How the world was in 2022, and how it might look in 2023: NSN’s review and predictions
NSN’s reviews 2022 and predicts how the world might fare in 2023.
Wagner Group Facing UK Lawsuit As U.S. Considers Whether To Designate It As A Foreign Terrorist Organisation
Wagner group to be sued for billions so court award can be given to victims of the Ukraine War.
Official spokesman for Ukraine military intelligence vows to hunt down every spy on its leaked list of 620 Russian agents
Ukrainian intelligence on working with NATO countries to hunt down 620 Russian spies.
UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies
Law firms to be banned from helping with Russian disinformation campaigns.
China falls behind in tech battle with the U.S. as sanctions cause collapse of its computer chip industry.
Xi Jinping’s vow to win the global tech battle is sounding increasingly hollow.
China sanctions children of its critics – and ends up a laughing stock
China is being roundly mocked over its decision to sanction the children of lawmakers who have spoken out over its aggression towards Taiwan and human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Five British politicians and their families were hit with Chinese sanctions…
Ukraine calls for China to be sanctioned for enabling Russia’s war crimes
Dennis Rice, reporting from the Senate, Washington DC. China is facing an extraordinary double whammy of sanctions over its aggression towards Taiwan and what one of the Ukraine’s most powerful politicians termed as its “hypocritical” stance over the former Russian…
Taliban and Russia on brink of striking trade deal to undermine sanctions – say Afghan officials
The Taliban is on the brink of securing a multi-billion-dollar deal to import oil and gas from Russia, according to Afghan officials. Bilateral trade between the two once warring nations is currently worth US$200 million annually, but this agreement would…
First it was fuel prices now it’s electronic chips in your phones and cars which are set to soar in price – bleak economic news looms over the “new Ukraine.”
Economists are warning of a global hi-tech doomsday scenario in which Chinese moves to annex or erect a trade blockade around Taiwan spark inflation-busting price rises for mobile phones and other hi-tech “must haves.” Their concern stems from parallels between…
US sanctions two Russian nationals for malign influence operations
Two Russian nationals, four US political groups and their prominent leaders have been sanctioned by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Justice for plotting malign influence operations. Viewed as a textbook operation, Russian intelligence have…
