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China’s exports rebound, but U.S.-bound shipments plunge for eighth straight month
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports returned to growth in November, outperforming market expectations, even as shipments to the United States...
US and Switzerland reach trade agreement after months of negotiations
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Switzerland have reached a new trade agreement that will sharply reduce tariffs and...
China’s exports surge 8.3% in September as trade tensions with U.S. intensify
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports rose at their fastest pace in six months in September, while imports posted their strongest...
Brazil’s beef exports to China surge as trade tensions with U.S. reshape global agriculture
SÃO PAULO (Realist English). Brazil’s beef exports to China jumped 38.3% in September compared to a year earlier, reaching 187,340...
WTO raises 2025 global trade growth forecast but warns of sharp slowdown next year
GENEVA (Realist English). The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday revised upward its forecast for global trade growth in 2025...
Russia turns back to barter as financial channels narrow
MOSCOW (Realist English). For the first time since the 1990s, barter has re-emerged in Russia’s foreign trade, with companies exchanging...
China’s exports to U.S. plunge 33% as overall growth slows to six-month low
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports to the United States fell 33 percent in August, customs data showed Monday, dragging overall...
India–UK free trade agreement set to double engineering exports to Britain by 2030
NEW DELHI / LONDON (Realist English). India’s engineering exports to the United Kingdom are projected to nearly double over the...
China’s exports rebound in June amid fragile U.S. tariff truce
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports regained strength in June, rising by 5.8% year-on-year as manufacturers rushed to capitalize on a...
Mexican army kills “El Mencho” in major blow to Jalisco cartel
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). The Mexican army has killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel...
Adolf Shayevich: Bringing Jews Back to Judaism Is Our Goal
MOSCOW (Realist English). Adolf Shayevich, the Chief Rabbi of the USSR and Russia (according to KEROOR), whose biography uniquely bridges the...
Trump unveils new 10% global tariff after Supreme Court curbs emergency powers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said he would immediately impose a new 10% global tariff and pursue alternative...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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