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Trump Hikes EU Auto Tariffs to 25%: Brussels Fires Back, Seoul Takes Note
On May 1, 2026, Donald Trump announced he would raise US tariffs on European Union cars and trucks to 25%, up from the current 15%, accusing the EU of failing to comply with their summer 2025 trade deal. The measure was set to take effect the following week. The EU denounced the move as 'unacceptable' from an 'unreliable' trading partner. The announcement came the same day the EU-Mercosur deal entered into force, revealing the multi-front trade war Trump is waging against his allies.
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Pentagon Signs 7 AI Military Contracts, Blacklists Anthropic in Ethical Standards Showdown
On May 1, 2026, the Pentagon signed agreements with seven AI giants — SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon — to integrate their models into its classified Level 6 and 7 networks. Anthropic, which had powered most US military AI through Claude, was excluded after refusing to waive its safeguards against autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. The Pentagon labeled it a 'supply chain risk' — a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries.
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Trump's Iran War Hits Day 60: Congress Fights Back Over Nuclear Standoff
Sixty days into the US-Iran war, Donald Trump claims the conflict is 'terminated' to bypass the War Powers Act deadline. Congress rejects that reading. Supreme Leader Khamenei vows to protect Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities. The Strait of Hormuz remains partially blocked with oil above $125. Ten countries, ten sharply divergent readings.
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SCOTUS Dismantles Voting Rights Act: Trump Redraws Electoral Maps
The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts has issued a decision significantly weakening the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Trump immediately announced Tennessee as the next state for redistricting. Louisiana suspended its primary elections. A decision reshaping American democracy—and one the world is watching with starkly different interpretations.
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Trump Threatens to Pull US Troops from Germany: The Transatlantic Fracture Deepens
On April 30, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Washington is 'studying and reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany,' with a decision expected 'over the next short period of time.' The threat came directly after Chancellor Merz said Iran was 'humiliating' the US at the negotiating table — a comment Trump flatly rejected, calling Merz someone who 'doesn't know what he's talking about.' Berlin says it's 'prepared.' The next day, Trump extended the threat to Italy and Spain. South Korea, with 28,500 US troops of its own, is watching anxiously.
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Iran Will Play the World Cup in the US: FIFA Confirms, Trump Says OK, Iranian Exiles Protest
At the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Gianni Infantino confirmed that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States — despite the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. Trump gave his blessing: 'If Infantino says so, I don't mind.' Iran's football delegation had earlier stormed out of Canada after being detained at Toronto airport, calling it an 'insult.' Meanwhile, Iranian diaspora protesters outside the Congress chanted 'They are not representing Iran' and demanded FIFA apply the same standards used against Russia. A diplomatic paradox with no historical precedent in world football.
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London's Golders Green Stabbing: Two Jewish Men Attacked in Antisemitic Terror Incident as UK Raises Threat Level
A 45-year-old British-Somali man stabbed two Jewish men in London's Golders Green neighborhood on April 29, in an attack police declared a terrorist incident. The UK raised its national terror threat level to 'severe' for the first time since 2021, pledged £25 million for Jewish community security, and Prime Minister Starmer pointed the finger at Iran as the indirect orchestrator of a months-long wave of antisemitic attacks — arson at synagogues, attempted bombings near the Israeli embassy, and now a knife attack on the street.
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UAE Quits OPEC: The End of Gulf Solidarity
Sixty years of petro-solidarity shatter as the UAE walks out of OPEC, leaving Riyadh alone at the head of a fractured cartel and reshaping the global energy map.
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Trump-Putin: The Call and the May 9 Ceasefire
Trump says he asked Putin for 'a little bit of a ceasefire' on Victory Day — an offer that Kyiv receives with suspicion and that Europe reads as a Russian communications maneuver.
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Gaza: Global Sumud Flotilla Intercepted, Israel Using Water as Weapon
The Israeli military intercepts the Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla 1,000 kilometers from Gaza while Médecins Sans Frontières documents what it characterizes as deliberate water deprivation—two events that transform humanitarian aid into a contested battlefield.
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Nigeria: Islamic State claims massacre of 29 people on a football pitch, children kidnapped from orphanage
In less than 48 hours, Nigeria suffered two attacks: 29 civilians killed on a football pitch by ISWAP jihadists, and 23 children kidnapped from an orphanage — revealing the state's powerlessness one year before elections.
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