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Trump’s huge Venezuela deal began with a call and a bet on an oilman
Alejandro Betancourt was warned that taking on the U.S. government as a business partner would have costs, but America's backing already is providing big benefits.
After CIA director’s visit to Moscow, Putin escalates Ukraine strikes
The rare trip by CIA chief John Ratcliff failed to persuade Putin to stop the war and may have hardened the Russian's leaders resolve to seek military victory.
9 days after deadly Nepal floods, 2 men are rescued from tunnel
Video shared by Nepal's authorities showed the moment a man was hauled from a tunnel. Nearly 1,300 people have died after flash floods swept through the region.
How a wondrous forest has survived in the heart of Latin America’s largest city
For almost four decades, the Guarani have fought to expand their four-acre territory, Brazil’s smallest officially recognized Indigenous area, to encompass 1,315 acres of largely …
Uber ceases operations in Nigeria, catching drivers and riders by surprise
The abrupt announcement, amid operating challenges and high oil prices, leaves the ride-hailing app with a diminished presence in Africa.
‘Supersized’ El Niño’s impact will be felt into 2027, U.N. warns
The intensifying climate phenomenon has brought the world into “a danger zone of extreme weather,” U.N. forecasters said.
ICE announces detention of suspect in slaying of Argentine model Agostina Jalabert
Mexican authorities have accused the model’s boyfriend of femicide.
Iran fires missiles and drones at Kuwait as strikes resume in war with U.S.
The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses confronted “hostile” attacks by Iran while Tehran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding and called for an investigation.
Maduro seeks to fend off narco-terrorism trial, arguing he has immunity
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro launched a sweeping attack on the U.S. criminal case against him, urging a judge to dismiss the charges as an an unlawful effort to prosec…
Putin says he won’t deal with Ukrainian ‘terrorists’ but praises U.S. mediators
The Russian president’s remarks at a 3 a.m. news conference — and Moscow’s intensifying strikes on Kyiv — suggested that he sees little chance of a deal to end his war in Ukraine.
