Ethiopia to release preliminary report into cause of Ethiopian Airlines crash

Parts of the plane wreckage with rescue workers at the crash site at Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (File/AP/Mulugeta Ayene)
Updated 01 April 2019
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Ethiopia to release preliminary report into cause of Ethiopian Airlines crash

NAIROBI: Ethiopia will release a preliminary report on Monday into the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
The report will be released by the Ministry of Transport, Nebiyat Getachew told Reuters, although a time had not yet been set.


US VP says Venezuela can only sell oil if it serves US interests

Updated 08 January 2026
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US VP says Venezuela can only sell oil if it serves US interests

  • The United States controls Venezuela’s ‍purse ‍strings, Vance said

WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance, in remarks ​due to air later on Wednesday, said Venezuela can only sell its oil if it serves the interests ‌of the ‌United States.
Vance ‌told ⁠Fox ​News’ “Jesse ‌Waters Primetime” show that the United States — which carried out strikes against the South American country and ⁠captured its president over ‌the week — controls Venezuela’s ‍purse ‍strings.
“We control the ‍energy resources, and we tell the regime, you’re allowed to sell the ​oil so long as you serve ⁠America’s national interest, you’re not allowed to sell it if you can’t serve America’s national interest,” Vance said.
Excerpts of the interview were released before it aired.