Author: Justin M. Larson

The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family. Source link

Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but rather a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe. Source link

As the armed civilian groups often used to suppress protests kept a low profile, the role they might play in the country’s new situation remained unclear. Source link

Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, could stand trial in Federal District Court in New York City, the site of other high-profile court proceedings. Source link

The facts in the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Orlando Hernández are strikingly similar. The men’s fates are not. Source link

Italian pasta is set to be spared from high-level US tariffs that the Trump administration had threatened against 13 producers. The move could have resulted in American importers being taxed at a rate greater than the value of the actual pasta itself, and prices rising sharply for US consumers.But on Thursday, the Italian foreign ministry said the proposed rate had now been drastically cut back.In a statement of its own, the US said the 13 firms had addressed many of its concerns. It previously accused the companies of selling their products at unfairly low prices and threatened tariffs of almost…

Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, could stand trial in Federal District Court in New York City, the site of other high-profile court proceedings. Source link

Richard Irvine-Brown, Kevin Nguyen and Kayleen DevlinBBC VerifyBBCInvestigators are racing to establish how and why the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort spread so rapidly. Authorities on Friday said in a press conference that sparklers attached to champagne bottles that were held “too close to the ceiling” appear to have started the blaze in the basement of Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.But how the fire took hold with such ferocity, killing at least 40 people and leaving 119 injured, many seriously, is now a key focus for officials – as is the bar’s…

Operating largely from the shadows, Ms. Flores, the first lady of Venezuela, helped consolidate Mr. Maduro’s rule while controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, experts say. Source link

Ben TobiasandPatrick JacksonItalian Golf FederationEmanuele Galeppini, an Italian golfer, is feared dead in the blazeA fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort has killed 40 people and injured another 119, officials say.The bar, Le Constellation in the resort of Crans-Montana, was full of Swiss people and tourists celebrating New Year’s Day in the early hours of Thursday when the blaze began in the basement area.Prosecutors say that, according to initial investigations, the likely cause of the fire was sparklers on champagne bottles being carried too close to the ceiling.Switzerland’s President Guy Parmelin called it “one of the worst…

People hit grocery stores on Saturday as they anxiously waited for word on what would happen next. Source link

Two people including a three-year-old child have been killed and around 28 others injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said. A multi-storey residential apartment block was almost completely destroyed in the dual missile attack on Friday afternoon, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called “heinous”. Russia’s Defence Ministry denied reports of an attack, suggesting the blast had been caused by Ukrainian ammunition detonating.The strike comes ahead of crunch talks on a US-brokered peace plan in Kyiv on Saturday.Zelensky says around 15 countries are expected to attend the talks, along with representatives from the EU and Nato, with…

Some of the nation’s most influential Democrats condemned the move as unjustified and argued that the president was trying to distract from his domestic challenges. Source link

Luke Littler produced a stunning display to thrash Gian van Veen 7-1 and win the PDC World Championship for the second year running.The 18-year-old Englishman becomes just the fourth player to win the title in back-to-back years, joining Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson in that elite group.His second victory in only his third appearance at Alexandra Palace also means that only Taylor, with 14, and Michael van Gerwen, on three, have more PDC world titles than Littler.And while Littler may still be 12 shy of Taylor’s PDC record, the kind of masterclass he put on against Van Veen…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For years, one of the most frustrating limits inside the Google ecosystem was simple but painful. You could not change your primary Gmail address without creating a brand-new account. That meant losing history, purchases and years of saved data. That is now changing.Google has started rolling out a feature that lets people replace their existing @gmail.com address with a new one. Even better, everything tied to the account stays exactly where it is.Given that Gmail has close to two billion active accounts, this update affects almost everyone. It also helps people who…

Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The University of Phoenix has confirmed a major data breach affecting nearly 3.5 million people. The incident traces back to August when attackers accessed the university’s network and quietly stole sensitive information.The school detected the intrusion on Nov. 21. That discovery came after the attackers listed the university on a public leak site. In early December, the university disclosed the incident, and its parent company filed an 8-K with regulators.The scope is large. Notification letters filed with Maine’s Attorney General show 3,489,274 individuals are impacted. Those affected include current and former students,…

Trump administration declines to back Venezuela’s opposition leader. Source link

The Federal Aviation Administration cited “safety-of-flight risks” in restricting the U.S.-controlled airspace as a result of the military operation in Venezuela. Source link

The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York. Source link

U.S. forces carried out an audacious raid on the country’s capital, seizing President Nicolás Maduro. President Trump said the United States now intends to “run” Venezuela. Source link

Venezuela claims to have more than 300 billion barrels in the ground, but it is only producing about one million barrels a day. Source link

A U.S. pressure campaign has been building for years, through a series of indictments, sanctions and, recently, military actions. Source link