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Trump’s longtime accountants sever ties

Mazars USA notified the ex-president’s company that a decade’s worth of its financial statements could ‘not be relied upon’ Mazars USA, a longtime accounting firm for the Trump Organization, has severed ties with former President Donald Trump’s enterprise. On top of that, the company notified the Trump Organization that its financial statements for 2011 through […]

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Universities demand staff disclose ties to Jewish, Israeli groups – reports

The demand follows a freedom of information request filed with a dozen of Dutch universities by a group Jewish media called ‘anti-Israeli’ The administrations of about a dozen Dutch universities have reportedly demanded their staff hand over information on their relationships over the past 10 years with a long list of Jewish and Israeli institutions, […]

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US university reinstates professor acquitted over ties with China

The nanotechnology expert was charged with hiding his connection to a Beijing institution The University of Tennessee has reinstated a professor who was indicted and then exonerated on charges of keeping his connections with a Chinese university secret while receiving NASA grants. Anming Hu, a nanotechnology expert, returned to his position at the university in […]

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Another country breaks ties with Taiwan in favor of ‘only legitimate China’

The government of Nicaragua has officially broken ties with Taiwan, declaring that there is only one China – the People’s Republic of China – and that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. Nicaragua’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denis Moncada Colindres, announced the breaking of diplomatic ties in a statement on Thursday. “The Government of […]

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Germany’s state media outlet cuts ties with Arab partner over ‘anti-Semitic’ content

State-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has halted its partnership with a Jordanian TV channel over “anti-Semitic” social media posts and is probing allegedly bigoted commentary by some of its own employees. The German outlet announced on Sunday it is suspending cooperation with Jordan’s Roya TV after discovering that the partner had allegedly been spreading anti-Semitic […]

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Turkey arrests 7 for alleged ties to exiled cleric Ankara blames for coup

At least seven people have been arrested by Turkish authorities, suspected of having connections to the self-exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of being behind the 2016 coup attempt. The apprehensions made on Friday come after prosecutors in the capital issued arrest warrants for eight suspects, including five active-duty military personnel, as well […]

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Beirut scrambles to mend ties with Saudi Arabia after Riyadh expels Lebanese envoy & bans imports

The Lebanese government is forming a special group to heal a rift in relations with Riyadh that saw Saudi Arabia giving 48 hours for Lebanon’s ambassador to leave and banning all Lebanese imports. Riyadh has recalled its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations and gave the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the kingdom on Friday. […]

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China condemns EU after European lawmakers resoundingly back resolution to improve ties with Taiwan

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has blasted the European Union after the bloc’s representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of increasing ties with Taiwan and starting work on an investment deal with the island. On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin reiterated Beijing’s opposition to any foreign influence in Taiwan, which China sees as an unalienable […]

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Beijing warns Australia’s ‘provocative actions’ on Taiwan could be ‘cataclysmic’ for bilateral ties, after former PM visits island

Chinese state media has warned Canberra to stay out of its internal affairs as Australia’s former prime minister rallied behind Taiwan during a visit to the island, which Beijing deems an inherent part of China. Tony Abbott, who headed the Australian government between 2013 and 2015, delivered a speech at a conference in Taipei on […]

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Blinken calls for more ‘normalization’ of ties with Israel as he celebrates Trump-brokered Abraham Accords

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on more countries in the Arab world to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, offering rare praise to Trump’s diplomacy as he marked one year since the signing of a landmark peace deal. Speaking at a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the […]