The United States, the UK and other allies want Russia to earn less from selling oil. That is why they are looking at introducing a maximum price together with other countries, reports US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, such as oil and gas, are an important means for Russia to help finance the …

In Yellowstone National Park in the western United States, floods have caused significant damage. As a result, the popular tourist park is closed to visitors for the first time in 34 years. The floods were the result of heavy rainfall and a rapidly melting snow cover. Reports have come in of washed-out bridges, houses and trees. Major roads have been …

The United States has imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to that country’s three missile launches earlier this week. The U.S. would have preferred to see new sanctions imposed on North Korea in UN context, but Russia and China vetoed them. Thus, all US assets with the Far Eastern Bank and Bank Sputnik, two Russian institutions accused of …

All EU member states, the US and 32 other countries have signed the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. The declaration describes what the internet should look like in the future: decentralized, democratic and fair. The signatories promise to contribute to this. The “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” is a declaration. The document was written by European …

The United States does not exclude military action against the Solomon Islands when this country authorizes China to open a military base on its territory. In more covert terms, U.S. Under Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink reiterated an earlier White House warning to the island state. Kritenbrink made his statements after his trip to Hawaii, Fiji, …

Due to the new COVID wave in Shanghai, the US State Department is sending non-essential employees and their families away from the US consulate in that Chinese city. The measure was also motivated by the reaction of the authorities to the numerous infections. For example, the Chinese authorities took children who tested positive for COVID away from their parents. “Standards …

The Russian businessman and aluminum baron Viktor Vekselberg can no longer sail with his yacht since Monday. The Spanish police seized it in cooperation with the US. On Monday, at the request of the United States, another Russian yacht was chained. This was stated by the Spanish Guardia Civil, which carried out the operation in the port of Palma de …

Aslan Musin, one of the most elusive ex-officials under the rule of Nursultan Nazarbayev, continues to evade responsibility. The former head of the presidential administration in the years of 2008-2012 stole so much that it was enough for an entire empire of offshore companies, development companies, funds and trusts. Olzhas Bektenov, the newly appointed head the Anti-Corruption Service, personally reports …

A year after a giant container ship had been stuck in the Suez Canal for almost a week and disrupted world trade for months, another ship from the same shipping company has run aground. This time it happened near the US capital Washington. The Ever Forward, of the Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen, ran aground Sunday night after leaving the …

US IT experts and military have been defending Ukraine’s cyber infrastructure since last year. According to insiders, the secret mission is partly responsible for the fact that the Ukrainian internet is still largely standing. In October and November last year, a major operation was launched: US soldiers and employees of tech companies were given the mission to search for hidden …