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Putin: Russia ‘always’ stands by Cuba

MOSCOW – Moscow will “always” stand by Cuba, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Havana’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Moscow on Wednesday, reiterating support...

Defiant Venezuelans

A man takes pictures with his phone of letters forming the word Maracaibo on the shore of Lake Maracaibo in Zulia state, Venezuela, on...

Colombia’s Petro in hot water

BOGOTA – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro published his bank statements this week to disprove Washington’s allegations of financial crimes, only to find himself in...

North Korea condemns ‘wicked nature’ of sanctions

SEOUL – North Korea condemned on Thursday the latest US sanctions imposed on people and organizations accused of cybercrimes, saying they showed Washington’s “wicked...

Oil prices to increase by up to P2/l today

Consumers can expect a big-time oil price hike of as much as P2 per liter effective 6 a.m. Tuesday to reflect the movement of...

Diesel and kerosene lower, gas inches up

Consumers can expect another mixed oil price movement next week with diesel prices increasing by as much as P1 per liter and kerosene by...

UN rights chief demands US withdraw sanctions on ICC judges

Geneva, Switzerland—The United Nations human rights chief on Friday demanded the United States lift sanctions it imposed on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, saying...

Taiwan to probe firms involved in Huawei plants

TAIPEI—Taipei has said it will investigate if Taiwanese firms that helped Huawei build semiconductor factories violated US sanctions against the Chinese tech giant. Huawei, a...

Huawei CEO calls for push into software to weather US pressure

The head of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has called for an all-out push into software, an internal memo seen Tuesday says, as part of...

Iran’s economic woes go beyond US sanctions; rial loses half of value

Tehran"•Iran’s government faces acute economic challenges as it announces its annual budget, expected on Tuesday, and not all of its problems are the result...

Turkey: US sanctions on Iran dangerous

TOKYO"•Turkey has warned Washington against its new sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the Islamic Republic is “dangerous”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. Washington...

Iranians cower at fresh sanctions

TEHRAN"•Many Iranians blame their own government for the return of US sanctions, but they also fear it could be the “final nail in the...

More sanctions, fewer insults

No one knows how North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will respond to growing pressure on his regime, other than by scouring the thesaurus....

Maduro slams US sanctions

CARACAS"•Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro branded the US sanctions leveled at his regime on Wednesday as “insolent,” as pressure piled up on him abroad and...
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