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FILE - Italy's Prime minister Giorgia Meloni, right, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, share a word before the start of a summit in Rome, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

EU pushes forward long-discussed free trade deal with South America

1:50 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The European Union is renewing negotiations for a free trade agreement with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela

Minneapolis mayor says the ICE officer who killed a motorist "recklessly" shot her, demands agency leave the city

1:43 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Minneapolis mayor says the ICE officer who killed a motorist "recklessly" shot her, demands agency leave the city

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts

12:36 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts

Cambodia extradites alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi to China

12:33 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Cambodia’s government has arrested and extradited a prominent tycoon to China

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for a special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts

12:31 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for a special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts

Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on during a swearing-in ceremony for new military commanders at the army academy in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Vega)

President Petro's clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner

12:23 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela

FILE - Coloured houses covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Trump threats against Greenland pose new, potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO

12:07 PM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one

A bullet hole is seen in the windshield as law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

Minneapolis mayor says ICE officer's killing of a motorist was 'reckless' and wasn't self-defense

11:55 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a motorist acted recklessly and rejected federal officials claims that the officer had acted in self-defense

FILE - Wind turbine bases, generators and blades sit at The Portsmouth Marine terminal that is the staging area for Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Trump’s offshore wind project freeze draws lawsuits from states and developers

11:51 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Offshore wind developers and states are suing the Trump administration over its order to suspend work on five large-scale projects under construction off the East Coast for at least 90 days

FILE - Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow

11:46 AM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money

Trump will 'selectively' remove sanctions to enable the shipping and sale of Venezuelan oil to global economies, US says

11:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Trump will 'selectively' remove sanctions to enable the shipping and sale of Venezuelan oil to global economies, US says

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

US military action in Venezuela is seen as both a blessing and a curse for Russia's Putin

10:55 AM on Wednesday, January 7

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin

A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women's march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, three days after U.S. forces captured him and his wife. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

8:43 AM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing two sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: US closes in on Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and eased sanctions

8:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

In a move to assert control over Venezuelan oil, President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday seized a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announced plans to “selectively” remove some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide

A Syrian government soldier helps an old woman who is fleeing from Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods after clashes broke out on Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Civilians flee Aleppo as clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces escalate

8:16 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Fighting has escalated in Syria's northern city of Aleppo

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Ohio governor race takes shape as Ramaswamy and Acton pick running mates

6:02 AM on Wednesday, January 7

In Ohio's governor race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have announced their running mates

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a classified briefing with senators on the situation in Venezuela, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio says he plans to meet Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland

4:45 AM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado with Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Asle Toje, right, outside the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Friday Dec. 12, 2025. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB via AP)

Trump leaves Venezuela's opposition sidelined and Maduro's party in power

12:44 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Opposition supporters have long hoped their leaders could replace Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president

FILE - The president of the Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous Al-Zubaidi sits for an interview, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York, while attending the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level meeting of world leaders. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Separatist group in Yemen loses contact with delegation that went to Riyadh for talks

12:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

A separatist group in southern Yemen says it's urgently trying to contact a delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for talks meant to de-escalate recent tensions

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