Anti-government demonstrators clash with the National Guard in Caracas on March 28, 2014. Violent protests continue against the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, despite him having agreed to hold talks with the opposition. Anti-government demonstrators clashed with the National Guard in the capital Caracas on Friday. Maduro has agreed to hold talks with the opposition in the presence... 

Five years and one financial crisis since the United States and China commenced regular high-level economic talks, fast-growing Beijing might have the upper hand this week in the latest round of discussions between the world’s two biggest economies. China faces threats of penalties against goods shipped to its largest foreign market unless it does more to end what U.S. manufacturers say are...