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Moscow releases US-Russian former ballerina for German-Russian businessman freed by Washington.

US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was on a plane back to the United States on Thursday after being released in a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington, her lawyer and America's top diplomat said.

US-Russian ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina, who had been detained in Russia for 12 years on treason charges, has been released and is flying to the United States, according to the top US diplomat, with her lawyer saying she was part of a prisoner exchange agreed between Moscow and Washington.

Ksenia Karelina left for the US on a plane from Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning, her lawyer said

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the lawyer for a U.S.-Russian dual national jailed in Russia on treason charges say she has been freed in a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington

Ireland’s deputy premier met with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington DC on Wednesday.

Vietnam and the United States agreed to start negotiations on a reciprocal trade agreement, Hanoi said on Thursday, hours after Washington delayed imposing an enormous tariff on the Southeast Asian manufacturing powerhouse.

Argentina is bracing for fresh austerity protests Wednesday, with a 24-hour general strike slated to start at midnight against President Javier Milei, who remains focused on Washington and a new IMF loan.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries Wednesday against aligning with China on trade, as he defended President Donald Trump's move to remake the world's biggest economy through sweeping tariffs that have stoked market turmoil.

Chinese consumers in Beijing mulled their their spending habits and said they are prepared to forego American brands if that means avoiding the pinch from the escalating trade war with Washington.