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CUCUTA, Colombia/URENA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro fired tear gas and rubber pellets at opposition supporters seeking to bring foreign aid over the Colombian border on Saturday, as the country’s socialist government defied international pressure … Continue reading Venezuela humanitarian aid met with teargas and gunfire on borders
CUCUTA, Colombia/URENA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido gave a personal send off to an aid caravan from the Colombian city of Cucuta toward the border between the two countries on Saturday, pledging to bring food and medicine … Continue reading Venezuela aid convoy moves to Colombia border, troops fire tear gas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberal Democratic presidential contenders’ rush to embrace the left’s most ambitious proposals has some Democrats worried there could be a price to pay when they try to defeat President Donald Trump next year. FILE PHOTO: Representative-elect Alexandria … Continue reading As 2020 candidates turn left, some Democrats worry about the center
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government could announce new sanctions to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as early as next week unless his military defies orders to block convoys of humanitarian aid planned for this weekend, a senior administration official … Continue reading U.S. threatens new sanctions on Venezuela if aid convoys blocked-official
KUMARAKAPAY, Venezuela/CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on indigenous people near the border with Brazil on Friday, killing two, as President Nicolas Maduro sought to block U.S.-backed efforts to bring aid into his economically devastated nation. The United … Continue reading As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two
(Reuters) – Robert Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots, was charged in Florida with soliciting prostitution after he was captured on video engaging in sex acts with a worker at a massage parlor, police said on Friday. … Continue reading Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were higher in afternoon trading on Friday but pared gains after U.S. officials said the United States and China still have issues to resolve in their ongoing trade talks. Traders work on the floor … Continue reading Wall St. trims gains as U.S., China struggle over gaps in trade issues
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had ordered Mexican authorities to help two sisters of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman visit the drug lord in the United States following his conviction for narcotics … Continue reading Mexican president to help ‘El Chapo’s’ sisters visit him in U.S.
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Friday on signs of progress in the ongoing trade talks between the United States and China. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) … Continue reading Wall St. set to bounce on signs of trade progress
Harald Kruger, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG and Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG, shake hands at a news conference to present plans for combining the companies’ car-sharing businesses, in Berlin, Germany, February 22, … Continue reading Daimler, BMW to invest 1 billion euros in venture to rival Uber
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union on Thursday played down the chances of clinching an immediate Brexit divorce deal but diplomats said they were edging closer to a legal compromise that Prime Minister Theresa May hopes will win … Continue reading Not there yet but closer: Britain and EU haggle over Brexit compromise
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is prepared for launch on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2019. … Continue reading SpaceX rocket launched carrying Israel’s first lunar lander
