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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 17:23 WIB

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...

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Australian Team Probes Southern Ocean in Deep-Water Earthquake Research
Friday, 26 November 2021 17:19 WIB | Global

A mission is underway to retrieve scientific data from the rugged ocean floor in the Southern Ocean, formerly known as the Antarctic Ocean, that could explain what triggers underwater earthquakes and tsunamis. Some of the world's most violent underwater earthquakes are unleashed beneath the hostile waters of the Southern Ocean, but researchers don't know why. Sophisticated noise and motion sensors could help unlock the secrets of how Tectonic plates - or pieces of the Earth's crust - start to collide, a process known as subduction. For the past year, an array of 27 seismometers positioned...

Holiday Travel Likely to Resemble Pre-Pandemic Levels
Friday, 26 November 2021 10:49 WIB | Global

Determined to reclaim Thanksgiving traditions that were put on pause last year by the pandemic, millions of Americans will be loading up their cars or piling onto planes to gather again with friends and family. The number of air travelers this week is expected to approach or exceed pre-pandemic levels, and auto club AAA predicts that 48.3 million people will travel at least 80 kilometers from home over the holiday period, an increase of nearly 4 million over last year despite sharply higher gasoline prices. Many feel emboldened by the fact that nearly 200 million Americans are now fully...

Facing New COVID Surge, Europe Examines Mitigation Steps
Thursday, 25 November 2021 23:56 WIB | Global

Three European countries have broken records for new COVID-19 cases, prompting calls for urgent measures to slow the spread. Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, all of which have vaccine rates below 60%, hit new highs for infection rates Wednesday. In the face of surging cases, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, or ECDC, shifted its booster policy and is now recommending shots for adults over 40. "Available evidence emerging from Israel and Britain shows a significant increase in protection against infection and severe disease following a booster dose in all age...

Thanksgiving Shoppers Across US Paying More This Year
Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:14 WIB | Global

This holiday season is shaping up to be a more expensive one as pandemic-induced logistical challenges affect the country's food supply. Thanksgiving, a holiday for which farmers and producers typically spend months planning, is projected to hit Americans' pocketbooks harder than normal this year. Pricey corn has driven up costs for the turkeys that feed on it. Aluminum producers, whose products are used for the foil wrapping post-Thanksgiving leftovers, are struggling to ship orders.In this interconnected world, labor shortages, higher shipping costs and supply chain snafus are driving up...

State Department Official Discusses Chip Shortage, Taiwan Talks, 5G 'Trusted Network'
Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:07 WIB | Global

A senior U.S. State Department official said the United States is not asking the world's top chipmakers to provide "trade secrets" in response to a request for supply chain information to help address the global chip shortage. "We're not asking for information that will be public. It's confidential information that will be kept confidential," said Undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez in an interview with VOA on Tuesday. "It's intended to do what we need to do, which is to find ways to ease the bottleneck in supply chains." Fernandez led U.S....

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