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European countries hope that increasing their influence in the Arctic will persuade Trump to abandon his plans to annex Greenland. If Trump objects to the deployment of NATO forces on the island, the EU intends to impose sanctions. The European Union is preparing a plan to impose sanctions on American companies if US President Donald Trump rejects a proposal to deploy NATO forces in Greenland, The...

Steve Jobs once refused to attend a meeting with the US President because the attendee list was too long. Anna Yoshitsugu, Senior Strategy and Development Manager at Uber, explains how business gurus prevent meetings from "stealing" their time.Let's say you hold one meeting each week, it lasts two hours, and there are ten people in attendance, each with an average salary of 1......

The ban on the export of game controllers is intended to deprive Russia of access to technology, the British Embassy stated. The European Union banned the supply of joysticks to Russia back in February.The UK has expanded sanctions against Russia, banning the export of game controllers. According to British authorities, Russian troops are using them to control drones. The export ban was included i...

Microsoft Corporation reported a change in the color of the screen when reporting a critical system error in the Windows 11 operating system from blue to green. The company reported this in the official blog dedicated to the announcement of the Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26120.3653. “We’re introducing a new, more streamlined user experience for unexpected restart messages that aligns with th...

Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft Rus has been sued for an amount close to the claims for the entire 2023, when the company faced the largest number of claims due to its departure from the country. Lawyers explain this by the expiration of the deadline for such claimsSince the beginning of 2......

Apple has closed access to the corporate application creation platform for Russian developers. Applications developed on it have stopped working, and businesses have not yet found a direct alternative to this toolSeveral sources in the IT market told RBC that Apple closed access to the Apple Developer Enterprise Program (ADEP) for Russian developers on February 12. This program allows companies to...

Фото Unsplash В Польше 18 мая состоятся президентские выборы. Учитывая, с каким трепетом польские элиты следили за выборами Президента в Беларуси, как горячо обсуждали и настойчиво раздавали советы, с нашей стороны не уделить должного внимания электоральной кампании у дорогих соседей было бы невежливо. Правда, господа-кандидаты пока разогреваются и все самое интересное еще впереди. Но составить об...

The appendix to Trump's executive order listing the names of sanctioned individuals has not yet been published. Karim KhanICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, who issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, has been sanctioned by the United States . This was reported.REUTERS two informed sources. US President Donald Trump imposed sancti...

Washington accused the ICC of illegally prosecuting its employees and issuing warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu and Galant without cause. The order emphasized that the court lacks jurisdiction over the United States and Israel. Donald Trump US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigations against the Un...

There were calls for a complete ban on imports of Russian LNGFinland , Poland , and the Baltic states will not include this measure in the 16th sanctions package. The restrictions will apply to terminals not connected to the EU's common system . Moscow is demanding the sanctions be lifted.The European Union will not impose a complete ban on purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas as part of the...

The EU has decided to ban the import of gaming consoles, considering that they can be used to control drones. Sellers have ruled out the impact of this measure on the availability of consoles in Russia, since they are not produced in European countriesPossible restrictions on the supply of Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles to Russia will not affect their availability for sale in Russia, the pre...

Shares of the US AI chipmaker fell 17.8%. The collapse came as the popularity of a new AI model from China's DeepSeek, a competitor to ChatGPT, grew.American company Nvidia has fallen by more than $600 billion in a day amid the success of its Chinese competitor ChatGPT, DeepSeek, writes the Financial Times. Shares of the AI ​​chipmaker fell 17.8%, their worst daily performance since March 2.........

The introduction of blocking sanctions against the Moscow Exchange and its structures will not affect the process of exchange of assets between foreigners and Russians, says the deputy chairman of the Central BankThe introduction of US sanctions against the Moscow Exchange and its affiliated organizations “does not add” or “subtract” anything to the process of exchange of assets between Russian in...

The joint venture RTK - Network Technologies, created in 2019 by Rostelecom and Nokia, was engaged in the production of software and equipment for communication networks. Putin authorized the buyout of the company's share in response to Finland's "unfriendly actions" Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the Rostelecom structure to acquire Nokia's share in their joint venture RTK - Network Tech...

Banks in China , the UAE, and Turkey are delaying or denying transactions for oil supplies from Russia for "weeks or months" due to the threat of secondary sanctions, writesREUTERS . Russia considers Western restrictions illegal.In recent weeks, several banks in China, the UAE, and Turkey have tightened sanctions compliance requirements , leading to delays or denials of money transfers to Russia f...

Independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. chose the former wife of Google founder Nicole Shanahan as his number two. Why is Joe Biden so afraid of a representative of a famous political dynasty - in the RBC material Robert Kennedy Jr.On March 26, Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the assassinated US President John F. Kennedy, announced that he had chosen a vice-presidential candidat...

The Ministry of Digital Development plans to impose a revenue threshold for IT companies eligible for corporate income tax benefits. This threshold could increase from 0% to 20% in 2025. The decision will be made after analyzing tax data for 2023.The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media plans to limit the list of IT companies eligible for profit tax breaks to a revenue th...

Rosmorport won several ships from the Dutch Damen under contracts for the construction of seven tugs. In 2022, Damen refused to fulfill orders for Russia, and in 2023 it itself sued the Dutch authoritiesWhat was built for Rosmorport In 2020–2021, FSUE Rosmorport ordered seven Arc4 ice class tugs from the Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Gorinchem BV. The orders were due to be completed i...

The Xiaohongshu app has reported its first profit and become the fastest-growing social network in China, where foreign services are blocked. This was made possible by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. However, there are no clear prospects for an IPO.Chinese video and photo sharing app Xiaohongshu reported a net profit of $5......

Scholz pointed out that the EU's use of proceeds from Russia's frozen assets for military assistance to Ukraine is a legal step, and a legal framework has already been created for this. Russia warned of symmetrical response to asset divestmentUsing proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe to purchase weapons for Ukraine is a legal step, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference...

The EU added 33 Russians to its sanctions list, whom it considered involved in Navalny’s death. The list includes the head of penal colony No. 3 and his deputies, heads of departments of the Ministry of Justice, judges, etc. Russia assesses Western sanctions as illegalThe European Union imposed sanctions against two organizations and 33 Russians in connection with the death of Alexei Navalny . The...

It was planned to close access to cloud services for Russian companies from March 20, but now Microsoft is planning to do this at the end of the month, Softline reported. The restrictions will not affect individuals, says an RTVI sourceThe American company Microsoft is discussing the issue of postponing the suspension of cloud services for Russian companies to the end of the month, Andrey Blagoraz...

The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the sale of cultured meat based on beef, department press secretary Shira Solomon said in a telegram channel. “The Alternative Protein Pilot Program [...] is the first time in the world that a product has been approved that includes a cell culture derived from bovine cells rather than chicken cells,” Solomon said. He clarified that permission to sell art...

Chicken deliveries to some Russian regions were delayed due to bad weather, X5 Group reported. Earlier, residents of Yekaterinburg, Samara, and Chelyabinsk complained about the lack of chicken in the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok stores.In the first days of the New Year, in some regions of Russia there were delays in the supply of chilled poultry, including due to heavy snowfalls or frosts. RBC was ...

The pharmaceutical company Astellas has decided to withdraw the antibiotic vilprafen from the Russian market. The Ministry of Health proposes to replace it with azithromycin, but patients may be resistant to the latter due to its use during the pandemicAn international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, Astellas, has decided to withdraw the antibiotics vilprafen and vilprafen solutab (...

David CameronGreat Britain would introduce sanctions against companies from the European Union if they continued to export goods to Russia in violation of restrictions, Foreign Minister David Cameron said in a speech before a parliamentary committee. The broadcast was hosted by The Guardian. “If we thought that companies from EU countries were selling goods to Russia, then we would have imposed sa...

In Ukraine, the number of cases of infection with infectious diseases resistant to antibiotics has increased. The British newspaper The Telegraph writes about this with reference to a study by the Center for Public Health of Ukraine (MoPH). Experts analyzed data obtained from three regional hospitals in Ukraine. According to the study, 14% of 353 patients became ill while in a medical facility. Ab...

Милей впервые в истории Аргентины принял присягу министров без присутствия прессы, сообщает La Nacion. Также он отменил указ прошлого президента и назначил свою сестру главой президентского секретариата Президент Аргентины Хавьер Милей, чья инаугурация прошла 10 декабря, «тайно» принял присягу у нового правительства, а также назначил свою сестру главой президентского секретариата, передает La Naci...

The choice of words of the year in the German Language Society was explained by the ongoing crises around the world, as well as a new wave of anti-Semitism in Germany, which is happening “under the influence of Islamists”The word Krisenmodus (“crisis mode” or “crisis state”) has become the word of 2......

Alexey ArestovichThe contradictions that have accumulated in Ukraine both during the hostilities and before the Russian military operation can be resolved with a “conditional Maidan,” said former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (listed in Russia as terrorists and extremists). “The amount of contradictions that have accumulated during the war and before it can on...