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Nick Ravenshade

Nick Ravenshade

The Netherlands

Nick Ravenshade is Editor-in-Chief at NENC Media Group, overseeing global markets and finance coverage with a focus on transparency and independence. He previously covered financial regulation and geopolitics for local news media outlets.

Trump and Hegseth Say They Were Unaware of Follow‑Up Strike That Killed Survivors on Suspected Drug Boat

Trump and Hegseth Say They Were Unaware of Follow‑Up Strike That Killed Survivors on Suspected Drug Boat

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly distanced themselves from a controversial follow‑up military strike on a suspected drug‑smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, saying they were not consulted and did not know the follow‑on attack occurred, a sequence that has prompted congressional inquiries, legal

Colombia’s Petro Says US Pressure on Venezuela Driven by Oil Interests, Not Drugs

Colombia’s Petro Says US Pressure on Venezuela Driven by Oil Interests, Not Drugs

BOGOTÁ — Colombian President Gustavo Petro told an international broadcaster that oil, not narcotics, is “at the heart of” what he described as a United States pressure campaign on Venezuela, a claim that sharpens regional tensions and raises questions about the strategic drivers behind recent US policy and military posture in

Russia‑US Moscow Talks End Without Breakthrough as Territorial Rift Persists

Russia‑US Moscow Talks End Without Breakthrough as Territorial Rift Persists

MOSCOW — Talks between senior United States envoys and the Russian leadership in Moscow concluded without a breakthrough on a proposed peace framework for Ukraine, Russian officials said, leaving the central question of territorial control unresolved and raising fresh doubts about the prospects for a negotiated end to the war. What

Midday Movers: Maplebear, Boeing, Credo, XPO and MongoDB Drive Volatile Market Rotation

Midday Movers: Maplebear, Boeing, Credo, XPO and MongoDB Drive Volatile Market Rotation

NEW YORK — Markets churned midday on Tuesday as a clutch of large and mid-cap stocks swung sharply following a wave of earnings releases, operational updates and high-frequency economic data that prompted rapid rotation across portfolios. Investors trimmed positions in extended momentum names and redeployed capital into companies with clearer evidence

Trump’s Venezuela Dilemma: Maduro Refuses Exit as Alleged U.S. Strike Draws Legal and Political Backlash

Trump’s Venezuela Dilemma: Maduro Refuses Exit as Alleged U.S. Strike Draws Legal and Political Backlash

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump confronts a high-stakes foreign policy problem in Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro digs in and Washington reels from reporting that a recent U.S. maritime operation may have killed survivors and could amount to a war crime. The two threads have become entangled: a reported U.S.

Russia Declares Capture of Pokrovsk as Kyiv Dismisses Claims Ahead of U.S.-Russia Talks

Russia Declares Capture of Pokrovsk as Kyiv Dismisses Claims Ahead of U.S.-Russia Talks

KYIV — Russian officials on Monday said their forces had captured Pokrovsk, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that has been contested for more than a year, a claim Kyiv has so far rejected and described as part of repeated Kremlin messaging aimed at shaping diplomatic leverage. Moscow released footage it

U.S. oversight intensifies after White House declines to detail threat posed by survivors of contested Caribbean boat strike

U.S. oversight intensifies after White House declines to detail threat posed by survivors of contested Caribbean boat strike

WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday deflected repeated questions about whether survivors of a September naval strike in the Caribbean posed an imminent threat to the United States, even as reporting over the weekend intensified scrutiny of the legal rationale and command decisions behind a controversial follow-on attack. Officials defended