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South Korea to Host Trump–Xi State Visits Amid APEC ‘Super Week’
South Korea announced that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will pay state visits next week, coinciding with Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) events the country is hosting. According to Wi Sung-lac, the presidential security adviser, President Lee Jae-myung will hold separate summit meetings with each leader, positioning Seoul as a venue for…
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Takaichi’s First Test: Defense Push under Minority Rule as Trump Arrives
Yesterday Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, entered office with an agenda centered on accelerated security reform and a first major diplomatic test: back-to-back encounters with U.S. President Donald Trump beginning around the ASEAN summit in Malaysia on Sunday and continuing with formal talks in Tokyo early next week. The timing compresses her room for…
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U.S. Sanctions Rosneft, Lukoil; Putin Defiant as Oil Jumps, War Pressure Mounts
Russian President Vladimir Putin projected defiance on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sweeping sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil producers, in a bid to compel Moscow to halt its war in Ukraine. The announcement, made as oil prices jumped roughly five percent, immediately reverberated through energy markets: Chinese state oil…
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From Drone Walls to Reparations Loans: Europe’s Hybrid-Security Turn from Copenhagen to Kyiv
European governments spent Friday, 26 September 2025, coordinating responses to a series of drone-related incidents while debating longer-term security and financing measures linked to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The day’s developments ranged from tactical steps to protect upcoming summits to strategic proposals for a large, interest-free loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian state assets.…
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Ukraine Is “Only the First”: Zelenskyy’s UN Warning Meets Kremlin Defiance and a Divided West
Volodymyr Zelenskyy used day two of the 80th United Nations General Assembly to recast Ukraine’s war as a test of the international system’s capacity to protect states and civilians beyond Europe. He argued that in today’s security environment, weapons determine survival because international law functions only when enforced by capable partners. Framing Russia’s invasion as…
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Russia Strikes Kyiv 28 Aug 2025: Europe Condemns, Summons, Reinforces
In the early hours of Thursday, 28 August 2025, Kyiv endured one of the most intense mixed drone-and-missile barrages since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, with strikes reported across all or most districts of the capital and further impacts recorded at multiple locations nationwide. Ukrainian authorities reported that at least 18 people were killed—including…
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Russia-Linked Parcel Bomb Plot Exposes Deep Sabotage Network Across Europe
German federal prosecutors have disclosed the arrest of three Ukrainian nationals—identified under German privacy law as Vladyslav T., Daniil B., and Yevhen B.—in connection with a sophisticated Russian state-sponsored sabotage operation designed to exploit European logistical infrastructure for the deployment of incendiary and explosive devices. According to a statement issued by the German federal prosecutor’s…
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Pakistan’s Tarar Reveals Intel to Avert Indian Strike, Cites Deterrence by Communication
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, Pakistani Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar appeared on CNN to deliver a carefully calibrated explanation for his government’s public disclosure of intelligence suggesting that India was preparing to launch a military strike on Pakistan within the next 24 to 36 hours. Speaking with urgency and measured authority, Tarar…
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South Korea Faces Pre-Election Turmoil Amid Court Blow and Leadership Resignations
In an extraordinary escalation of South Korea’s ongoing political crisis, a Supreme Court decision on May 1, 2025, cast a long shadow over the candidacy of Lee Jae-myung, the frontrunner in the nation’s presidential race, while a cascade of high-profile resignations shook the interim government and left the country’s leadership in yet another state of…
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Trump Approves $50M Arms Sale to Ukraine After Landmark US-Ukraine Minerals Deal
In a potential pivot in U.S.-Ukraine relations under the Trump administration, the United States has approved its first sale of military equipment to Ukraine since President Donald Trump assumed office. This landmark decision, disclosed through a communication to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, comes in the immediate aftermath of a sweeping bilateral minerals agreement…
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The Smoke of Succession: Ritual, Secrecy, and the Election of a New Pope
Following the death of Pope Francis, a carefully orchestrated sequence of religious and diplomatic events has commenced within the Vatican—events whose significance will reverberate not only through the Catholic Church but through the world’s corridors of power and popular attention. At the epicenter of this process lies the sacred and centuries-old rite of papal succession,…
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Harvard’s Constitutional Stand: Defying Executive Overreach in Defense of Academic Freedom
In an escalation of tensions between the federal executive and one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the U.S., Harvard University has initiated legal action against the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, challenging what it describes as an unlawful and unconstitutional campaign of coercion. The lawsuit, officially filed this week, seeks to…
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Myanmar’s Earthquake Survivors Face a Perfect Storm of Crisis and Neglect
In the weeks following a devastating earthquake, central Myanmar remains engulfed in a humanitarian crisis marked by an unforgiving combination of natural disasters, infrastructural collapse, and insufficient relief capacities. On March 28, 2025, at approximately 12:50 PM local time, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Mandalay, registering at a shallow depth of only 10…
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The Passing of Pope Francis and the Legacy of Mercy
At 7:35 a.m. on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, announced from Casa Santa Marta that “the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,” commending the eighty‑eight‑year‑old pontiff, who had devoted “his entire life to the service of the Lord and of his Church,” to divine mercy. Francis—born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, first Jesuit, Latin‑American, and Southern‑Hemisphere pope—had lived with chronic pulmonary weakness since…
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How the Trump Administration Dismantled America’s Defense Against Foreign Disinformation
In a move emblematic of the Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to dismantle mechanisms perceived as encroachments on First Amendment rights, the U.S. Department of State has officially closed its final remaining office dedicated to countering foreign disinformation efforts. The closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) hub—a successor to the Global Engagement…
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Retreat from Multilateralism: The Trump Administration’s Bid to Dismantle U.S. Support for U.N. Peacekeeping
In a significant and contentious maneuver emblematic of a deeper reconfiguration of American global strategy, the White House Office of Management and Budget, under the Trump administration, has proposed a complete elimination of U.S. contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations. This proposal, disclosed through internal planning documents obtained by Reuters journalists, represents a major departure…
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Djuro Macut’s Appointment and the Struggle for Political Legitimacy in Serbia
In a decisive move by Serbia’s ruling parliamentary majority, Djuro Macut, a medical professor with no prior political experience, was formally instated as the country’s new Prime Minister, marking a calculated pivot amid a wave of sustained civil unrest and institutional discontent. The elevation of Macut—widely regarded as a political novice—comes in the wake of…
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Ursula von der Leyen and the Geopolitical Reinvention of the European Union
In an extensive interview conducted by ZEIT journalists Ulrich Ladurner and Bernd Ulrich, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, articulates with striking clarity the nature of Europe’s unfolding transformation in a world increasingly unmoored from post-Cold War certainties. Marked by relentless crises—ranging from the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to…
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EU Declares Seven Nations Safe to Speed Up Deportations
In a significant recalibration of the European Union’s asylum policy framework, the European Commission has officially published a revised list of seven countries designated as “safe,” signaling a strategic tightening of its migration management approach. The countries newly classified as safe include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco, and Tunisia. This development represents a direct…
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Responsibility for Germany: A Centrist Gamble in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty
Germany’s new political coalition between the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union (CSU), together with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), marks a significant attempt to stabilize both domestic governance and European unity amidst a fraught geopolitical landscape. Formed in April 2025 within a remarkable span of just…
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The MAGA Majority: Trump’s Transformation of the GOP
As the presidency of Donald J. Trump enters its second hundred-day phase, the Republican Party reveals a striking transformation in its ideological and identity-based composition, increasingly defined by unwavering loyalty to Trump’s personalist political brand—Make America Great Again (MAGA). The contours of this consolidation, documented in a March 2025 NBC News poll, indicate not merely…
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Jamie Dimon’s Call for U.S.-China Dialogue to Safeguard Global Stability
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, articulated an imperative for renewed U.S.-China engagement, advocating strongly for immediate, respectful, and sustained dialogue to mitigate escalating trade tensions and avert damaging economic decoupling. Speaking extensively to Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, Dimon explained the geopolitical and economic dynamics that underpin this bilateral relationship. He acknowledged…
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Journalism on Trial: Four Russian Reporters Sentenced as “Extremists”
On April 15, 2025, the Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced four Russian journalists—Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger, Konstantin Gabov, and Sergey Karelin—to five and a half years in prison each on charges of “participating in an extremist organization.” The prosecution alleged that the journalists were involved with the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and the NavalnyLIVE YouTube…
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Harvard vs Trump Administration: Battle Over Academic Freedom and Federal Oversight
In a significant escalation of its confrontation with higher education institutions, the Trump administration has initiated a sweeping punitive measure against Harvard University by freezing approximately $2.3 billion in federal funds. This decision, officially communicated by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday, 14 April 2025, is framed as a direct response to Harvard’s refusal…
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Authoritarian Harmony: Trump, Bukele, and the Geopolitics of Deportation, Denial, and Judicial Defiance
In a tense and politically fraught meeting at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele amid escalating legal and diplomatic backlash over the recent deportation of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland resident wrongly expelled to El Salvador. This high-profile encounter unfolded against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s increasingly…
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Hungary Entrenches Anti-Gay Policies in Constitution Amid Protests and EU Condemnation
On April 14, 2025, the government of Hungary, under the leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his right-wing Fidesz party, enacted a sweeping constitutional amendment that codifies a series of authoritarian policies targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, dual nationals, and civil society more broadly. Officially recognized as the fifteenth constitutional amendment since 2011, the measure was…
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Péter Magyar Vows to Restore EU Ties and Revive Hungary’s Economy Ahead of 2026 Election
In an important moment for Hungary’s political trajectory, Péter Magyar, the rising leader of the opposition Tisza Party, publicly committed himself to unblocking billions of euros in suspended European Union funds as a core objective of his electoral program, aiming to catalyze Hungary’s stagnant economy and reorient the nation’s geopolitical course after years of institutional…
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Crisis, Command, and Constitution: The Trial of Yoon Suk Yeol and the Test of South Korean Democracy
In a huge moment for South Korea’s democratic trajectory, the criminal trial of the ousted former president Yoon Suk Yeol began on April 14, 2025, at the Seoul Central District Court, marking an crucial juncture in the nation’s democratic history. The hearing, presided over by a nation still reeling from months of political paralysis and…
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Palm Sunday Massacre: Russia’s Deadly Strike in Sumy Sparks Global Fury
In a brutal escalation of its campaign against Ukrainian civilians, Russia launched a deadly missile strike on the northeastern city of Sumy on the morning of Sunday, April 13, 2025. At approximately 10:15 a.m. local time, while congregants were preparing for Palm Sunday worship—a symbolic prelude to Easter—the city became the scene of one of…
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Argentina Ends Capital Controls After $20B IMF Deal in High-Risk Bid for Economic Reform
Argentina’s libertarian administration, under the leadership of President Javier Milei, has undertaken a radical and high-risk transformation of the country’s economic architecture by announcing the immediate dismantling of long-standing capital and currency controls. This bold move—described by President Milei as a foundational shift toward economic liberalization—has been rendered feasible by a $20 billion financial stabilization…
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Trump’s Executive Orders Reveal Deep Alignment With Project 2025’s Radical Blueprint
In the opening months of his new term, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an astonishing 92 executive orders—an unprecedented volume that has drawn sharp scrutiny for its extraordinary resemblance to the contents of Project 2025, a comprehensive and radical conservative policy agenda developed by the Heritage Foundation. Although Trump has repeatedly and publicly denied any…
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Trump’s Ultimatum: “All Hell to Pay” if Iran Pursues Nuclear Weapons
On April 11, 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt conveyed President Donald Trump’s unwavering stance regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Leavitt articulated that the President’s paramount goal is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. While the administration favors diplomatic avenues, Leavitt emphasized that “all options are on the table” should these efforts prove unsuccessful.…
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Serbia Divided: Vučić’s Rally Meets Student-Led Resistance from Novi Pazar to Strasbourg
In Serbia, an increasingly stark divide is materializing between the government of President Aleksandar Vučić and a resurgent grassroots opposition movement led largely by students and civic groups, with the tension reaching a symbolic crescendo in two contrasting cities—Belgrade and Novi Pazar. On April 12, 2025, Belgrade witnessed the second day of a government-organized mass…
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Trump Militarizes Border: Expands Military Authority, Erodes Civil and Legal Boundaries
In a great escalation of executive authority and the militarization of immigration enforcement, U.S. President Donald Trump has formally authorized the deployment of the armed forces to take control of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border, effectively transforming large swaths of the southwestern frontier into militarized zones under Department of Defense jurisdiction. The authorization was…
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The Largest Market Crash in History and the Collapse of American Governance
On April 4th and 5th, 2025, the West experienced the largest two-day stock market loss in its history, a collapse rooted not in a singular market anomaly or external economic shock, but in the concatenation of deliberate executive decisions undertaken by President Donald J. Trump and his administration. These policies, aimed at rapidly dismantling major…
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Hands Off the Republic: A Rising Tide of Resistance Against Trump and Musk’s New Order
In the United States and across six other nations, a mass mobilization of dissent is underway, organized in reaction to the intensifying conservative overhaul being imposed by President Donald Trump and his influential private-sector ally, Elon Musk. Today, on April 5, 2025, over 1,200 coordinated demonstrations are scheduled to erupt simultaneously on a single day—Saturday—marking…
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The Kryvyi Rih Attack: Russia’s Missile Strike and the Toll on Ukrainian Civilians
In the late hours of April 3rd, 2025, a brutal Russian missile strike devastated a residential neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, killing at least 19 people, among them nine children. According to reports from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and regional officials, approximately 50 people were injured, with…
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The Cyber Purge: Trump’s Dismissal of NSA Leadership Amid Loyalty Fears and Rising Threats
On April 3, 2025, President Donald Trump directed the dismissal of General Timothy Haugh from his dual roles as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command. This decision also encompassed the removal of his civilian deputy, Wendy Noble, who was reassigned within the Pentagon. The administration has not provided…
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Fall of a President: Yoon Suk Yeol and the Crisis of South Korean Democracy
In a moment of constitutional reckoning, the Republic of Korea has witnessed the definitive removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol from office following a unanimous ruling by the Constitutional Court. The court’s decision, delivered in a live broadcast on April 4, 2025, marks a historic rupture in the nation’s democratic trajectory. As articulated by acting…
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China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan: A Stark Warning Amid Rising Tensions
On April 1, 2025, China launched a series of military drills involving its army, navy, and rocket forces around Taiwan. These exercises, framed as a stern warning against Taiwan’s separatism, come amid rising tensions over Taiwan’s stance on independence, which Beijing fiercely opposes. The timing is critical, as it follows recent remarks by Taiwanese President…
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Standoff on the Brink: Iran Vows Retaliation Amid Trump’s Renewed Nuclear Threats
In a forceful declaration reflecting both the gravity of regional geopolitics and the embattled resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a stark warning in response to escalating threats from former U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking publicly at the close of Ramadan in Tehran, Khamenei vowed that any act…
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After the Shock: Myanmar’s Struggle for Survival Amid Earthquake and Conflict
The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been thrust into a deepening humanitarian catastrophe following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck on March 28, 2025, at 12:50 p.m. local time. The quake, one of the strongest in the region in recent history, had its epicenter near Mandalay and originated from movement along the Sagaing Fault at…
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Shattered at Dawn: The West Detroit Apartment Explosion and the Urgency of Urban Safety
In the pre-dawn stillness of West Detroit on the morning of April 1st, 2025, a violent and unexplained explosion shattered the lives of twelve residents of a small apartment complex, igniting a desperate and heroic emergency response effort that likely prevented even greater tragedy. At approximately 4:00 AM, emergency calls flooded in reporting a suspected…
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The Pseudo-Left in Slovenia: Levica Party as Fake Leftism
In an age where political categories have grown murky, and ideological labels are often worn like fashionable costumes rather than serious commitments, Slovenia’s political party Levica (The Left) offers a striking example of pseudo-leftism: a hollow mimicry of traditional leftist values cloaking an agenda that, in practice, undermines the very constituencies it claims to represent.…
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Greenland Resists U.S. Pressure: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and the Geopolitics of the Arctic
In the immediate aftermath of his electoral victory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the newly inaugurated Prime Minister of Greenland and leader of the center-right Demokraatit party, issued an unequivocal rejection of renewed American ambitions over Greenlandic sovereignty. Through a sharply worded statement, Nielsen reaffirmed the island’s status as a self-governing entity within the Kingdom of Denmark, declaring,…
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South Sudan on the Brink: Power Struggles, Ethnic Divisions, and the Possible Collapse of a Fragile Peace
In March 2025, South Sudan’s fragile peace was shattered when Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest by government forces. A convoy of over 20 heavily armed vehicles, led by top government officials, entered Machar’s residence in Juba, disarmed his bodyguards, and detained him and his wife, Interior Minister Angelina Teny, under unclear…
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Marine Le Pen’s Conviction and the Reconfiguration of France’s Far-Right Politics
Marine Le Pen, the prominent leader of France’s far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, has been dealt a decisive legal and political blow by a Paris court, which found her guilty of misappropriating European Union funds. This conviction, rendered in late March 2025, has resulted not only in a criminal sentence—a four-year prison term, with…
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Margins of Power: Cost-of-Living and the Battle for Australia’s Federal Majority
As the Australian federal election nears, both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are intensely focused on key battlegrounds and economic pressures to secure electoral victory. Western Australia (WA) is central to this effort. Labor’s four-seat gain in WA during the 2022 election underpins its current three-seat majority, prompting Albanese to visit…
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Frozen Province: Ontario Crippled by Devastating Ice Storm and Infrastructure Collapse
A severe ice storm has struck Ontario, causing widespread devastation and leaving over 360,000 homes and businesses without power. According to CBC’s Nicole Williams, hydro crews have restored electricity to about 200,000 customers, but restoration remains slow due to hazardous conditions, extensive ice accumulation, and ongoing rain in Ottawa. Regions such as Barrie, Kingston, and…
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