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As a result of North Korea's missile testing, Japan plans to increase its sanctions against the country
To further punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile programs, Japan said on Tuesday that it will be freezing the assets of five additional companies.
Since late September, North Korea has repeatedly test-fired ballistic missiles, including a launch on October 4 of a ballistic miss...
Ukraine's invasion has not eased down despite EU sanctions on Russia
The head of EU foreign policy recently predicted that Russia will fall sooner rather than later in an interview with DW. The sanctions will finally succeed, according to several international researchers. Others are not as certain.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, th...
Kremlin Decides to Cut Spending by 24 Billion Euros As it Continues to Face Western Sanctions
The Kremlin is set to cut its future spending plans by 24 billion Euros as sanctions from the West continue to hit Russia. The Russian media has claimed that the country will be cutting its defense, transport, and technology budgets in the future.
Over 1.6 trillion Rubles have been redu...
Sanctions against Russian Oil and Gas failed, and we now know why
The Russian war on Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has lasted approximately 100 days. Russia's fossil fuel exports have been largely blamed for fueling the country's war and atrocities.
The West has imposed sanctions to decrease its purchases of Russian oil and gas. R...
A Plan for India to Protect Itself from Future Tech Sanctions
Since the nation unilaterally opted to participate in a large-scale "military operation" in Ukraine, the US and its allies have been threatening Russia with sanctions as a possible deterrent device. It has been 49 days since the invasion began, and there are few indicators that the figh...
Switzerland Adopts Latest EU Sanctions Against Russia
Keeping Switzerland aligned with the European Union measures, the Swiss government announced on Wednesday that it was adopting the latest round of the EU sanctions against Belarus and Russia as the Kremlin continues its aggression against Ukraine.
Switzerland has also approved sanctioni...
Following the EU's coal sanctions on Russia, Germany is grappling with oil and gas
For some months, several German power plant owners have been prepared for the sanctions imposed last week. They said it was due to suspected Russian behaviour.
On April 7, late in the evening, the European Union imposed the fifth package of sanctions on Russia in response to its invasio...
Digital Warfare at Sea Assisting the Enemies of the US to Evade Sanctions
Technology is now allowing ships other than the ones in the world’s militaries to hide their locations. The governments from Venezuela to Iran are benefitting from this technology as their rogue shipping companies are moving petroleum products by circumventing US sanctions.
Windwa...
Russia proposes to lift several sanctions on US, which hampered diplomatic activities
Russia offered to roll back several sanctions that have hampered the diplomatic missions, and has agreed to carry out another round of talks to resolve the diplomatic tug-of-war with the US.
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- Russia offers to remove several sanctions <...
Britain has evidences of ships breaching the UN sanctions against North Korea
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- UN has imposed several sanctions on North Korea regarding its ballistic missile program,
- Britain has evidences of multiple ships breaching the United Nations sanctions
Britain said it has evidences of multiple ships breach...
Wang Yi demands humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, says sanction should be lifted
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- Chinese Foreign Minister demanded humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan
- He said that sanctions on Taliban should be lifted
While addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers, Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister demanded human...
US sanctions Over Cryptocurrency Exchange Suex OTC
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• Hackers take down systems that control everything
• Suex OTC is a private company trading in cryptocurrency
China imposes sanction on US officials and organizations
China has imposed sanctions on certain US officials and certain organizations. This is a reaction to the sanction imposed by the US government on Chinese officials after the security law in Hong Kong was imposed.
The Chinese government said that this sanction would be imposed on seven i...
HUAWEI LAUNCHES OPERATING SYSTEM ‘HARMONYOS 2’ FOR SMARTPHONES
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- Huawei launches operating system ‘HarmonyOS 2’ for smartphones.
- HarmonyOS is an open-source operating system designed for various devices and scenarios.
- With the launch of the new OS, it will no longer be whol...
HUAWEI’S Q1 REVENUE FELL 16.5% TO $23.5 BILLION
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- Huawei’s Q1 revenue fell 16.5% to $23.5 billion.
- The company attributed the decline to lower revenue for its consumer unit.
- It is struggling to hold onto its global market share after U.S. sanctions that devastated ...
HUAWEI SALES SLUMP 16.5% COURTESY OF UNITED STATES SANCTIONS
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• The Chinese tech company had sold Honor in the month of November in an attempt to revive sales by separating it from the sanctions on its parent company
• Courtesy of these sanctions, Huawei is barred from accessing to US processor chips and services whi...
US SLAPS SANCTIONS ON PAKISTANI NATIONALS, FIRM FOR HELPING RUSSIA EVADE SANCTIONS
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• The companies are Second Eye Solution (SES), also known as Forwarderz, and its three other frontals Fresh Air Farm House, Like Wise and MK said the US Department of Treasury in a statement
• The statement further said the Pakistani nationals facing sanct...
RESPONDING TO US SANCTIONS, KREMLIN TO EXPEL 10 US DIPLOMATS
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• This move will restrict and stop the activities of US non-government organizations from intervening in Russian politics said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
• Lavrov said Russia has a possibility to take painful measures against the American busin...
US SANCTIONS: THE REASON BEHIND GLOBAL CHIP SUPPLY CRUNCH SAYS HUAWEI
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• Huawei Technologies has said that the sanctions imposed by the US against Chinese companies have caused panic in purchasing of semiconductors and other supplies
• Xu said “Clearly the unwarranted U.S. sanctions against Huawei and other companies ar...
IRAN WANTS US TO LIFT ALL SANCTIONS & REJECTS STEP-BY-STEP LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS
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• On Saturday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Tehran has opposed to any step-by-step easing of sanctions
• A US official on Friday had said that the US and Iran will be holding indirect talks in coming week on how to return to th...