President Trump’s attack on Venezuela exposed weaknesses in its China-backed defenses, a development that analysts say could shape Beijing’s thinking on the use of force against Taiwan. Photo: Evelyn ...

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– This is the script of CNBC's financial news report for China's CCTV on Jan 07, 2026. According to data from commodity analytics firm Kpler, nearly a dozen oil tankers chartered by U.S. energy ...

Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA has started reducing oil production and has asked its joint ventures, including those with Chevron, to also cut output, as storage space is running out amid the U.S.

The U.S. plans to control Venezuela through an oil “quarantine” and a coordinated pressure campaign — but could still send in ground troops if President Trump decides to, Secretary of State Marco ...

Few words in international politics carry more legal and emotional weight than “blockade.” It evokes warships sealing ports, neutral vessels turned back at gunpoint, belligerents asserting control ...

Few words in international politics carry more legal and emotional weight than “blockade.” It evokes warships sealing ports, neutral vessels turned back at gunpoint, belligerents asserting control ...

Chinese oil tankers are pressing ahead with Venezuela-linked voyages despite a U.S. blockade and an escalating campaign of tanker seizures. Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan ...

Oil tankers are still making their way to Venezuela despite Washington’s naval blockade, a sign that Caracas is leaning harder on floating storage and debt-linked crude shipments even as its export ...

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Rather than heralding an invasion, the blockade is likely a show of force designed to underscore the seriousness of the administration’s pivot to the Western Hemisphere. On December 10, the United ...

Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, oil and shipping reporter Weilun Soon looks at the US blockade of Venezuela and asks whether there could be wider impacts on ...