WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | “We do need Greenland, absolutely.” U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his long-standing fixation on the world’s largest island days after an audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela — one that ended with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife captured and taken …
Read More »Oil, power and uncertain fate of Venezuela
CARACAS, VENEZUELA | Xinhua | After explosions rocked Venezuela’s capital, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of their country by the U.S. military on early Saturday to New York, leaving the country in a state of emergency. U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Sunday the …
Read More »U.S. to withdraw from 66 international organizations. Here’s the full list
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The United States is to withdraw from 66 international organizations, according to a presidential memorandum signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. According to the memorandum, which applies to 31 United Nations (UN) entities and 35 non-UN entities, Trump said the organizations …
Read More »Confusion reigns in U.S. after attack on Venezuela
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | Confusion is reigning in the United States over the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the snatching of the nation’s president, with many Americans wondering what is going on. On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked the oil-rich South American nation and captured Venezuelan President Nicolas …
Read More »No country has the right to police the world
COMMENT | Xinhua | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday after his forcible seizure by U.S. special forces on Venezuelan soil this weekend, marking the latest development in Washington’s public assault on international law and national sovereignty. Kidnapping the head of state of a sovereign …
Read More »TRUMP: US is not at war with Venezuela
NEW YORK | TASS | The United States are not at war with Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News. “No, we’re not,” Trump said. “We’re at war with people that sell drugs. We’re at war with people that empty their prisons into our country and empty …
Read More »U.S. invasion of Venezuela: Power and profit
WASHINGTON, United States | Xinhua | The U.S. raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday marks one of the dramatic escalations in U.S. policy toward Latin America in decades. The operation has been framed by Washington as “combating drug trafficking,” but critics argue that its underlying motives …
Read More »U.S. move against Venezuela sparks condemnation, concerns worldwide
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The U.S. military strike against Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro, has shocked the international community, triggering a steady stream of condemnation and serious concerns worldwide. On Saturday, the United States, as said by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social, “carried …
Read More »Africa’s year of Donald Trump
The continent navigated a tumultuous 12 months at the whim of America’s mercurial president NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Donald Trump declared a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, threatened military action in Nigeria and cut off live-saving foreign aid. The US president also reinvigorated commercial dealmaking with Africa, especially around critical …
Read More »Are Ukraine and U.S. truly “very close” to a final peace deal to end conflict?
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the two sides are “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis. However, there …
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