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There's a new oil deal between the U.S.
And Venezuela.
President Trump on Friday called it, quote, the biggest oil deal in world history.
NPR's Franco Ordonez says it could give the U.S.
Majority control of more than 65 billion barrels worth of oil reserves.
A U.S. Official not authorized to speak publicly about the deal told me that the U.S.
Government is entering a joint venture with a private company in Venezuela.
The U.S. Has not named that company, but through this venture, the U.S.
Would effectively control 55 percent of the venture's output through a combination of equity ownership
and access to oil at cost.
But no info about how long this will take.
And it really could take a long time considering how run down the Venezuela system is.
Venezuela's acting president, Delce Rodriguez, says the deal will help modernize the country's oil industry.
The number of people missing from last week's catastrophic flooding at the border
of Nepal and Tibet has now jumped to more than 4,200.
NPR's Windsor-Johnson reports the Trump administration says about 85 Americans remain unaccounted for.
The State Department says its embassies in Kathmandu
and Beijing are working with local officials as search and rescue operations continue.
The U.S. Also has a disaster response advisor on the ground helping determine what kind of assistance is needed.