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By Deisy Buitrago

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is open to paying its $10 billion debt to China, lawmaker Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of President Nicolas Maduro, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.

Venezuela's relationship with China is "foolproof and weatherproof," Maduro Guerra said, adding that Chinese companies are open to investing in the South American country.

Maduro Guerra's father is running for re-election... (continue reading...)

LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles joked he had been "allowed out of his cage" on Thursday as the British monarch visited a military training college on his latest engagement since returning to public duties after his cancer diagnosis. 

"I do apologise for taking you by surprise, but when this opportunity appeared and I had been allowed out of my cage, I wanted to come and see," he told soldiers as he met staff and their families at the 3 Royal School Of... (continue reading...)

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's markets fell on Thursday after the central bank cut rates in a split decision that saw appointees of the current government advocating for a larger reduction, sparking concerns of a forthcoming dovish monetary policy influenced by politics.

The Brazilian real weakened over 1% against the dollar while the yield curve on interest rate futures steepened, with longer-term futures jumping as much as 30 basis points.

(Reuters) - Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, expressed dismay on Thursday at reports of sexual misconduct and other workplace problems at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation but stopped short of calling for the chair's resignation.

An outside review released on Tuesday found the agency needed to adopt sweeping changes to fix workplace culture and address harassment, racial discrimination and... (continue reading...)

TBILISI (Reuters) - A big crowd of protesters gathered in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Thursday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his decision to cede several border villages to neighbour and longtime rival Azerbaijan.

Armenia said last month it would return the uninhabited villages in what both sides said was an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the... (continue reading...)