FRIDAY, 09 JANUARY 2026, 02:43
Following the abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump said Washington would “run” the Latin American country until a transition was complete, but a day later, his top diplomat said the US does not want to govern the country.
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump’s direction.
Cyril Zattara is charged with raping 14 women over a decade, as well as secretly filming others.
In a controversial move, Israel became the first nation to acknowledge Somaliland as an independent state.
Trump is open about his ambitions for scaled-up US operations, but analysts say such plans would take time.
Venezuelan authorities detained more than a dozen international journalists Monday, a media advocacy group says. Most of them have since been released, but the move has members of the press concerned.
Nestle said on Tuesday it is recalling some batches of its key infant nutrition products, including SMA, BEBA and NAN infant and follow-on formulas, across Europe due to potential contamination with a toxin that could cause nausea and vomiting.
The talks are held as Russia continues attacking Ukraine’s energy sector and under the shadow of US threats to annex Greenland.
Now begins what could be a lengthy legal process of pretrial motions, potential plea negotiations and possibly a jury trial of the authoritarian leader who ruled Venezuela for more than a decade.
In Florida, members of the Venezuelan community celebrate — and question — the U.S. detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Gold — like oil — is crucial for Venezuela’s government. NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with CNN journalist Isa Soares, who won an Emmy for her coverage of the gold trade in the country.
During a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting, the U.S. called its intervention in Venezuela a law enforcement operation. Venezuela disagreed, calling the raid an illegitimate armed attack.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks Sarah Lenti, a former National Security Council director, what U.S. engagement in Venezuela means to other global players like China and Russia.
The US Department of Justice said on Monday it is still reviewing more than two million documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it pushed more than two weeks past a deadline to release all files connected to him.
The 26-year-old was taken to hospital with serious head and facial injuries and several fractures.
An episode in the drama Shine on Me features a map depicting contested claims in the South China Sea.
Ukraine’s allies are meeting Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after a potential ceasefire with Russia. But prospects for progress are uncertain.
Her comments came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under U.S. control in the aftermath of the weekend military operation in Venezuela.
Freeland says she will exit parliament in “the coming weeks” as she becomes an economic development adviser for Kyiv.
Online sleuths have tried to uncover who placed a winning bet on the Venezuelan leader’s arrest to no avail. Still, prediction market watchers say the bet appears suspicious.
Delcy Rodriguez said she was pained by what she called the “kidnapping” of Maduro and his wife.