Beijing bet big on relations with Caracas American operation deals blow to Chinese strategy in the Americas Trump’s China policy includes both concessions and assertive new stances WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Among the many goals of last week’s U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send China a message: stay…
Questions linger on combat showing of China’s latest weaponry Taiwan readied for years to fend off ‘decapitation’ attacks on leaders Maduro capture inspires some online Chinese users HONG KONG/TAIPEI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – (This Jan 9 story has been corrected to say Democratic Progressive Party, not Democratic People’s Party in paragraph 4) Some Chinese online…
Item 1 of 4 A Russian vessel arrives at the Simon’s Town Naval base ahead of the BRICS Plus countries which include China, Russia and Iran for a joint naval exercises in South Africa’s, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Esa Alexander [1/4]A Russian vessel arrives at the Simon’s Town Naval base ahead…
US boarded boat that escaped blockade and put up Russian flag Trump announces deal to import up to 50 million barrels of crude Venezuela’s main buyer China denounces US ‘bullying’ Oil prices fall on anticipated supply increase Opposition leader Machado’s hope for election on hold WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. seized an empty…
LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to swiftly reroute the country’s oil exports back toward the United States – and away from China. That will give U.S. refiners an immediate boost, but President Donald Trump’s plans to revive production in the Latin American country may…
Jan 3 (Reuters) – Following are reactions to Saturday’s U.S. strikes on Venezuela. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON “The transition to come must be peaceful, democratic, and respectful of the will of the Venezuelan people. We hope that President Edmundo González Urrutia, elected in 2024, will be able to ensure this transition as quickly as possible,”…
US seizes vessel amid military build-up near Venezuela Venezuelan crude exports fall sharply after US tanker seizure Maduro claims US aims to overthrow him and control Venezuela’s oil reserves Dec 20 (Reuters) – The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three U.S. officials told Reuters…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter It turns out Nvidia’s earnings could only smother the blaze on markets for so long. Sign up here. Stock markets are tumbling again after a renewed selloff in tech shares on Wall Street on Thursday, and even though there were…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street experienced a wild rollercoaster ride on Thursday, opening sharply higher on another set of strong results from artificial intelligence giant Nvidia, only to end deep in the red as investors reassessed that optimism and mixed signals from the first U.S. jobs data since the government shutdown ended….
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The tech-induced selloff across global stocks accelerated on Tuesday and soft U.S. labor market indicators also weighed on Wall Street, while fiscal worries in Japan helped drag Japanese stocks, bonds and the yen lower. More on that below. In my column today I look at what helped trigger this…