MIAMI (AP) – The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials, in the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% Monday to its prior all-time high. The Dow Jones rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose more than 4%.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Less than six months ago, the inauguration of centrist President Rodrigo Paz seemed to usher in a new reality for Bolivians reeling from the worst economic crisis in a generation and fed up with two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist leadership.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian woman charged with joining the Islamic State group expressed views supporting terrorist acts and killing of non-believers, attempted to indoctrinate her children and recruited others to join her in Syria, according to allegations made in court Monday.
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s government announced Wednesday that it will invest $75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation and worsen climate change.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – European Council President António Costa said Monday that this week’s European Union summit with Western Balkan candidate nations aims to show that the opportunity for enlargement is real. Speaking in Bosnia at the start of a pre-summit tour of the Western Balkans, Costa said that amid global geopolitical uncertainty and economic instability, “enlargement is a geostrategic interest for Europe.”
SAO PAULO (AP) – A year ago, Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro touted his family’s connection with U.S. President Donald Trump as a major political asset. This week, Bolsonaro is in Washington leaning into that relationship again in an attempt to shore up his weakening presidential bid after he received millions of dollars from a disgraced banker.
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LIMA, Peru (AP) – A global heritage foundation that works to improve conditions at famous archaeological sites offered on Tuesday to work with Peruvian authorities on the famed Machu Picchu, where tourists often face hours of lines, overcrowding and unreliable local transport.
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