Renewed fighting raged at the border of Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday, with combat heard near centuries-old temples, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned phone call to the two nations’ leaders. At least 15 people, including Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, have been killed in the reignited border conflict, officials said. More than half […]
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Maria Corina Machado is the lynchpin of opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime, a fearless activist with rock star appeal whose inability to attend her own Nobel prize ceremony underlined the dangers she faces. Hailed as “la libertadora,” in an allusion to Venezuela’s historic independence hero Simon “The Liberator” Bolivar, Machado was given the […]
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Die USA haben nach Angaben von Präsident Donald Trump einen Öltanker vor der Küste Venezuelas unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. “Wir haben gerade einen Tanker vor der Küste Venezuelas beschlagnahmt”, sagte Trump am Mittwoch im Weißen Haus vor Journalisten. Es handele sich “um den größten, der je beschlagnahmt wurde”. Venezuela verurteilte den Vorfall scharf. Ein von […]
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Erster öffentlicher Auftritt seit elf Monaten: Die Friedensnobelpreisträgerin und venezolanische Oppositionspolitikerin María Corina Machado hat in Oslo Unterstützer begrüßt. Sie winkte am Donnerstag einige Minuten lang vom Balkon des Grand Hotels Dutzenden jubelnden Anhängern zu, die sich vor dem Gebäude versammelten. In dem Hotel übernachten Preisträger üblicherweise. Machado lebt seit der umstrittenen Wiederwahl des linksnationalistischen […]
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The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice. The proposal laid out in a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Britain, […]
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A assinatura do acordo entre o Mercosul e a União Europeia (UE), prevista para 20 de dezembro, no Brasil, será “chave” para ambos os blocos, e um outro cenário seria “muito negativo”, disse nesta quarta-feira (10) à AFP o ministro das Relações Exteriores do Uruguai, Mario Lubetkin. Confiante na concretização do acordo de livre-comércio após […]
Read MoreO Federal Reserve (Fed, banco central) dos Estados Unidos cortou, com divisão de opiniões, a taxa básica de juros em 0,25%, pela terceira vez consecutiva, por preocupações com o mercado de trabalho. O novo corte deixa a taxa de juros na faixa entre 3,50% e 3,75%, em linha com as expectativas do mercado. Em uma […]
Read MoreBurger chain McDonald’s said on Wednesday it had removed an AI-generated Christmas advertisement in the Netherlands after it was criticized online. The advert, titled “the most terrible time of the year,” depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden Dutch cyclist slipping in the snow. The message: retreat to a […]
Read MoreUkraine has sent Washington an updated plan for ending Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian officials told AFP Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump laid into European leaders in the latest sign of a growing transatlantic rift. A first US plan that involved Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured was seen by Kyiv and its European […]
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