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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…

Panama Canal CEO denies Trump claim that China in control, says end of Carter neutrality treaty means ‘chaos’

Fox News The CEO of the Panama Canal has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s allegation that the waterway built by the United States over a century ago is now under the control of China. “The accusations that China is running the Canal are unfounded,” Panama Canal Authority leader Ricaurte Vásquez Morales told the Wall Street Journal…

France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case

New York Times The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/france-pelicot-rape-trial-coco-indictment.html

Ukraine’s future unclear as Pentagon chief holds his final support meeting

Washington Post Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office, Ukraine’s future course is shrouded in uncertainty as Kyiv loses ground to Russia’s far larger military. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/09/lloyd-austin-ramstein-ukraine-zelensky/

Who is next after Justin Trudeau?

Washington Post Justin Trudeau’s resignation sparked nationwide contest to replace him as Prime Minister of Canada, with several top candidates emerging from the Liberal Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/09/canada-justin-trudeau-replacement/

Jungle raves, water pollution, direct flights: Tulum’s ‘new era’ of tourism

Washington Post The rise of Instagram and Airbnb have influenced Tulum’s rapid transformation from backpackers’ paradise to hotel-dense tourism hub. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/01/09/tulum-mexico-tourism-airport-train/

Israel sends report to UN on ‘brutal’ treatment used by terrorists against hostages in Gaza

Fox News In a new report by the Israeli Ministry of Health, recently submitted to the United Nations, hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity described how they were subjected to unimaginable suffering. Among the chilling testimonies, two children revealed they were bound and beaten throughout their captivity, with scars and marks of trauma evident…