US is reimposing oil sanctions on Venezuela, officials say

By Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will not renew a license set to expire on Thursday that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, ... Read More

US Reimposes Illegal and Inhumane Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: The New York Times Runs Cover

A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US ... Read More

US to reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela: officials

The United States is to snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its "repression" of opponents, US officials said Wednesday."The ... Read More

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes fade for a fair presidential election in July

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes fade for a fair presidential election in July. Read More

Russia’s shadow fleet: Sweden warns allies oil tankers in the Baltic used for espionage

Russia has deployed a “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea to circumvent economic sanctions and also engage in espionage, according to a top Swedish military official. “We are finding ... Read More

Iran’s Deadly Message to Journalists Abroad

On March 29, a friend of mine, the Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati, was crossing the road outside his Wimbledon home in southwestern London, to get his car. A man approached him and asked for change ... Read More

U.S. reimposes sanctions on Venezuela’s oil after Maduro violates election agreements

The Biden administration will reimpose broad sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry after the country’s strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro, failed to honor commitments signed in Barbados last year to ... Read More

News updates from April 10: US inflation rises faster than expected; KPMG fined $25mn in cheating scandal

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed that asset managers be allowed to pay for their investment research in one go alongside broker fees, in a reversal of key regulations that the ... Read More

Latin America drawn into Middle East conflict amid warnings of “Third World War”

Latin America’s far-right regimes act as provocateurs, in direct coordination with the CIA, while supposedly anti-imperialist “pink tide” governments  issue bankrupt appeals to the UN. Read More

‘Hitler Pig’

You read that right: “Hitler Pig.” That moniker, four people in Biden’s orbit told West Wing Playbook, is one that aides to and allies of the president — generally younger, more digitally native ... Read More

Ukraine on edge of defeat as it waits for aid

Lawmakers and aides on Capitol Hill are anxiously waiting to see whether Speaker MIKE JOHNSON can secure the votes needed to tee up floor debate on his newly unveiled foreign aid package, especially ... Read More

IMF chief quotes Churchill as she warns of global chaos

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged countries to cut debt and slash red tape to revive growth as she warned the world was becoming more vulnerable to economic shocks. Read More