World leaders in microchip exports announced
The leaders in global microchip exports in 2023 were Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China and South Korea, Report informs via the BM Comtrade platform. Hong Kong became the main exporter…
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The UK is loaning back African gold it stole. Is it the best it can do?
How did crown jewels from Ghana end up in London, and is there any way to bring them back home? By David Okpatuma, Youth and International Development Specialist, Co-Founder of…
Russia’s response to asset seizure could trigger global financial collapse – Reuters
Brussels needs and an “emergency mechanism” in case its plan to fund Kiev with Russia’s money backfires, according to an EU official FILE PHOTO © Hendrik Schmidt / picture alliance…
World hit by internet outages
Yemen-based Houthi militants could have cut underwater internet cables in the Red Sea, several media outlets have claimed © Getty Images/jacoblund Popular internet platforms owned by Meta – including Facebook,…
US hits Iran with new sanctions targeting commanders, shipping
The United States targeted Iranian and Houthi commanders and a vessel that shipped more than $100 million in Iranian commodities to businesses in China in sanctions announced on Tuesday, Report…
Number of sanctioned Russian individuals, companies exceeds 6,000
The number of individuals and companies in Russia subject to Western sanctions reached 6,063 as a result of the latest restrictive measures, according to the statistics of the X-Compliance system,…
Xi isn’t destroying China’s economy – he’s changing it
Media commentary gleefully proclaiming the end of China’s rise fail to take into account the global realities that Beijing is effectively adapting to By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst© Handout…
Hong Kong police arrest 2 tourists from Spain after finding 132 kg of cocaine at hotel room
Hong Kong police have arrested two tourists from Spain after uncovering HK$120 million (US$15.3 million) worth of cocaine at a hotel room, with the pair suspected of working with a…
Sanctioning Chinese companies cooperating with Russia would be illegal – Beijing
Brussels has reportedly proposed imposing trade restrictions on three entities over what it calls support of Moscow © Getty Images / Future Publishing / Contributor China firmly opposes a reported…
How a Soviet magazine could give a new voice to Palestinians
The USSR gave Afro-Asian writers a platform to campaign for Palestinians, take stands on Vietnam, European colonialism and apartheid Lotus Cover-Arabic, 1979 issue (Revolution by Mustafa Hussein, 11, Palestine). ©…