Category UK, Europe

A Chinese national on Oct. 17 pleaded guilty to illegally exporting U.S. semiconductor equipment to a U.S.-sanctioned company in China, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Wafer-cutting machines are precision tools used in the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 2 praised the pace of Russian advances in Donbas, despite an ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive—now in its fourth week—into Russia’s Kursk region. “We haven’t been advancing at such a quick pace in Donbas for…