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Sep 2, 2026 - World

Energy secretary Chris Wright denies US seeks to ‘take’ country’s oil, saying deal is transformation of relationsThe US energy secretary, Chris Wright, has denied Washington is seeking to commandeer huge quantities of Venezuelan oil, amid growing criticism of Donald Trump’s energy deal with the country’s interim leaders.“Absolutely not,” Wright replied when asked by a CNBC journalist if the US was engaged in a “heavy-handed” attempt to “take” Venezuelan oil in violation of the South American country’s constitution. Continue reading...

Sep 2, 2026 - World

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases, according to the latest government data from Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it.

Sep 2, 2026 - World

President Trump said Wednesday he knows it is not easy for the Iranian people to rise against their hardline leaders, but he thinks the Islamic regime will get "weaker by the day" and become vulnerable to overthrow.

Sep 2, 2026 - World

A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused of being the mastermind of the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Sep 2, 2026 - World

Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn's south pole.