Iran’s president hints at tanker exchange

Iran’s president hints at tanker exchange

(CNN)Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appeared to signal Wednesday that his country might be willing to release a British-flagged oil tanker it seizedin return for the UK’s release of a detained Iranian tanker. Iran, in turn, seized the British-flagged Stena Impero …

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China may tweak its plan to dominate tech, but it won’t back down – Trending Stuff

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China’s efforts to become a global powerhouse in the technology of the future are under attack. But don’t expect it to beat a retreat. Under pressure from US tariffs on exports and a deepening economic slowdown, China’s …

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Trump, the Saudis, and America’s disastrous ‘enemy of my enemy is my friend’ strategy – Trending Stuff

(CNN)“He’s a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is said to have been talking about Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza. It was 1939, and you can imagine him, cigarette and martini in …

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More Iranians ‘buying’ passports in other countries to evade U.S travel ban, sanctions – Trending Stuff

More Iranians are paying big money to buy passports in neighboring countries through bribery or fraudulent information, in a bid to evade U.S. sanctions and the Trump administration’s travel ban on Iran and six other nations, multiple sources have told …

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North Korea’s foreign minister visits Iran as US reimposes sanctions – Trending Stuff

(CNN)Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, to Tehran on Tuesday, hours after the United States reintroduced sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Without any specific details, the agency added that “they also discussed …

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