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Rwanda Rejects U.S. Sanctions Over DR Congo Conflict The Rwandan government has unequivocally rejected recent sanctions imposed by the United States Department of the Treasury targeting the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four senior commanders. Officials argued that this action is "targeting only one party" involved in the Washington Accords, stressing it misrepresents the complex conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The sanctions, announced by the U.S. Treasury, focus on the RDF as an institution as…

Rwanda Rejects U.S. Sanctions, Defends Its Actions Amid Eastern DRC Conflict The Rwandan government has firmly rejected sanctions imposed by the United States Department of the Treasury on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four senior commanders, labeling the decision as an unjust targeting of a single party involved in the Washington Accords. Officials in Kigali argue that the sanctions misrepresent the complex realities of the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On , the U.S. Treasury…

EU’s €2.95bn fine on Google exposes a new fault line: regulators vs. politicians The European Commission’s decision to fine Alphabet’s Google €2.95 billion over alleged anti‑competitive behaviour in its ad‑tech business has landed in the middle of a transatlantic tug-of-war — and now risks spilling into trade politics. The penalty, the fourth major sanction handed to the search giant by Brussels over the past decade, prompted an unusually blunt response from the United States: former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth…

EU slaps Google with €2.95 billion fine — a test of whether Europe can actually tame Big Tech BRUSSELS — In a decisive move that underscores Europe’s determination to reshape the digital economy, regulators on Friday fined Google €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion), ruling that the U.S. search giant abused its dominance in online advertising by steering business to its own services and squeezing rivals, publishers and advertisers. The European Commission said the practice — centered on Google’s AdX exchange and DFP ad server —…