CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s legislature advanced a bill on Thursday to loosen state control over the country’s vast oil sector in the first major overhaul since the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez nationalized parts of the industry in 2007. The legislation would formally break decades of state command over some of the world’s largest oil reserves.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ticked to a record as stocks zigzagged underneath the market's surface. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Tuesday, even though more stocks fell within the index than rose. It squeaked past its prior all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump used the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to unveil a proposed ” Board of Peace ” for Gaza, bringing leaders from more than a dozen countries onstage Thursday, although many top American allies aren’t participating in the board.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A heavy Russian drone bombardment of Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa killed at least three people and wounded 23, including two children and a pregnant woman, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for speedier U.S. efforts to end Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion of his country.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombia announced Thursday that it will apply a 30% tax on a group of products from Ecuador and will suspend the sale of energy to that country, in response to a matching tariff announced the previous day by the government of Ecuadorian Daniel Noboa.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Mideast to lead any American military response to the crisis.
FLORIDA, Chile (AP) – Firefighters and security forces battling blazes in Chile that have killed at least 21 people and ravaged swaths of forest this week faced other dangers, too, from attempted attacks to the threat of drone collisions.
Jan. 19 – The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS. Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detainee. The local medical examiner’s office is considering classifying his death as a homicide, The Post reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the majority needed for passage.
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