Venezuela’s Maduro rejects calls for snap presidential election: RIA
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said calls to hold early presidential elections amounted to blackmail and that the countries calling for them must wait until 2025, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Vale says it will sacrifice output for dam safety in Brazil
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, vowed to sacrifice production for safety to avoid another instance of the tailings dam failures that have tarred its legacy – a move that sent metal prices and shares of rivals soaring.
Venezuela’s Maduro says Putin has helped us on all fronts: Russia’s Sputnik
President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had given Venezuela support on all fronts and that Caracas was grateful, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.
Philippines urges calm after grenade attack on mosque kills two
Philippine authorities called for calm on Wednesday after a grenade attack on a mosque in a mainly Christian southern province killed two people, just three days after a devastating church bombing shook the restive Mindanao region.
Tanzania MPs grant government sweeping powers over political parties
Tanzania’s parliament passed amendments to legislation late on Tuesday that give sweeping powers to a government-appointed registrar over political parties, a move that opposition legislators say will cement “one-party rule”.
Venezuela’s Maduro calls U.S. sanctions on oil company illegal: RIA
President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday called U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA this week illegal, Russian RIA news agency reported.
Maduro says Venezuela always honors its debts: Russia’s RIA
Venezuela always honors its financial obligations to creditors, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday in comments to Russia’s RIA news agency when asked if his government could offer guarantees it would repay loans to Russia and China.
Goldman Sachs ups ‘no-deal’ likelihood after UK parliament amendment vote
Goldman Sachs nudged up its estimated probability of a “no-deal” Brexit on Wednesday after British lawmakers instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement.
Mexico’s fuel thieves undeterred by deadly blast
Days after a fireball erupted near the Mexican town of Tlahuelilpan, killing at least 117 people pilfering gasoline from a pipeline, the area’s fuel bandits were back in business.
Mongolia parliamentary speaker ousted amid corruption scandal
Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker, Enkhbold Myegombo, has been ousted following weeks of public protests against him over accusations he was involved in the corrupt sale of government positions.
