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Galloping inflation and a currency crisis have provoked demonstrations across the country.

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.

The Venezuela president was first charged in 2020 with narcoterrorism and other crimes. That indictment said Maduro and others “prioritized using cocaine as a weapon against America.”

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in addition to that appointment, he planned to name a new defense minister as part of “a wave of personnel changes.”

President Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, following a “large-scale attack.”

The Dionne quintuplets were a global sensation during the Great Depression. The last of the five sisters, Annette, died in December.

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.

An official said the sparklers were attached to bottles of champagne held too close to the ceiling. Forty people died and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were teenagers.

The United States military’s Southern Command said in December that about 15,000 troops were in the Caribbean region.

It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months.

Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people.

Mr. Trump’s remarks that he was ready to come to the protesters’ “rescue” are a sharp escalation as protests over economic hardship turned deadly.

Russia requested this week that the United States end its pursuit of the vessel, which was intercepted in the Caribbean on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela.

Nestor Fischer, 17, forced open a blocked door at Le Constellation, the Swiss bar that caught fire on New Year’s Day

A fast-moving fire at a bar in a popular ski resort killed 40 people and injured 119, officials said. Sparklers atop champagne bottles probably caused the fire.

As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.

Noa Bersier went to Le Constellation with friends on a whim. An hour later, he was caught in one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.

The Saudi-backed government in Yemen said it would send forces to reclaim territory from a group that the United Arab Emirates supports.

Desperate families are searching for news about their missing children and loved ones, more than a day and a half after the inferno at a bar.