Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Versant Media Group, the portfolio of cable TV networks and digital assets spun off by Comcast, joins the small cohort of public media companies as the industry reckons with ongoing disruption. Versant begins…
This aerial view shows icebergs floating in the waters beaten down by the sun with buildings in the background off Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025, on the day of Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory, legislative elections. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images Denmark is in “full crisis mode” after U.S. President Donald Trump…
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro shakes hands with his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Moscow Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel | TASS |Getty Images Russia’s reaction to the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been cautious, with Moscow weighing up the potential geopolitical benefits and opportunities of the U.S.’ unilateral action against the…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shake hands before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 12, 2025. FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFP BEIJING — Even as China eyes new opportunities to build global influence in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela,…
The Chevron logo is seen at a gas station on July 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Shares of U.S. oil companies soared in premarket trade on Monday, as investors scrutinize the fallout from the Trump administration’s surprise military operation in Venezuela. Chevron shares rose 6.5% at 9:22 a.m. London time…
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a speech as he flutters a Venezuelan national flag in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured him. President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in…
One of the helicopters carrying Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrives after they were captured overnight in Venezuela by U.S. forces, at the Westside Heliport in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory Monday as global…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping wave during a meeting in Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas on July 20, 2014. Leo Ramirez | Afp | Getty Images The ancient Greek historian Thucydides once wrote that “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” On Jan. 3,…
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 5, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Elon Musk’s Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to users in Venezuela through Feb. 3, following U.S. airstrikes and the capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro. The satellite internet provider said in a release on Sunday that service credits…
The oil tanker “Minerva Astra” lies at anchor in Maracaibo, Venezuela, as protester with the Venezuelan flag approaches the vessel Dec. 17, 2002. Andrew Alvarez | Afp | Getty Images The arrest of Nicolás Maduro has thrown one of the world’s most politically fraught oil industries back into focus, forcing investors to reassess who controls…
