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July 30, 2024
Venezuelans clash with police after disputed election result
CARACAS — President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results published by the electoral council.
The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, who is a close ally of Maduro, said that with 80% of votes counted, President Maduro had 51.20% of the vote, compared to 44.02% for his main rival.
The Venezuelan opposition has alleged widespread fraud in the counting of votes, and has vowed to challenge the result.
It had united behind candidate Edmundo González in order to unseat Maduro after 11 years in power.
Speaking to cheering supporters in Caracas, Maduro said his re-election was a "triumph of peace and stability".
He praised the Venezuelan election system, describing it as transparent, and mocked the...
July 29, 2024
Venezuela's Maduro declared winner in disputed vote
July 26, 2024
FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation
July 26, 2024
Obamas endorse Kamala Harris for president
July 26, 2024
Kamala Harris tells Netanyahu 'it is time' to end war in Gaza
TORONTO — Huge, fast-moving wildfires have destroyed up to half of the historic Canadian town of Jasper, officials say, and the blazes are still out of control as firefighters try to save as many buildings as possible.Entire streets of the main town in western Canada's Jasper National Park have been leveled by the fire, with video showing smoldering rubble where homes once stood and the charred remains of cars.While no deaths have been reported, some 20,000 tourists and 5,000 residents have fled the mountainous area in Alberta province, which has been hugely popular with tourists for decades.During a news conference on Thursday, a tearful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith struggled at times to recount the scale of the damage, but said "potentially 30 to 50 percent" of...
July 26, 2024
'Monster' fires may have destroyed half of historic Canadian town
July 26, 2024
Nikki Haley offers no apologies for what she said about Trump during primary
EL PASO — One of the world's biggest drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas.Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organization with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is currently jailed in the US.Arrested with Zambada on Thursday was Guzman's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, said the US justice department.In February, Zambada was charged by US prosecutors with a conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, a drug more powerful than heroin that has been blamed for the US opioid crisis.In a written statement on Thursday evening, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the two men lead "one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the...
July 26, 2024
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Texas
VANCOUVER — Buildings in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper have been burning after wildfires forced 25,000 people to evacuate the area earlier this week, officials said.The blaze has spread through Jasper National Park, causing "significant loss" within the local town, according to park officials on X, formerly Twitter.Hundreds of wildfires have sparked in the western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia (BC).The region has been hit by more than 58,000 lightning strikes within the last week, sparking new blazes after a three-week heat wave, according to BC Wildfire Service.Around 1,900 Alberta firefighters have been deployed, assisted by personnel from Alaska and Australia, and are working to save local infrastructure.That includes the Trans Mountain Pipeline, a Canadian...
July 25, 2024
Famous Rockies resort of Jasper on fire as thousands flee
July 25, 2024
Biden sidesteps hard truths in first speech since quitting race