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10:01 AM on Friday, January 9

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation

9:10 AM on Friday, January 9

US forces have intercepted another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, US military says

9:01 AM on Friday, January 9

Jalen Hurts has shown his ability to rise to big occasions, backed by a Super Bowl MVP

8:32 AM on Friday, January 9

US employers add a modest 50,000 jobs to cap a year of weak hiring, though unemployment falls to 4.4%

8:10 AM on Friday, January 9

A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others

7:55 AM on Friday, January 9

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela

7:41 AM on Friday, January 9

Russia has used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as peace talks are in a crucial stage

6:59 AM on Friday, January 9

Iran judiciary chief vows that punishment for protesters 'will be decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency'

6:42 AM on Friday, January 9

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year

6:10 AM on Friday, January 9

Pope Leo XIV has denounced how nations are increasingly using force to assert their dominion worldwide

5:45 AM on Friday, January 9

David Bowie’s childhood home could soon become a tourist attraction

5:35 AM on Friday, January 9

Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England are without power and residents faced widespread travel delays after a storm swept in off the Atlantic

5:24 AM on Friday, January 9

Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council says it is dismantling a day after its leader fled to the UAE

4:31 AM on Friday, January 9

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland

4:18 AM on Friday, January 9

Iran leader: Protesters 'ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy,' referring to Trump

1:31 AM on Friday, January 9

Aryna Sabalenka has held off Madison Keys in straight sets at the Brisbane International, flipping the outcome of last year's Australian Open final

7:51 PM on Thursday, January 8

WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart says the players’ union and WNBA will not agree to another collective bargaining agreement extension after the deadline passes Friday night

7:09 PM on Thursday, January 8

Officials in the Philippines say two people have been killed and 36 others are missing after an avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers at a landfill

12:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges

11:29 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Kazuyoshi Miura, the Japanese soccer player they call “King Kazu,” says he’s only getting better with age