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Britain is about to withdraw its troops almost entirely from Afghanistan. This information is reported by the Times newspaper. What percentage of the contingent will be withdrawn is not specified.

Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary, explained that he would not classify China as a currency manipulator, as the country's previous authorities had repeatedly done.

Researchers have identified a significant relationship, the link between climate change and war in world history.

In an annual report on the assessment by the American intelligence community of various threats to the United States in the world, experts called Russia the strongest adversary for America.

The Belarusian authorities have banned the import of part of the products of the German cosmetics company Nivea.

The US promise to support Kiev in the situation with Donbass is absolutely empty. This opinion was expressed by the former adviser to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which has 1.3 trillion dollars in assets, made its first investment in green energy: it agreed to buy from Danish company Orsted a 50 percent stake in two 752 megawatt Borssele wind farms 1 and 2.

The head of the German government will speak at the opening of the international industrial exhibition in Hanover.

The supply of used American fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force will not help the country defend its airspace.

An international team of scientists has published a scientific paper that reveals the mystery of the emergence of water on young planets, including Earth and Mars.

Commercial electricity supplies from Russia to Latvia were completely stopped for two days, April 8 and 11. This information is reported on April 12 by the Kommersant newspaper.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused Israel of sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility. Tehran has promised to take revenge for this.

Maxim Ovchinnikov, the first deputy general director of the state corporation for economics and finance, said that one of the counterparties of Roscosmos in 2020 refused the contract for the launch of the satellite due to US sanctions.

Police in Minneapolis, USA, shot and killed a black man in his car, provoking riots. This information is reported by The Independent.

The American streaming service Netflix for the first time ordered the production of series from Russian producers. This information is reported by "Kommersant".