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Belarus began military drills over three days on Tuesday in regions along its borders with Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, the Defense Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. The exercises will be held in the Gomel and Grodno regions and are intended to prepare officers and territorial defense personnel for possible defence of their respective regions, as well as practicing protocols in the event martial law is enacted in the country.

Singapore tightens antimoney laundering rules for crypto players

China hosts Vietnam, Laos, East Timor - Ministers in ASEAN outreach :

% of the probability of a Fed rate cut in June fell below 50% following strong ISM data.** US manufacturing activity has increased for the first time since 2022 with the amount of Fed rate cuts covered in swap contracts for this year falling to less than 65 basis points, less than the Fed officials had forecast themselves.

**An Israeli airstrike on Iran's embassy compound in Syria ****killed(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/iran-says-israeli strike-on-embassy-compound-killed-top-general?srnd=homepage-europe)** **distressed Iranian and Syrian state media** https://tinyurl.com/2ba22qnu

** Verdict for the US economy:** Danger(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/us-government-debt-risk-a-million-simulations-show-danger-ahead?srnd=homepage europe ) ahead. Bloomberg Economics ran a million simulations of forecasting the US debt outlook, and 88% of them show that the debt is on an unsustainable path https://tinyurl.com/24vyr9jd

Pakistan votes for senators as public trust in politics declines

Xi calls Indonesia High-Speed Rail a 'Gold Standard' of ties in Japan.

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KDDI-backed KKCompany to jumpstart AI services in Japan, Southeast Asia