A federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday that Google should be punished for not properly preserving employee messages about the Epic Games case.
The sanctions came just hours after an American military F-22 shot down the second “high altitude object” to enter U.S. airspace in the past week.
Sanctions imposed on Russian crude oil have so far have “failed completely” and new price caps could prove immaterial as well, analysts told CNBC.
Charles McGonigal, a former FBI agent for counterintelligence, faces charges related to services provided to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Much of the oil being held up by Turkey is Kazakh-origin and not subject to a Russian crude price cap, but shipment delays may impact the global energy market.
Tankers shipping Russian oil face new Turkish insurance rules and delays which will worsen with a ‘shadow fleet’ of Chinese and Indian refiners likely buyers.
Oil prices have fallen to roughly $87 a barrel from more than $120 in early June ahead of potentially disruptive sanctions on Russian oil
OPEC+, a group of 23 oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will convene on Sunday to decide on the next phase of production policy.
The Treasury Department issued sanctions against three firms and two individuals that facilitated the transport of drones from Iran to Ukraine.