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Apple has unveiled its results for the first quarter of 2025, with iPhone sales just reaching the forecast $46 billion.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that planned US tariffs on foreign imports will add $900 million in costs in the current period

— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) 2025-05-01T21:35:24Z

Apple sales generated more than $95 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2025, slightly exceeding forecasts of just over $94 billion.

However, some indicators are already revealing strains, including a billion-dollar drop in sales in China below projections.

According to Forbes, Apple’s first-quarter sales in the greater China region, currently at the center of a major tariff dispute with the U.S., came in below expectations.

While projections were for $17 billion, sales came in at just $16 billion.

CEO Tim Cook predicts a difficult second quarter due to the tariffs introduced by the Trump administration, which the company believes would result in additional costs estimated at $900 million.

If the trade conflict with China were to drag on, Apple would inevitably suffer the consequences, with China accounting for 17% of its revenues in 2024.

What’s more, beyond the impact on sales, the majority of iPhones are assembled in this country, which accentuates the company’s vulnerability.

The official White House account on Truth Social has posted a photo of Donald Trump… as the Pope.

Understandably, the « joke » offends many churchgoers around the world, but amuses the MAGA voting base and its supporters.

Still, this is the most recent episode of megalomania from a president who had already set the Vatican on fire just a few days ago by claiming he wished to be pope himself, on the heels of the death of Pope Francis.

Russia is reportedly facing a shortage of transport vehicles for its troops in combat zones.

Russian Troops Rolled Into Battle In A Yellow School Bus

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2025-04-30T12:53:31.805Z

To alleviate this shortage, it would resort to all sorts of unusual means to move its soldiers, including Lada cars, golf carts and school buses.

In addition to these unusual means of transport, the use of motorcycles, electric scooters, a locomotive and antique vehicles from the 1950s would also be reported.

All of this equipment has reportedly been in use for some time, and some is said to have come from sources outside Russia, including China and Belarus.

The latest addition to the range of civilian vehicles requisitioned by Russian forces, a yellow school bus was reportedly recently spotted by a Ukrainian drone.

The vehicle, abandoned in a field near the front line in Donetsk oblast, eastern Ukraine, illustrates the increasing improvisation of Russian means of transport.

According to Forbes, since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian military vehicle losses are estimated at over 17,000 units.

Faced with an inventory at an all-time low, Russia is reportedly forced to modify civilian vehicles to move its troops in combat zones, despite their poor ability to cross terrain prepared for confrontation, such as trenches.