Earthquake shifts political ground for Rodriguez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp ​her authority on a fractured government and begin rebuilding a broken country. After two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela Wednesday evening, it could take weeks for the full extent of the damage to become clear. US government data models suggested the death toll could ultimately exceed

2026-06-28 12:30:16:00

What cargo ships are passing Hormuz strait?

LONDON (AFP) -- Just a trickle of cargo ships and tankers -- most of them Iranian -- have made it through the Strait of Hormuz since Iranian forces effectively blocked the crucial trade route in the Middle East war. Here are facts and figures about vessels that have passed through the 167-kilometer-long strait since the war broke out with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28. From March 1 to 4 p.m. GMT on March 23, commodities carriers made just 144 crossings, according to analytics firm Kpler

2026-03-24 11:54:47:00