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As broad selling took hold in UK markets for a fourth day, focus turned to the pound after it fell to the lowest level in over a year. Concern that the Labour government will struggle to keep the nation’s deficit in check amid higher borrowing costs pushed sterling down as much as 1% on Thursday to $1.2239. That’s the weakest level since November 2023. Today’s guests: Themistoklis Fiotakis, Barclays; Peder Beck-Friis, PIMCO; Odile Renaud-Basso, EBRD President (Source: Bloomberg) This article was originally published by a www.bloomberg.com . Read the Original article here. .

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents. This article was originally published by a apnews.com . Read the Original article here. .

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictSouth Sudan resumed oil exports on January 8 following Sudan’s decision to lift force majeure on a vital pipeline damaged during Sudan’s civil conflict. Prior to the halt in February 2024, South Sudan exported 150,000 bpd via the Petrodar pipeline, critical for its economy. The restart, involving Blocks 3 and 7 operated by Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) with partners CNPC, Sinopec, and SSTO, will alleviate severe financial strain on the nation. Sudan’s new security arrangements with Juba and Bashier Pipeline Company ensure safe oil flow north to Port Sudan.Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was kidnapped…

CNN  —  Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a third presidential term despite the protests of the country’s opposition movement, capping more than five months of dispute over last summer’s contested election. The ceremony took place on Friday in a small room of the National Assembly, a marked difference from previous ceremonies held in the building’s main hall. “We’ve achieved what we knew we would achieve,” Maduro said during his first speech after being sworn in. “The power given to me was not given by a foreign government, a foreign president or a gringo government,” Maduro said at…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any p… This article was originally published by a thehill.com . Read the Original article here. .

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro has been sworn in for a third term as president, six months after disputed elections which the opposition and international community say he lost. President Maduro took the oath of office before parliament on Friday, vowing his third six-year term in office would be a “period of peace”.The official results of July’s election have been widely rejected by the international community, including neighbours Brazil and Colombia.The 62-year-old’s inauguration comes one day after Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado was briefly arrested and then freed after addressing a protest rally.Information Minister Freddy Nanez dismissed the reports of Machado’s…

Kyiv Post sources in special services confirmed that in a joint operation, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy successfully targeted a storage facility for Russian reconnaissance drones in the Rostov region early in the morning on Friday, Jan. 10. The facility, located near the village of Chaltyr, also housed ammunition. According to sources, the operation began with SBU drones “overloading” Russian air defense systems, followed by a precise strike with a Neptune missile. The attack caused significant explosions, reportedly resulting in the detonation of stored ammunition.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the…

Israeli fighter jets bombed ports and a power plant in Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis on Friday, the Israeli military said, in the latest attempt to force the Iranian-backed militant group to stop firing at Israel and commercial ships in the Red Sea.Israel has escalated its strikes on the Houthis in recent weeks in response to repeated attacks by the Yemeni militia, which has been firing on Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.The United States and Britain have also struck Yemen repeatedly in an effort to secure international waterways from Houthi attacks. But it was far from clear…

Jan. 10, 2025, 9:16 a.m. ETDavid E. SangerDavid E. Sanger writes often about cyberthreats and the intersection of new technology and government efforts to control them. The TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2024.Credit…Kenny Holston/The New York TimesFor five years now, American officials have insisted that TikTok poses a grave national security threat — even if they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, lay out the evidence. But as the case comes before the Supreme Court on Friday, pitting the government’s powers to protect the country against perceived threats against users who claim their First Amendment…

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort by lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump to prevent his sentencing for his New York criminal conviction. This article was originally published by a www.wivb.com . Read the Original article here. .