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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Tug-of-war: U.S. refiner Citgo caught in Venezuela political upheaval

 
Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth largest U.S. refiner and Venezuela's top foreign asset, is in the middle of a tug-of-war as the Trump administration tries to use the company as leverage to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MGllfJ

Citgo expatriate workers in U.S. ordered to return to Venezuela: sources

 
Venezuela has told dozens of expatriate staff working for Citgo Petroleum Corp in the United States that they must return to Caracas by the end of February, people familiar with the matter said, following U.S. sanctions aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GifBrJ

BHP, Rio call for permanent indigenous voice in Australia's parliament

 
Australia's two biggest mining firms on Thursday backed calls for an indigenous advisory body in parliament, saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison's opposition to the proposal did not "stand up to scrutiny."


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2FVWJz6

Need for speed: Carts on rails help Manila's commuters dodge gridlock

 
Thousands of commuters flock to Manila's railway tracks every day, but rather than boarding the trains, they climb on to wooden carts pushed along the tracks, to avoid the Philippine capital's infamous traffic gridlock.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HQsETg

Venezuela detains Colombian, Spanish, French journalists

 
Venezuelan authorities detained three foreign journalists and a driver working for the Spanish news agency EFE on Wednesday, the company said, in the latest arrests of reporters covering U.S.-backed efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BegZrI

Pompeo says Trump-Kim summit to be held somewhere in Asia

 
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was dispatching a team to make preparations for the next summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be held somewhere in Asia late in February.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TnsjsT

Canada to reduce staff at Cuba embassy after another diplomat falls ill

 
Canada has decided to cut the number of diplomatic staff in Cuba by up to half after another person fell ill, Ottawa said on Wednesday, bringing the total to 14 Canadians suffering mysterious symptoms since 2017.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RpHuji

Who represents Venezuela? U.N., international lenders stuck in limbo

 
Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela's head of state, Juan Guaido wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country's urgent humanitarian crisis.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2FWd0nX

Venezuela's opposition had clandestine meetings with military: Guaido

 
Venezuela's opposition has had clandestine meetings with members of the country's military and security forces, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaido, said in an opinion piece published on Wednesday.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MHDr1d

VP Pence to rally support for Venezuela's Guaido in Miami on Friday

 
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to head to Miami on Friday, home to the country's largest community of Venezuelan exiles, to rally support for the opposition ahead of Venezuelan protests against President Nicolas Maduro, a White House official said.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RsQxjp
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