While revoking Hong Kong’s preferential treatment may be catastrophic for the city’s financial system, the move could also backfire on the US itself and even challenge the dollar, Boom Bust has learned. On Friday, US President Donald Trump said he would end the special trade relationship with Hong Kong and […]
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This is believed to be the largest criminal enforcement action ever brought against North Korea. Source link
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export goods and technology. Source link
Latin America 15:25 GMT 19.05.2020(updated 15:35 GMT 19.05.2020) Get short URL The multinational conglomerate maintains operations in 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and was one of the few US companies to continue doing business in Caracas despite increasingly ugly sanctions pressure from Washington. AT&T has shut down […]
Rally: End Sanctions, Save Lives! No US Sponsored Attacks On Venezuela! By Emily Greene and Yoav Elinevsky, Popular Resistance. May 17, 2020 Rally: End Sanctions, Save Lives! No US Sponsored Attacks On Venezuela!2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/img_5508-e1589734802646.jpg200px200px Saturday, a group of activists from the Latin America Solidarity Coalition of WMASS, Green Rainbow Party Pioneer Valley […]
Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela By the Middle East Monitor. May 15, 2020 Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/oil-tankergage_roads_fremantle-e1589550521384.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Iranian oil tanker. Nachoman-au/Wikipedia. NOTE: Argus media reports that the US issued a response to Iran ignoring the illegal unilateral […]
World 21:12 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107899/64/1078996428_0:154:3367:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_f85640b472462e925ac3ddbb5a37b2e8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005151079320096-china-to-take-measures-against-apple-cisco-if-us-continues-hitting-huawei-with-sanctions—report/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – China will carry out countermeasures against such US companies as Apple and Cisco if the United States continues applying sanctions on Huawei, Chinese media reported on Friday. According to the Global Times daily, quoting […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The sanctions imposed by the US on Syria prevent the country from providing its citizens with adequate medical assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the aid provided as part of sanctions exemptions only supports terrorist groups in the north of the country, Syrian Ambassador to the United […]
The Violence Of Non-Violence: Canadian Sanctions Policy In Times Of Covid-19 By Claudia Chaufan and Maria Victor Paez, Orinoco Tribune May 8, 2020 The Violence Of Non-Violence: Canadian Sanctions Policy In Times Of Covid-192020-05-082020-05-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/nonviolence-statute-of-gun-e1588958319265.jpeg200px200px Both at its birth, and later in the paradigmatic Alma Ata declaration, the WHO established a human right […]