The accord follows complaints that religious leaders had failed to tackle the issue adequately. 

​The accord follows complaints that religious leaders had failed to tackle the issue adequately.  

The US seizure of Nicolas Maduro and control over Venezuela’s oil marks a significant blow to China’s influence in Latin America. This move, rerouting billions in crude to the US, undermines Beijing’s decade-long economic diplomacy and its strategy of championing sovereignty. It signals that economic ties don’t guarantee protection against US military power.

Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.