U.S. sanctions Chinese companies following theft of secret information from Google

 The U.S. Department of State announced sanctions on Monday against five Chinese entities linked to Linwei Ding, a former engineer at the American tech giant Google who was convicted of stealing the company’s technological secrets.

Iran’s Hormuz authority adds 122 vessels to its ‘non-conformity’ list

 Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority says 122 vessels have been added to its “non-conformity list” tracking ships that violate its protocols for transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Army in Milan: Italy urgently deploys military to quell riots

 The Italian government has decided to immediately deploy 500 troops to Milan following a series of violent street riots and acts of vandalism that have engulfed the capital of Lombardy.

Moldova has sent a note of protest to Ukraine over an incident on the Dniester River

 Moldovan authorities have lodged a protest with Ukraine following the illegal border crossing by two Ukrainian border guards who were pursuing a man attempting to swim across the Dniester River.

La Repubblica: Zelensky’s €70 billion request has stunned Europe

 Representatives of European states have found themselves in a difficult position due to a demand from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an additional €70 billion to be allocated to Kyiv. This was reported on October 19 by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

Arrest warrant issued for Raúl Castro in the US - US Media

 According to sources for NBC, a judge in South Florida has signed an arrest warrant for former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, citing his alleged involvement in the 1996 incident in which two humanitarian aircraft were shot down.