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Venezuela opposition leader sees eventual elections but cautions about complex path ahead
17 January 2026 @ 3:17 am
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Friday she was confident the remnants of what she called Venezuela's “criminal regime” would eventually be dismantled and there would be…
Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump
17 January 2026 @ 3:17 am
President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to bend to his demands. But he may have met…
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back U.S. controlling Greenland
17 January 2026 @ 3:14 am
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan…
U.S. names Rubio, Blair and Kushner to Gaza 'Board of Peace' to be chaired by Trump
17 January 2026 @ 3:00 am
The White House on Friday announced names of the so-called "Board of Peace" that will, under President Donald Trump's plan, supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which continues to…
NFL sees increased viewership for wild-card round, eyes more for divisional games
17 January 2026 @ 12:41 am
After double-digit increases in its regular-season and wild-card playoff round ratings, the NFL is looking for another large bump in ratings during this weekend's division round.
The league…
Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok
17 January 2026 @ 12:40 am
The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her that…
JICA provides Japanese-style housing to displaced Ukrainians near Kyiv
16 January 2026 @ 8:51 pm
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has provided two Japanese-style housing units to Ukrainians who have been internally displaced by Russia's ongoing war.
The units in Hostomel, near Kyiv,…
Japan court rejects inmates' calls to halt hanging on inhumane grounds
16 January 2026 @ 8:48 pm
A Japanese court rejected on Friday three death-row inmates' demands against the state to halt their executions by hanging as an inhumane practice in violation of an international…
Japan calls on X to take measures against AI-generated sexualized images
16 January 2026 @ 8:48 pm
The Japanese government said Friday it has called on X to take measures against the alteration and sexualizing of images using the social media platform's artificial intelligence tool.…
Japan's new opposition party named Centrist Reform Alliance
16 January 2026 @ 8:47 pm
Japan's new political party created by the largest opposition force and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's former coalition partner is called the Centrist Reform Alliance, their leaders said…