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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during a protest in Caracas on the eve of Maduro's inauguration
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado free after being ‘violently intercepted’ 
CARACAS — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she is now safe after her aides said she was “intercepted” at a protest in Caracas on the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration.Machado’s political group wrote on X that she had been “violently intercepted” on Thursday while leaving the rally.In a later update, her team posted that “during the period of her kidnapping she was forced to record several videos and was later released.”Machado posted a statement on her X account late Thursday indicating she would give more details later.“I am now in a safe place and more determined than ever before to continue with you UNTIL THE END!” she wrote. “Tomorrow I will tell you what happened today and what is coming.”“I have never felt so proud to be...
January 10, 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado free after being ‘violently intercepted’ 

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico's Sheinbaum mocks Trump over his 'Gulf of America' idea
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has mocked US President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" by suggesting that North America should be called "Mexican America".Sheinbaum's comments on Wednesday came after Trump gave a press conference in which he discussed renaming the body of water that stretches from Florida to Cancun, called for Canada to become a US state, and refused to rule out the use of military force or economic coercion to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.In her daily press conference, Sheinbaum stood before a colonial-era map of the region from 1607 and proposed dryly that North America should be renamed "América Mexicana" or “Mexican America", because a...
January 09, 2025

Mexico's Sheinbaum mocks Trump over his 'Gulf of America' idea

At least five wildfires are raging in Los Angeles and neighbouring counties
Hollywood Hills blaze rapidly expanding, fire chief says
HOLLYWOOD — A fire official says a blaze that broke out in Hollywood Hills is "rapidly expanding" after a mandatory evacuation order was issued in the area following the spread of the wildfires in Los Angeles.California fire chief David Acuna told the BBC there had been "zero progress" in containing the fires because of high winds and dry conditions."The wind has been blowing consistently at 60-100mph (95-160km/h) since yesterday morning," Acuna said. "It actually blew harder last night."At least five fires are currently active across Los Angeles, with five people confirmed to have been killed.Wind speeds have dropped to about 30mph, but Acuna said "it is still significant and because there are a lot of open areas it is extremely...
January 09, 2025

Hollywood Hills blaze rapidly expanding, fire chief says

President Nicolas Maduro swears in the combat forces during a pro-government rally on January 7, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela
Fear on the streets of Caracas as Maduro’s inauguration looms
CARACAS — “If you need one word to describe Venezuela these days, it would be fearful.” That’s what one Latin American diplomat told CNN this week, reflecting on the strange atmosphere in the country.Venezuelans are bracing for yet another wave of repression as strongman leader Nicolas Maduro prepares to be inaugurated for a third time on Friday – sealing an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.In recent days, the government has deployed a show of force ahead of the inauguration, increasing the number of policemen and security officers on the street and detaining dozens of people across the country, including a former presidential candidate, according to human rights advocates.The climate of fear is palpable on social media, with the...
January 09, 2025

Fear on the streets of Caracas as Maduro’s inauguration looms

Volunteers try to douse Gail's home and yard to keep the flames at bay
Stories of heroism emerge as Los Angeles infernos rage
LOS ANGELES — Acrid smoke shrouded the sky in Altadena, California, as Gail watched flames from the raging Eaton Fire swallow her next-door neighbor’s house.Each ember carried by powerful gusts of wind could be the spark that ignites the home she has lived in for the past decade – and all she can do is watch.Although she’s made several calls to 911, Gail tells CNN “obviously they’re very busy.”Several fires are raging around Los Angeles, devastating neighborhoods and straining firefighting resources. At least five people have died, and multiple others have sustained “significant injuries,” authorities have said.As flames spread to Gail’s property, burning down her garage, community members came to help.“I don’t know who all these guys are who are helping to save my...
January 09, 2025

Stories of heroism emerge as Los Angeles infernos rage

Billy Crystal said he and his wife, Janice, were 'heartbroken'
Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires
LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted with film stars' mansions.Some of the worst devastation was in the scenic enclave of Pacific Palisades, where a wind-whipped inferno exploded from several hundred acres to more than 15,000 in size since Tuesday.A swathe of the neighborhood, which is a haven of hillside streets nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and winding down to beaches along the Pacific Ocean, was reduced to ash.Actor James Woods, who starred in films including Nixon and Casino, broke down in tears on CNN as he described losing his Pacific Palisades...
January 09, 2025

Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires

Takeshi Ebisawa poses with a rocket launcher during a meeting with an informant and two undercover Danish police officers at a warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 3, 2021
Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
WASHINGTON — An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice.During an undercover investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2021, Takeshi Ebisawa tried to sell the materials – including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium – to someone he believed was an Iranian general who wanted them for a nuclear weapons program, the department said in a statement.The 60-year-old Japanese national on Wednesday pleaded guilty in a New York court to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic the nuclear materials out of Myanmar, it said.He also admitted to international narcotics...
January 09, 2025

Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have defended the visa program
Visa row fuels anxiety for Indians eyeing American dream
NEW DELHI — Ashish Chauhan dreams of pursuing an MBA at an American university next year — a goal he describes as being "stamped in his brain".The 29-year-old finance professional from India (whose name has been changed on request) hopes to eventually work in the US, but says he now feels conflicted amid an immigration row sparked by President-elect Donald Trump's supporters over a long-standing US visa program.The H-1B visa program, which brings skilled foreign workers to the US, faces criticism for undercutting American workers but is praised for attracting global talent. The president-elect, once a critic, now supports the 34-year-old program, while tech billionaire Elon Musk defends it as key to securing top engineering talent.Indian nationals like Chauhan dominate...
January 09, 2025

Visa row fuels anxiety for Indians eyeing American dream

Joe Biden during a ceremony to award the Presidential Citizens Medal in the East Room of the White House on January 02, 2025 in Washington
Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November.Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did, however, add that he was unsure if he would have had the stamina for another four-year term."So far, so good," the 82-year-old said. "But who knows what I'm going to be when I'm 86 years old?"In the wide-ranging interview with Susan Page, Biden also said he was still considering pre-emptive pardons for foes of Donald Trump, including former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and former senior health official Dr Anthony Fauci.In the interview published on Wednesday, Biden said he had been "very straightforward with Trump" about the potential pardons during their Oval...
January 09, 2025

Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump

A Jet Blue jet taxis at Boston's Logan International Airport (Files)
Police arrest air passenger who opened emergency exit, prompting security concerns
BOSTON — The Massachusetts State Police were called to Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday evening after a JetBlue passenger opened an aircraft door, deploying the emergency slide, the police and airline told CNN.At around 7:30 p.m., authorities responded to JetBlue flight 161 after a passenger “who wanted to deplane opened an aircraft door suddenly and without warning,” police said in a statement.Other passengers quickly restrained the individual until troopers arrived to detain them for further questioning. The arrested passenger is expected to face charges and will be arraigned in East Boston District Court on Wednesday morning, police said.“A customer, for unknown reasons, opened an overwing exit while the aircraft was taxiing at Logan, causing the deployment of an...
January 08, 2025

Police arrest air passenger who opened emergency exit, prompting security concerns

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