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America
Switzerland to freeze any Maduro assets 'with immediate effect'
The asset freeze does not affect any members of the current Venezuelan government.
By AFP
2026-01-05 18:46:05
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would allow American oil companies to go into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves after a US military operation seized its leader Nicolas Maduro.
By AFP
2026-01-04 11:38:37
In a phone interview with The New York Times, Trump said "it was a brilliant operation, actually.”
By AFP
2026-01-03 16:50:25
US 'captures' Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his wife after series of strikes in Caracas, they've been flown out of the country, President Trump says.
By AFP
2026-01-03 13:15:00
Multiple explosions rock Venezuela’s capital, Caracas; government declares a state of emergency amid tensions between the US and Venezuela.
By Juliet Omelo and AFP
2026-01-03 12:05:00
Zohran Mamdani promised Thursday to show left-wing politics can succeed as he took over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump.
By AFP
2026-01-02 10:28:31
US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a glittering New Year's Eve party at his lavish Mar-a-Lago resort on Wednesday.
By AFP
2026-01-01 11:42:26
The UK government said Wednesday it is "fully committed" to upholding free speech, after the US slapped visa bans on five prominent Europeans working in the tech sphere, including two Britons.
By AFP
2025-12-24 20:15:17
Germany on Wednesday said a US State Department decision to deny visas to five prominent figures was "not acceptable".
By AFP
2025-12-24 14:58:22
UK police said two new charges, of rape and sexual assault, had been issued on Tuesday against British comedian Russell Brand.
By AFP
2025-12-24 08:39:39
Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it had disabled accounts from a piracy activist hacker group that claimed to have "backed up" millions of Spotify's music files.
By AFP
2025-12-23 07:13:25
The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing a long-awaited cache of records from its investigations into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
By AFP
2025-12-20 09:44:33
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