Aside from climate change and pollution, penguins are now facing one more threat from humanity: President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The Trump administration says sanctions imposed on Moscow mean the U.S. does little trade with Russia, but questions persist about the motivations.

The Russian economy, mainly insulated from Western markets by sanctions, has escaped immediate damage from sweeping U.S. tariffs but the Kremlin said on Friday it needs to take extra measures to minimise the impact of resulting market turbulence.

Trump promised tariffs that would mirror what other nations assess. In fact, the calculation is quite different.

President Trump's sweeping new set of tariffs impact friends and foe alike, but also on the list are uninhabited islands while glaring omissions include Russia and Iran.

While U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on allies and foes including Europe, India, Japan and China, some of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries - Russia, Belarus, Cuba and North Korea - avoided being singled out for special punitive treatment.

A British judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay more than 625,000 pounds ($820,000) in legal costs to a company he unsuccessfully sued over a dossier alleging he took part in sex acts in Russia.

25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that Trump enacted earlier this month - though energy from Canada is charged at a lower 10% rate, and there is an exemption for goods shipped under the US-Mexico-Canada agreement (USMCA) A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the US - active since earlier this month