Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told lawmakers that Venezuela under Nicolas Maduro had become a strategic base for China, Russia, and Iran in the Western Hemisphere, warning that Beijing had been receiving Venezuelan oil at deep discounts while expanding its influence close to the United States.“We had in our hemisphere a regime operated by an indicted narcotrafficker that became a base of operation for virtually every competitor, adversary, and enemy in the wor…
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London, Jan 24 (IANS) The England football team is likely to be based in Kansas City during the FIFA World Cup 2026, with the Football Association (FA) formally requesting the governing body to provide Swope Soccer Village as the team’s primary training base for the tournament.Swope Soccer Village, which is a state-of-the-art facility in Missouri, has been identified as England’s preferred daily training venue. While FIFA is yet to confirm the final base camps for participating nations offic…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alerted airlines to potential risks, advising them to “exercise caution” over Mexico and several other Latin American countries, due to “military activities.””The FAA issued flight advisory notices to Airmen for specified areas of Mexico, Central America, Panama, Bogota, Guayaquil and Mazatlan Oceanic Flight Regions, and in airspace within the eastern Pacific Ocean,” an FAA spokesperson said, adding that the advisory is effec…