Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control Venezuelan oil resources.

The Trump administration is touting its oil deals in Venezuela as it seeks to prove the usefulness of the military operation to oust former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

A pro-America opposition appeared ready to usher in a free market and end the state’s suffocating grip on oil production. Eight months later, the White House’s deal with Maduro’s former vice president risks entrenching the people and repeating the policies that tanked the country’s economy in the first place.

Appointees, a donor and a recent administration official are among those capitalising on US control of beleaguered energy sector

Rescuers pulled two workers alive from hydropower project tunnel in Nepal nine days after devastating flash foods in the central Bagmati region and across the border in Tibet killed thousands of people,

At least two people were pulled out alive from inside a hydropower project nine days after Nepal’s deadly floods.

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel, raising hopes of reaching a dozen others believed to be trapped nine days after catastrophic floods devastated towns and

Hope and expectation in Nepal as two hydropower workers are pulled out of a tunnel alive nine days after a devastating flash flood at the Nepal-China border. We'll bring you the latest from the rescue site.

The rare trip by CIA chief John Ratcliff failed to persuade Putin to stop the war and may have hardened the Russian's leaders resolve to seek military victory.

Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin ⁠said on Thursday there was a ⁠chance of a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but ​restarting talks was harder because of Ukrainian attacks on shipping and a call by Kyiv for civilian aircraft ‌to avoid Russian airspace.

Russian President Putin said on Thursday there was a chance of a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but restarting talks was harder because ​of Ukrainian attacks on shipping and a call by Kyiv for civilian aircraft ‌to avoid Russian airspace.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine maintain contacts even as he gave little sign that they’re making any progress on a peace deal. Ukraine’s threat to disrupt air traffic to Russia “complicates the prospects for bilateral peace talks,

Volkswagen’s board of directors on Thursday approved a sweeping cost-cutting plan that would cut 50,000 jobs, slim the company's model line by half and end auto production at four German plants. The plan put forward by CEO Oliver Blume to counter low-cost competition in China and headwinds from U.

As part of the plan, Volkswagen would cut its workforce by another 50,000 and phase out four German factories to tackle costly excess capacity.

Volkswagen has announced plans to cut around 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 after its profits fell to their lowest level in almost a decade

Volkswagen has confirmed plans to cut up to 50,000 jobs as it battles competition from China. The German carmaker said that the restructuring would be in addition to 50,000 reductions that it has already made since 2024 and could lead to plant closures.

Britain's populist Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, said on Friday two ​senior members had stepped down temporarily after an undercover investigation alleged it had broken electoral law by arranging for ‌a foreign donor to pay for political polling.

Britain's populist Reform UK said two ⁠senior ⁠advisers to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after ⁠an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.

The party has launched an investigation into claims about funding aired during a Channel 4 News report, and denied any wrongdoing.

James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down while Reform investigates allegations surrounding funding for political polling. The party says the inquiry should proceed independently and without prejudice.

Nvidia, a semiconductor giant, will buy Hugging Face for $13bn. The platform hosts millions of mostly open AI models, which users can download and modify. Last year Hugging Face turned down $500m (at a $7bn valuation) from the chipmaker because it wanted to maintain its independence.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a blog post Thursday that more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face to share more than 3 million models, 500,000 data sets and 1 million applications.

The deal marries Nvidia’s chip and data center infrastructure with Hugging Face’s millions of open-source AI models that can be freely downloaded and modified.

The acquisition will give Nvidia access to “one of the most important parcels of real estate in the AI market” and promote open-source technology.