Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez (AFP)

‘It was always about the oil’: Venezuela’s acting president lashes out at US ‘energy greed’

Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodriguez, accused US President Donald Trump of “energy greed” and rejected what she called “false” allegations of drug trafficking and human rights abuses linked to the tenure of her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez (AFP) Speaking during a broadcast on state television VTV, she said, “All the lies…

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Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European Nato members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland

US claims authority over Venezuela decisions, oil sales; Fire at Sungei Kadut building: 1 hospitalised, 30 evacuated: Singapore live news

Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European Nato members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland. (PHOTO: The Telegraph) Danish soldiers are required to respond immediately to any invasion of Greenland, including by opening fire without waiting for orders, under long-standing rules of engagement confirmed by Denmark’s defence…

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Venezuela’s only active remote sensing satellite facility, at the Captain Manuel Rios airbase, was developed and built by China. Photo: Handout

    China’s sensitive technology at risk after Trump abducts Venezuela leader Maduro

    China risks losing access to satellite tracking stations and other sensitive technology infrastructure in Venezuela after the United States seized control of the country’s leadership and transferred its president Nicolas Maduro to New York for trial. Beijing’s embedded assets – from satellite ground stations to oilfield systems and telecommunications networks – could be compromised after…

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    Pro-government, armed civilians at a protest in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday. Photo: AP

      China is likely to thread the needle after US attack on Venezuela

      China will be patient and play the long game as it views the new geopolitical chessboard, recalibrating carefully in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s move on Saturday to decapitate Venezuela’s leadership, analysts said. In a daring predawn raid, US forces descended on ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and airlifted him shackled and blindfolded…

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