The World in Brief from The Economist

The White House said it was considering a range of options to acquire Greenland and that using military force is “always an option”.

Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of drug-trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan. Also, stockmarkets in Asia reached record highs, following gains in Europe and America.

Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of drug-trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan.

Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of drug-trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan.

Venezuela’s deposed dictator will appear in a Manhattan federal court on Monday on drug-trafficking charges following his capture by American armed forces in Caracas. Also, American oil companies rallied in early-market trading following the capture of Mr Maduro and Mr Trump’s promise to invest heavily in Venezuela’s ailing oil industry.

A senior minister in Venezuela’s interim government confirmed its support for Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president captured in an American operation a day earlier.

International responses to the news from Venezuela were notably mixed.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government said that its forces had retaken control of Mukalla, an important port and the capital of Hadhramaut province