Early bird: Trump's trade war has begun. Ex-MP Feri faces another rape charge

The world faces the threat of a global recession due to Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump declared a state of economic emergency in the US and announced tariffs of at least 10% for all countries, with rates even higher for 60 countries or trading blocs that have a high trade deficit with the US.

China is most affected. China, the second largest exporter to the US after Mexico, will now face a 54% tariff and has threatened countermeasures. The EU is also preparing countermeasures. Global markets are shaken: Following the announcement of the tariffs, US and Asian stock markets plummeted. Gold reached a new record as investors seek safer investments. Leading economists for CNN stated that they fear that tariffs could lead to a global recession.

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Ex-deputy Feri is being investigated for another rape of a seventeen-year-old girl

Dominik Feri, who was the youngest deputy in the history of the Chamber of Deputies, is now serving a three-year sentence for rape. Due to a sexual harassment case, he was also expelled from the TOP 09 party. He is now facing another rape charge of a seventeen-year-old girl. While she had sexual intercourse with him voluntarily, Feri removed the condom against her will during intercourse. Her testimony was initially dismissed by the Czech Police, but after her complaint to the Constitutional Court, it was decided that such behavior can also be qualified as rape. Feri denies guilt, reported ČTK.

US government employees are banned from sexual relations with Chinese

The US government has banned American government employees in China, as well as their family members, from engaging in romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, according to the Associated Press. The policy, introduced by departing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns in January shortly before leaving China, was reported by four people to the AP agency. These individuals wished to speak only on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the details of the new confidential directive.

Although some American agencies already had strict rules for such relationships, a widespread policy of "non-fraternization", as it is called, has not been heard of publicly since the Cold War. It is not unusual for American diplomats in other countries to go out with local people and even marry them.

Tusk's coalition faces cyber attacks from Russia

 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated on Wednesday that his centrist political party has become the target of a cyber attack, suggesting that it could have been a strike from the east, from Russia or Belarus, ahead of the presidential elections, which will take place in Poland next month. Tusk announced on platform X that the target of the attack was the computer system of his party Civic Platform.

"Foreign interference in elections is beginning. Services point to the eastern route,"

Tusk specifically stated according to the AP agency. The head of Tusk's office, Jan Grabiec, told the Polish state press agency PAP, that the cyber attack consisted in attempting to control the computers of Civic Platform office employees and the election staff over a period of approximately ten hours on Wednesday.

Sources: AP, CNN, ČTK