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The United States is opening Venezuela’s telecommunications sector to new investment and technology while explicitly excluding Chinese companies, a move that could reshape a market where Huawei and ZTE have become deeply embedded and give Western suppliers an opening as the country expands its 5G ne

India's Iran exports set to fall further due to Dubai halt, U.S. sanctions Reuters

US eyes China overcapacity tariffs of 7.5% before Xi-Trump talks, Bloomberg News reports Reuters

Israel's Netanyahu says Iran tried to kill one of his sons Reuters

Trump's approval holds at record low as US support for Iran war falls, Reuters Ipsos poll finds Reuters

Israel has threatened intensified attacks and forced displacement in Gaza over children’s kites

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California cancels talks with Paramount over Warner Bros deal

Canada’s currency tumbled against the US dollar by the most in two months after President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with the country by vowing to double tariffs on auto imports.

Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs & Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, said that he sees the declaration of new sanctions on Iran and its allies as a 'theatrical declaration' and less of a concrete move by the United States. Nasr said that the pressure on Iran's allies coul