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Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside Venezuela
But the president would not be drawn on whether the CIA had been told to topple Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelans wonder if America will bring down Nicolás Maduro
By speaking openly about authorising a “covert” CIA operation against the regime, Donald Trump is fanning the flames
A billionaire has rebuilt downtown Detroit
But is Dan Gilbert’s project finally running out of steam?
Hamas returns two more bodies but says it cannot retrieve remaining dead hostages
The group's armed wing says it has returned all the bodies of hostages it can reach in the ruins of Gaza.
America’s bankers are riding high. Why are they so worried?
Their latest earnings do not represent unalloyed good news
The America v China spat reveals a dangerous dynamic
A balance of economic terror is no basis for stability
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: both weaker than they think
As China and America clash over trade, cracks emerge in each side’s position
Cracked windscreen forces US defence secretary's plane to land in UK
The Pentagon says Hegseth and other military leaders on board, who were travelling back from a Nato meeting, are safe.
Syria's Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for first time since fall of Assad
Syria's leader suggested he would continue to allow Russia access to its military bases in Syria.
Would inflation-linked bonds survive an inflationary default?
A thought experiment on the nearest thing to a safe asset
Ukraine imposes blackouts in most regions after Russian power grid attacks
This will be the fourth consecutive winter of outages since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
What Donald Trump gets right in the Middle East
It’s not what you think