US Treasury Secretary Bessent on foreigners targeting US firms, says "we cannot have this" and pushing Canada and Europe on digital services taxes

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US Treasury Secretary Bessent on foreigners targeting US firms, says "we cannot have this" and pushing Canada and Europe on digital services taxes

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Russia's Dmitriev says trilateral discussions with Ukraine on diplomatic track are possible when "time is right" and Russia will continue bilateral track with US on energy and economy

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US CENTCOM says it has redirected 127 commercial vessels, and disabled 6 non-compliant ships

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