#sanctions

#sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department's crackdown on Mexican drug trafficking finances has now expanded to include a network of luxury restaurants and casinos in Mexico. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Thursday that, in a joint operation with Mexico, it has sanctioned 27 companies accused of allegedly laundering money on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel. In the crosshairs are businesses owned by the Hysa group in Mexico, Canada, and Poland,

MONACO -- The Russian doping crisis that rocked track and field in the 2010s reached a symbolic end Friday with bans and disqualifications for 12 athletes in a final set of disciplinary cases going back over a decade. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which was founded in 2017 as part of track's response to the doping crisis, said this was the "last batch" of proceedings using data from the shuttered Moscow anti-doping laboratory where cases were covered up.

"I've been involved with China for a long time. "I've called out China's human rights abuses, I was one of those who put forward amendments to make sure Chinese government companies weren't involved in our infrastructure projects, as a result of which I'm a subject of interest to them."

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are maneuvering for leverage ahead of their upcoming meeting and the expiration of a U.S.-China trade truce, even at the risk of escalating tensions between the world's two biggest economies. China this week unveiled sweeping new curbs on its exports of rare earths and other critical materials, echoing moves made in April in response to Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs. That came as Beijing continues to eschew purchases of American soybeans.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that drones and missiles fired by Russia against his country are filled with parts sourced from Western companies. In a social media post on Monday, Zelenskyy said the hundreds of weapons used in Russian attacks over the previous two nights contained tens of thousands of components produced by firms in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan and China.

Donald Trump hints at lifting sanctions on Ankara buying F-35 jets during meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For the first time in six years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has returned to the White House for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump aimed at resetting strained ties. The two leaders had much to discuss, from deals on Ankara buying fighter jets to deep divides over Gaza and Russia.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, has launched an impassioned defence of his country's democracy, claiming the recent conviction of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had shown the world how would-be autocrats could be brought to heel. Speaking at the opening of the United Nations general assembly in New York, Lula hailed Brazil's successful effort to repel an unprecedented attack from Bolsonaro's extreme right movement.