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Dallas detective links Norman Prater to 1973 hit-and-run, solving 52-year case

People reports the Dallas Police Department announced on Tuesday, Jan. 6 that detectives have solved the case of Norman Prater, a 16-year-old who vanished in 1973 and was last seen walking with friends in East Dallas. Prater was reported missing on Jan. 14, 1973, and on July 9 of that

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Documents show Assad regime conspired to hide torture and detainee deaths

A year after rebels toppled the Assad dictatorship, The New York Times documented how Bashar al-Assad and senior security officials conspired to conceal evidence of torture and the deaths of detainees in Syria’s secret prisons. The Times reviewed thousands of pages of internal government documents, including memos marked “top

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Trump pushes to ramp up Venezuelan oil production after Maduro capture, experts warn of climate harm

After the capture and arrest of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Donald Trump has sought to claim dominion over Venezuela’s oil reserves and orchestrate a ramp-up of drilling in the country, a move experts warned would be “terrible for the climate.” Trump has said US oil companies

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U.S. raid that captured Maduro complicates China’s stake in Venezuela

American commandos seized President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas just hours after China’s special envoy met the Venezuelan leader at the presidential palace, a rapid operation that New York Times reporting says threatens Beijing’s decades of investment and billions of dollars in loans to Venezuela. The White House has

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Venezuelan Assembly scorns Trump after U.S. seizes Maduro

The Venezuelan National Assembly convened in Caracas on Monday after a weekend in which the United States carried out airstrikes, killed dozens and seized Nicolás Maduro, and lawmakers staged fiery demands for the return of their captured leader while blasting President Trump. Speakers and demonstrators made clear that Maduro loyalists

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Police deem disappearance of Australian mother in Andamooka 'suspicious' and a 'major' crime

People reports South Australia Police have declared the disappearance of 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who was last seen driving along Dunstan Drive in the remote town of Andamooka just over three weeks ago, to be "suspicious" and a "major" crime. Police said Graf was at the Roxby

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Visitor reports Greenlanders reject Trump’s idea to buy the island

Reporting for Independent.co, a photographer who has spent years living and working across Greenland says residents did not support President Trump’s suggestion that the United States should buy the island and that many dismiss his recent claim of seeing “Russian and Chinese ships all over the place” as

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Coroner rules carbon monoxide killed couple found in campervan at cider festival

People reports Winchester’s Coroner's Court ruled on Monday, Jan. 5, that Kayleigh, 38, and Christopher Coll, 45, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after being found in their campervan while staying at a cider festival in England. The couple were discovered inside the campervan on Pound Lane in

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Global South hubs are replacing traditional peacemakers in mediation

Time reports that peacemaking and mediation are shifting away from traditional Western actors toward hubs in the Global South — notably Doha, Ankara, Riyadh and Muscat — as the United States, the United Nations and European states have stepped back from sustained mediation roles. Qatar has emerged as a prominent mediator, embedding

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Israel advances bill for a politically appointed inquiry into Oct. 7 failures

The Israeli government has moved forward with legislation to create a “state-national commission of inquiry” into the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, proposing a panel whose members would be chosen by politicians rather than by the president of the Supreme Court. The Knesset gave a preliminary reading to the bill on

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Wes Streeting warns rules-based international order is 'disintegrating' after Maduro capture

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, warned the international rules-based system was "disintegrating" in the aftermath of the US capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, saying the instability poses a threat to Britain. Streeting declined to criticise Donald Trump directly and said that the prime minister, Keir Starmer,

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Venezuela operation raises strategic concerns for Taiwan’s defense

The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has prompted debate in Washington over whether it sets a precedent for China to seize Taiwan, Time reports. The article argues the comparison is misplaced: Beijing’s restraint toward Taiwan has been driven by military readiness, economic consequences, uncertainty about U.S. intervention,

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Trump says Venezuela not ready for elections and names U.S. team to oversee next steps

President Trump told NBC News on Monday that Venezuela could not hold elections anytime soon and suggested the United States would be involved in the country for the foreseeable future, hours after Nicolás Maduro was arraigned in New York and Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in at home as Venezuela’s

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Documents show Assad-era security agencies concealed detainee deaths and forged records

Thousands of internal Syrian documents and interviews reviewed by The New York Times depict how security agencies under President Bashar al-Assad worked to conceal evidence of mass detentions, deaths and torture during the civil war, including doctoring paperwork and forging confessions. The reporting describes a fall 2018 meeting at Mr.

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55-year-old hiker extracted after search team stayed with him overnight in Arizona

People reports that authorities in Yavapai County, Ariz., stayed overnight with a 55-year-old hiker who fell from a ledge on Jan. 1, 2026, until he was extracted the following morning. Deputies said they first responded at about 5:55 p.m. after the man suffered a serious leg injury; plunging

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Barry Pollack, who secured Julian Assange’s release, represents Nicolás Maduro in New York

The captured Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, appeared in federal court in New York on Monday and pleaded not guilty, accompanied by Barry Pollack, a prominent US trial lawyer serving as his private counsel. Pollack is a partner at Harris St Laurent & Wechsler on Wall Street and spent years representing

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Zelensky grows skeptical of talks as European leaders prepare Paris summit

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he has grown more cautious about nearly yearlong peace talks with Russia as European leaders prepare to meet in Paris on Tuesday to discuss commitments for Ukraine’s postwar security. Zelensky, who has previously described the negotiations as "90 percent complete," told

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U.S. Blockade Threatens to Remove Most of Venezuela’s Export Revenue, Government Estimates Say

Venezuelan officials warned that the United States’ partial blockade of the country’s oil exports could eliminate the bulk of Venezuela’s export revenue this year and trigger a humanitarian crisis, according to internal government estimates compiled in December and described by people briefed on them. The blockade, which the

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Father says son was unresponsive for 45 minutes after New Hampshire apartment fire

People reports a father says his son was dead for 45 minutes after being critically injured in a New Year’s Day apartment fire in Manchester that killed one person and sent eight others to the hospital. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight on Jan. 1 at Manchester’s

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Australia’s under‑16 social media ban sparks debate among parents worldwide

Australia this month barred children under 16 from using social media, a move that has prompted parents around the world to debate whether similar restrictions are needed in their countries. Surveys in Australia show most parents support the new rules, though teenagers have discussed using VPNs and other workarounds. Several

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Student protests spread to Iranian universities amid economic collapse

Protests driven by worsening economic conditions in Iran spread to university campuses in several cities on Tuesday, with students chanting for freedom and clashing with security forces near some campuses, local news media and social media videos reported. The demonstrations added a youthful contingent to protests that began with merchants

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Papua New Guinea orders Starlink to stop after regulator says service is unlicensed

Frustration is growing in Papua New Guinea after the government ordered Starlink to shut down operations in the country, leaving businesses, health providers and communities without access to internet services. The National Information and Communications Technology Authority (Nicta) ordered Starlink to halt operations in mid-December because it was not licensed

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María Corina Machado Praises Trump, Offers Nobel Peace Prize on Fox News

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, praised President Trump and offered to share her Nobel Peace Prize during a prime-time Fox News interview — her first televised appearance since the United States captured Nicolás Maduro and Mr. Trump ruled her out as a successor. Ms. Machado, who led a successful

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Maduro’s V gesture echoed by loyalists after U.S. capture

After U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro and brought him to New York in handcuffs, he flashed a thumbs-up and a two-finger “V” gesture that many onlookers took as a defiant peace sign, and loyal lawmakers in Caracas repeated the sign at a session of the National

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25-year-old found fatally shot in Nashville; girlfriend arrested and charged

People reports that Gracey Adams, 25, was found fatally shot in a bedroom of a Nashville home on Kingview Drive on Saturday, Jan. 3, and that her girlfriend, 29-year-old Sarah Stacey, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide after implicating herself during a police interview, authorities said. Police initially identified