Day: January 4, 2025

The Venezuelan opposition leader who the United States recognized as the winner of last year’s presidential election has kicked off a tour of Latin America.

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El excandidato opositor venezolano Edmundo González, quien reclama ser ganador de las elecciones ante Nicolás Maduro y es reconocido por algunos países como legítimo presidente electo de Venezuela, regresó a América Latina desde su exilio en Madrid para reunirse el sábado con el

Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Ryan Routh has offered to join Hamas, an group labelled as a terrorist organisation by the UK and others, as a captive.

The commander’s statement comes after reports on Russian forces starting to move toward the town of Toretsk

German officials have told the BBC that a decision by the new Islamist authorities in Syria to erase evolution from the school curriculum is troubling – a concern that is echoed by many Syrians. We hear from Germany’s Special Coordinator for Syria and from Syrian writer Rima Flihan.
Also on the programme: The US Surgeon General has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer; and why a New York judge is insisting on sentencing US president-elect Donald Trump days before his inauguration. (Photo: Head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Syria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, in Damascus, Syria January 3, 2025. Credit: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham/Handout via REUTERS)

The wintry wallop comes as a blast of Arctic air will invade much of the Midwest, Great Lakes and northern United States for roughly a week.