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The Azerbaijan Wrestling Championship has officially begun, with fierce competition already underway, Azernews reports. The first day of the tournament saw the final contenders determined in the Greco-Roman wrestling categories across various weight classes.
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Minnesota state law enforcement officials are working with the FBI to investigate the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer. U.S. forces boarded a tanker carrying sanctioned oil after a two-week chase across the Atlantic, as the Trump administration expands plans to take control of Venezuela’s oil sales indefinitely. And Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new dietary guidelines flip decades of advice, elevating meat and dairy and alarming many public health researchers. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Kelsey Snell, Kate Bartlett, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenburg. Our technical director is Stacey Abbott. And our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens. (0:00) Introduction (01:54) Minnesota ICE Shooting (05:48) Venezuela Oil Tanker Pursuit (09:37) RFK Jr’s New Dietary Guidelines Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Saudi’s SABIC sells assets in Europe, Americas worth $950 million reut.rs/4jv7cBJ reut.rs/4jv7cBJ
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. @SecretaryWright о Венесуэле: Все их доходы от нефти контролируются Соединенными Штатами. Мы собираемся продать это сырье и направить полученные средства временным властям Венесуэлы, чтобы побудить их к корректировке поведения и снижению преступности, а также – чтобы уменьшить риски для Америки.Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47). @SecretaryWright on Venezuela: “All of their revenue from oil… is controlled by the United States. We’re going to sell that crude… and we’re going to distribute those funds to the interim authorities in Venezuela and align that with incentives to improve their behavior and the criminality, reduce the risk to America.”
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— https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2009029977807769977— США по-русски (@USApoRusski) Jan 8, 2026
Japan chemical makers fall, China rivals jump after Beijing launches anti-dumping probe reut.rs/3N2D7xh reut.rs/3N2D7xh
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