What to know about Vladimir Putin’s visit to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China starting Thursday underlines an increasingly close partnership between the two allies who oppose the U.S.-led democratic order.
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Terrorist groups suspected of funneling money to Dubai properties
TOKYO -- Numerous people linked to groups targeted with U.S. sanctions as terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah and Houthi rebels, appear to have bought real estate in Dubai, based on data relating to hundreds of thousands of properties obtained by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS).
Myanmar’s civil war rages on despite ‘whack-a-mole’ sanctions, scant aid. What more can be done?
“Outrage is not a policy: coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state”, published on Sunday by the Lowy Institute think tank, argues that while the combination of sanctions and humanitarian assistance used by foreign governments so far was a reasonable starting point, “neither tool holds any real prospect of significantly influencing the course of the conflict”.
North Korea warns US allies Australia, Britain, Germany, France to stop using UN sanctions as excuse to interfere
The foreign ministry on Monday denounced “military interference” and what it called increased surveillance of North Korea by US allies “under the pretext of monitoring violation of UN sanctions”, in a statement carried by state-controlled news agency KCNA.
U.S. weighs sanctions on Chinese banks over Russia military support
VIENNA/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is considering imposing sanctions on Chinese financial institutions believed to be helping Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, in a bid to clamp down on what it sees as a lifeline for Russian military production.
Malaysian maritime authorities too stretched, underfunded to stem trade in US-sanctioned Iran oil, observers say
Malaysia’s underfunded maritime authorities may struggle to contain rampant transshipment of US-sanctioned Iranian oil off its coast, experts say, as a visiting US delegation revealed that Washington’s security forces had been monitoring ship-to-ship oil transfers in Malaysian waters.
Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip
Huawei's latest high-end phone features more Chinese suppliers, including a new flash memory storage chip and an improved chip processor, a teardown analysis showed, pointing to the progress China is making towards technology self-sufficiency.
Beijing: With Huawei curbs, US pushes ‘decoupling’
Huawei Technologies is at the center of yet another skirmish in the Sino-American tech war.