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Venezuela's interim president says US energy deal will last 25 years

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and preserve the country's sovereignty over its natural resources.Rodriguez hailed the accord in a late-night address as a "historic" deal that would help revive the economy and boost government revenue, saying it would help shape the country's future. “This 25-year bilateral project envisages the development of 17 strategic oilfields with a production target of more than 1.5 million

Australia's far-right party makes further gains, taking seat in western state

Finland's Stubb tells German newspaper Russia unlikely to risk attack on NATO

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El-Sayed apologizes for comments he made responding to an attack on a Michigan synagogue

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel's actions in the Middle East. “My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a party convention in Lansing. “To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I'm really sorry. That was not my intention.” El-Sayed’s ap

El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats as he seeks to bridge party divides

GM union deal would invest C$1.1 billion in Canada auto factories amid US tariff pressure

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Bessent says disorderly yen moves can destabilize global markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said disorderly moves in the yen could trigger "forced unwinds" of positions that risk destabilizing global markets and ultimately raising borrowing costs for U.S. households and businesses. Bessent made the comments in a letter dated August 27 and posted on his X account a day later in response to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren's demand for an explanation of Washington's joint currency intervention with Tokyo last month.The post came as the yen resumed weakening against the dollar despite expectations the Bank of Japan could raise interest rates

Israeli settlers stage new attack on home in West Bank's Qusra, witnesses say

Netanyahu condemns rioters after weeks of West Bank settler violence, and other Middle East news

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Six months into the Iran war, Iranian Americans remain divided over what comes next

Six months since the United States and Israel launched the first strikes on Iran, the physical, financial and emotional impacts of the war have reverberated from Tehran across the world, including to the vast Iranian community in the US, which has been divided with varying opinions on how the war started and what is has – or hasn’t – accomplished.The Iranian diaspora spans multiple generations and waves of exile, from those who left after the 1979 revolution to more recent arrivals who fled crackdowns and protest movements. Those experiences helped shape sharply different reactions to th

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The space Nolan Wells left behind as a new football season begins without him

Nolan Wells should have joined his fellow Southwest Mississippi Bears on the football field Thursday night in the season’s home opener.Instead, in the kind of humidity that dampens shirts well before warm-ups even begin, his parents sat in the stands at Ocean Springs High School, as two of his younger brothers opened their season on the same field where Nolan played just a year ago.“Today we should’ve been talking to Nolan about how excited he was about game day! He would’ve (been) hyping everyone up,” his mother, Christine Wells-Wonsley, wrote on Facebook a few hours before kickoff.

Trump administration appeals latest ruling blocking his mail voting order from taking effect

Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry

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Carsynn Meyer’s RBI single sparks Nevada’s 12-2 rout of Ohio into LLWS title game

Carsynn Meyer had played in Lamade Stadium before. The lights weren’t quite as bright then. Now, Meyer and the rest of her Nevada teammates have a chance to make more history on the world’s biggest Little League stage. Meyer, the first girl to play in the U.S. championship, had an RBI single to help Nevada beat Ohio 12-2 on Saturday and advance to the Little League World Baseball Series title game. Meyer, who had played in an all-girls tournament at Lamade earlier in June, stepped to the batter’s box in the second inning to a roar of applause fr

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Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost. Trump in a social media post announcing the agreement said it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!�

The Himalayas are unpredictable. But countries are building there like never before

Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing

The cheapest accommodation in Paris is disappearing: Here’s why

Secluded under the rooftops of Paris’s renowned Haussmannian buildings — home to some of the city’s wealthiest residents— are also hidden the most affordable apartments available: the notorious chambres de bonnes, or maids’ rooms.Originally designed over two centuries ago to house the servants working in these exclusively bourgeois residences, they have become a budget-friendly hack for generations of students and young travelers willing to sacrifice space and comfort for a place in the heart of the city.However, due to the worsening heatwaves hitting the country, these tiny rooms ar

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What new satellite images show about the destructive flooding in Nepal

Scientists investigating the cause of the devastating flash floods that tore through the Nepal-China border on Wednesday — swallowing towns, roads and bridges and causing significant loss of life — are zeroing in on the theory that the disaster was triggered by a huge glacier collapse and landslide.Nepal is a hotspot for climate disasters as the planet heats up. Vast swaths of ice up in the Himalayas are melting, and rocky mountainsides are becoming less solid and more fluid.Scientists are still working to determine exactly what caused the disaster, but here’s what we know so far.A lands

Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, once world's youngest monarch, dies at 34

After six months, the Iran war has reached its endgame - a costly stalemate

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Judge deals blow to Trump moves to deport pro-Palestinian activists

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Trump loses bid to move already-decided criminal hush money case to US court

A federal judge denied Donald Trump's attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court, in a setback on Friday for the U.S.

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Can Trump actually change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’? Here’s what to know

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Mom who lost daughter to social media addiction says Meta settlement is a turning point

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California sues Trump administration over offshore wind lease cancelation

California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120

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