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State leaders took part in the first plenary session of the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.

Japan will step up efforts to support Ukraine in the energy sector.

The G7 countries are planning to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, with the EU countries not participating directly but providing guarantee mechanisms.

World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for the Peace Summit, and European officials have spoken out about the impact of the event.

Japan plans to hold an international conference on demining in Ukraine in the fall of 2025 to address the issue of anti-personnel mines left by Russian troops.

G7 leaders gather for their annual summit in Italy, seeking to double down on support for Ukraine with a $50 billion loan package using frozen Russian assets, confront China's economic ambitions, and discuss issues such as artificial intelligence, while also facing domestic challenges.

At the upcoming G7 summit in Italy, Ukraine and the United States plan to sign a bilateral security agreement, according to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The G7 countries plan to create a fund that uses revenues from frozen Russian assets to provide financial assistance to Ukraine without requiring a refund, media reports say.

According to Ruvin, the EU special representative was shown the wreckage and electronic components of ballistic and cruise missiles, attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles and other weapons used by the Russian Federation in war crimes against Ukraine.

The G7 is expected to issue a strict warning to small Chinese banks to stop helping Russia evade Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

Due to the poor seaweed harvest and growing global demand, prices for Japanese seaweed such as wakame and nori have skyrocketed, negatively affecting households and restaurants in Japan.

Ukraine and Japan are finalizing an agreement on cooperation in the full recovery of Ukraine's economy and infrastructure over the next 10 years.

Seven workers were injured in an explosion at a shipyard in Osaka, Japan, during gas welding and cleaning operations.

Finance ministers will consider using the profits from immobilized Russian assets in the West to provide a large-scale loan to Ukraine after the G7 summit in June.

Japan is introducing new measures to increase the birth rate. These include the abolition of the income threshold for child allowance. for a child. Tokyo is also launching a dating app.

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the Ukrainian-Japanese Convention on the elimination of double taxation, which sets restrictions on the taxation of dividends, interest and royalties between the two countries to facilitate economic relations and reduce tax barriers.

Taiwan has banned the export of nitrocellulose products with a nitrogen content below 12. 2% to russia and belarus in order to eliminate loopholes in international export controls and prevent potential use in the production of weapons.

Bank of America believes that the growth of the semiconductor market will continue until mid-2026. Analysts also predict that chip stocks will not reach their peak until then, due to the development of artificial intelligence.

More than 3,000 foreign components from more than 30 countries, including Western and Asian countries, have been found in weapons used by Russia to attack Ukraine.

Two strong earthquakes of magnitude 5. 9 and 4.8 occurred in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, causing minor damage to the Shika power plant, but without any disruption to nearby nuclear power plants.

Since 2022, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has published thirteen public reports outlining studies of various types of weapons used by Russia in Ukraine, including russian, Iranian and North Korean weapons systems.

According to US Deputy Secretary of state Kart Campbell, the United States is considering imposing sanctions on Chinese firms and financial institutions that systematically support Russia in the war against Ukraine.

The IT coalition, led by Estonia and Luxembourg, raised 58 million euros to help Ukraine, and Spain soon joined the initiative.

The EU is considering imposing import duties on Russian goods such as food, nuclear fuel and medicines to reduce Russia's export revenues and use the funds received to support Ukraine in the ongoing war.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile towards the sea of Japan, which flew about 350 kilometers.

According to a report by Amnesty International, at least 1,153 people were executed worldwide in 2023, up 31% from the previous year, with a sharp increase in Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Seven people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Evignard, which brought strong winds, heavy rains and caused disruptions to airports, seaports and power supply.

Japan has scrambled its fighter jets after detecting a new Chinese Wing Loong-10 reconnaissance and strike drone near Okinawa Prefecture.

At the trilateral summit, Japan, South Korea, and China reaffirmed the importance of North Korea's denuclearization and agreed to continue efforts to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue politically.

Deliveries of shells from the EU to Ukraine are delayed due to a shortage of explosives and limited production capacity in Europe.