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MADRID (AP) — Venezuela’s political opposition is signaling a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long insisted would come next month when the new presidential term is set to begin. The change comes as the faction’s candidate in the July presidential election remains in exile in Spain and its

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors have filed 10 additional felony charges against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump who advised the Republican in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely saying that Trump had won the battleground state that year. Jim Troupis, who was Trump’s attorney

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truck drivers have blocked some major highways in central Mexico to protest the fact the government hasn’t paid them for work they did on a tourist train line. The protest by truckers Tuesday blocked two major highways leading out of Mexico City. It was the latest in a series of complaints

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men kidnapped dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria, residents and the police told The Associated Press on Tuesday, in the latest mass abduction in the region. The gunmen abducted at least 50 people, including several women and children in the Maradun area of the state of Zamfara over

NEW YORK (AP) — A biologist’s debut poetry collection that weaves science with a condemnation of slavery and colonialism has received a $10,000 literary award. The Cave Canem Prize helped launch the career of such prize winners as Natasha Trethewey and Tracy K. Smith. Dr. Brandon Kilbourne’s “Natural History” is this year’s winner of the

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A trend in South Africa of people jumping in front of slow-moving cars to get compensation payouts for injuries has drawn a warning from the government’s national Road Accident Fund. It said the phenomenon was becoming a problem, while it acknowledged that some cases might have been driven by

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Britain will provide intelligence to a newly formed unit in Cyprus tasked with preventing Russia evade international sanctions. That’s according to an agreement on Tuesday following talks between visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides. Starmer was the first U.K. prime minister to visit the former

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in the country earlier this year. On Tuesday the judge in Mendoza, some 1,000 kilometers west of the capital of Buenos Aires, dismissed the case against the

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. consumers who were tricked into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Back in 2022, Epic agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle complaints revolving around children’s privacy

AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew last month as President-elect Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney general, has landed a job with the One America News Network. He’ll host a weeknight political talk show and co-host a weekly podcast. His one-hour television show will start in January, given

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ defense minister says that bolstering the defense capacity of the east Mediterranean island nation by getting new armaments is critical for a country so close to the war-wracked Middle East. Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas spoke on Tuesday about defense plans, though he wouldn’t go into specifics about Cyprus’

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who fell through the ice while trying to help a 12-year-old boy who plunged in before her over the weekend has also died. Police in Albany, New York say the two children were at Washington Park Lake in Albany at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday when the boy tried

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. would work with groups in Syria and

MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is hosting dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and will prepare facilities for the planned deployment of Moscow’s newest hypersonic ballistic missile. His remarks came after he and President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty last week that gave security guarantees to Belarus, including the possible

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say a total of 17 children have died in central Mexico from suspected contamination of IV feeding bags, after four more deaths were confirmed. The country’s public health secretary said 16 of the victims were underweight, premature babies; the other victim was 14 years old. Two bacteria, including