Geneva (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 - Venezuela is ready to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Friday, after Washington invoked a regional defence pact that might justify such a move.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 22, 2015 - Venezuela said Tuesday it is conducting military exercises in the eastern part of the country, a move neighboring Guyana denounced as an extraordinary escalation of an ongoing border dispute.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 - Faced with a major US naval build-up near its waters, Venezuela has flexed its muscle by conducting military exercises, arming civilians and deploying thousands of troops to its land and sea borders.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 2, 2015 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced China has granted his government a $5-billion loan to boost oil output in the recession-hit OPEC state.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 29, 2009 - France and Venezuela have said they would seek closer cooperation in the energy sector, and discussed potential technology transfers.
Naiguata, Venezuela (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Wednesday announced a 16-billion-dollar deal with China to drill for oil in the resource-rich Orinoco basin.
Tashkent (AFP) Sept 09, 2013 - Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday signed agreements worth $15 billion in key sectors, including the exploitation of oil, gas, and uranium fields in the Central Asian state.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 25, 2024 - An explosion in demand for cooling systems in developing countries could worsen climate change unless sustainable solutions are prioritised, according to a United Nations report published Wednesday.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 - Researchers in Sweden have discovered large amounts of methane gas, a powerful planet-warming gas, leaking from unusual depths on the Baltic Sea seabed, they said on Friday.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 - China has for the first time made specific emission cut pledges, though its goal of reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases just seven to 10 percent by 2035 is seen as far too modest.
Kampala (AFP) Sept 27, 2023 - Uganda is in the final stages of negotiations with Chinese financiers to help fund a controversial pipeline project after some Western partners pulled out, a senior official said Wednesday.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 - Uganda's parliament has lashed out at European lawmakers over a resolution condemming a massive East African oil project and calling for it to be delayed.
Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 - A senior US official on Wednesday ruled out issuing waivers to Iran sanctions to permit a French-proposed credit line, which Tehran says could bring it back to full compliance with the nuclear deal.
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that the US military is preparing a response to the attack on major Saudi Arabia oil facilities.
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 22, 2021 - US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday warned against manipulation of gas prices in Europe, as a group of European lawmakers accused Russia of being behind price rises.
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2010 - The United States called Tuesday for China and Japan to open a dialogue on their diplomatic rift that escalated after the arrest of a Chinese boat captain, while reaffirming the importance of the US-Japanese alliance.
