WORLD NEWS June 9: The Trump family accepts investigation; The US will reduce tariffs on Chinese goods

Military vehicles of Ukrainian forces move in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 8 – Photo: REUTERS

* Governor of Lugansk province in eastern Ukraine, Mr. Serhiy Gaidai, said Russian forces pushed Ukrainian forces to the outskirts of the city of Sievierodonetskmarking a turning point in the war here.

“Our forces currently control only the outskirts of the city, but continue to fight,” Gaidai told local media. The nearby city of Lysychansk is also under heavy air strikes.

Russia has concentrated its forces on the city of Sievierodonetsk in the past few weeks. Meanwhile, Ukraine also vowed to resist to the end, saying this battleground could shape the entire war in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says Russian forces are 10 times more armed than their own in some parts of Sievierodonetsk. Kiev also urged the West to provide more weapons to hold the front line in the East.

* Former US President Donald Trump and two children Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump agreed to testify in a New York state investigation into his family business that began on July 15.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is investigating whether the Trump Organization misled lenders and tax authorities.

* Russia-Turkey talks on Ukraine’s grain export problem because the parties Kiev and Moscow set difficult conditions in the agreement. Russia also sets the condition that Western countries must lift sanctions on Russia if it wants to continue exporting grain.

The grain exports of Ukraine, and also of Russia, have been stagnant since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, causing a serious global food crisis.

US President Joe Biden prepares to attend the Summit of the Americas in California on June 8 – Photo: REUTERS

* The administration of US President Joe Biden announced a new economic plan for Latin America at the Summit of the Americas in Washington on June 8.

To compete with China in the region, the US urges countries to strengthen cooperation with Washington on investment, supply chains and existing trade agreements. The plan is expected to be discussed in the fall of this year.

* On June 9, North Korea announced that it had recorded 50,860 cases of fever symptoms. This is the second day the number of daily infections has fallen below the 60,000 mark. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 from the end of April 2022, the country has had a total of 4.3 million suspected cases, of which the peak is up to 390,000 cases / day.

* Twitter says it will hold a shareholder vote about the sale to US billionaire Elon Musk worth $ 44 billion, in the context that this social network is still in the process of completing the deal. Twitter will also give in to a request to provide data to the US billionaire after Mr. Musk earlier this week warned it could withdraw if Twitter did not provide data on fake accounts.

* US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Biden administration is looking to reframe tariffs on Chinese imports but asserted that this is not for the purpose of dealing with inflation. Under President Donald Trump, the US has imposed tariffs of up to 25% on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese exports.

“I believe the Americans, not the Chinese, should pay some of these taxes, hurting American businesses and consumers,” Yellen said.

People line up to get vaccinated against monkeypox in Canada on June 6 – Photo: REUTERS

* Brazilian health authorities confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country in a 41-year-old male patient who arrived in Sao Paulo city after traveling to Spain.

The mayor’s office of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, said it was also monitoring the condition of another suspected case, a 26-year-old female patient, suspected of having monkeypox despite not traveling abroad. as well as having no close contact with suspected cases.

During a press conference on June 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the number of monkeypox cases outside Africa has exceeded 1,000, spread across 29 countries.