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14.01 / 07:19

Action security President country Latin International US blows up China’s Latin America ambitions with Maduro Ouster

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. ouster of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro is forcing Beijing into a high-stakes recalculation of its ambitions in a region that looks like America’s backyard again, said people close to internal discussions in the Chinese leadership.

13.01 / 15:23

security economy Trade country isolate An isolated Iran finds China’s friendship has limits

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HONG KONG—As street protests and a failing economy continue to put pressure on Iran’s government, its ally China has offered few signs of support. Rather than boost Tehran in its time of need, the partnership that had worried governments in the West and Middle East has instead shown signs of its limited scope and resilience.

13.01 / 12:19

Action security Trade President country politician Mexico rejects Trump’s plea for US forces to take on cartels

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MEXICO CITY—President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she rejected an offer from President Trump to use the U.S. military against the country’s drug cartels, as Mexican security officials grow concerned about potential American demands in the wake of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.

13.01 / 04:15

COST UPS economy Election President Universities show In pivot on affordability, Trump unveils barrage of proposals to address costs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Monday, President Trump surprised Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a phone call after she criticized him during a speech on affordability.

12.01 / 12:43

markets Trade President performer Investigations Gold breaks through $4,600 on Fed concerns, haven boost

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Gold prices climbed to a record high, breaking above $4,600 a troy ounce as a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revived concerns over the central bank’s independence, while protests in Iran boosted demand for safe-haven assets. In midmorning European trading Monday, futures in New York rose 2.2% to $4,600.50 an ounce after touching an intraday high of $4,612.70.

12.01 / 02:55

FIVE Action track country travelers International Russian flags proliferate over shadow fleet of oil tankers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With five oil tankers seized—and more U.S. military action promised—the world’s fleet of so-called shadow tankers that ferry sanctioned crude are quickly hoisting a new flag: the Russian tricolor.

12.01 / 01:31

COST UPS War show voice peace The US could make 2026 even worse for Putin than 2025

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The year has started badly for Vladimir Putin. As of Sunday, the war in Ukraine has lasted as long as the Great Patriotic War, as Moscow refers to the Soviet involvement in World War II: 1,418 days.

12.01 / 01:25

UPS Provident President International Trump’s power play risks global blowback

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “Venezuela is under my control and soon we’ll get Greenland. It’s necessary for the US." This is not a threat issued by a 16th century tyrant but a chilling statement by US President Donald Trump.

11.01 / 06:05

markets UPS JPMorgan economy President country Trump’s oil grab is a big problem for the Opec cartel

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OPEC members struggling to preserve their market share amid a sinking price for oil now have an unexpected new variable to contend with: President Trump’s move to dominate Venezuela’s oil supply and push the market in a direction that would benefit American consumers.

11.01 / 01:41

markets UPS economy country 2020 reports International An oil super glut is coming—and India may benefit from it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US's action in Venezuela could have a major impact on the global oil market. Venezuela holds some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but years of international sanctions have sharply constrained output.

10.01 / 13:19

COST security economy wellness President country International Can Trump make Venezuela an oil giant again?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “No one was paying any attention to Venezuelan oil two weeks ago," a longtime oilman said to me the other day, “but now everyone is." Donald Trump made that happen. Following the dramatic seizure of dictator Nicolás Maduro by American forces on Jan.

10.01 / 08:55

Action security President country rights International From Venezuela to Iran: Trump’s New Year shock and a world on edge

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The New Year started with a bang. Three days into 2026 came the extraordinary news that the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

10.01 / 02:07

markets CEO President Experts country cover reports Oil CEOs come to Washington. Are gas prices about to fall?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Good morning. Trump moves fast. Less than one week after the U.S.

10.01 / 02:07

Manufacturing Entertainment economy Election Trade Universities country The week in charts: GDP growth estimate, trade deficit concerns, services PMI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From India’s economic activity estimated to remain strong in 2025-26, to India's oil companies expected to benefit from the US invasion of Venezuela, services activity losing momentum in December, Niti Aayog expressing worry over India’s high trade deficit with several countries despite trade deals, and rising prices of copper—here’s this week’s news in numbers.Growth dynamicsThe government pegged GDP growth at 7.4% in 2025-26 despite the ongoing uncertainty related to high US tariffs. The first advance estimate released on Wednesday put GDP growth marginally higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) projection of 7.3%.

09.01 / 15:11

markets UPS Trade country shock Pulse of the Street: A five-day rout makes market jittery

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Domestic equities were shaken by the ‘Trump factor’ throughout the week, leaving India the worst-performing major market globally as risk-off sentiment gripped investors. Markets struggled amid a trio of US-driven shocks.

09.01 / 15:11

Citi President Monarchy country Interviews Iran’s supreme leader says he won’t bow down to protests or Trump

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Friday the Islamic Republic won’t back down in the face of fast-growing protests and threats from President Trump to intervene. New protests have been called for Friday, a day after the largest demonstrations in years swept through Tehran.

09.01 / 10:39

UPS economy Trade President country Courts Investigations How Donald Trump can dodge a Supreme Court tariff block

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If trade deficits are a national emergency, they are an emergency of a peculiar sort. America began to run them consistently in the mid-1970s.

09.01 / 09:17

markets UPS Waves economy President country Relationships The 100-year history behind Trump’s push for Venezuela’s oil wealth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America’s enchantment with Venezuelan oil is a century-long tale of fortunes made and lost, starting with a 1922 letter to President Warren Harding’s secretary of state and culminating with President Trump’s move to wrest control of the country’s oil wealth. U.S.

09.01 / 09:17

markets Trade President country Latin Department Oil isn’t the only commodity at play in the US ouster of Maduro

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Oil isn’t the only commodity to drive President Donald Trump’s decision to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The nation’s critical minerals shouldn’t be overlooked as a potential motive for regime change.

09.01 / 09:17

COST security President International Why America shouldn’t intervene in Iran like it did in Venezuela

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You know Iran’s leaders are worried about the implications of last weekend’s US raid in Venezuela when the editor of the hardline Javan newspaper feels he has to write a polemic, headlined Iran Is Not Comparable—Don’t Waste Your Time, saying there aren’t any.

09.01 / 03:49

markets UPS President country Interviews Trump’s risky fixation with other countries’ oil

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—A smooth-faced 41-year-old Donald Trump settled in before a live studio audience assembled for The Oprah Winfrey Show and held forth on how America should be getting a cut of Kuwaiti oil. “Kuwait is not paying us for all the oil they’re sending out," said Trump, wearing a familiar solid red tie, as Oprah pressed him on his foreign policy views during the April 1988 interview.

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