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Witkoff scrambles for peace deal with Russia as sanctions loom targeting India, China
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White House envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing for a trip to Russia on Wednesday, two days ahead of President Donald Trump’s Aug. 8 deadline for Moscow to enter into a ceasefire or face stiff sanctions.
But the escalated deadline, which Trump cut by nearly a month last week after first issuing Russian President Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline in mid-July, has done little to curb the Kremlin’s violence in Ukraine.
If a peace deal is not reached by Friday, Putin’s chief commodity will become the primary target as the U.S. will begin 100% sanctions on nations that purchase Russian oil in a move to dissuade them from fueling Russia’s economy, and by extension, its war chest.
Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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But even with the threat of possibly lower oil sales to nations like India and China, which are the world’s top purchasers of Russian oil, reports on Tuesday suggested that Witkoff’s last-ditch effort to talk peace with Putin is not expected to make much, if any, headway.
A report by Reuters said that not only is little expected from Witkoff’s efforts, but Putin is also undeterred by Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions.
Trump on Tuesday told CNBC that he planned to raise the current 25% tariffs on India «very substantially» within the next 24 hours.
«They’re fueling the war machine, and if they’re going to do that, then I’m not going to be happy,» he said.
Given that Trump has already said he plans to hit any nation that trades with Moscow with 100% secondary sanctions, it is unclear if he still plans to hit both India and China with trading fines this high.
Neither the White House nor the Treasury Department returned Fox News Digital’s questions regarding the unclear looming tariff rates.
But India has pushed back on the tariffs, calling them «unjustified and unreasonable.»
President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In a statement on Monday, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for India’s foreign ministry, said following Russia’s invasion and subsequent Western boycotts of Russian oil, the U.S. allegedly encouraged India to import Russian gas «for strengthening global energy markets stability.»
But it is not just financial aid that India is accused of being involved in when it comes to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ukraine on Tuesday said it had found «Indian-made components in Russian attack drones – including the Shahed/Geran models.»
«Russia must be denied access to foreign-made parts that enable these weapons and the killing of Ukrainians,» Andriy Yermak, presidential chief of staff, said on X.
These drones have infamously been used to not only hit military points along the front lines in Ukraine, but have routinely targeted Ukrainian civilians, including in a series of overnight strikes.
«Last night, the Russians launched a ballistic missile and nearly 50 UAVs against Ukraine, most of them Russian-Iranian ‘shaheds,’» Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. «Many drones were shot down by our defenders, but unfortunately, there were hits.»
Zelenskyy confirmed that one person was killed and 10 were injured, including two children, after 25 shahed drones pounded the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region.
The Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Sumy regions were also struck, and two others were apparently injured.
Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)
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«Once again, the Russian army is hunting civilians in an attempt to terrorize frontline cities and communities,» Zelenskyy said.
Despite concerns that sanctions could have little effect on Putin’s war ambitions, Zelenskyy argued they could «contribute» to ending the war.
«The world now sees that sanctions against Russia, and secondary sanctions against all those who help it profiteer from oil, can work if they are strong enough,» he said. «Therefore, pressure must be increased, and this will undoubtedly contribute to peace.»
Fox News Digital could not immediately reach the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C., or Witkoff’s team for comment.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker blasted President Donald Trump as a «wannabe dictator» Monday, accusing him of trying to «occupy» Chicago with National Guard troops after reports the White House is preparing a possible deployment as soon as September.
The Democrat railed against a Washington Post report detailing the potential move, warning that Trump was escalating rhetoric against Chicago and its leaders over crime.
«This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against,» Pritzker said at a press conference in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.
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«What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.»
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to reporters in front of Trump Tower in Chicago as he denounces a potential plan by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to the city. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Pritzker vowed to fight the move in court, accusing Trump of trying to occupy a U.S. city for political gain.
«Go talk to the people of Chicago who are enjoying a gorgeous afternoon in this city… ask if they want their neighborhoods turned into a war zone by a wannabe dictator,» Pritzker said, flanked by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local officials.
«Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab.»
The Democrat said Trump was trying to militarize a blue state while simultaneously slashing $800 million in federal crime prevention grants. Most of the grants were headed to nonprofits and local community groups, not to police departments or federal law enforcement.
Pritzker said that crime rates are down in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, and that Trump’s narrative of the city being engulfed in crime is manufactured.
For instance, he said that murders are down 32% compared to last year and nearly cut in half since 2021.
«You are neither wanted here nor needed here,» Pritzker added. «We will see the Trump administration in court. We will use every lever at our disposal to protect the people of Illinois and their rights.»
Hours earlier Trump suggested he would prefer to be «asked» before sending troops. He has been floating the idea of deploying the National Guard in Chicago, replicating operations in Washington D.C. which has also seen the federal government take control of the local police. More than 1,000 arrests have been made and the capital has gone 11 days straight without a homicide, according to the latest figures.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers remarks in Chicago alongside Mayor Brandon Johnson and other officials after reports the White House is preparing to deploy National Guard troops to the city. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
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National Guard units sent without state approval are generally restricted to defending federal property and personnel. When Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles in June over anti-ICE protests, they were confined to federal buildings and escort duties for immigration agents. In Washington, D.C., which is under federal jurisdiction, Guard units have conducted armed patrols alongside local police.
«In a certain way, you really want to be asked to go,» Trump told reporters, before taking a jab at Pritzker: «He has to spend more time in the gym.»
Trump continued his attacks on Pritzker and ripped the Windy City’s crime record.
«I’m thinking about you know, when I have some slob like Pritzker criticizing us before we even go there. I made the statement that next year be Chicago because, as you all know, Chicago’s a killing field right now and they don’t acknowledge it. And they say, we don’t need him.»
Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024, marking the 13th straight year Chicago has led the nation in total murders, according to Chicago Police Department data compiled by Wirepoints.
According to the Council on Criminal Justice’s year-end 2024 update, aggravated assaults declined by 4% compared to 2023 but remained 4% higher than in 2019, gun assaults fell 15% though they were still 5% above 2019 levels, and carjackings dropped 32% year-over-year yet were 25% higher than in 2019.
Meanwhile, Johnson echoed Pritzker’s defiance, insisting Chicagoans don’t want a «military occupation.»
«We believe that you don’t solve crime by sending in the military,» Johnson said. «The last thing that Chicagoans want is someone from the outside of our city who doesn’t know our city, trying to dictate and tell us what our city needs.»
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office as he continues to defend a potential National Guard deployment to Chicago. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Johnson called the plan «a stunt,» saying Trump’s targeting of Chicago is rooted in racism.
«We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence. We’ve already tried that, and we’ve ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence,» Johnson said.
«The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country. We have moved past that. It is racist. It is immoral. It is unholy. And it is not the way to drive violence down.»
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El astrofísico Adam Becker advirtió sobre la obsesión de la élite tecnológica por la inmortalidad y el control global
Un nuevo libro de Adam Becker, reseñado por MIT Technology Review, examina la situación del progreso de la inteligencia artificial (IA), argumentando que hay una perspectiva compartida por los principales magnates tecnológicos del sector, que siguen raíces filosóficas e históricas. En “More Everything Forever” (Más de todo para siempre), Becker expone que figuras como Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos y Elon Musk impulsan una ideología que, según él, promete consecuencias profundas para la sociedad y el planeta.
El libro parte de la premisa de que los líderes tecnológicos más influyentes no solo buscan innovar, sino que intentan rediseñar el destino de la humanidad. Sus proyectos van desde alinear la IA con los intereses humanos y crear una superinteligencia capaz de resolver problemas globales, hasta fusionar la mente con la tecnología para alcanzar la inmortalidad, establecer colonias autosuficientes en Marte y expandirse por el cosmos. Becker sostiene que todas estas metas comparten una misma base: la “ideología de la salvación tecnológica”.
Entre los líderes de este movimiento destacan Sam Altman, CEO de Open AI; Jeff Bezos, fundador de Amazon e impulsor de la exploración espacial privada; Elon Musk, creador de Tesla, SpaceX y GROK, conocido por sus ambiciones interplanetarias; Marc Andreessen, autor del “Manifiesto Tecno-Optimista”; y Ray Kurzweil, promotor de la Singularidad. Todos ellos, de acuerdo al análisis de MIT Technology Review, mantienen la convicción de que la tecnología debe resolver cualquier desafío y que el crecimiento perpetuo es moralmente necesario.
Becker identifica tres rasgos principales de esta ideología: fe inquebrantable en la tecnología como solución universal, creencia en el crecimiento sin fin y una obsesión cuasi religiosa por superar los límites humanos. Según el autor, hay una doctrina común donde “se encuentra la idea de escape y trascendencia, así como la promesa de un futuro asombroso, lleno de maravillas inimaginables, siempre que no se obstaculice el progreso tecnológico”. Esta visión, según Becker, permite a la élite tecnológica presentar la expansión de sus empresas como un imperativo moral y justificar cualquier acción en nombre del avance.
La obra explora las ideas y movimientos que nutren esta cosmovisión. Becker traza un recorrido que va desde los fundamentos del transhumanismo de Max More en los años noventa hasta la actual ideología de la salvación tecnológica, pasando por la llamada “ideología californiana”, una mezcla de valores contraculturales y neoliberales. Conceptos como el altruismo efectivo, el racionalismo, el extropianismo, el aceleracionismo efectivo, el futurismo y el singularitarianismo figuran como variantes del mismo núcleo ideológico. El punto en común es claro: el futuro será extraordinario si se permite la innovación sin trabas.
En este entramado, la Singularidad, momento en que la IA supere a la capacidad humana y y pueda mejorarse a sí misma de forma autónoma, ocupa un lugar central. Kurzweil sostiene la existencia de una “Ley de Rendimientos Acelerados”, según la cual el progreso tecnológico sigue una curva exponencial. Becker cuestiona este supuesto y advierte sobre la mala interpretación de fenómenos como la Ley de Moore, que describe la duplicación de transistores en los chips pero no garantiza un avance perpetuo.
Becker advierte sobre los riesgos sociales, ambientales y políticos de la ideología del progreso sin fin. Su preocupación se basa en que la fe en la salvación tecnológica sea utilizada como excusa para la depredación ambiental, la acumulación de poder, la evasión de regulaciones, además de distraer de los problemas reales del presente a favor de futuros hipotéticos. Sostiene que en la última década, la falta de regulación y de escrutinio mediático permitió que estas visiones se instalaran sin oposición significativa.
El atractivo de estas ideas no se limita a la élite de Silicon Valley, argumenta Becker. Muchas personas encuentran consuelo en la promesa de un futuro predecible, la posibilidad de trascender la muerte y la sensación de que alguien —o algo— tiene el control. El autor observa que en comunidades racionalistas y de altruismo efectivo, es habitual encontrar antiguos evangélicos, lo que sugiere un paralelismo entre la función de la religión y la narrativa tecnológica.
A lo largo del análisis, MIT Technology Review resalta la advertencia de Becker sobre el peligro de aceptar estas visiones como inevitables. Insiste en que solo reconociendo el carácter problemático de estos sueños tecnológicos se podrá desafiar su supuesta predestinación. Cuando la sociedad advierta que esos futuros prometidos podrían transformarse en pesadillas colectivas, la sensación de inevitabilidad que rodea la ideología de la salvación tecnológica comenzará a desvanecerse.
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