Americas

US sets deadline for foreigners dealing in Venezuela oil

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Non-U.S. entities buying oil or petroleum products from Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA in deals that involve…

Venezuela’s opposition to up pressure on Maduro with new weekend rally

CARACAS, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido prepared to crank up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas…

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro faces political test as new Congress sits

BRASILIA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Plans by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to shake up Latin America’s biggest economy with pro-business reforms…

Pres Trump leans toward declaring state of emergency on US-Mexico border

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump gave his strongest indication yet that he will soon declare a state of…

US says to withdraw from arms control treaty in six months

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia…

Icy blast begins to ease in US Midwest, Northeast

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Frigid weather that paralysed a large swath of the United States this week and caused…

Peru FA Min to attend Lima Group meeting in Canada

LIMA, Feb 2 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Nestor Popolizio will travel to Canada to participate in a Lima Group’s…

US-North Korea summit details to be announced next week: Trump

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the details of his upcoming summit with North…

More than 20 dead in US polar vortex, frostbite amputations feared

NEW YORK, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of millions of Americans on Thursday braved Arctic-like temperatures as low as -49…

Brazilians little moved by Vale overtures in wake of disaster

BRUMADINHO (Brazil), Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais reacted with indifference and in many…