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Cubans queue for fuel as Trump issues energy ultimatum
AFP, Published on 31/01/2026
» HAVANA - Cubans queued around the block for fuel Friday, as the island's Communist government decried US efforts to "suffocate" the already‑stricken economy with a virtual oil blockade.
China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» BEIJING - China's football association issued lifetime bans to 73 people, including former national team head coach Li Tie, and punished 13 top professional clubs for match-fixing and corruption, it said Thursday.
Structural shift in capital expected
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 29/01/2026
» Thailand's capital market is set to undergo a structural transformation over 2-3 years, as global conflicts, capital flows and technological shifts redefine investment opportunities and risks, says the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco).
Iranian jet fuel keeps Myanmar bombers flying
Gavin Finch and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters, Published on 27/01/2026
» The first bomb to strike the remote village of Vanha in western Myanmar came from a junta warplane. It hit the only school in the hamlet, near the frontline of the civil war. The second came from a drone minutes later.
Russia's 'shadow tanker fleet' and how it works
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» PARIS - France's interception of an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet" draws attention to how the vessels allegedly operate in order to escape Western sanctions.
US military seizes another Venezuela-linked tanker in the Caribbean
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2026
» WASHINGTON - The U.S. military said it seized a Venezuela-linked tanker on Tuesday in the Caribbean, marking the seventh such apprehension since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's month-long campaign to control Venezuela's oil flows.
North Korea's Kim sacks vice premier, rails against 'incompetence'
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier and railed against "incompetent" officials in a rare and very public broadside against apparatchiks at the opening of a critical factory, state media said Tuesday.
A view of global power with a gangster's eye
Oped, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 20/01/2026
» There is a method behind the apparent madness of US President Donald Trump's transactional, spheres-of-influence approach to geopolitics and the global economy. Nowhere has this logic been clearer than in his administration's illegal abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and its ongoing efforts to secure control of the country's oil reserves by installing a client regime.
Demonstrations in US in support of Iranian anti-government protesters
AFP, Published on 19/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Thousands of people staged large demonstrations in the United States Sunday denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic.
China keeps pressure on Cambodia to target cross-border fraud and trafficking
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/01/2026
» Beijing is urging Phnom Penh to broaden its crackdown on Cambodia's online fraud industry, keeping up pressure following the arrest and extradition to China of alleged fraud kingpin Chen Zhi.