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,…
Category: 2. World
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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
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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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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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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Rubio says he will meet with Denmark about Greenland next week
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 7,…
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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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UNRWA Situation Report #203 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem – UNRWA
- UNRWA Situation Report #203 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem UNRWA
- Suspension of Non-Governmental Organization Operations in Occupied Palestinian Territory Risks Undermining Fragile…
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Russia says US seizure of oil tanker is illegal, lawmaker calls it piracy – Reuters
- Russia says US seizure of oil tanker is illegal, lawmaker calls it piracy Reuters
- US seizes Russian-flagged tanker in Atlantic as UK confirms it gave support to operation BBC
- US seizes Venezuela-linked Russian oil tanker Al Jazeera
- Exclusive |…
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Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland – The New York Times
- Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland The New York Times
- How could Donald Trump ‘take’ Greenland? BBC
- Do Russia and China pose a national security threat to the US in Greenland? Al Jazeera
- White House says military ‘always an option’…
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