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UN Security Council to meet Monday over US action in Venezuela
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting "a dangerous precedent."Colo...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Trump says US will have large oil companies go into Venezuela
PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will have large U.S. oil companies go into Venezuela after the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro.Trump said at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida that U.S. forces were prepared fo...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Venezuelan oil industry: world's largest reserves, decaying infrastructure
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Following are key facts about the oil industry of Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces on Saturday, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. RESERVESVenezuela has the world's largest oil reserves but its crude output remains at a frac...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from one of two power lines, Russia says
MOSCOW, Jan 3 (Reuters) - One of two high-voltage lines supplying electricity to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been disconnected, the Russian management of the station said on Saturday.The 330-kilovolt (kV) Ferosplavna-1 line was disconnected by a protection ...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
US Attorney General Bondi posts unsealed indictment in case of Maduro and his wife
Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday posted an unsealed indictment in the case of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who were captured by U.S. forces earlier in the day.Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
UN chief on Venezuela: US action sets 'dangerous precedent'
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by U.S. action in Venezuela that sets "a dangerous precedent," his spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday. "The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the importance of full respect - by a...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
US is going to be strongly involved in Venezuela's oil industry, says Trump
Jan 3 (Reuters) - The United States is going to be "very strongly involved" in Venezuela's oil industry in the wake of the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump told Fox News on Saturday."We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the ...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Venezuela's oil facilities unscathed in US strike, sources say
By Marianna Parraga Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil production and refining were operating normally on Saturday and suffered no damage from a U.S. strike to extract the country's president, two sources with knowledge of the operations of energy company PDVSA said.U.S. forces c...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Shocked Venezuelans hunker down, unsure of what comes next
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces patrolled largely empty streets at dawn in the capital, Caracas, on Saturday, hours after loud explosions woke residents to the news that U.S. commandos had bombed the country and captured President Nicolas Maduro. Streets close to the Miraflores presid...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Venezuela's PDVSA suffered no damage from U.S. attacks-sources
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state-run energy company PDVSA's oil production and refining were normal on Saturday and its most important facilities had suffered no damage from U.S. attacks to extract President Nicolas Maduro according to an initial assessment, two sources with knowledge of the c...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Iran's leader Khamenei, in apparent response to US, says Tehran 'will not yield to the enemy'
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an apparent response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to come to Iranian protesters' aid if fired on, said on Saturday that Iran "will not yield to the enemy."God willing and by divine grace, we will bring the enem...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
Fire engulfs Denver apartment building under construction, causing power outages
Jan 2 (Reuters) - A large fire broke out in an apartment complex under construction in southeast Denver near the Glendale area on Friday evening, causing significant power outages in the community, according to Glendale's police department.Flames tore through the building's frame as thick sm...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
LIVESTOCK-CME cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced
CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied on Friday as two new screwworm cases were announced in Mexico in two days, keeping the focus on tight cattle supplies. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled 4.400 cents higher at 236.000 cents per pound, having hit the hi...Reuters
Sat, Jan 3
CIF/FOB Gulf Grain-Soybean, corn barge basis were steady to higher in nearby loadings
CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn and soybeans shipped by barge to U.S. Gulf Coast terminals were steady to higher on Friday, traders said.Empty barge freight values remained elevated, with prices firming again on the Illinois River. Barge lines are already limiting drafts in some areas...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
CANADA-CRUDE-Discount on Western Canada Select narrows
Jan 2 (Reuters) - The discount on Western Canada Select to North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures CLc1 narrowed on Friday.WCS for February delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $13.15 a barrel below the U.S. benchmark WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, compared with $13.40 on...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
PBF Energy expects Martinez refinery rebuild extending into February
Jan 2 (Reuters) - PBF Energy PBF.N said on Friday that rebuild activities at its California-based Martinez refinery, following a fire last year, are now expected to progress into February.A fire had broken out at the 157,000-barrel-per-day refinery on February 1, 2025, impacting its operations.The c...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
US Plains HRW Wheat-Basis steady-firmer in quiet post-holiday trade
CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat were mostly steady to firmer on Friday as K.C. wheat futures hovered near two-week lows, discouraging farmer grain sales, merchandisers said.Grain sales and movement remained quiet following the New Year's Day holiday.The spot...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
Strong earthquake shakes Mexico's independence monument, hits roads and hospitals
Quake of 6.5 magnitude strikes off southwestern coastReports of one death in Guerrero state and one death in Mexico City Damage reported on roads, public buildings, hospitalsAirport operations not affected, aviation agency saysMEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexic...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
GRAINS-Chicago soybeans fall on competition with Brazilian exports
By Renee Hickman CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures ticked down on light post-holiday trading volume on Friday, as competitively priced Brazilian beans and favorable South American weather pressured the commodity, analysts said. Wheat and corn futures also edged down, but corn rec...Reuters
Fri, Jan 2
