La medida prohíbe a las empresas estadounidenses exportar o transferir bienes a las organizaciones sancionadas.
El gobierno de Estados Unidos sancionó el viernes (09.07.2021) a 34 compañías por su supuesta colaboración con los abusos de derechos humanos contra la minoría musulmana uigur en Xinjiang (China), y/o por facilitar exportaciones a Rusia e Irán.
En un comunicado, el Departamento de Comercio estadounidense anunció la inclusión de esas compañías a su Lista de Entidades, con lo que prohíbe a las empresas de ese país exportar o transferir bienes a las organizaciones sancionadas.
Catorce de las 34 compañías afectadas tienen sede en China y, según el Departamento de Comercio, son cómplices en la campaña de Pekín de represión, detención masiva y vigilancia con tecnología de punta a los uigures, los kazajos y los miembros de otros grupos minoritarios musulmanes en Xinjiang .
Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new report detailing the steps that would be required to get the world to net?zero carbon emissions, identifying seven pillars for achieving the goal
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If we read or hear something today that sounds a little strange, all we have to do is check the facts. But before we all had access to Google in our back pockets, people relied on the truthfulness of reporters.
This was even more impactful when radio was one of the only news sources. This list compiles hoaxes from the 1940s onward. While some are definitely within the time frame of the advent of the Internet, you’ll be surprised at how gullible some people really are!
10 Nixon For President . . . Again?
Back in 1992, the National Public Radio broadcast a sound bite of Richard Nixon telling Americans that he was going to run for the presidency . . . again. It had been less than 20 years since he had resigned after the Watergate scandal.