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13.06.2024 17:20 The United States widened sanctions on Russia Wednesday, targeting more than 300 new entities and people "whose products and services enable Russia to sustain its war effort and evade sanctions."

13.06.2024 17:20 As President Biden and Group of Seven Leaders prepare to meet this week in Italy, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is issuing sweeping new measures guided by G7 commitments to intensify the pressure on Russia for its continued cruel and unprovoked war against Ukraine. Today's actions ratchet up the risk of secondary sanctions for foreign financial institutions that deal with Russia's war

13.06.2024 17:20 Since Russia and Georgia broke off diplomatic relations, dialogue between the countries has been maintained through the Geneva discussions.

13.06.2024 17:20 An indictment was returned yesterday in the District of Alaska charging Sergey Nefedov, 40, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Mark Shumovich, 35, of Bellevue, Washington, with allegedly operating a scheme to illegally export nearly half a million dollars' worth of snowmachines and associated parts from the United States to Russia without the required licenses and approvals, in violation of U.S. export laws.

13.06.2024 17:20 Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who is serving an 8 1/2-year prison term for his criticism of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, says he will not agree to get exchanged for Russian citizens jailed in the Western countries if such a proposal occurs.

13.06.2024 17:20 Türkiye is participating in NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defence Exercise Ramstein Legacy 2024 on 3-14 June 2024, hosted by Bulgaria and Romania, with Turkish Air Force components.

13.06.2024 17:20 A total of 22 People Liberation Army aircraft and vessels were detected in the airspace and waters around Taiwan in the 24-hour period starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to the country's Ministry of National Defense .

13.06.2024 17:20 Responding to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang's describing the island of Taiwan as a "country" during his recent visit there, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday that Huang should read up on the history, noting that Taiwan has never been a country and will never be one.

13.06.2024 17:20 A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed the Taiwan authorities led by Lai Ching-te for an attempt to internationalize the Taiwan question by trying to discuss issues concerning a cross-Strait economic agreement through WTO.

13.06.2024 17:20 Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström's during his visit to Texas 13-15 May 2024.

13.06.2024 17:20 The United States Department of State, United States Department of Justice, and Europol convened the thirteenth meeting of the Law Enforcement Coordination Group on countering Hizballah's terrorist and illicit activities on June 6-7.

13.06.2024 17:20 China has delivered six patrol boats to Myanmar's military junta, fulfilling a promise made in 2020 to the country's previous democratically elected civilian government, the Chinese Embassy said in a statement on Wednesday.

13.06.2024 17:20 Junta soldiers in Myanmar's west interrogated dozens of detained villagers and tortured several to death, residents told Radio Free Asia.

13.06.2024 17:20 A crackdown in Myanmar on the purchase of property abroad in a bid to halt a slide in the kyat currency has hit demand for condominiums in neighboring Thailand, where many Myanmar citizens have moved to escape turmoil since the military ousted an elected government in 2021, property agents in Thailand said.

13.06.2024 17:20 Myanmar's economy shows no signs of recovering from the 2021 military coup, as civil war drives more workers abroad, pushes inflation into triple digits in some parts of the country and pulls it deeper into poverty, a new World Bank report says.