BRASILIA -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hailed the latest official figures showing a significant drop in deforestation rates in the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna, and said he would use it to counter proposed U.S. tariffs targeting environmental damage.
Lula said he will submit the data to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which has threatened a new 25-percent tariff on Brazilian exports, in part due to a purported increase in deforestation. (Brazil-US-Deforestation-Tariffs)
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TEHRAN -- Two explosions were heard early Friday off the coast of Sirik County in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, Iran's state-run IRIB news agency reported.
It said the explosions were from the sea and related to the Strait of Hormuz. (Iran-Sirik-Blasts)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States had "just made a great settlement of the war with Iran," with an agreement expected to be signed "over the next few days."
Trump told reporters at the White House that he expected a signing ceremony, attended by Vice President JD Vance, to be held in Europe over the weekend. (US-Foreign Affairs)
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MOSCOW -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it has foiled a planned attack targeting a Russian Defense Ministry officer and detained a foreign national allegedly recruited by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU).
The FSB Public Relations Center said that the suspect, a foreign citizen born in 1990, was detained during a special operation in the Moscow region. He was allegedly tasked by the SBU with assassinating a Russian military officer. (Russia-Defense-Assassination) Enditem
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