US President Donald Trump on February 3 signed a decree on the creation of the National Welfare Fund, Bloomberg reports. Trump told reporters in the Oval office that he instructed the Minister of Finance Scott to Besent and candidate for the post of minister of trade Howard Lutnik to lead the work to create the fund. Immptor, in turn, said that the fund will be created over the next 12 months.

The US presidential administration discusses the possibility of introducing duties of 10% of the import of goods from the European Union, the British newspaper The Telegraph said with reference to sources close to the Donald Trump administration.

The US presidential administration Donald Trump for a short time stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine from assistance packages approved by the previous administration, Reuters said on February 3, referring to sources. According to them, deliveries resumed last weekend, that is, February 1-2. The sending of weapons from the reserves of the American army was resumed after the White House abandoned his original idea to stop all assistance to Ukraine, two interlocutors of the agency said.

US President Donald Trump said that he was going to conclude an agreement with the Ukrainian authorities, according to which Kyiv will receive American assistance in exchange for rare -earth metals. Trump's words are given by AFP on February 3. “We strive to conclude an agreement with Ukraine, in the framework of which they will provide what we give them, with their rare earth metals and other things,” Trump said during communication with journalists in the White House.

The Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Ontario Dag Ford announced that the region will break the contract with the Starlink Internet service, which is provided by SpaceX, Ilona Mask, in response to large-scale duties introduced by US President Donald Trump in relation to Canada. It is reported by Associated Press February 3. “We will tear the province of the province with Starlink. Ontario will not deal with people who want to destroy our economy.

The administration of the 46th US President Joe Biden slowed down decisions on arms deliveries to Ukraine in the last year of his work as president, Reuters reported on February 3, which analyzed US expenses and talked with more than 40 Ukrainian and American officials and politicians.

Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, proposed to amend an administrative article on citizens of military registration duties (21.5 Administrative Code). According to RBC and Interfax, Kartapolov proposes to tighten the responsibility for the non -rejection of moving for more than three months. How much fines will increase, publications do not report.

Presidents of Mexico and the United States Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump came to an agreement on the deferment of 25 percent duties on the import of Mexican goods in the United States. Shanbaum reported this in social networks. According to Shanbaum, the agreement was achieved by the results of the “good” personal conversation of the two presidents. The delay will be valid for one month.

The Munich edition of Merkur drew attention to the announcement of the sale of villas on the shores of Lake Tegernze in the Bavarian community of Rott-Egern. The villa is sold for 25 million euros. According to the Immowelt real estate portal, which has been tracking prices since 1996, now it is the most expensive real estate object in Germany. The villa costs almost 10 million more than the previous leader of the rating, at home in the city of Campen on the island of Zilt.

There is little economic meaning in this. But this does not mean that there is no sense at all Chip somodevilla / getty images In the United States, on February 4, tariffs for imported goods from the three largest partner countries begin to operate: 25%-for Canadian and Mexican, 10% for Chinese. Most experts insist that there is little economic meaning in this - moreover, the new policy is likely to only harm the American industry. But the matter, apparently, is not at all in the economy.

The funds of entrepreneurs Boris Zimin and Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced the support program for Russian -speaking projects, which temporarily ended up without financing against the background of the US State Department for freezing foreign assistance programs. Messages about this were published in the telegram channels of Khodorkovsky and Zimin Foundation .

The reward is completely inexplicable (about nothing works in the film) Sundance Institute / AP / Scanpix / Leta Alia Shkata in the stage from Atropy The main prize of the Sandance festival this year went to atropy - the drama of the actress and director Haley Gates about fake Iraqi villages in California, where American soldiers trained before sending to the war zone. At the request of Medusa, the film critic Elena Smolina tells about this witty project, which ultimately did not work.

The UN monitoring mission has announced a sharp increase in reports about the murders of prisoners of Ukrainian troops by Russians. The corresponding press release is posted on the website of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Since the end of August 2024, the monitoring mission recorded the murders of 79 people in 24 separate incidents - either at the place after surrender, or during the control of the Russian armed forces.

Alexey Maishev / RIA Novosti / satellite / Scanpix / Leta The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation prepared changes to the “Regulation on Military Medical Expertise”, which significantly change the procedure for the medical examination of the military and conscripts, the human rights movement of conscious refusers reported on February 3.

The main thing from the publication of The Wall Street Journal Artem Pryakhin / Sopa Images / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta Atomic icebreaker "Yakutia" near the Canon Island in St. Petersburg. January 3, 2025 Russia strengthens its influence in the Arctic, including due to cooperation with China in the military and trade areas. Countries are conducting joint patrols with the participation of ships and bombers, and NATO is responsible for exercises.