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China hawk: Fix symbolic, ineffective US sanctions
The Biden administration should strengthen its sanctions and export controls against China, which at present aren’t strong enough to stop Chinese firms from shipping dual-use products to Russia and accessing American technologies, according to a Trump-era US trade official who was known as a “China hawk.”
A U.S. envoy visits Hanoi days after Putin, saying US-Vietnam trust is at ‘all-time high’
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi.
With its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West over Ukraine
Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last week, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before.
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as a show of force against nuclear-armed North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia.
Britain's hard-right leader Nigel Farage says the West provoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine
LONDON - Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, said the eastward expansion of the European Union and Nato had provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
US envoy Kritenbrink visits Hanoi days after Putin, says US-Vietnam trust at ‘all-time high’
A senior US diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high”, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi.