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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:42 UTC
Milei tells CPAC deeper chainsaw coming up

Argentine President Javier Milei told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the United States that the “era of the omnipresent State” was over ass he pledged to deepen his so-called “chainsaw” efforts cutting expenses.
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Friday, February 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Milei brings Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present

Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday gave US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chief Elon Musk a chainsaw as a present representing that the South African-born tycoon was undertaking State spending cutoffs like the Libertarian leader did in the South American country.
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Friday, February 21st 2025 - 09:43 UTC
No signs of imminent IMF disbursement after Milei meets with Georgieva

Argentine President Javier Milei met Thursday with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, D.C., to discuss the South American country's stabilization and growth plan and advance negotiations for a new loan.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC
Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:46 UTC
Milei’s crypto scandal deepens, now involving his sister 'The Boss'

The fallout from Argentine President Javier Milei’s involvement in a crypto scandal has expanded, now implicating his sister and closest adviser, Karina Milei. Allegations have surfaced that she was directly approached by those behind the controversial Libra memecoin, which skyrocketed and then collapsed after Milei endorsed it on social media.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 09:05 UTC
Trump: Russia willing to end Ukrainian war

US President Donald Trump Tuesday acknowledged from his Mar-a-Lago residence that Russia was willing to end the war in Ukraine and criticized Kyiv for its reluctance to negotiate. In the Republican leader's view, the conflict could have been resolved sooner.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 06:48 UTC
Trump demands Ukraine's precious metals in exchange for protection

By Gwynne Dyer

What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets has a lower level of risk and a higher rate of returns.
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Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 08:59 UTC
US Health authorities start staff downsizing under RFK, Jr.

US Federal authorities terminated a series of employments after Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as the country's new Health Secretary. Some 1,300 probationary-level workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 1,500 others from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were laid off.
Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
End of war in Ukraine nearer after Trump-Putin talks

US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation Wednesday with his Russian colleague President Vladimir Putin, with whom he discussed for over 90 minutes the idea of starting negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Both leaders expressed their eagerness to end the conflict at the earliest opportunity possible.
Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 10:20 UTC
Alckmin to push for return of US steel import quotas

Brazilian Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, defended on Wednesday the establishment of exemption quotas for steel and aluminum to be shipped to the United States, as it happened during US President Donald Trump's previous government (2017-2021).