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US mulls sanctions on Venezuela oil

Bloomberg The US is weighing sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector, Rex Tillerson said in Argentina, as he continues a South America trip that’s quickly being dogged by President Donald Trump’s threat to cut aid to the countries the Secretary of State is visiting. Tillerson said that during his meetings with Argentina’s leaders he’d raised the possibility of oil sanctions as ...

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Macron heads to Corsica to avert French repeat of Catalonia

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron doesn’t wa-nt Corsica to turn into France’s Catalonia. The French president on Tuesday begins a two-day visit to the Mediterranean island where a recently elected local administration is making demands for greater autonomy that the national government so far has indicated it can’t accept. French governments have long struggled in their dealings with Corsica, an island of ...

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Turnbull goes Trump-lite to win back votes

Bloomberg Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull has found timely inspiration in his bid to woo back disaffected voters this year: Donald Trump. Turnbull is seeking to draw on the US president’s first key legislative victory that’s handing wide-ranging tax cuts to firms and workers. Trump’s success has given the prime minister confidence to make a renewed push for lower corporate levies, ...

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