Judge: US government prohibited from contacting social media companies
A judge has largely prohibited several agencies of the US government from contacting social media companies. The government was accused of potentially trying to persuade these companies to remove certain content. According to the complaint,…
US forbids export of ASML tech to China in what China calls a disruption of free trade
China has urged the Netherlands not to abuse export restrictions on products from the chip industry. This is contained in a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. In doing so, the ministry appears to be responding to export…
CISA orders state infrastructure to be put offline
Federal U.S. government agencies were ordered two weeks ago to take offline interfaces of routers, switches, firewalls, VPN's, load balancers and proxies that can be accessed from the Internet, but hundreds of Web interfaces are still…
US knew in advance about Wagner coup
According to The Washington Post, U.S. spies intercepted signals in mid-June indicating that Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning to revolt against Russian authorities. The precise details and timing of Prigozhin's plans were unclear until just…
Rate hikes may no longer serve any good, but other options are limited
Dark clouds are gathering in the economic world. Both investors and currency traders are holding their breath to see what the US Federal Reserve will do on Wednesday, June 14th. Will the policy rate be raised again, increasing the risk of…
US offers extra help to Canada to fight forest fires
The United States has offered extra help to Canada to fight the forest fires there. US President Joe Biden promised this to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a telephone conversation. Meanwhile, the northeastern US remains…
The probability of a war between China and the US is quite high
The probability of a war between China and the US is quite high. So says strategic analyst Paul van Hooft of The Hague Center for Strategic Studies HCSS in the BNR podcast The Strategist. Political scientist Friso Dubbelboer of the Leiden…
Igor Kushnir fled from anti-corruption committee to Mt. Everest
Igor Kushnir, the head of the biggest Ukrainian construction company chose the wrong time for being 'politically inert'. He is residing in Vienna, giving interview to Russian media outlet, proclaiming a need for peace and don't taking…