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Month: January 2025

Biden admin imposes harsh sanctions on Russian oil industry to cut off funding for Ukraine war effort

By Jennifer Hansler and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday targeted Russia’s energy sector, including its oil industry, with some of its harshest sanctions to date meant to cut off funding for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The sweeping moves, taken just over a week before President Joe Biden leaves office, come

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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro sworn in for third presidential term as opposition decries ‘coup’

By Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a third presidential term in what the country’s opposition movement has decried as “coup d’etat,” culminating more than five months of dispute over last summer’s contested election. The ceremony took place on Friday in a small

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Family accuses deputies of punching 73-year-old during Thanksgiving Day confrontation that led to 3 arrests

By Samantha Sosa, Kevin Boulandier Click here for updates on this story     FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Florida (WSVN) — A family spent their Thanksgiving holiday behind bars after, they said, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies punched a 73-year-old man in the face and gave them a tough takedown. One of the family members, 73-year-old Richard Messina,

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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon, which is about half the size of the dwarf planet. Now, new research suggests that Pluto and Charon briefly came together billions of years ago in a newly discovered “kiss and capture” collision. Scientists

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