Venezuela’s forests suffer as wood replaces scarce gas
Chronic shortages of natural gas in Venezuela – the country with the world’s largest oil reserves – now mean that cooking fuel is increasingly coming...
U.S. yields climb on trade optimism, weak auction
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday with 30-year yields climbing from record lows, as hopes on U.S.-China trade talks and a dismal seven-year note auction...
U.S. sanctions Lebanon’s Jammal Trust Bank for financial ties to Hezbollah
The United States on Thursday sanctioned Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank SAL and its subsidiaries for allegedly facilitating the financial activities of Hezbollah, according to the...
Colombian dissident rebel leader issues new call to arms three years after peace deal
A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said in a video posted overnight that they will embark on a...
Amazon fires scorch Bolsonaro’s reputation abroad, but not in Brazil
President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn sharp criticism on the international stage from European leaders and environmental groups for his handling of wildfires raging in the...
U.S. charges reverse mortgage lender Live Well’s ex-CEO in $140 million fraud
The U.S. government on Thursday charged the founder of reverse mortgage provider Live Well Financial Inc with engineering a $140 million fraud by inflating the...
Nominee to head U.S. export controls bureau withdraws: Commerce Department
President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Commerce Department bureau that controls exports of sensitive technology to foreign companies, like China’s Huawei Technologies, has...
China says troops will defend Hong Kong’s prosperity ahead of planned pro-democracy march
China brought fresh troops into Hong Kong on Thursday in what it described as a routine rotation of the garrison, days before protesters planned to...
Factbox: U.S. oil and gas regulatory rollbacks under Trump
The Trump administration has moved broadly to relax Obama-era rules put in place to regulate methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, offshore drilling safety, fuel...
Trump EPA proposes scrapping methane limits at oil and gas operations
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed rescinding Obama-era limits on oil and gas industry emissions of methane, one of the main pollutants scientists link to...