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Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
Getting Venezuela’s oil will be harder than the White House thinks
Trump’s challenge to oil majors will test his influence on top CEOs.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
African Union expresses ‘grave concern’ over US raid of Venezuela
The US intervention raised fears over the measures Washington may take in disputes with the continent’s biggest economies.
Democracy Now • Jan 5, 2026
Trump "Just Wants Oil," Not Democracy: What's Next in Trump's War on Venezuela?
Democracy Now! discusses the attack on Venezuela with two Venezuelan American scholars: Alejandro Velasco, an associate history professor at New York University, and Miguel Tinker Salas, emeritus professor of history at Pomona College. The professors react to President Trump’s comments on the presence of oil in the region and claims that Venezuela had “stolen” oil from U.S. companies. “There was no taking of 'American property or American oil' — it was Venezuelan oil,” says Tinker Salas. “It belonged to Venezuela.” Velasco also comments on Marco Rubio, a central figure in the U.S. campaign against Venezuela, who may have another country as his ultimate target. “Rubio’s primary interest in the region is not Venezuela, it’s not Colombia, it’s not Mexico — it’s Cuba,” says Velasco.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
The Gulf won't mourn Maduro
The US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has almost no impact on the region — at least not directly, and certainly not for now.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
US commits $2B to new UN-led humanitarian fund for crisis-hit countries
Nine of the 17 eligible nations are in Africa.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
Finland seizes Baltic ship suspected of cable sabotage
Cables and pipelines carry vital data and fuel, and sabotage is on the rise globally.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
Botswana seeks Russian investment as diamond revenues slump
Russia has in recent years sought to strengthen its political ties with African countries and gain access to the continent’s vital minerals.
Semafor • Jan 5, 2026
Zambia accepts mining taxes in yuan
The Zambian authorities are the first in Africa to confirm they are accepting mining-tax payments in renminbi, Bloomberg reported.
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Mother Jones •
Donald Trump’s Plan to Be King of the World
Mother Jones •
An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
The Conversation •
The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
Scheer Post •
NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
The Conversation •
How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
Scheer Post •
Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
Scheer Post •
The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
Jezebel •
Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
Scheer Post •
Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
Scheer Post •
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