Month: February 2024

[ad_1] Russia has allowed the release of millions of dollars in frozen North Korean assets and may be helping its isolated ally with access to international banking networks, assistance that has come after the North’s transfer of weapons to Moscow for use against Ukraine, according to American-allied intelligence officials.The White House said last month that it had evidence that North Korea had provided ballistic missiles to Russia, and that the […]

[ad_1] Toyota raised its annual net profit forecast to a record high on Tuesday, reporting strong sales in all regions in the first three quarters as the global semiconductor shortage eases.The weak yen is also boosting earnings for the auto titan, which now expects to book a net profit of ¥4.5 trillion ($30 billion) for the year ending in March, up from its previous forecast of ¥3.95 trillion.Third-quarter net profit […]

[ad_1] U.S. efforts to promote the expansion of India’s solar industry may have opened a back door to components made with forced labor in China.India’s largest solar producer, Waaree Energies, has sent millions of panels to the U.S. made with components from a Chinese company whose products were repeatedly denied entry to the U.S. market over concerns about forced labor, an examination of Indian and U.S. import records shows.Those components, […]