Congressional leaders have announced a total of $1.59 trillion for 2024, including $886 billion in defense funding US Republican and Democrat leaders have reached an agreement on government spending for 2024, sidelining negotiations on additional resources for Israel and Ukraine, as well as money for border control.
Washington’s microchip export controls are destroying global supply chains, Beijing has claimed Restrictions imposed by the US on exports of computer chips to China go beyond the concept of national security and destroy supply chains, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.
The sanctioned countries no longer need the Western system for transactions, the deputy head of the Central Bank of Iran has announced Iran and Russia have officially switched from the West’s SWIFT financial clearing system to a direct interbank transfer mechanism, the deputy head of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said.