Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles

President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a raid isn’t likely to have…

A new Trump foreign policy doctrine emphasizes threats of regime change

President Donald Trump built his political appeal over the past decade partly by vowing to extricate America from military quagmires overseas, promising to avoid “nation building” and wars designed to…

It’s not just you: Why car prices have risen so sharply post-pandemic

Autotrader.ca put the average cost of a new car at $63,264 in the third quarter last year, with a used at $36,911. It doesn’t have comparable statistics before 2021, but…

OPEC+ to keep oil output steady despite turmoil among members, sources say

By Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler and Olesya Astakhova DUBAI/LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – OPEC+ will likely maintain steady oil output at its meeting on Sunday, OPEC+ delegates said, ​despite political…

Adam Smith markets in everything

Gustavo Dudamel — the Oscar L. Tang & H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate — conducts the World Premiere of the wealth of nations, a highly anticipated commission from the…

Lights back on for First Nation in Manitoba, but frozen water poses new threat: chief

The chief of a First Nation in Manitoba says about 4,000 residents haven’t been able to return to the community and dozens more are set to leave because its water…

Amid wildfire grief, an LA-area resident sowed sunflowers and hope where her home once stood

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood — one sunflower at a time. The registered nurse and mother of…

What I’ve been reading – Marginal REVOLUTION

Michael Wachtel, Viacheslav Ivanov: A Symbolist Life.  615 pp. of what Russian/Soviet cultural life was like in the early 20th century.  Focuses on broader strands, rather than just the most…

Amid wildfire grief, an LA-area resident sowed sunflowers and hope where her home once stood

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood — one sunflower at a time. Read More Source link

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge for now

Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the US plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South…