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Guaido calls on Venezuelans for the mother of all demonstrations on Labor Day
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on Friday for the “biggest demonstration in history” to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down. The National Assembly head launched a challenge to Maduro's authority in January, declarin...
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Politics
- China's Belt and Road forum becomes the main world event during three days in April
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- Brazil to put up new pre-salt oil blocks for auction in October
- Controversial tabloid embroiled in high profile scandals involving Trump and Bezos is sold
Economy
- China's growth stabilizes 6.4% year-on-year in first quarter
- Minister says pension reform will pass within four months, helping the Brazilian economy to grow by 3.5%
- Bolton announces further crackdown on “the three stooges of socialism”
- Argentina's inflation 54.7% in 12-months; more monetary “contraction measures” and support from IMF
Energy & Oil
- ConocoPhillips pulling out of the North Sea oil exploration and production
- Petrobras insists it is completely free of political interference and increases diesel price 10 cents
- Spain's Repsol suspends swaps of refined products for crude from Venezuela
- Qatar Petroleum wins five offshore blocks in Argentina's South Atlantic basins
Agriculture
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- English farmer becomes winner of top shearing contest in New Zealand, the first since 1991
- Instead of agrochemicals, Uruguay uses wasps to develop non-genetically modified soy
- Swiss government wants to get rid of its coffee emergency stockpile
Environment
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- American Museum of Natural History will not host a dinner to honor Bolsonaro
- Diesel emissions scandal: Volkswagen's ex CEO charged in Germany
- In a broadcast 124m below sea level, Seychelles president calls for better protection of oceans
Tourism
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- Expedition Cruising market booming: some 40 ships in the pipeline to replace worn out Soviet ice breakers
- Norwegian Sun begins on Monday popular cruises to Cuba
- Record breaking tourist year for France despite the Yellow Vest protests
