China is leading a 15-nation pact that would create the world’s biggest trade deal. The US isn’t in it.

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Joern Pollex/Getty Images Global trade is marching on with or without the US. Next year, the world’s biggest free trade deal could be signed. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would be made up of 15 countries. The US and … Read More

Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and other world leaders who have not acknowledged a Biden win

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As President-elect Joe Biden moved forward on Monday with preparations to take office in January, some world leaders have continued to remain silent on the outcome of the election, which President Trump has yet to concede. Congratulatory messages from around the world … Read More

OPEC would miss ‘friend Trump’, wary of strains under Biden, sources say

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Key members of OPEC are wary that strains in the OPEC+ alliance could reemerge with Joe Biden as U.S. President, sources close to the organization said, and would miss President Donald Trump who went from criticizing the … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 6 November 2020

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6 November  2020 Greetings from Tyler, Our worst fears are playing out in real-time.  There are a lot of things we don’t know yet.  Who do we trust?  We’ve seen corruption in the media, corruption in Federal agencies, and now … Read More

Maduro looks for ‘total power’ in Venezuela legislative election

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Campaigning for next month’s parliamentary election begins in Venezuela on Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro looking to take back control of the National Assembly, whose speaker and opposition leader Juan Guaido is demanding a boycott. Guaido has already denounced the … Read More

Iran: What Khamenei’s Special Reappearance Means?

On October 29, the Justice Department announced that it had seized Iranian weapons bound for Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of Iranian oil bound for Venezuela. The government also unsealed two civil forfeiture complaints for the goods, which were … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 30 October 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, The election that determines the long-term state of the world is upon us, and the next four days may seem like an eternity.  That’s assuming we know something concrete by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.  If some … Read More

5.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s West Java

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest of Pangandaran district in Indonesia’s West Java province on October 25 morning. Jakarta (VNA) – A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest of Pangandaran district in Indonesia’s West Java province on October 25 morning. The epicenter of the quake was … Read More

Covid-19 causes steepest recession in Latin America and the Caribbean

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United Nations, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the steepest recession in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, said today at the ECLAC virtual session.   In his speech at the … Read More

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