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US Senator John Thune behind a podium at a press conference. — John Thune. Photo by the U.S. Senate, taken in 2024. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

GOP Senators Signal Greater Support for New Russia Sanctions

Republican lawmakers are intensifying calls for President Donald Trump to impose sweeping sanctions on Moscow following the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.

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EU Weighs Sanctions on Chinese Refineries Linked to Russia

The European Commission is preparing to target several independent Chinese refineries in its forthcoming sanctions package against Russia, Reuters reported, citing unnamed EU officials.

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Russia’s Shadow Fleet is Growing, Says Economist

The “shadow fleet” of oil tankers moving Russian crude outside mainstream shipping channels has expanded alongside new Western sanctions.

Hacker performing a network port scan on a laptop.

OFAC Blacklists Cyber Scammers in Southeast Asia

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday blacklisted 19 entities linked to large cyber-scam compounds in Southeast Asia that have targeted Americans in romance and cryptocurrency-investment swindles.

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Watchdog Calls for New Beneficial Ownership Standards in UK Territories

The UK should standardize beneficial-ownership requirements across its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, an international watchdog group said.

Aleksander Zelekson sitting in a corner next to an old television. A cat is sitting on top of the television. — Rob Hornstra, “Aleksander Zelekson, Nizhny Novgorod (2007),” cropped and edited from the original, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Censored and Sanctioned, Russian Television Plays American Hit Shows

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, Russians continue to seek respite from the conflict by turning to movie and TV streaming services, including at least one that is showing HBO hit shows.