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A US warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on drug traffickers and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.The exercises are part of a mounting military campaign by US President Donald Trump against drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America,
The US is seeking to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but those ties don’t come at the expense of Washington’s relations with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.Just like India has ties with countries that the US doesn’t,
As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.
Plus, stray dogs become a focal point in India’s capital, and an Aaron Rodgers reunion on “Sunday Night Football.”
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US sanctions Colombian president
The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro “for his role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister.
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is being deployed to continue targeting suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, the Pentagon said Friday.
The US and South Korea remain stuck on all the major details of a $350 billion investment pledge, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview Friday, signaling the countries may fail to finalize a trade deal in time for a summit meeting with Donald Trump.
Bitcoin and Ether jump as Washington and Beijing strike basic consensuses on tariffs, fentanyl cooperation and export controls
Our correspondents and reporters explain the latest on the shutdown, as federal workers miss paycheques and some government services are suspended.