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
Why tortillas sold in California may be forced to add a new ingredient Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour. 04/15/2024 - 3:46 am | View Link
Stars arrested so far this year (and it's only April!) The felony charges are the most serious ones and could land Wallen in jail for up to six years if he is prosecuted and convicted of those charges,' former New York prosecutor Rither Alabre told the ... 04/13/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
Mexico struggling to find medical fentanyl, despite cartels making loads of the illicit drug: study Mexico is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, a new report released by the country’s government warned — despite cartels producing loads of the illicit drug and ... 04/12/2024 - 4:36 pm | View Link
Movies in North Texas theaters on April 12 and coming soon THE ABSENCE OF EDEN An ICE agent (Garrett Hedlund), struggling with the moral dilemmas of border security, crosses paths with an undocumented immigrant (Zoe Saldaña) fleeing a violent cartel. Also ... 04/11/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
'Mexican miracle' kickstarted modern U.S.–Mexico drug trade U.S. drug trade is less a tale of cops and kingpins than it is a fable about the unintended consequences of government policies on both sides of the border. 04/11/2024 - 12:55 am | View Link
The U. K. House of Commons will vote Tuesday on the “Tobacco and Vapes Bill” that would make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or beyond to buy tobacco and add restrictions to vaping. Its passage would amount to an effective lifetime ban on smoking for those under the age of 15.
A quarter of the way into the most consequential election year in living memory, tech companies are failing their biggest test. Such is the charge that has been leveled by at least 160 rights groups across 55 countries, which are collectively calling on tech platforms to urgently adopt greater measures to safeguard people and elections amid rampant online disinformation and hate speech.
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“Despite our and many others’ engagement, tech companies have failed to implement adequate measures to protect people and democratic processes from tech harms that include disinformation, hate speech, and influence operations that ruin lives and undermine democratic integrity,” reads the organizations’ joint letter, shared exclusively with TIME by the Global Coalition for Tech Justice, a consortium of civil society groups, activists, and experts.
A blaze has broken out in Copenhagen’s historic former stock exchange in Denmark’s capital on Tuesday, as its spire was engulfed by flames and collapsed.
The fire began in the morning, starting in the copper roof of the Old Stock Exchange. The 17th century Børsen—one of the Danish capital’s oldest buildings—is now used as a headquarters for the Danish Chamber of Commerce.
It was a dramatic, film-worthy display of sportsmanship—or cheating, depending on how you see it.
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In the last stretch of a half-marathon in Beijing on April 14, two runners from Kenya, one from Ethiopia, and one from China were in the lead—reportedly pacing with each other since the beginning.
That was astoundingly unprecedented. American, British, French, and an assortment of Arab countries’ warplanes and air defenses teamed up with Israel to block Iran’s massive wave of missiles and drones.
Now let’s recognize that Joe Biden deserves credit for his immediate follow-up. The President saved the world from coping with an awful war in the Middle East, by calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and twisting Israel’s arm so that it didn’t immediately retaliate against Iran.
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While Israeli war cabinet consultations are secret, we can confirm that the group of five top decision-makers was moving toward ordering a powerful retaliation against sites in Iran—some connected with that country’s nuclear program—that have been on Israel’s standby target list for years.
The Iranian attack on Israel was historic. For the first time since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Ayatollah regime violated Israeli sovereignty directly without using any of its proxies, such as Hezbollah or Hamas. Iran, in this sense, has created a new equation for its conflict with Israel. Likewise, the ability to counter hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones was also unprecedented, as it resulted from an American-led coalition—which included the U.