Similar attempt was made in London, where it failed
Matthew Hughes Fri 12 Mar 2021 // 10:27 UTC Share
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou s legal team has begun proceedings against HSBC in Hong Kong to obtain documents they believe will support her defence against extradition from Canada to the US.
Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in 2018 by Canadian authorities while transiting at Vancouver International Airport following an extradition request by the US government.
The arrest warrant, issued by the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, accuses the company exec of violating bank fraud and conspiracy laws to circumvent US sanctions against Iran. These charges are related to the activities of Skycom Tech Co Ltd, an entity alleged to be a Huawei subsidiary that was accused of providing computer hardware to Iranian telecommunications providers, including one partially owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IR
Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC to Partner With Social Media Firms to ‘Promote Protests Movements’
Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.
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A new report from Washington D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that the U.S. government should work closely with social media companies to ensure that protest movements around the world result in an outcome more conducive to American interests. Along with intern Riley McCabe, the organization’s senior fellow, Samuel Brannen, argued that the White House, State Department, and intelligence community must explore deeper coordination with major tech companies that provide global media platforms:
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Picture a world with a belligerent Iran, China on the rise, chaos-seeking Russians and waning global influence for the United States in other words, 2021.
Then imagine that the simmering tensions between the U.S. and each of these nations boil over, leading to a full-fledged world war. It’s a horrifying outcome feared by military leaders and policymakers not to mention American civilians. It’s also the plot of
2034: A Novel of the Next World War, a new book from Adm. James Stavridis and Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman that explores what a future world war might look like, so foreign policy and military practitioners can make sure it never happens.
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