6 h. ago Does Russia or China actually threaten Greenland? Experts say Trump's warnings don't match reality

Does Russia or China actually threaten Greenland? Experts say Trump's warnings don't match reality  The Kyiv Independent

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8 h. ago Before Maduro’s capture in Venezuela, US spoke with minister who is his loyal ally

Trump administration officials had been in discussions with Venezuela’s hardline Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US operation to seize the country’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The officials warned Cabello, 62, against using the security services or militant ruling-party supporters overseen by him to target the country’s opposition, four sources said. That security...

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49 h. ago China spies used Maduro capture as lure to phish US agencies

China spies used Maduro capture as lure to phish US agencies  theregister.com

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49 h. ago Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies

Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies  theregister.com

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58 h. ago China threatens retaliation after Trump announces 25% tariff on Iran trade partners

China threatens retaliation after Trump announces 25% tariff on Iran trade partners  Fox Business

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3 d. ago Assessing China's Response to the U.S. Capture of Venezuela's Maduro

Assessing China's Response to the U.S. Capture of Venezuela's Maduro  Stratfor

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3 d. ago U.S. Blows Up China’s Latin America Ambitions With Maduro Ouster

U.S. Blows Up China’s Latin America Ambitions With Maduro Ouster  The Wall Street Journal

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3 d. ago China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata

China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities are attempting to steal the country’s geographic data through covert mapping operations that threaten national security. Foreign “anti-China hostile forces” have been deploying “various clandestine methods” to gather, steal and exploit China’s foundational mapping and geographic information, the Ministry of State Security said in a social media article on Tuesday. It said the data, crucial for infrastructure planning,...

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4 d. ago China threatens to retaliate over Trump’s 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran

China threatens to retaliate over Trump’s 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran  The Guardian

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5 d. ago Cuba’s president denies being in talks with US after Trump threats

Cuba’s leader on Monday reacted defiantly to US President Donald Trump’s threats to “make a deal” or pay the price in the aftermath of key ally Nicolas Maduro’s ouster in a US military raid. Trump has been ramping up pressure on Cuba, one of the few Latin American countries still run by an authoritarian leftist administration after Venezuelan leader Maduro’s capture on January 3. “We’re talking with Cuba,” Trump said aboard Air Force One on Sunday, hours after urging Havana to do a deal to head...

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5 d. ago US action in Venezuela fuels Asia’s fears of collapsing rules

America’s capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro in a special operation sent shock waves across the world. With characteristically bombastic rhetoric, US President Donald Trump hailed Operation Absolute Resolve as “an assault like people have not seen since World War II” and “one of the most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American military might” in history. His deputies were quick to add that the operation also showed the long arm of the US justice system by accusing...

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5 d. ago How the US Capture of Nicolás Maduro Impacts China’s Engagement with Indonesia

How the US Capture of Nicolás Maduro Impacts China’s Engagement with Indonesia  Fair Observer

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5 d. ago As Trump threatens Iran strikes, China denounces use of force in Middle East

China has voiced opposition to the use of force in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran over escalating protests there. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Monday said Beijing hoped Iran’s government and its people would overcome “current difficulties” and uphold stability in the country. “We always oppose interference in other countries’ internal affairs,” she said at a press conference, responding to a question about Trump’s threats to attack...

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5 d. ago China denounces use of force in Middle East as Trump threatens Iran strikes

China denounces use of force in Middle East as Trump threatens Iran strikes  South China Morning Post

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6 d. ago Cuba defiant after Trump says island to receive no more Venezuelan oil or money

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time US nemesis. Venezuela is Cuba’s biggest oil supplier, but no cargoes have departed from Venezuelan ports to the Caribbean country since the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US forces in early January amid a strict US oil blockade on the Opec country, shipping data shows. “THERE...

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6 d. ago Cuba defiant after Trump threat to cut off ‘oil and money’ lifeline

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time US nemesis and provoking defiant words from the island’s leadership. Venezuela is Cuba’s biggest oil supplier, but no cargoes have departed from Venezuelan ports to the Caribbean country since the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US forces in early January amid a strict US oil...

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6 d. ago Maduro's capture was also a message to China as US moves to push Beijing out of the Americas

Maduro's capture was also a message to China as US moves to push Beijing out of the Americas  Telegraph India

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7 d. ago How China and Russia are using Maduro’s capture to sway U.S. discourse

How China and Russia are using Maduro’s capture to sway U.S. discourse  The Washington Post

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7 d. ago China's strategic partnership with Venezuela uncertain after U.S. operation to capture Maduro

China's strategic partnership with Venezuela uncertain after U.S. operation to capture Maduro  NBC News

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8 d. ago Venezuela’s Oil, China’s Money: Is Beijing the Real Loser After Maduro's Capture?

Venezuela’s Oil, China’s Money: Is Beijing the Real Loser After Maduro's Capture?  Asianet Newsable

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