The World in Brief from The Economist

America’s Supreme Court granted Donald Trump sweeping powers to sack the heads of independent government agencies.Also, Iran said there were no planned talks with America in Qatar this week, seemingly contradicting claims by the Trump administration.

America and Iran have reportedly agreed to “stand down” after attacking each other over the weekend. Also, Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Russia was facing fuel shortages after Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.

Rescue efforts continued in Venezuela as the death toll from Wednesday’s earthquakes rose to over 1,400.

Rescue efforts continued in Venezuela as the death toll from Wednesday’s earthquakes rose to over 1,400.

More than 2,000 international emergency responders and 140 search dogs have been deployed to Venezuela.

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said his country’s missiles hit an industrial complex in Volgograd, in south-west Russia, which Ukrainian armed forces claimed makes weapons components

Iran said that it had attacked several American military sites in the Middle East in retaliation for earlier American strikes.