns Hamas: Release Hostages or Face Unimaginable Consequences

Israel plans to gradually increase the pressure to get Hamas in the Gaza Strip to accept an extension of the first phase of the ceasefire. In a speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens with "consequences you can't even imagine" if the hostages are not released.
Netanyahu Warns Hamas: Release Hostages or Face Unimaginable Consequences

Israel stops all emergency aid to Gaza

Israel announces that the country is stopping the introduction of goods and supplies to Gaza. The reason is that Hamas has not accepted the proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire.
Israel stops all emergency aid to Gaza

Danish Refugee Aid May Be Forced to Cut Back

The Danish aid organization Danish Refugee Council expects to be forced to lay off around 2,000 employees. .
Danish Refugee Aid May Be Forced to Cut Back
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