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  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Washington gives Indian refiners the nod to buy Venezuelan crude

    Indian refiners were purchasing Venezuelan crude through intermediaries until last month

    Major refiners Reliance Industries of India announced it would soon be purchasing crude from Venezuela once again after getting the nod from Washington DC, which would represent an easing of the current sanctions against the South American country.

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    Biden admits it's time to pass on the torch

    Democracy is at stake, Biden underlined

    In his first appearance since quitting his reelection bid, US President Joseph Biden Wednesday said during a speech from the Oval Office that his decision had been motivated to protect democracy, to unite the nation against the threat former President Donald Trump represents. However, he never mentioned him by name.

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Fitch says default on Argentine bonds in foreign currency likely

    The scope of Minister Toto Caputo's plan is still unclear, Fitch stressed

    The credit rating agency Fitch outlined Wednesday the possible consequences of Argentina's latest measures, which would aggravate the uncertainty about the South American country's reserves, particularly after some of its gold was shipped abroad, in addition to other financial gambits that would allow for the creation of banking pesos that would jeopardize a return to “global capital markets.”

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Netanyahu calls for NATO-style alliance against Iran

    “Israel first, America next” was Netannyahu's motto to explain his country's war against ”the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States”

    Wednesday's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress seemed to herald the foundations around which Western civilization will revolve soon. As he described the world for when victory over the pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been achieved, supporters of the other faction in the ongoing Middle East conflict vandalized adjacent areas in Washington DC, particularly Union Station.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

    Richardson says Marshall Plan needed for Latin America

    Richardson said she was worried that Chinese developments in the region could swiftly become military assets

    US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson called on leaders in her country to devise some “Marshall Plan” in Latin America replicating the one enacted in post-World War II Europe, which is highly necessary to neutralize Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 08:38 UTC

    Biden administration picks replacement for Asunción Embassy

    Escobar still needs the Senate's nod to replace Ostfield

    The US Government of President Joseph Biden has picked career diplomat Gabriel Escobar to take over from Marc Ostfield as the next Ambassador to Asunción, it was reported Tuesday. Escobar still needs the Senate's nod.

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  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 20:21 UTC

    US Secret Service Director resigns over Trump case

    Cheatle had been reluctant to resign after what she admitted was the worst episode since the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan

    US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned her post Tuesday after cracking under questioning from lawmakers following her agency's sloppy work regarding the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 13:21 UTC

    Harris secures enough party delegates to win nomination

    “I am proud to have secured the broad support needed,” Harris said

    US Vice President Kamala Harris Monday looked certain she would be picking up the baton from Joseph Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee por the Nov. 5 presidential elections where she would be taking on former President Donald Trump on behalf of the Republicans and “independent” runner Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whiise candidacies have already been confirmed. “I look forward to formally accepting the nomination soon,” Harris said.

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  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Obama not endorsing Harris' candidacy

    Obama said Biden was a patriot but Democratic Party primaries were needed to appoint the next candidate

    After US President Joseph Biden announced he would be stepping down from his reelection campaign and would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris picking up the Democratic Party's baton, silence on the part of the former head of State Barack Obama -under whom Biden served twice as VP- and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caught the attention of political analysts in Washington DC.

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  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Argentine Air Force mounting training center for pilots and ground crews of the F16s

    Argentine Air Force mounting training center for pilots and ground crews of the F16s

    As part of the process of the combat aircraft F-16A/B incorporation process to the Argentine Air Force, the government has published in the Official Gazette an invitation to tenders for the construction of a new instruction center at the IV Air Brigade in Tandil where the second-hand aircraft from the Danish Air Force, will be stationed.

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