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China will sanction 11 US citizens in retaliation for similar US sanctions placed on the country last week.  GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are among those sanctioned.  Last week the US sanctioned Hong Kong's Beijing-appointed chief executive Carrie Lam and several other current and former officials for their enforcement of greater control of the region.  Rubio and Cruz faced previous sanctions for...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been shipped from Russia to Venezuela, Bloomberg reported. Bloomberg analyzed data from ImportGenius which found that $315 million was sent from Russia between May 2018 to and April 2019. The money, Bloomberg said, can be used in a variety of methods such as "repatriating cash held overseas or dividends from a stake in a Moscow-based bank." Venezuela has...

President Donald Trump's administration has since last November imposed waves of sanctions on Iran's economy, aimed at crippling its leadership so badly that it acquiesces to US demands. But it's Iranian daily life that's suffering from the economic pressure. Inflation is running high and citizens are so squeezed that they can't afford to go the cinema or buy carpets anymore. Scroll down to see...