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US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3 emboldens him to move forward with the annexation of the Danish-owned autonomous territory of Greenland, effectively ending NATO and furthering Russia’s war aims in Ukraine, experts told Al Jazeera.The day after President Maduro was abducted by U.S. forces, President Trump irritated Europe by telling The Atlantic, “We absolutely need Greenland. We need it for our defense.” I never seem to get tired of this sport.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”The official position of the U.S. government since the beginning of the administration has been that…
When Lynette Elser from Crossville, Tennessee, first moved to the Italian village of Latronico with her 5-year-old autistic adopted son, Kenny, she didn’t plan on making it her new home. And Kenny, who has a severe respiratory illness, was there the first night, a first for Elser, a former federal government scientist. Normally, she would check his blood oxygen levels with a fingertip pulse monitor in the middle of the night and hear him sound like he was having trouble breathing, but something was different in Latronico’s case. “Honestly, I thought his blood oximeter was broken and wasn’t reading the…
Rene Sleggers has signed a new contract as Arsenal’s head coach, keeping him at the club until June 2029.The 36-year-old was given the job permanently just under a year ago and led the team to Champions League glory in May. After several months of discussions, Sleggers has agreed to a new three-and-a-half year contract. “I am delighted to have signed a new contract here, as I believe we have much to achieve together this season and for years to come,” Slegers said in a club statement.”Having played in the academy, watched Arsenal win the Champions League in 2007 in the…
People carrying shopping bags walk through Herald Square in New York, December 11, 2025.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesAmericans are slightly more bullish about 2026, according to a New York Fed survey released Thursday.The central bank’s monthly consumer expectations survey found that while consumers expect inflation to rise in the short term, households are generally more optimistic about their future financial situation.According to a New York Fed survey, perceptions of current financial conditions and expectations for next year have both improved, with fewer Americans expecting financial conditions to worsen and a larger portion expecting financial conditions to improve one…
Venezuela has released “a number” of high-profile political prisoners, including several foreign nationals, in an apparent concession to the United States less than a week after Venezuelan forces abducted President Nicolás Maduro.Thursday’s announcement is the first since Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro’s former vice president, took over as interim leader and has the support of President Donald Trump, who has said he is happy to let her rule as long as she gives Washington access to the country’s oil.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAmong those released Thursday was Enrique Marquez, a former Venezuelan opposition candidate who opposed President Maduro in…
In recent days, leaked audio recordings and documents have revealed the broad outlines of a plot to start an uprising in Syria’s Alawite-held coastal areas. Many senior officials from the exiled former regime of Bashar al-Assad are behind this plan. The leaks revealed the recruitment of fighters within the Alawite community, the movement and storage of weapons, and the transfer of payments to families.The revelations come months after an uprising in the coastal region in March killed more than 1,000 people, including civilians, government forces and Alawite fighters.Similar violence erupted again in Suweida, a Druze stronghold in southern Syria, in…
AI lab Anthropic continues to win big corporate deals. Its latest effort calls for bringing its large-scale language model to the traditional German insurance giant. Anthropic on Friday announced an agreement with Allianz, a global insurance conglomerate based in Munich, Germany, to bring “responsible AI” to the insurance industry. Both parties declined to share the financial terms of the deal. This partnership consists of three specific initiatives. The first is to make Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding tool, available to all Allianz employees. Anthropic and Allianz will also build custom AI agents for Allianz employees that can perform multi-step workflows…
GM Hummer EV production in Detroit.Photo by Jeffrey Sauger of General MotorsDetroit – general motors announced Thursday that it would record $7.1 billion in special charges related to the exit of electric vehicles and restructuring efforts in China in the fourth quarter of last year.The Detroit automaker said in a public filing that the charges include about $6 billion related to changes to its EV plans amid weak demand and $1.1 billion in cash, including $500 million primarily related to a previously announced review of its China joint venture.This charge will impact GM’s net income but not its adjusted results.…
On Saturday, U.S. forces carried out a dramatic offensive in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and forcible removal of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. They were airlifted to New York and are currently in federal custody. Maduro appeared in federal court on drug and weapons charges and pleaded not guilty. Several governments, international law experts and United Nations officials have said the military operation was an illegal “kidnapping” and a violation of international law. The UN Secretary-General warned that this would set a “dangerous precedent” that undermines fundamental norms of sovereignty under the UN Charter.But while…
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States had detained Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife after a “major attack” in the South American country.The attack was carried out by the US Army’s elite Delta Force. Venezuela’s interior minister announced Wednesday that at least 100 people were killed in the attack. President Trump said there were no casualties among U.S. troops, but some service members were injured in the helicopter crash.The Trump administration has for years considered prosecuting Maduro through the U.S. judicial system. In 2020, during President Trump’s first term, Maduro was indicted in the Southern District…