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China is considering sending Russia lethal military aid in the form of artillery shells as President Vladimir Putin’s army rapidly depletes its supply of ammunition a year into his invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials said, a prospect that has alarmed those in the Biden administration who believe Beijing has the ability to transform the war’s trajectory. There is no evidence that any weapons transfers have occurred, these officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the U.S. government’s assessment. But if China does move ahead, it would mark the first time Beijing has provided lethal aid in the...

HAVANA (AP) — The golden arches are nowhere to be found. There's not a single Starbucks or Wal-Mart, and no way to buy a Budweiser, a Corvette or a Dell. But even in Cuba, you can get a Coke. Despite the U.S. Trading With the Enemy Act, which governs Washington's 45-year-old embargo, sales on Fidel Castro's island are lining the pockets of corporate America. Nikes, Colgate and Marlboros, Gillette Series shaving cream and Jordache jeans — all are easy to find. Cubans who wear contact lenses can buy Bausch & Lomb. Parents can surprise the kids with a Mickey Mouse...

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 9 — Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said today that attempts by European companies in the Middle East to disassociate themselves from Denmark or Danish products was considered by Danes to be "disgraceful

Iran Lifts Trade Embargo Iran has just lifted the punishment sanctions imposed on import and export of goods to and from Great Britain, South Korea, Argentina and Czechoslovakia after the Mullahs discovered the embargo did not work and badly needed goods were in short supply. Meanwhile, Iran has started 138 Camel-bird farms with some 13,000 birds and sells their meat for about $5 a pound to the population. Which is cheaper than in many other countries. Before I get flamed for apparent nonsense, the Persian name for an Ostrich translates literally as Camel-bird and these have been introduced to supplement...

April 2, 2002, 6:09PM Save us all from Jimmy Carter's next misstep By EVERETT E. BRIGGS Please, Mr. President, don't go to Cuba. No, not George W. Bush. Former President Carter says he is tired of the U.S. embargo on Cuba and wants to visit Havana. He has asked the Bush administration for its approval. Carter's request poses a dilemma for the White House. If it says no, that could spark a public relations uproar. But to let a former U.S. president stumble into Fidel Castro's warm embrace would undercut a key element of the administration's Latin American policy, which...