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Trump’s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his unprecedented Venezuela deal Maduro

Trump’s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his unprecedented Venezuela deal

The Pentagon has received a big ownership stake in an obscure private oil company that will control crude reserves larger than ExxonMobil 's global portfolio if President Donald Trump's Venezuela deal is successful. The deal comes eight months after Washington ousted former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid…
bubmag
September 5, 2026
From break point to empathy Censored Internet

From break point to empathy

The tussle over the Naremburn tennis courts between the Northern Suburbs Tennis Association and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council (“Game, set, match: Players face eviction in tennis stoush”, August 30) has provided Willoughby MP Tim James with the opportunity to make perhaps the most ironic statement of all. James…
bubmag
September 5, 2026
Venezuelan billionaire lands pentagon-backed oil deal amid past money-laundering probe Maduro

Venezuelan billionaire lands pentagon-backed oil deal amid past money-laundering probe

U.S.-investigated Venezuelan billionaire Alejandro Betancourt now partners with Washington in a Pentagon-backed oil deal granting access to Venezuela’s crude reserves amid ongoing scrutiny over past money-laundering probes CARACAS/MIAMI: The billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil deal with Venezuela was until recently a ‌target of U.S. money-laundering…
bubmag
September 5, 2026
Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability Global Warming

Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability

In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze. The unrelenting dryness has brought hardship upon cattle ranchers, who say their livelihoods increasingly are under threat. As the U.S. Supreme Court…
bubmag
September 5, 2026
Russia hits Ukraine’s airports ahead of US envoys’ visit, Zelenskiy says Ukraine

Russia hits Ukraine’s airports ahead of US envoys’ visit, Zelenskiy says

Russia hit Ukraine airports. Russia hit Ukraine's ​airports in the capital ‌Kyiv and the nearby ​town of ⁠Boryspil ahead of US envoys' visit, President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Ukraine's airspace has ‌been closed ‌since ⁠Russia's invasion in February ⁠2022. But Zelenskiy said that officials discussed the possibility ​of ‌US…
bubmag
September 5, 2026