Bloomberg Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations since 2014 and former Petroleos de Venezuela head, resigned from his post amid a string of arrests at the oil giant he used to run, he said in a tweet. “This was a very hard decision to make,” he wrote in attached photos of a letter addressed to Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said his plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there is overdue while world leaders from the Vatican to Tehran denounced his stance as risking fresh violence in the region. “It’s long overdue,” Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Wednesday. “Many presidents have said they want ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity surged six points to 50 percent in one of the fastest approval rating rebounds for French presidents measured by pollster Ifop, according to Paris Match magazine. Macron, whose rating fell below the 50 percent mark in July, gained most among French conservatives and far-left sympathizers of the France Unbowed political party, according to Ifop. ...