MEXICO CITY / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil tankers transporting nearly two months of Venezuelan oil production are trapped at sea as world refineries avoid the nation’s crude to avoid falling under U.S. sanctions, according to sources at the industry, PDVSA documents and shipping data. Washington is tightening sanctions to reduce …
Read More »Iran says it is ready for talks if the United States apologizes for the nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologizes for pulling out of a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, warning that the United States calls for discussions they were not sincere. FILE PHOTO: Iranian President …
Read More »France “will not tolerate” Turkey’s role in Libya, says Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not tolerate Turkey’s military intervention in Libya, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday, accusing Ankara of playing “a dangerous game.” FILE PHOTO – French President Emmanuel Macron attends a virtual meeting with European leaders to discuss the bloc’s budget and the recovery fund, in Paris, France, …
Read More »China to conduct human coronavirus vaccine test in UAE
FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory disease first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. USA January …
Read More »Republican lawmakers urge Trump to reconsider Germany’s troop reduction plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of House Republicans on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to reduce the number of US troops in Germany, saying his presence is the backbone of NATO’s deterrence against Russian aggression. FILE PHOTO: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) speaks at the Capitol Hill …
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