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Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, has appointed a U.S.-trained economist to lead the country's main investment agency, a move widely seen as an attempt to attract foreign investment to the oil industry.

The Trump administration is preparing to rely on private military contractors to protect oil and energy infrastructure in Venezuela instead of deploying U.S. troops, according to two sources familiar with the planning who spoke with CNN.

Authorities have shut down a Mobil gas station in Detroit after a clerk shot at a suspected shoplifter, marking the second time the Michigan gas station has been shut down in two years.

The lawsuit comes two years after the California attorney general launched an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries, examining their involvement in the ongoing global crisis of plastic waste and pollution.

US antitrust officials are seeking additional information related to ExxonMobil's megadeal to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion, according to a securities filing Tuesday.

Under the all-stock transaction, ExxonMobil will buy Texas-based Pioneer for $59.5 billion based on ExxonMobil's closing price on October 5. The overall transaction, including debt, is valued at around $64.5 billion, the companies said.