Venezuela's Maduro to be sworn in Nicolas Maduro is due to be sworn in as the first Venezuelan president to take office after 14 years of Hugo Chavez. More
Venezuela divided: Recount sought after razor-thin victory of Chavez successor Venezuela awoke to political turmoil Monday after Hugo Chavez's chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, won the country’s presidential election by such a tight margin that his rival demanded a recount. The country, already shaken by the death from cancer of its dominating leader, faces uncertainty after Maduro secured 50.7 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, compared with 49.1 percent for Henrique Capriles -- a difference of just 235,000 ballots. More
5.8-magnitude earthquake rattles Mexico City A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway as far away as Mexico City, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Oaxaca is about 300 miles from Mexico City, where the tremors set off earthquake alarms, The Associated Press reported. More
Venezuela sets post-Chavez poll date A presidential election to replace late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will be held on 14 April, the country's electoral commission says. More
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British national Jaswant Singh Chail pleaded guilty on Friday to treason for his 2021 attempt to assassinate the late Queen Elizabeth II. Chail was caught on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day armed with a crossbow. He told authorities that he was there to kill the Queen and said that it was revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in British India in a Snapchat video he posted just before entering the castle.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry for what I‘ve done and what I will do.
The US and allies are trying to further limit Russia's ability to make money and finance its war efforts with new price limits on products like gasoline and fuel oil, a senior Treasury official announced Friday -- adding to sanctions on Russian energy sales in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
There was much optimism on the streets of Juda when South Sudan became the world’s newest country in 2011. But the euphoria was short-lived, as the African country descended into civil war and famine. Now, Pope Francis is trying to raise global attention for South Sudan as he begins a three-day trip Friday to the country as part of a “pilgrimage of peace.”
The Pope’s trip, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshield, is centered around raising awareness about a conflict that has left over 400,000 people dead.
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The majority Christian South Sudan broke away from majority Muslim Sudan in 2011, but slipped into civil war two years later.
Bashar Eid — a tall, stocky 49-year-old farmer — was shot, beaten, stoned, his bones broken and his olive trees burned by his neighbors, the Jewish settlers who live on the top of the hill above the Palestinian man’s land in Burin, a village in the West Bank.
This type of abuse has been a persistent reality for 20 years, but in 2022 it became news across the Green Line in Israel.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed an approaching trip to Beijing Friday after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was spotted floating high above the northern continental United States, U. S. officials said.
The decision came hours after the Chinese government confirmed the massive balloon belonged to them, while insisting it was merely a “civilian airship” used for weather research that accidentally wafted into U.