Venezuela Venezuela's opposition combined two of my favorite things - geopolitics and math - to support its claim that Edmundo González trounced Pres. Maduro in Sunday's election - despite official r …

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Commodity Prices Aluminum: $2,289/tonAntimony (ingot min. 99.65% fob China): $23,100/tonCobalt: $26,625/tonCopper: $9,111/tonGold: $2,374/tozLead: $2,068/tonNatural Gas (Nymex): $1.94/MMbtuWTI Crude …

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Mexico U.S. agents arrested two senior leaders of the Sinaloa cartel - co-founder Ismael Zambada García and the son of the other co-founder (El Chapo), Joaquín Guzmán López - on drug trafficking char …

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Israel PM Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress yesterday to plea for continued U.S. support for his side of a war that has killed tens of thousands on the other side. He framed Israel's war in Gaza …

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China China is meddling into Palestinian peacemaking: representatives of Hamas and Fatah - as well as 12 other Palestinian groups - signed an agreement "ending division and strengthening Palestinian …

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Coming Up This Week ASEAN holds its 31st regional forum in Laos this week.Israeli PM Netanyahu is due to address the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday to plead for continued U.S. support for …

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