US bombing ‘Iranian’ targets in Iraq after rocket strike at base near Baghdad killed 2 troops -reports

The US and its coalition partners are bombing “Iranian” targets in Iraq, in retaliation for the earlier deaths of two US service members and a British nurse in a rocket attack on Camp Taji near Baghdad.

Multiple outlets reported the strikes citing US officials speaking on condition of anonymity on Thursday afternoon. No information about the strikes or targets was offered. Earlier in the day, the Pentagon blamed the “Iran-backed” Iraqi Shia militias for Wednesday’s rocket strike, which killed three and wounded 14 more people.

Social media reports spoke of airstrikes against Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in four Iraqi provinces – Karbala, Babil, Baghdad and Salah-al-Din.

Update 3/U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, bombing PMF facilities including logistics and drone warehouses in different provinces such as #Babil, #Karbala, #Baghdad, and #Salah_al_Din#Iraqpic.twitter.com/te1Pxl7qdN

— Mehrdad Torabi (@mehrdadt1987) March 12, 2020

Thursday’s attack follows a series of airstrikes against PMF positions in Iraq’s Anbar province and just across the border in Syria on Wednesday, which were blamed on the US by local media outlets but never confirmed by the Pentagon.

https://www.rt.com/usa/482986-iraq-bombing-us-retaliation-taji/

Russia closes its border to Italian citizens & anyone coming from Italy, to help stop spread of Covid-19

Italian citizens and any persons traveling from Italy have been banned from entering Russia, starting from midnight on Friday. With 1,016 dead and 15,000 infected, Italy remains the European country hardest hit by coronavirus.

The only exception to Moscow's exclusion is for the citizens of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), plane crews, official delegations and for holders of residence permits in Russia, the government announced on its website.

The majority of the 28 Russians who got infected with Covid-19 are tourists who had recently traveled to Italy.

Earlier this week, Austria forbade Italians from entering the country unless they have a proper medical certificate. Vienna also halted all railway traffic with its neighbor.

https://www.rt.com/russia/482978-italy-russa-border-coronavirus/

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World News

March 23, 2019

Italy signs deals worth 2.5 billion euros with China

A Forgotten Italian Port Could Become a Chinese Gateway to Europe

TRIESTE, Italy — For centuries, this cosmopolitan port city at the northern tip of Italy’s Adriatic coast acted as a geographic pivot point between empires. Then, for nearly 70 years, Trieste’s geopolitical star dimmed and its old world mishmash of central European cultures grew stale, like an old strudel in one of its elegant cafes.

Now, courtesy of a rising China, Trieste appears ready to return to the center of a realigning world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/world/europe/italy-trieste-china-belt-road.html

Around 30 parallel deals were signed on the sidelines of the visit to Rome by Chinese President Xi Jinping, including 10 with Italian companies and others with ministries and public bodies.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said the deals were worth an initial 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) but had a potential value of 20 billion.

Here are details of some of the accords.

CDP, BANK OF CHINA

Italy’s state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) signed an agreement with Bank of China to let it sell “Panda” bonds - debt sold by foreign entities to investors in mainland China.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-china-deals-factbox/italy-signs-deals-worth-2-5-billion-euros-with-china-idUSKCN1R40KN

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Chinese Smartphone-Maker Debuts Device With Embedded ISRO Navigation System

New Delhi (Sputnik): In October 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System – equivalent to the US Global Positioning System (GPS). The operational name of the Indian geo-navigation network is NavIC.

On Thursday, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its latest mobile device series – the Redmi Note 9 – in India, priced between $175 – $215 approx. (INR 13,000 – INR 16,000) with ISRO’s NavIC built-in.

As an autonomous regional satellite navigation system, it is currently capable of fetching accurate real-time positioning and timing services.

The system can cover Indian geography as well as a region extending 932 miles (1,500 kilometers) around the system.

We're proud to announce that #RedmiNote9ProMax will feature India's very own #NavIC!

Shout-out to the dedicated teams at @isro for achieving this incredible feat!#ProCamerasMaxPerformance! pic.twitter.com/FJsYdpWfKz

— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) March 12, 2020

https://sputniknews.com/india/202003121078547706-chinese-smartphone-maker-debuts-device-with-embedded-isro-navigation-system/\

US-China trade war: Chinese investment in India may be imminent, says Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra said, "Direct exports would simply become indirect. A wave of Chinese investment in India may be imminent…"

NEW DELHI: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Wednesday said a wave of Chinese investment in India may be imminent in the wake of intensifying trade war between the US and China. Commenting on reports that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next month, in a tweet Mahindra said, "Even if they settle, a Chinese firm with large exports to the US would be wise to hedge & invest in a subsidiary in India & transfer its scale-manufacturing skills."

He further said, "Direct exports would simply become indirect. A wave of Chinese investment in India may be imminent…"

His comments come at a time when the US-China trade dispute escalated on Monday when Beijing announced levies duty on US products of USD 60 billion.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/us-china-trade-war-chinese-investment-in-india-may-be-imminent-says-anand-mahindra/articleshow/69346683.cms?from=mdr

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East India Company

English trading company

East India Company, also called English East India Company, formally (1600–1708) Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies or (1708–1873) United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600. Starting as a monopolistic trading body, the company became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century. In addition, the activities of the company in China in the 19th century served as a catalyst for the expansion of British influence there.

The company was formed to share in the East Indian spice trade. That trade had been a monopoly of Spain and Portugal until the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) by England gave the English the chance to break the monopoly. Until 1612 the company conducted separate voyages, separately subscribed. There were temporary joint stocks until 1657, when a permanent joint stock was raised.

The company met with opposition from the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and the Portuguese. The Dutch virtually excluded company members from the East Indies after the Amboina Massacre in 1623 (an incident in which English, Japanese, and Portuguese traders were executed by Dutch authorities), but the company’s defeat of the Portuguese in India (1612) won them trading concessions from the Mughal Empire. The company settled down to a trade in cotton and silk piece goods, indigo, and saltpetre, with spices from South India. It extended its activities to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company