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Venezuela releases detained free-speech advocate

The head of a leading Venezuelan human rights group was released from detention Thursday, his NGO said, after nine days in custody following a crackdown on critics of President Nicolas Maduro. “In the early hours of January 16, our director

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South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law

Yoon had avoided several requests to appear for questioning before the anti-corruption agency and police carried out a major law enforcement operation involving hundreds of personnel to detain him at his residential compound in Seoul.

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Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows

As Trump takes office the poll shows that many Americans don’t anticipate that he will be able to immediately bring costs down. That includes some of his own supporters.

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Trump NSA pick says president-elect exploring options to ‘preserve’ TikTok facing U.S. ban

Waltz made the comment after he was asked by Fox News anchor Bret Baier about a report from the Washington Post that said Trump was considering an executive order to suspend enforcement of the federal law that could ban the

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WATCH LIVE: Doug Burgum testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for interior secretary

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee Thursday as lawmakers consider the Republican’s nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands and waters. The hearing began at 10:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 16.

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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics

Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.

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How the Gaza war has remade the Middle East

What began as a battle between Israel and Hamas morphed into a much wider regional conflict that has reshaped much of the Middle East. (Image credit: Abed Rahim Khatib)

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How Joe Biden wound up serving Donald Trump

In some ways, his administration will look less like an interregnum than like MAGA-lite

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