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Details of Venezuelan opposition leader’s possible arrest remain unclear amid Maduro inauguration resistance

Fox News Aides to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power. It’s not clear exactly what transpired after Machado bid farewell to hundreds of supporters,…

John Countryman, child actor who became diplomat, dies at 91

Washington Post Under the name Johnny Russell, he appeared in films alongside stars such as Shirley Temple, Tyrone Power and Barbara Stanwyck before a career in diplomacy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/09/russell-countryman-actor-diplomat-dies/

Friday Briefing: Racing to Control Los Angeles Fires

New York Times Plus, renovating a wrecked palazzo. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/briefing/los-angeles-wildfires-lebanon-us-ukraine.html

Thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters take to the streets ahead of Maduro’s third inauguration

Fox News Venezuelan opposition parties and their supporters – including leader Maria Corina Machado, who had been in hiding – protested around the country on Thursday in an eleventh-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, one day before he is due to be sworn in for his third six-year term. The opposition and…

Elon Musk and far-right German leader Alice Weidel heartily agree in interview

Washington Post Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference, hosting AfD co-leader Alice Weidel for a livestream interview on his X social media platform. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/09/elon-musk-alice-weidel-afd-germany/

Poland adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz liberation commemoration

Fox News The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who chose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month. Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last…

Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, Maria Corina Machado, Detained at Protest

New York Times Ms. Machado has garnered enormous support for her opposition to the country’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/world/americas/venezuelas-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-detained.html

Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, is arrested

Washington Post Machado was arrested by government security forces Thursday as she left a rally in Caracas on the eve of Maduro’s inauguration after a widely discredited election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/09/venezuela-opposition-machado-arrested/

Russia monitoring Trump’s ‘dramatic’ comments on Greenland acquisition

Fox News The Kremlin on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the “dramatic” comments made by President-elect Donald Trump over his desire to acquire Greenland amid his expansionist rhetoric to take over the Panama Canal and assume Canada as a “51st state.” “The Arctic is a zone of our national interests, our strategic interests,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said,…

‘Dinosaur highway’ footprints dating back 166 million years discovered in England

Fox News A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. The extraordinary find, made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry…