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Venezuelan authorities have released more than 100 people arrested following July’s contested presidential election, according to a local rights group. “Up to now, we have verified 107 political prisoners, due to the post-electoral situation, released in Venezuela,” said Alfredo Romero of NGO Foro Penal. The group said more than 1,800 people were arrested for their … Read more
It was one horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a missile fell on the Adonis clinic in Kyiv.
Russian air defenses downed a series of Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region on Friday along with other regions along the border. This comes as Russia increases the intensity of its drone attacks on Ukraine, which experts say could be part of Moscow’s strategy to attack energy infrastructure during the winter. Meanwhile Ukrainian president Volodymyr … Read more
Supporters of Israel’s decades-old settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territories have been quick to welcome Donald Trump’s recent U.S. election victory and what they clearly expect will be a boon to their aim of formally annexing the West Bank. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, was confident enough to put a date … Read more
China reacts to Trump’s tough talk on tariffs and Taiwan – CBS News Watch CBS News Beijing is bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s tough stance on tariffs and Taiwan. Ramy Inocencio has more on Trump’s possible plans and the reaction they are eliciting abroad. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has held his final meeting with his outgoing counterpart in the United States, Democrat Joe Biden. But Xi’s words on Saturday seemed directed not simply at Biden but at his Republican successor, returning President Donald Trump. In his encounter with Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in … Read more
A 44-year-old Florida woman allegedly used her mother’s identity to apply for hurricane aide, telling city employees that she looked younger because of botox. According to the Bradenton Police Department, Veronica Torres was charged with a third-degree felony count of filing a false public assistance claim after she applied for and received almost $8,000. Police … Read more
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden. The two met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru where they acknowledged “ups and downs” in relations over Biden’s four years in office. … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy, commenting at a decisive moment after Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election win and Russia’s grinding battlefield gains. However, Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in agreeing to a peace deal, … Read more