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The United States approves $16.46 billion in military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait amidst the Iran war.
2026-03-19

The Moscow Exchange suspends all trading in US dollars and euros in response to increased sanctions by the European Union and the United States.
2024-06-12

Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO.
2023-11-21

The United States will contribute $64 million to the United Nations' famine prevention effort in Afghanistan.
2021-09-13

The human rights group International Rights Advocates formally launches a lawsuit in the United States against Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc. (Google), Tesla, Inc., Dell and Microsoft on behalf of 14 Congolese families whose children died or were injured in Copperbelt mines that supply cobalt for the firms' lithium-ion battery products.
2019-12-16

China and the United States announced a tentative agreement for the "first phase" of a trade deal, with China agreeing to buy up to $50 billion in American farm products with the United States agreeing to suspend new tariffs scheduled for October 15.
2019-10-11

Poland signs a deal with the United States to buy a US$4.75 billion Patriot missile system.
2018-03-28

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis criticizes The Pentagon for wasting US$28 million for Afghan woodland camouflage that did not match the country's terrain.
2017-07-24

Volkswagen agrees to pay $175 million to United States lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles.
2016-10-14

The People's Republic of China's only ratings house that grades sovereign entities, the Dagong Global Credit Rating Company, states that the United States is already defaulting on its debt by allowing the U.S. dollar to devalue against other currencies, diminishing the wealth of China as a U.S. creditor.
2011-06-10