Trade : Vance praises India for finalizing terms of reference for bilateral FTA (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yerevan)
United States Vice President J D Vance on 22 April seemingly strongly praised India, saying that "he wants to build the future with our partners all over the globe" while simultaneously seeking greater market access to its markets for US products ranging from agriculture, pharmaceuticals, energy to defense hardware, in a development that could drastically tilt the balance of trade in favour of the US, according to several commentators.

UN : Critical funding shortfalls hampering life-saving response in Ethiopia (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks are leaving millions without sufficient nutritious food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on 22 April.

Opinion : Trump wants world to subsidise US empire (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
Donald Trump's top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to "persuade" other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.