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The general in command of Venezuela’s presidential honour guard, Javier Marcano Tábata, has been sacked days after Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces in a raid in Caracas and taken to New York to stand trial on narco-terrorism charges. The presidential honour guard is the military force which provides the bodyguards tasked with protecting the head of …

Fridley and Minneapolis districts cancel classes while Columbia Heights shifts to remote learning Minnesota teachers union demands ICE stays away from schools Additional schools throughout Minnesota canceled classes Friday in light of ongoing unrest after the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal agent on Wednesday. Fridley Public Schools announced the district will not host in-person classes on Friday, …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed regrets over the decision of the White House to withdraw the United States from 35 international organisations and 31 UN entities. Guterres, in a statement by the UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric on Thursday in New York, said the UN has a responsibility to deliver for those who depend on the organisation. President Donald Trump …

NIGERIAN cleric, Pastor Benjamin Egbaji, incarcerated in Benin Republic, was on Thursday released following a presidential pardon granted by President Patrice Talon. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, confirmed this in a statement issued by her media aide, Dr Magnus Eze. She said Egbaji, a businessman from Cross River, was accused of an offence and detained …

The Donald Trump administration has said it plans to withdraw the US from as many as 66 international organisations, including those of the United Nations, that it believes do not serve US interests. In a proclamation issued on Wednesday, the US administration said it reached this decision after conducting a review of all International organisations, conventions, and treaties that the …

Renee Nicole Good was an award-winning poet The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and …

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, … In May of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin played host to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in the Grand Kremlin Palace, just ahead of major celebrations in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It was a symbolic moment that showcased Putin’s main alliance …

The resolution now moves to the House of Representatives, where it will require approval before being sent to the president. The United States Senate has voted 52–48 to pass a War Powers resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump’s military action in Venezuela. The vote reflects growing concern among lawmakers over recent US actions involving Venezuela and the scope of …

President Donald Trump is looking for new acquisitions for his 21st-century empire-building project after removing the head of Venezuela’s hateful regime. During his first term, his designs on Greenland were considered a joke — just another brazen boast of a president who loves to shock. Even last year, when Donald Trump Jr. flew to the vast island on his father’s …

It took just a few hours for Donald Trump to upend a relationship that China had been cultivating for decades. Only hours before he was seized in a nighttime raid, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been praising his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as “an older brother” with a “powerful message as a leader to the world” during a meeting with …