Venezuelan government officials
and opposition leaders have met to discuss a deal to buy
coronavirus vaccines through the COVAX program using cash frozen
in the United States by economic sanctions,. | February 15, 2021
Venezuelan government officials and opposition leaders have met to discuss a deal to buy coronavirus vaccines through the COVAX program using cash frozen in the United States by economic sanctions, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
A U.S. judge approved the sale of shares in Venezuelan-owned refiner Citgo's parent company to pay Canadian gold miner Crystallex a $1.4 billion judgment for expropriation of its assets, even as the Treasury Department blocks the sale of the shares.
January 19, 2021, 10:49 AM)
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control says that Exxon Mobil must pay a $2 million penalty for allegedly violating sanctions on Russia.
Last October ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods delivered news to his staff that he had hoped to avoid: the company had been hit hard enough by low prices and the Coronavirus downturn that it would have to cut employees.
This came after the Texas-based oil major and once the third largest company in the world had reported three straight quarters of losses totalling more than $1 billion. Throughout 2020, as oil prices fell to historic lows, ExxonMobil slashed spending, halted some international projects, and eventually announced it would cut 700 employees from its Houston workforce.
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Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai will unveil his new dovish political party on Tuesday evening, according to Hebrew media reports.
“Hundreds of thousands of Israelis feel they don’t have a political home in this election,” says Huldai.
Israel goes to national elections on March 23. Huldai, 76, has been the mayor of Tel Aviv for the past 22 years.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai attends the annual international Municipal Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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