Huawei loses legal case against HSBC over Meng Wanzhou extradition February 19, 2021 Huawei has lost a legal bid to force HSBC to disclose documents, marking a setback in the tech giant’s efforts to prevent the extradition of its chief financial officer to the US. Meng Wanzhou faces charges of bank fraud over claims she misled HSBC over Huawei’s dealings in Iran, causing the bank to violate US [...]
Banned: The full list of countries that have banned UK travellers December 21, 2020 The new mutant strain of Covid-19 which is said to be spreading widely in the UK has seen a number of countries crack down on British arrivals. The French decision to block the border has caused chaos at UK ports, but many other countries have made similar decisions. The full list: France India Italy Belgium [...]
Iran cannot be allowed to win this game of nuclear blackmail July 3, 2019 Nuclear proliferation is often cited by world leaders as one of the greatest threats to our planet’s continued survival. Short of a cataclysmic environmental disaster, it is difficult to conceptualise an event that could cause more damage to global prospects than the detonation of a nuclear device. Yet despite the general abhorrence, this has neither [...]
Weekend Read: The narrow but treacherous crossing that continues to claim lives November 27, 2021 On a clear day the White Cliffs of Dover can be glimpsed from the sandy beaches of Calais, just 21 miles away across the dangerous waters of the English Channel. It is here where tens of thousands of people from all over the world have risked death to cross over to the UK aboard dinghies, [...]
German investors grow gloomier over Iran and trade tensions July 16, 2019 German investors became increasingly gloomy about the country’s economic prospects in July, a survey showed today, as they fretted over the raging US-China trade war and tensions in Iran. Read more: German malaise continues as factory orders tumble The ZEW think tank’s indicator of economic sentiment fell to minus 24.5 points in July compared to [...]
‘You’re free to go’: Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou reaches shock deal with US September 25, 2021 Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, has resolved criminal charges against her as part of a shock deal with the US Justice Department that paves the way for her to return to China. The agreement with Wanzhou calls for the Justice Department to dismiss fraud charges [...]
Iran to set free seven crew members from captured British tanker Stena Impero September 4, 2019 Iran will free seven crew members from the captured British tanker the Stena Impero, according to Iranian state television. A spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry told TV the state had set them free on humanitarian grounds, and that they could leave the country soon. Read more: Britain will join US to protect ships from [...]
UK issues warning after Iran breaches nuclear agreement July 7, 2019 Iran has broken the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal and must reverse any moves to increase its uranium enrichment, the UK has warned. Iran announced this afternoon it would boost its uranium enrichment above a cap set by the nuclear deal in a move that ramped up tensions between Tehran and the west. Read [...]
Trump warns Iran of ‘obliteration’ if war breaks out June 22, 2019 US President Donald Trump has warned Iran would face “obliteration like you’ve never seen before” if war broke out, but insisted he does not want a conflict. In an interview with NBC, Trump said there were no pre-conditions for talks with Iran, but warned the US would not tolerate nuclear weapons. Read more: Trump: I [...]
Trump ‘cancels military strike on Iran’ at the last minute June 21, 2019 President Donald Trump had given the go-ahead for a wave of retaliatory strikes against Iran yesterday before opting to cancel the attack, according to reports. Read more: Iran made ‘a very big mistake’, tweets Trump Trump had planned strikes against a “handful” of targets, according to the New York Times, but cancelled the operation in [...]