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Ebrahim Raisi · IranIranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his country has proven the West doesn’t have a monopoly on technology while inaugurating a hydropower and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday.See the Story
Iran’s Raisi inaugurates project in Sri Lanka, says West doesn’t monopolize knowledge, technology
34% Center coverage: 15 sources
Kim Jong-Un · TehranNorth Korea's External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho traveled to Iran, signaling potential economic cooperation between the two countries after years of limited contact.See the Story
North Korea sends a delegation to Iran in a growing effort to break its diplomatic isolation
48% Center coverage: 25 sources
Kevin McCarthy · United StatesThe Senate on Tuesday advanced a package to provide billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, sending the legislation on a glide path to become law after a rocky six months of political battles.See the Story
Senate advances long-awaited aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and TikTok bill
61% Center coverage: 116 sources
Google · United StatesGoogle fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said.See the Story
Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
38% Center coverage: 26 sources
Shehbaz Sharif · IranIranian and Pakistani leaders agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation in a meeting on Monday that sought to smooth over a diplomatic rift between the countries.See the Story
Iran's president arrives in Pakistan for 3-day visit amid tight security
46% Center coverage: 22 sources
Erdogan · TurkeyTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit in more than a decade as his country seeks greater cooperation from Baghdad in its fight against a Kurdish militant group that has a foothold in northern Iraq.See the Story
Kurdish separatists, water issues loom large in long-awaited Erdogan visit to Iraq
54% Center coverage: 28 sources
Europe · United StatesGlobal military spending reached a record high of $2.4 trillion in 2023 amid a “global deterioration in peace and security,” the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday.
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Global military spending hit all-time high in 2023 after 7% jump, report finds
39% Right coverage: 64 sources
Business · United StatesA Bangkok -based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 “egregious” violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday. SCG Plastics Co. used U.S. banks to process $291 million in sales of Iranian high-density polyethylene resin from 2017 to 2018, according to the signed settlement agreement between the firm and Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The resin, used for product bottles and industrial items, was manufactured by an Iranian joint venture owned in part, by SCG Plastics’ parent company, SCG Chemicals and the National Petrochemical Company of Iran, which is a government entity. The settlement states that SCG Plastics used “shipping and documentation practices that obfuscated the product’s Iranian origin and Iranian parties’ involvement,” which caused banks to unknowingly process transfers in violation of OFAC’s sanctions on Iran.See the Story
Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations
62% Center coverage: 13 sources