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  • Logan Paul with the Pikachu Illustrator card.
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    Logan Paul’s ‘holy grail’ of Pokémon cards sells for $16.5 million, with a diamond necklace thrown in
  • Edmundo Gonzalez, Venezuela's opposition candidate, during an interview at his home in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
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    Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle
  • Rifles on display at That Hunting Store in Ottawa, Ontario in 2022. A federal buyback for assault-style weapons in Canada, where gun control is broadly popular, has been met with criticism from provincial officials, police and gun owners
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    Gun control is popular in Canada. So why is a major buyback program attracting criticism?
  • Forensic specialists speak in front the site of a deadly mass shooting in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday.
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    Guns and mental health struggles: What the apparent online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us
  • Police work near Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday.
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    Suspected shooter named as community gathers to grieve after Canada’s worst school shooting in decades. Here’s what we know
  • Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks to the media after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police Mariperez detention center, in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday.
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    Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
  • A man pushes a kart with luggage at the Jose Marti International Airport as Cuba warned international airlines that jet fuel will no longer be available on the island, Havana, Cuba, on February 9, 2026.
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    As US squeezes Cuba’s oil supply, airlines rethink flights and Havana rations health services
  • Rigo Mendoza, son, Kevin.
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    His son died after ICE detained his wife. Why this father of four chose to self-deport
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  • Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump
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    From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • Costa Rican presidential candidate Laura Fernandez greets supporters during a campaign rally in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 24, 2026.
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    Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • A Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela, on November 17, 2023.
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    Venezuela approves new law opening its oil industry as Trump threatens more tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba
  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference before a cabinet planning forum at the Citadelle in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada January 22, 2026.
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    Carney says he expects Trump to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with US officials
  • Carlos García and Gaby Duarte pose for a photo with their two children.
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    This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
  • <p>College students in Venezuela confronted acting President Delcy Rodríguez during her visit to the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) on Tuesday to demand that her government release professors and students imprisoned for political reasons.</p>
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    ‘Put your hand on your heart’: Students in Venezuela demand Rodríguez pledge to release imprisoned professors and students 0:37
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  • Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez looks on during the delivery of the first year's government report at Palacio Federal Legislativo on January 15, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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    Venezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
  • Mexico investigates deadly attack after soccer match as Sheinbaum faces pressure to curb crime
  • US-Mexican influencer abducted at gunpoint in viral video found ‘alive and well’ in Sinaloa state
  • Voices of the Venezuelan diaspora after Maduro’s ouster: How millions live abroad as they wonder if it’s time to return
  • Residents comfort each other amid burned houses after a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Wildfires raging in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said. (Photo by Raul BRAVO / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
  • EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement
  • Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
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