Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions to his re-election campaign...
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Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions to his re-election campaign...
Article URL: https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46659194 Points: 9 # Comments: 0...
Democratic history is a timeline of states acting to curb over-mighty figures, from kings to business tycoons...
Merz is due in Bengaluru, often called India's Silicon Valley, after meeting PM Modi in Ahmedabad. The visit comes just weeks ahead of plans to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement between India a...
Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aims to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities through technology by appointing Mykhailo Fedorov as the new defense minister. What do experts say?...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aims to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities through technology by appointing Mykhailo Fedorov as the new defense minister....
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/italys-privacy-watchdog-scourge-us-big-tech-hit-by-corruption-probe-2026-01-15/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interc...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined "This Week" amid ongoing protests in his city and a newly launched DOJ probe into his actions....
Tech giant moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of US President Donald Trump’s trade levies...
The rules allow banks to combine token activity with payments and financial services under central bank and tech park oversight....
Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-declared-war-against-big-tech-digital-sovereignty/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46636445 Points: 11 # Comments: 2...
Shares in the world’s largest oilfield services company have risen by 14% since US capture of Nicolás Maduro...
The target of the botched 2024 attack was Lithuanian company TVC Solutions and mobile radio stations the firm manufactures for Ukrainian armed forces, according to prosecutors....
President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resis...
US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...
After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...
Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu AI said its new image generation model was trained on chips from Huawei Technologies, making it the first powerful open-source model to be developed on an en...