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U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

© The New York Times

An industrial park for high-tech companies in Beijing. The company New Matrix lists the building as its address, but a company directory does not include the firm.

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

© The New York Times

An industrial park for high-tech companies in Beijing. The company New Matrix lists the building as its address, but a company directory does not include the firm.

Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From Trump

Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.

© Pool photo by Anastasia Barashkova

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on Thursday.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister: We’ll Outlast Trump

The Trump administration is carrying out the most intense pressure campaign on Cuba in decades. The Cuban government says its plan is simply to endure.

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Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla of Cuba during an interview with The New York Times this week.

U.S. Hits Rwanda With New Sanctions Over a Conflict Trump Declared ‘Ended’

The Treasury Department accused Rwanda of undermining a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by supporting a rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

© Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times

Soldiers from the M23 rebel group in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in January. The United States has accused Rwanda of continuing to support the group.

Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges

A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

© Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters

Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that “such a conversation” had been “going on for some time, though I do not know what the outcome will be.”

Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund

The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine.

© Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s envoys, with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in Moscow last month.
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