Tug-of-war: U.S. refiner Citgo caught in Venezuela political upheaval
Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth largest U.S. refiner and Venezuela’s top foreign asset, is in the middle of a tug-of-war as the Trump administration tries to use the company as leverage to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Russia and U.S. fail to reach progress on nuclear pact issue: TASS
Russia and the United States failed to make progress in talks on Thursday on a dispute over the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), the TASS agency cited Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, as saying.
BHP, Rio call for permanent indigenous voice in Australia’s parliament
Australia’s two biggest mining firms on Thursday backed calls for an indigenous advisory body in parliament, saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s opposition to the proposal did not “stand up to scrutiny.”
Venezuela detains Colombian, Spanish, French journalists
Venezuelan authorities detained three foreign journalists and a driver working for the Spanish news agency EFE on Wednesday, the company said, in the latest arrests of reporters covering U.S.-backed efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Pompeo says Trump-Kim summit to be held somewhere in Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was dispatching a team to make preparations for the next summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be held somewhere in Asia late in February.
Need for speed: Carts on rails help Manila’s commuters dodge gridlock
Thousands of commuters flock to Manila’s railway tracks every day, but rather than boarding the trains, they climb on to wooden carts pushed along the tracks, to avoid the Philippine capital’s infamous traffic gridlock.
Venezuela’s opposition had clandestine meetings with military: Guaido
Venezuela’s opposition has had clandestine meetings with members of the country’s military and security forces, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaido, said in an opinion piece published on Wednesday.
VP Pence to rally support for Venezuela’s Guaido in Miami on Friday
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to head to Miami on Friday, home to the country’s largest community of Venezuelan exiles, to rally support for the opposition ahead of Venezuelan protests against President Nicolas Maduro, a White House official sai…
Who represents Venezuela? U.N., international lenders stuck in limbo
Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela’s head of state, Juan Guaido wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country’s urgent humanitarian crisis.
Don’t deal in Venezuelan gold, White House says, in anti-Maduro push
The White House warned traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff sanctions aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.
