38 m. ago Delcy Rodríguez named acting Venezuela president as Donald Trump sends warning

The 55-year-old vice-president stepped into the nation's top job after chairing an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers in Caracas, with officials confirming her first cabinet meeting as acting president

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52 m. ago How would Donald Trump tap ‘tremendous’ wealth from Venezuelan oil?

Industry insiders have warned the process could take years — and cost tens of billions of dollars

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52 m. ago The awkward truth about some of Trump’s views on Europe? European leaders agree with him | Shada Islam

The US president’s fears about ‘woke’ Europe are laughable. He would feel right at home in today’s EUI expected the EU to push back strongly against Donald Trump’s new national security strategy. Not only does it show contempt for the EU and its “weak” leaders, but it also targets European citizens and migrants with racist dog whistles and barely disguised Islamophobia. Yet instead of a rousing defence of the bloc’s commitment to human rights and equality, there have just been bland platitudes.António Costa, the president of the European Council, denounced Trump’s plans to boost support for Europe’s far-right parties. But there was no public challenge to the racist logic underpinning his argument. Costa, who has spoken proudly of his mixed ancestry, could have made a convincing counterargument to the US president’s false premise that Europe was heading for “civilisational erasure” because of migrants and, by extension, millions of Europeans of colour.Shada Islam is a Brussels-based ...

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64 m. ago New Venezuelan leader invites US to ‘collaborate’ after Maduro’s removal

The former president is due to face a New York court for the first time on Monday.

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68 m. ago Acting president of Venezuela named as Delcy Rodríguez as Donald Trump sends 'big price' warning

She called the US rendition of Nicolás Maduro a 'kidnapping' and an illegal act of aggression - Rodríguez chaired an emergency meeting over the weekend in Venezuela

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2 h. ago Prince Harry 'desperately wants King Charles to come to Montecito and see Archie and Lilibet'

Charles and Prince William are set to travel to the US separately in April as part of a trip to revitalise a key trade deal put on 'pause' by US President Donald Trump.

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3 h. ago Tim Walz calls Trump 'dangerous, depraved' for blaming Melissa Hortman's death on Minnesota fraud

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has hit out at President Donald Trump for spreading a claim that blames the murder of Democrat lawmaker Melissa Hortman to the Somali fraud scandal.

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3 h. ago Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US action in Venezuela

An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths

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4 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: Emperor Trump's narcissistic, imperial ambitions should send a shiver down the spine of America's near neighbours, such as Greenland and Canada

As always with Donald Trump, there is good and bad to report. That is especially true about the weekend's historic, dramatic events in Caracas.

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4 h. ago Trump's Maduro raid has given the world's bullies and brutes a convenient precedent to justify their own terrifying ambitions: STEPHEN GLOVER

During his characteristically rambling press conference on Saturday about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump asserted that 'Life is a big deal'.

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer faces revolt by Labour's Maduro apologists: Party tears itself apart as Left

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to describe the capture of president Nicolas Maduro as an illegal act in breach of international law.

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5 h. ago Donald Trump angers the Danish amid fears he could target other nations including Greenland to assert 'American dominance' after Venezuela raid

The US President suggested Colombia, Cuba and Mexicowere also in his sights following his capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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6 h. ago 'At least we have hope now', says Venezuelan teacher who fled his homeland 10 years ago as question of 'What happens now?' lingers in wake of Trump's 'abduction' of dictator Nicolas Maduro

Donald Trump's extraordinary early hours special forces raid to capture Nicolas Maduro did not just catch the Venezuelan dictator unawares.

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7 h. ago How Maduro's public dancing led to his downfall as furious Trump grew tired of his 'nonchalance' despite warnings

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's constant dancing and his own song 'No War, Yes Peace' provoked the Trump Team to show they weren't bluffing.

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8 h. ago Trump hits back at Venezuela's new leader and threatens her with a fate WORSE than Maduro's... as he names the next country he has his eyes on

President Trump made a poignant threat toward Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, following the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.

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9 h. ago Trump says Venezuelan vice president ‘will pay bigger price’ than Maduro ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right’: Live updates

President Donald Trump claimed the US will “run” Venezuela now that Maduro has been captured

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9 h. ago Donald Trump warns of ‘big price to pay’ if Caracas fails to toe line

Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectivesUS politics liveThe prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands.While Rodríguez kept up a defiant tone in public, the substance of conversations she had had in private with US officials was not clear. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Grateful Venezuelans hug Donald Trump as president and Elon Musk celebrate Maduro's removal at luxurious Mar

Videos posted on social media by Venezuelan influencers show them hugging the US President and thanking him for ridding their country of the despot.

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11 h. ago Greenland fears US takeover after Trump’s Venezuela operation as MAGA figure hints it could happen ‘soon’

THE US bombing of Venezuela that led to the capture of its president Nicolás Maduro has raised fears of an American takeover of Greenland. Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Washington needs the strategic, resource-rich Arctic island for security reasons - and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it. Just hours after...

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11 h. ago Denmark warns Trump to stay away from Greenland after taking over Venezuela

Donald Trump has seized control of Venezuela in a stunning military raid, with the country's president Nicolas Maduro being captured and taken to the US to face trial

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