U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday the Trump administration had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over Congressional testimony he gave last summer regarding a Fed building renovation project. CBC | World News
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Iranian official warns against U.S. strikes as activists say protest death toll now more than 500
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Read More »U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerrilla groups
The U.S. attack on Venezuela has shifted the ground for the various guerrilla groups operating across the borderlands with Colombia, raising fears of possible betrayal by Venezuelan regime officials, while opening the door to a wider conflict should U.S. boots ever hit the ground, local security experts say. CBC | World News
Read More »The U.S. wants Venezuelan oil. Does that undercut Canada’s leverage in trade talks?
As Ottawa gears up to review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement, do the developments in Venezuela undercut the Canadians’ bargaining position? CBC’s The House spoke to experts and former officials about the feasibility of ramping up Venezuelan oil production and the road ahead. CBC | World News
Read More »Anti-ICE protests continue in major U.S. cities after Minneapolis, Portland shootings
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Read More »U.S. seizes Olina tanker in Caribbean, 5th vessel taken in Venezuela blockade
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Read More »U.S. takeover of Greenland would be ‘shattering of NATO,’ warns Canada’s former military commander
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Read More »U.S. seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures, global sales
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s oil worldwide. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says U.S. oversight of Venezuela could last for years
The United States could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump said in a newly published interview published. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a vote Thursday that could rebuke Trump, though he is likely to veto the measure if it passes. CBC | World News
Read More »As the U.S. targets sanctioned Venezuelan oil, more of Russia’s growing shadow fleet could be swept up, too
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