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Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Amb. Hale: Maximize Pressure While Iran is Weakest
David Hale, former US Ambassador to Lebanon and Jordan, discusses progress made in nuclear talks between the US and Iran. Hale says he's "skeptical" a deal can be reached because the US rushed into the negotiations, giving Iran "a breathe of fresh air" to delay the process. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
E.U. says it will fast-track tariff talks with U.S. after Trump threat
E.U. officials said they would speed up trade talks with the United States on Monday, just days after President Donald Trump claimed the nations were dragging their feet in negotiations. Paula Pinho, a spokeswoman for the European Commission, told reporters Monday that there was 'new impetus' for the talks, which have been ongoing for weeks.
Bloomberg
20-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
US Set to Extend Chevron Venezuela Waiver by Another 60 Days
The Trump administration is set to extend Chevron Corp. 's deadline to halt its operations in Venezuela by another 60 days as the US continues negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government over repatriation flights and the fate of US detainees in the country, a person familiar with the matter said. The US planned to announce the extension later Tuesday, the same day that President Donald Trump's envoy Richard Grenell traveled to Antigua to meet with members of Maduro's government, according to the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.
The National
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The National
US-led Gaza truce negotiations on cusp of reaching agreement
US-led Gaza truce negotiations are close to reaching a deal, with officials from Hamas and Washington finalising details in direct negotiations in Qatar on Monday, sources told The National. They said the agreement will provide for a 21-day truce and the initial release by Hamas of up to six hostages, in return for a number of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. It also provides for the resumption of aid relief into the enclave, two months after Israel halted the flow of life-saving supplies. An Israeli delegation made up of officials from the Mossad spy agency, domestic intelligence service Shin Bet and the military was due in Cairo on Monday. They will discuss logistics for the resumption of aid and the arrival in Egypt of Palestinian detainees travelling on to live in exile in other countries, the sources said. Hamas, in a goodwill gesture towards the US, was due to release dual US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander later on Monday, a move the sources described as indicative of the progress made in the Hamas-US talks. The reported progress comes a day before US President Donald Trump travels to the Middle East on a three-nation tour that would take him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. The sources said US mediators in Doha were considering demands by Hamas that the truce last for 70 days and that the Trump administration provide a written guarantee that negotiations for the end to the Gaza war and an Israeli withdrawal from the enclave would begin at a later stage. "There has been considerable progress towards an agreement in direct negotiations between Hamas officials and US mediators led by Adam Boehler," said one source, referring to the US envoy for hostage affairs. "A deal may be announced within a day or a matter of hours," the source said. Mr Boehler, who led the first known direct negotiations between the US and Hamas in March, is leading American mediators in the current talks with Hamas in Doha, the sources said. Their first meeting was on Sunday, when they held talks that lasted for more than three hours at a suburban hotel in Doha, they said. Hamas wanted seriously wounded Palestinian civilians taken out of Gaza to receive treatment, as well as medical supplies for the group's wounded fighters and the remaining living hostages it is holding, the sources said. The Israeli military says Hamas is holding 59 hostages, of whom about 24 are believed to be still alive. The Gaza war began in October 2023 after an attack by Hamas on southern Israel that killed 1,200. More than 52,800 Palestinians have been killed since and more than twice that number wounded, health authorities in Gaza have said. Much of the enclave's built-up areas has been reduced to rubble in Israel's ground and aerial operations. A 45-day truce brokered by the US, Egypt and Qatar ended on March 1, but Gaza remained relatively quiet until March 18 when Israel resumed military operations.
