Trump announced the meeting at a press conference Thursday night. Zelenskyj asked for it. The last time the two met was about five years ago. Trump also faced impeachment proceedings while in office because he tried to use financial pressure to get Zelensky to start a lawsuit against the son of his Democratic rival Joe … Read more
The United States has seized the plane of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after determining that its acquisition violated U.S. sanctions and export control laws, the Justice Department said. CNN, the news channel that broke the news, has broadcast photographs of the plane at Fort Lauderdale Airport (Florida), where it was flown on Monday from the … Read more
“Horrible menace.” These had been the phrases utilized by Janet Yellen in an interview with the Reuters information company to tighten the thumbs of seven European banks which can be nonetheless lively in Russia. Amongst them are Deutsche Financial institution, Commerzbank, the ING Group of the Netherlands, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit from Italy, OTP of … Read more
Economic sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine were deemed unsuccessful. Russia became richer last year even as the war in Ukraine raged, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars. Photo/Doc Reuters BERLIN – Economic sanctions to Russia for his invasion of Ukraine was considered unsuccessful and had not proceeded as desired. … Read more
The BRICS nations have requested guidance from the bloc’s newly established bank on the implementation of a possible shared currency, including how it could protect member countries from the sanctions imposed on Russia. This was announced following a meeting of the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa on Thursday, which focused … Read more
The Group of Seven (G7) nations, comprising the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, France and Italy, is planning to issue a joint statement expressing their ongoing concern over China’s use of economic coercion. As the G7 foreign ministers prepare to meet in London on 3-5 May 2021, officials say that while member states are united … Read more
On Tuesday, Iran imposed sanctions on individuals and entities in Iran European Union and BritainAnd this was in response to the European sanctions targeted on Monday. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement reported by the official news agency “IRNA” that Tehran “imposes sanctions on the following persons and institutions in the … Read more