Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shake hands before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 12, 2025. FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFP BEIJING — Even as China eyes new opportunities to build global influence in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela,…
Each week, we offer up the very best of the NFL on a given Sunday, kind of like the fantasy football team you wished you had. All year, we’ve picked one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and a tight end — OK, this sounds a lot like a super-hindsight fantasy football team. We’re also…
The Chevron logo is seen at a gas station on July 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Shares of U.S. oil companies soared in premarket trade on Monday, as investors scrutinize the fallout from the Trump administration’s surprise military operation in Venezuela. Chevron shares rose 6.5% at 9:22 a.m. London time…
Markets are weighing whether the Venezuela episode marks a turning point in how political power is priced into assets, or whether it will become another headline shock that fades quickly from portfolios. Gold prices advanced over 2% to $4,419 per ounce on Monday, while the dollar firmed modestly. The dollar index, which measures the greenback’s value…
You saw the Denver Broncos lock up the No. 1 seed in the AFC — just one day after the Seattle Seahawks did the same in the NFC. You saw the strange way the Carolina Panthers made their way into the postseason with a season-saving win from the … Atlanta Falcons!(?) You saw the Pittsburgh…
Oil prices inched up on Monday as investors weighed whether political upheaval in OPEC member Venezuela would disrupt shipments. Feifei Cui-paoluzzo | Moment | Getty Images Oil prices inched up Monday as investors weighed whether political upheaval in OPEC member Venezuela would disrupt shipments after U.S. President Donald Trump seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in a well supplied…
A trader wears “2026” glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images May this year prove as lucrative as 2025, when the S&P 500 rallied 16.39% mostly on the back of enthusiasm over artificial intelligence. Other…
Forget about that franchise passing record for Caleb Williams. The Chicago Bears have bigger issues at the moment. Williams rallied Chicago once again Sunday, but the Bears went three-and-out on their final possession and Jared Goff drove Detroit to Jake Bates’ 42-yard field goal on the final play of the Lions’ 19-16 victory. Williams passed…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping wave during a meeting in Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas on July 20, 2014. Leo Ramirez | Afp | Getty Images The ancient Greek historian Thucydides once wrote that “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” On Jan. 3,…
New York Giants owner John Mara got a season-ending gift from his team three months into his cancer treatment. Mara got a game ball in an emotional locker room scene after the Giants beat the rival Dallas Cowboys 34-17 on Sunday to finish their lost season on a two-game winning streak. “He mentioned he’s jogging…
