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  • Former US President Barack Obama has set the record straight after comments he made about aliens went viral.
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    Obama clarifies alien comments after telling podcast ‘they’re real’
  • 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
  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to the National Caucus meeting on Parliament Hill February 11, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • 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
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  • A group of activists inspired by Robin Hood in Montreal said they raided a grocery store for food, then left some of the spoils outside of an apartment building nearby, "courtesy of the Robins des Ruelles."
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    Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
  • 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
  • Relatives of detainees react outside the Helicoide detention centre after Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez announced a proposed "amnesty law" for hundreds of prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.
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    Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
  • Attendees arrive for the Alberta Independence Town Hall event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on January 26, 2026.
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    A separatist group is asking for Trump’s help to split from Canada. Here’s what we know
  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, takes part in the "Anti-Imperialist" protest in front of the US Embassy against the US incursion in Venezuela in Havana, Cubam on January 16.
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    ‘A hurricane is coming’: Havana prepares people for war as US shuts off Cuba’s oil valve
  • The scene of a plane crash in Ocaña, Colombia, on January 28, 2026.
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    No survivors found after Colombian plane crashes with 15 people on board, including lawmaker
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  • Police guard the street leading to Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 4.
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    Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks
  • 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
  • Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez and US President Donald Trump.
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    Venezuela: Four signs that the Trump-Rodríguez relationship is warming up
  • Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
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  • Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
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