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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former chief executive officer at U.S. oil refiner Citgo Petroleum helped alleged Venezuelan drug trafficker Carlos Orense move money in the mid-2000s, a witness at Orense’s trial in New York testified this week. Antonio Arvelaiz, who has said on the witness stand he helped Orense traffic cocaine …

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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – Climate activists staged several small protests at COP28 on Tuesday against the presence of the oil, gas and coal industry at the U.N. climate summit and demanded an end to the use of fossil fuels, the major source cause of climate change. While past U.N. climate talks have sparked …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s U.N. envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, said his country has not been involved in any actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. The United States has blamed Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi group for a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters since war broke out …

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By Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s minority Labour-led government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to open Arctic oceans to mineral exploration, a key step on the way to full-scale seabed mining, a spokesperson for one of the parties told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal comes as Norway hopes to become the …

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By Kate Abnett, William James and Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) -Countries at the COP28 climate conference are considering calling for a formal phase-out of fossil fuels as part of the U.N. summit’s final deal to fight global warming, according to a draft negotiating text seen on Tuesday. Research published on Tuesday showed global carbon dioxide …

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By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) -The United States is among at least 60 countries backing a pledge on Tuesday to cut cooling-related emissions by 2050, U.S. State Department officials said at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. The Global Cooling Pledge would mark the world’s first collective focus on energy emissions from the cooling sector. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Mexico City this week to promote cooperation with Mexican counterparts on combating illicit finance and the trafficking of fentanyl, along with strengthening Mexico’s role in U.S. supply chains, Treasury officials said on Monday. Yellen’s Dec. 5-7 trip will include meetings with Mexican President Andres …

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CARACAS/GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – Venezuelans are voting on Sunday in a referendum backed by President Nicolas Maduro’s government over a potentially oil-rich territory that is the subject of a long-running border dispute with Guyana. The five-question referendum includes a question rejecting International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction to decide to which country the territory around the …

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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – More than 100 protesters gathered on Sunday on the sidelines of the COP28 U.N. climate summit to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, an unusual sight in the United Arab Emirates where freedom of expression is limited. The UAE tolerates little dissent and bans organised groups like …

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