Venezuela’s disputed PresidentNicolas Maduro warns the United States is in danger of turning his country into another conflict like the Vietnam War.
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Extreme weather has wreaked havoc worldwide this month: As the upper Midwest shivered with record-breaking cold temperatures, wild extremes in weather were reported elsewhere.
Trump and Putin sat down for meeting in Buenos Aires with no U.S. staff, report says
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it “is absolutely none of our concern who had and didn’t have a translator there.”
Extreme weather wreaks havoc worldwide
As the upper Midwest shivered with record-breaking cold temperatures, wild extremes in weather were reported in other parts of the world.
Opposition protesters urge Maduro to step down
Doctors in scrubs, businessmen in suits and construction workers in jeans gathered on the streets of Venezuela’s capital Wednesday. (Jan. 30)
U.S. knocked out of 20 least corrupt countries list due to ‘erosion of ethical norms’
The report says the U.S. faces “threats to its system of checks and balances” and an “erosion of ethical norms at the highest levels of leadership.”
Valentine revenge, name a cockroach after your ex
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New Venezuelan diplomat: US military intervention not part of Trump administration talks
New Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Vecchio found open doors at the White House and in Congress this week but was locked out of his own country’s embassy.
Mother dies after falling down subway staircase while pushing stroller
A fall down a New York City subway staircase killed a Connecticut mother while she was holding her 1-year-old daughter in a stroller. Veuer’s Nick Cardona has that story.
Oil sanctions. Deadly violence. Dire economy. How the Venezuelan crisis could affect US
The Trump administration’s push to oust Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro has wide-ranging implications.