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When United States President Donald Trump announced “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela on August 28, he claimed it would “more than double” US oil reserves and “substantially lower ...

In a momentous week for Venezuela, Chevron Corp. delivered the sequel to the White House’s blockbuster oil deal. Except that it’s more of a prequel. While the US oil major’s new multi-billion dollar ...

The decision on Sunday by the cartel of oil-producing nations and some of its allies came after the resumption of U.S. and Iranian military strikes in the Persian Gulf. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from ...

In a span of just three months, Goldman Sachs analysts have gone from lowering their oil-price forecasts to hiking them. The reduction came after the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and ...

Iran has launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes. It's the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the U.S. military said it ...

Supporting a stable world order that promotes the rule of law has made the U.S. the most prosperous nation in history. Trump has little time for that. Author’s note: This is the first of a three-part ...

Australia’s production of oil has dived by more than half in 12 months, dealing a dose of reality to federal and state government ambitions to beef up self-sufficiency amid a global energy market ...

In their debut novel following their memoir Raised by Wolves, Ho’s signature sarcasm is present throughout but some characters border on caricature Amy Chan is a late-20s queer, non-binary Asian ...

Venezuela is becoming a major testing ground for Donald Trump’s hemispheric ambitions, and emerging as another potential source of rivalry with China. After announcing plans to seize control of more ...

US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Venezuela that he called the “biggest oil deal in world history”. The Trump administration says the agreement will double US oil reserves and ...

Since the last century, Venezuelan politics has been closely linked to the management of the country’s oil industry. The debate for policymakers has centred on whether to liberalise or nationalise the ...