The Treasury Department announced a general license authorizing U.S. firms to trade Venezuelan oil after Caracas approved a law to improve terms for foreign investors.
Continue ReadingThe Treasury Department announced a general license authorizing U.S. firms to trade Venezuelan oil after Caracas approved a law to improve terms for foreign investors.
Continue ReadingDuring a meeting with the Santa Clara City Council, a man dressed as Batman confronted city officials over the presence of Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents at the upcoming Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium. He told council members they had months to prepare for the event and said the city needed to “reaffirm” that […]
Continue ReadingHe allegedly told jail officers that he had paperwork “signed by a judge” to free the accused killer, a complaint states.
Continue ReadingAmid rusting oil pumps and rigs, once affluent Venezuelan oil towns place their hope in US investment.
Continue ReadingThe former PM may be silenced but he’s far from the only one under pressure as the military stifles dissent.
Continue ReadingChina has also prevailed on Thailand and Cambodia to extradite two Chinese business figures accused of running scam empires, She Zhijiang, who built an entire city in Myanmar’s war-torn Karen State, and Chen Zhi, who amassed wealth and power with his Prince Group conglomerate in Cambodia. The Chinese government has also brought tens of thousands […]
Continue ReadingRussia has stepped up its strikes against Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure, plunging residents into darkness and cold as temperatures have dropped as low as -20C. The EU is looking to step up support for Ukraine’s power grid and is preparing a new round of sanctions on Moscow for the fourth anniversary of its invasion […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed not fire on Kyiv for a week due to cold weather. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting, citing “extraordinary cold” in the […]
Continue ReadingRussia has not confirmed it agreed to Trump’s request, but Ukraine’s president said he expected Vladimir Putin’s promise to be kept.
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