Bernd Debusmann Jr,at the White House,
Nick Beake,Europe correspondentand
Kayla Epstein
Donald Trump wants to take Greenland – and the White House has confirmed that all options are on the table,…
Category: 2. World
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How Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores can expect to be treated at Brooklyn’s MDC
They went from the palace to the big house.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, can reasonably expect two things to happen as they get accustomed to their new day-to-day life at…
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West Bank: UN report warns of ‘systematic asphyxiation’ of Palestinian rights
The report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, documents what it describes as a decades-long system of discrimination that has sharply intensified since at least December 2022.
‘Systematic asphyxiation’ of rights
Volker Türk, the UN High…
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Unifor statement on U.S. actions in Venezuela
Unifor joins the national and international labour movement and its allies in strongly condemning the recent actions taken by the U.S. Trump Administration against Venezuela.
This is a flagrant violation of a country’s sovereignty and…
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The year we stop pretending it’s just a phase – European Council on Foreign Relations
This year, we decided to finally relinquish our state-of-the-art scoring algorithm to a less interested party. But lest things get out of hand, the authors have outsourced this thankless task to an ECFR colleague: Chris Herrmann,…
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US says it will discuss Greenland ownership with Denmark next week
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced he will hold talks with Denmark next week amid concerns over America’s desire to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland.
Marco Rubio’s statement to reporters following a closed-door briefing with…
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US will control Venezuela oil sales ‘indefinitely’, official says
While White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the two sides had struck a deal, Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA said in a statement that negotiations over oil sales were ongoing within the framework that exists between the two…
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US will control Venezuela oil sales ‘indefinitely’, official says
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela The US will control sales of sanctioned Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” as it prepares to roll back restrictions on the…
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Oil ship seized by U.S. over Venezuela ban newly listed under Russian flag
The U.S. has announced the seizure of the Bella-1 for violations of U.S. sanctions. The vessel, known as the Marinera after recently reflagging to Russia, was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a U.S. federal court after…
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Reflagged by Russia, spied on by UK, seized by US: why so much interest in a rusty tanker in the Atlantic? | Water transport
A massive, rusty crude oil tanker floating north through the Atlantic has become the centre of global interest after it was followed for days and eventually seized by US forces while Russia’s military rushed towards it.
Despite not carrying any…
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