The American publication Foreign Policy (FP) reported that sea cucumbers have become a payment tool between Chinese criminal groups and participants in illegal business in Mexico. According to FP, this commodity helps bypass the international banking system, and certain types of sea cucumbers cost up to $3,000 per kilogram.

#JaliscoNewGenerationCartel #SinaloaCartel #China #Mexico #seacucumbers #SezarDaleo

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A China-linked hacking group sent emails in the names of American artificial intelligence specialists, including a former White House official, in an effort to gain access to the email accounts of AI experts from think tanks, universities, and other organizations. This is stated in a report by the U.S. cybersecurity company Proofpoint, Reuters reports.

#Proofpoint #TA419 #WhiteHouse #ArtificialIntelligence #China #USA

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China and the US agreed to mutual tariff reductions worth $30 billion following the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States. According to China’s Foreign Ministry, the sides also extended the bilateral trade truce, known as the «Busan Agreement», until January 10, 2027.

#APEC #DonaldTrump #China #MinistryofForeignAffairsofChina #XiJinping #USA

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U.S. President Donald Trump personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where the Chinese leader arrived for a three-day visit to the United States. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sides had agreed to extend the current 11-month trade truce until January 10.

#DonaldTrump #China #XiJinping #UnitedStates #tradetruce #Andrews

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The USA invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit, which will take place on December 14–15 in Miami. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called this a good opportunity for Putin to make contact not only with U.S. President Donald Trump, but also with other world leaders.

#g20 #APEC #DonaldTrump #China #Putin #Ukraine

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In August, Russia supplied 9.2 million tons of coal to China, which is 13.4% more than a year earlier, but fell from second to third place among the largest suppliers. The share of Russian suppliers in Chinese imports was 21.9%.

#AlexanderNovak #Indonesia #China #Mongolia #Russia #coal

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Australia is investigating how F-35 fighter jet parts, which were being sent to the US, unexpectedly ended up in Hong Kong and remain missing months later. Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles said Canberra is examining everything that happened on the Australian side of this supply chain.

#f35 #LockheedMartin #Australia #HongKong #China #SaudiArabia

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Based on the results of the first eight months of 2026, Russia rose to third place among pork suppliers to China, overtaking the United Kingdom. China bought $75.3 million worth of pig farming products from Russia, which is 26.9% more than a year earlier.

#StateTechnicalUniversityofChina #China #Miratorg #Russia #Rusagro #pork

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China’s Ministry of Commerce criticized the new U.S. sanctions against Russia and said it reserves the right to take all necessary measures to protect its interests. The trigger was U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of a law that provides for 100% tariffs on goods from countries that buy Russian oil.

#DonaldTrump #China #MinistryofCommerceofChina #Russia #USsanctions #USA

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The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, said at the Air, Space and Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, that the American military needs to prepare for combat operations not only in near-Earth orbit, but also around the Moon. The statement came just days after the U.S. first announced the deployment of space weapons into orbit.

#AssociatedPress #OuterSpaceTreaty #DanKane #China #USSpaceForce #Moon

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The Bundeswehr and civilian medics in Germany have begun preparing hospitals for a possible war. According to a Bundeswehr report, the country should be ready to receive up to 1,000 wounded service members per day.

#Bundeswehr #Germany #China #Lithuania #GermanTraumaSociety #Ulm

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Japan’s National Police Agency intends to create a foreign intelligence intelligence department within its structure, which will deal with Russia, China, and North Korea, among others. Funds for its formation are planned to be requested in the budget for fiscal year 2027, which begins on April 1, 2027.

#China #odd #Russia #specialservices #Japan

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New rules have come into force in China that tighten control over citizens’ travel abroad. Immigration authorities have been given the power to restrict foreign trips, require proof of the purpose of travel and the route, and for forged documents, false information, and violations, a travel ban of up to three years is now предусмотрен.

#alibaba #bbc #DeepSeek #SafeguardDefenders #SupremePeoplesCourtofChina #China

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In the week to September 13, Russia shipped $2.42 billion worth of oil for export — the highest since late May, according to Bloomberg calculations based on tanker-tracking data. A week earlier, the amount was about $620 million lower.

#WarinUkraine #India #Kazakhstan #China #oil #Russia #Economy

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On Monday, the U.S. Space Force confirmed for the first time that the United States has deployed weapons in space. The agency said these are space control assets designed to protect the Joint Force.

#OuterSpaceTreaty #China #Space #Weaponsinspace #Russia #USA

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The Kremlin said that a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, in November has not yet been scheduled. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said that, hypothetically, such contact cannot be ruled out if the leaders happen to be in the same place.

#APEC #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #China #policy #XiJinping

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At the U.S.-sanctioned «Arctic LNG 2», gas production and LNG exports reached record levels in July and August. According to Bloomberg, in these months production exceeded 27 million cubic meters per day.

#AlexanderNovak #ArcticLNG2 #China #Russia #USsanctions #lng

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Politico and The Telegraph reported on documents according to which the Chinese state-owned Jilin Chemical Fiber Group sent 46 tons of chemicals to Russia for the production of drones. The recipient is listed as «Alabuga-Vokno» — a subsidiary of «Rosatom».

#Alabuga #drones #WarinUkraine #China #Russia #tatarstan #Ukraine

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From January to July 2026, Hong Kong imported nearly 100 tons of gold from Russia — about three times more than in the same period a year earlier. This is a record figure.

#HongKong #gold #China #USTreasuryDepartment #Russia #USA

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The Nepal Army confirmed the rescue of two people from the tunnel of the Trishuli-3A hydropower plant in Rasuwa district after the August 26 flood. Search efforts continue; rescuers had previously heard voices from the tunnel, where, according to a Nepali lawmaker, other survivors may still remain.

#NepaleseArmy #BhoteKoshi #China #Nepal #Rasuva #Trishuli3A

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