Some potential targets of the coalition's attacks could include launchers for anti-ship missiles and drones, as well as storage facilities for ammunition.

The executive order prohibits companies and citizens from "threatening countries" from purchasing farms or other types of land within ten miles of staffed military sites in Missouri.

South Korea sold $11.3 billion of goods to the U.S. in December 2023, beating out China by roughly $400 million.

The truckers launched the strike January 1 in protest against the newly enacted criminal law which extends the jail term for hit-and-run cases to a maximum of 10 years.

Physical operations will present the biggest challenge to companies at the beginning of 2024 with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East coupled with climate issues disrupting shipping networks.

While recent actions won’t end the issue of forced labor entirely, this may well be a meaningful milestone in the long-running effort.

The workers’ main demand is “for the companies to comply with occupational health and safety” laws, said Katsaing, the Serikat Pekerja Indonesia Sejahtera (SPIS) workers’ union chairman.

Boeing has recommended that the checks, which take around two hours, should be made within the next two weeks.

Three labor organizations estimated that between 1,000 and 5,000 workers had either been fired in the last two months or forced to go into hiding.

The U.S.'s trade body had barred imports and sales of Apple watches with technology for reading blood-oxygen levels, because of a patent row.