Arab league of nations condemns the construction of GERD in Ethiopia
In 2015, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan signed the Agreement on the Declaration of Principles, which unambiguously provides that the construction of the Dam shall continue in parallel to the negotiations on the guidelines and rules on the first filling and operation of the Dam. The details of dam filling, including the volume and duration, have
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in China for trade talks
China and Russia have in recent years ramped up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts, with their strategic partnership having only grown closer since the invasion of Ukraine. While China says it is a neutral party in that war, it has refused to condemn Russia for the invasion. China last year became the top energy customer
Hungary releases smugglers from prison near Austria border
The Central European country lies along the Balkan migration route, a popular corridor where migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere travel in an effort to reach the European Union. Austria criticised the decision the smugglers’ release as a contradiction to Hungary’s own stance on migrants. Austria’s government on Monday asked Hungary
Iran summons Swiss ambassador for decrying executions of Iranian protesters
On Friday, the Swiss embassy posted a tweet decrying the deaths and calling on Tehran to “take steps to reduce” the use of the death penalty. The Swiss embassy has sparked anger by decrying executions of Iranian protesters on Twitter, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Switzerland’s ambassador Nadine Olivieri Lozano on Sunday over a tweet which
Banning of banning TikTok ban for creators
The US government has been talking about outlawing it, and politicians in America have been grilling its boss over privacy and national security concerns. It’s a nervous time for content creators who’ve made a career on the app with content like comedy sketches, music, or beauty tutorials for their followers. Montana, has just passed a
Micron banned from key Chinese infrastructural projects
China is a key market for Micron and generated around 10% of its full-year sales. In 2022, Micron reported total revenue of $30.7bn (£24.6bn), of which $3.3bn came from mainland China. China says products made by US memory chip giant Micron Technology are a national security risk. It is China’s first major move against a
Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling data
Most large companies have complex webs of data transfers – which can include email addresses, phone numbers and financial information – to overseas recipients, many of which depend on standard contractual clauses . Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people’s data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland’s
Micron failed national security review in China
Chinese authorities had launched a review in March of products sold in the country by Micron, one of the world’s major chip manufacturers. Micron’s products “have relatively serious potential network security issues, which pose a major security risk to China’s critical information infrastructure supply chain. US semiconductor giant Micron has failed a national security review,
America supports F-16 training for Ukrainians
The G7 nations said in Friday’s statement that they would work to keep Russia from using the international financial system to prosecute its war, and they urged other nations to stop providing Russia with support and weapons “or face severe costs.” The European Union was focused on closing loopholes and plans to restrict trade in
South Sudan’s ban on US dollar transactions
The IMF staff team led by Niko Hobdari which visited South Sudan from May 3-12 lauded the country’s authorities for implementing prudent fiscal and monetary policies and meeting all but one end-March 2023 quantitative targets under the PMB. The government of South Sudan banned the use of the dollar in the economy as part of