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"It is modern-day appeasement."— Joe Biden, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, criticizing Donald Trump's pressure on Ukraine.

"Lower tariffs ease inflationary pressures and improve global liquidity conditions, both of which are typically bullish for BTC and other cryptocurrencies."— Kirill Kretov, trading automation expert at CoinPanel, commenting on the current market situation.

"If he takes the step to say he is ready for a ceasefire, then it opens the way to discussing all the elements to end the war."— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the necessity of a ceasefire and the importance of Putin's participation in the talks.

If Republicans want to be a working-class party — if we want to be a majority party — we must ignore calls to cut Medicaid and start delivering on America’s promise for America’s working people.— Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) warns against cuts to Medicaid and emphasizes the need to support social insurance programs.

We received the greatest gift imaginable – news that our beautiful son Edan is returning home after 583 days in captivity in Gaza.— Edan Alexander's family speaks about his return home.

"We will resolutely safeguard our legitimate interests and uphold international fairness and justice."— Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said this before the trade talks.

"We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place."— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a hastily arranged briefing in Kyiv.

The clock is ticking — we still have 12 hours until the end of this day.— Stefan Kornelius, government spokesperson, during a briefing about the ceasefire proposal.

"I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people."— Pope Leo XIV speaks about the war in Ukraine during his first Sunday blessing.

The President has said – and we believe him – that it is a stupid war. It should not have happened.— Steve Witkoff in an interview with Breitbart News regarding the war in Ukraine.

I believe that this rocket firing shows our people the military’s determination to protect the country’s security and safeguard our beautiful homeland.— Officer Ho Hsiang-yih told reporters this in relation to the test firing of the HIMARS rocket system.

"The people of Gaza deserve a much better future."— Donald Trump speaks about the conditions in Gaza during his address.

"A good chess player thinks several moves ahead. What he does not do is predict those moves to his opponent."— Oleksii Makeiev, Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, regarding the secrecy of arms deliveries.