The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, which Caracas deemed a ‘blatant theft’ amid escalating tensions between the countries. The move comes during a huge US naval build-up in the Caribbean, which Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro says is aimed at regime change, […]
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O Comitê de Política Monetária (Copom) do Banco Central do Brasil manteve nesta quarta-feira (10) a taxa básica de juros em 15%, em uma tentativa de conter a inflação no país, cuja economia mostra sinais de desaceleração. Com a decisão de hoje, a taxa Selic permanece em seu nível mais elevado desde julho de 2006, […]
Read MoreDie US-Notenbank Federal Reserve (Fed) hat den Leitzins zum dritten Mal in Folge um 0,25 Prozentpunkte gesenkt. Er liegt nun in einer Spanne von 3,5 bis 3,75 Prozent, wie die Fed am Mittwoch in Washington mitteilte. Das ist der niedrigste Stand seit rund drei Jahren. US-Präsident Donald Trump kritisierte die Entscheidung als zu zögerlich. Trump sagte, […]
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An einer Pipeline nahe der PCK-Raffinerie in Brandenburg ist nach einer Havarie eine große Menge an Erdöl ausgetreten. Das Brandenburger Umweltministerium bestätigte am Mittwochabend Medienberichte über den Vorfall nahe der Ortschaft Zehnebeck in der Gemeinde Gramzow in der Uckermark. Wie der Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) unter Berufung auf die Feuerwehr berichtete, schoss Rohöl rund zweieinhalb Stunden […]
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An einer Pipeline nahe der PCK-Raffinerie in Brandenburg ist nach einer Havarie eine große Menge an Erdöl ausgetreten. Das Brandenburger Umweltministerium bestätigte am Mittwochabend Medienberichte über den Vorfall nahe der Ortschaft Zehnebeck in der Gemeinde Gramzow in der Uckermark. Wie der Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) unter Berufung auf die Feuerwehr berichtete, schoss Rohöl rund zweieinhalb Stunden […]
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Venezuelans stood divided Wednesday on the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and on whether she should return home from Oslo. Supporters were hopeful she will come back to continue leading the political resistance to President Nicolas Maduro, whose last two re-elections were widely dismissed as fraudulent. But detractors labeled her […]
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US President Donald Trump said he exchanged “pretty strong words” Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia’s invasion. Trump added that the Europeans wanted to hold fresh talks this weekend but warned that that they risked “wasting time” amid […]
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The Rwanda-backed M23 militia captured most of the key eastern DR Congo town of Uvira late on Wednesday, in a move Burundi called a “middle finger” to the United States after the signing of a peace deal in Washington. Eyewitness footage whose filming location was verified by AFP showed M23 tanks rolling through the streets […]
Read MoreNobel laureate Maria Corina Machado is set to address the world on Thursday, according to the Norwegian government, after the Venezuelan opposition leader was awarded the prestigious peace prize in her absence. Machado, who won the Nobel for challenging President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power, has not been seen out in the open for months […]
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