Treasury says US firms must tighten compliance with Russia sanctions Manufacturers and distributors need to step up compliance with Russia-related sanctions amid the war in Ukraine, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told CNBC on Tuesday. 06/4/2024 - 2:11 am | View Link
US Treasury No. 2 warns China over support for Russia Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Friday that Washington and the European Union must deliver a message to China that its firms face a choice between doing business with U.S. and EU ... 05/31/2024 - 12:58 am | View Link
US gives Ukraine permission to hit targets in Russia, but Russia is beating Europe in the race to buy non-EU produced shells By Ben Aris in Berlin The Biden administration has secretly given Ukraine permission to strike targets inside Russia, but limited the permission to targets near Kharkiv on the Russian border, it was ... 05/30/2024 - 7:15 pm | View Link
Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia White House officials said the president’s major policy shift extended only to what they characterized as acts of self-defense so that Ukraine could protect Kharkiv, its second-largest city. 05/30/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link
US weighs additional sanction steps as Russia shifts war footing, White House says The United States and its partners are prepared to use sanctions and export controls to prevent China-Russia trade that threatens their security amid the ongoing Ukraine war, a White House official ... 05/28/2024 - 5:34 am | View Link
There is nothing surprising about a Prime Minister seeking a third consecutive term returning to power with a weakened mandate. Voter fatigue and anti-incumbency factors can erode margins. That Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to win 240 parliamentary seats (out of 543) in India, though short of a majority, would be considered a good outcome in most other settings.
FLORENCE, Italy — An Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part time, of the killing.
Hong Kong, the Chinese enclave that’s still struggling to revive its tourism economy post-pandemic and in the wake of a Beijing-influenced crackdown on civil liberties, has taken a new approach to wooing visitors: curbing its residents’ reputation for rudeness.
Earlier this week, the city government launched a new campaign to promote politeness.
BEIRUT — A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U. S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said.
The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along the border, following years of political deadlock and economic hardship.
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Damaran Baru, Indonesia — In a lush jungle at the foothills of a volcano in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the song of gibbons in the trees mixes with the laughter of the seven forest rangers trekking below them. An hour into their patrol, the rangers spot another mammal in the forest with them.
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“Where are you going?