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A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated many of Donald Trump's tariffs,

a day after the United States Court of International Trade ruled that America's president lacked the

authority to impose them. The Trump administration had swiftly sought to appeal the earlier ruling

and said it planned to ask the Supreme Court for emergency relief as soon as Friday.

Israel announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, the biggest such expansion

in decades.

Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, hailed the move as changing the face of the region.

The UN has condemned all such settlements as illegal under international law.

Israel's move will further strain relations with its allies, which are already taxed by the war

in Gaza.

Victor Orban, Hungary's Prime Minister, endorsed Carol Navlowski, the nationalist opposition candidate in Poland's presidential

election. Speaking at CPAC, a right-wing get-together in Budapest, Mr. Orban, vowed that the populist

right would take Europe back from the migrants and preserve Christian culture. Poland's foreign minister, Radislav Sikovsky, mockingly congratulated Mr. Novrotsky on the endorsement,

asking whether he would emulate Mr. Orban's pro-Russian policies.

Russia accused Serbia's military industry of selling weapons to Ukraine, claiming that it is

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