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US sanctions Nicaraguan gold mining agency over ties to Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Friday on Nicaragua’s state-owned gold mining firm and the president of its board of administrators partially over the Central American nation’s ties to Russia.

The sanctions had been imposed in opposition to the Nicaraguan Mining Co., identified by the Spanish-language acronym ENIMINAS, partly as a result of the nation’s leaders are “deepening their relationship with Russia because it wages battle in opposition to Ukraine, whereas utilizing gold income to proceed to oppress the individuals of Nicaragua,” the Treasury Division mentioned.

The actions are licensed beneath an current govt order that targets the violent

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Know-how key to future Indo-US ties: Sandhu

‘This has been a “momentous 12 months” for India-US commerce and financial relations,’ say the Indian envoy.

‘This has been a “momentous 12 months” for India-US commerce and financial relations,’ say the Indian envoy.

This has been a “momentous 12 months” for India-US commerce and financial relations, New Delhi’s prime diplomat right here mentioned Thursday, June 9, 2022, underlining the “monumental” potential of the financial partnership between the 2 international locations.

India’s Ambassador to america, Taranjit Singh Sandhu mentioned, “Final 12 months we did hit a historic excessive of greater than US$160 billion in India-US bilateral commerce. Do understand that

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ExxonMobil, Apple, Boeing newest US giants to chop ties with Moscow

Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing introduced Tuesday in speedy succession steps to withdraw or freeze enterprise in Russia as extra US company giants take motion after the Ukraine invasion.

The strikes — in various industries and following earlier bulletins by Disney, Ford, Mastercard and others — spotlight the rising financial toll on Russia after its assault on Ukraine unleashed huge sanctions throughout Western governments.

ExxonMobil will start a phased withdrawal from the enormous Sakhalin offshore oilfield that it has operated since 1995, saying “we deplore Russia’s army motion that violates the territorial integrity of Ukraine and endangers its individuals.”

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Music venue at former Chinese language restaurant with ties to Detroit hip-hop clears Historic District Fee

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  • An architectural rendering proposes remodeling Detroit’s long-abandoned Stanley’s Mannia Café right into a music venue.

The deserted, graffiti-covered Stanley’s Mannia Café Chinese language restaurant in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood has seen higher days, however even in its state of disrepair it stays one of many metropolis’s architectural gems. The beautiful constructing, with its tall spire and sweeping thrives, was designed by Nathan Johnson, a Black, Detroit-based visionary architect who labored within the futuristic “Googie” Mid-century trendy

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