NewsOvernight reports: Brazil vows trade retaliation over Trump tariffs
Overnight reports: Brazil vows trade retaliation over Trump tariffs
This happened while you were sleeping. Here is what global agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday.
ed. Maciej Zubel
- President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Friday that his country will "reciprocate" with similar trade measures after U.S. President Donald Trump announced raising tariffs on Brazilian aluminium. - If they do it, we will react commercially, either by filing a complaint to the WTO or taxing products we import from them - President Lula announced.
- The speech of Vice President JD Vance in Munich was "brilliant" and "well-received," and Europe must be careful as it is "losing their wonderful right of freedom of speech" - said U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. He also assessed that "a lot of people" are responsible for the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
- French President Emmanuel Macron informed on Friday on platform X that he spoke with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. He emphasised that "only Ukraine should lead peace talks" and assured that Kyiv can count on support.
- - A Russian drone caused serious damage to the sarcophagus over the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, destroyed in the 1986 disaster - said on Friday the chief engineer of the facility, Oleksandr Tytarchuk. The plant's management assured that no radioactive substances were released.
- - Nearly three-quarters of the weapons used by criminal groups in our country come from the United States - declared at a Friday press conference the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, adding that this is one of the topics currently being addressed by the Mexican government.
- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, reported that its deputy commander was injured in an attack on a convoy conducted on Friday evening, in which he was travelling to the airport in Beirut. The car was set on fire by Hezbollah supporters - reported Reuters, citing local security services.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday the release of 388 employees. The reduction impacted individuals hired within the last two years and is linked to President Donald Trump's political programme of so-called "energy dominance" - media report.
- Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated that it is unclear whether the altimeters of the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with an American Airlines passenger plane on 29 January near Washington, showed the pilots the correct altitude. In the crash, 67 people died.
- Elon Musk's company, The Boring Company, signed a preliminary agreement with the authorities in Dubai to build an underground transport network called the Dubai Loop - Reuters reported on Friday. The system, similar to Musk's investment in Las Vegas, is expected to be serviced by electric vehicles reaching speeds up to 160 km/h.
