https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-airstrike-civilian-deaths.html

Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/venezuela-attack-trump-says-something-160046769.html

After Venezuela Attack, Trump Says Something Must Be Done About Mexico

https://www.barrons.com/news/france-condemns-us-operation-to-capture-maduro-7a1419bb?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcKJbZPoP4ytH3E3BC_4aw9XLARgvUmxQ1CXiomo-Ph3v2z4GelkDwt8sALHhc%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69593c72&amp;gaa_sig=aoh9hIWjbiFm0oRinsHJwk6cS49FouiXnddix99Ch9OtG5vtn8oeM676qeplhajqjHaGxpeZ8o6gkom0M_5zKw%3D%3D

France Condemns US Operation To Capture Maduro

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-03/trump-says-venezuela-s-maduro-captured-and-flown-out-of-country-mjy3kziv

Trump Says Venezuela’s Maduro Captured and Flown Out of Country

The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington.

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s Caracas

https://www.reddit.com/live/1gb1jdg62n0id/

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Multiple Explosions in Venezuela’s Capital Caracas (Thread #1)

Venezuelan security forces have detained at least five Americans in recent months as the US has built a pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a US official familiar with the matter told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/01/politics/detained-americans-venezuela-maduro

Venezuela has detained several Americans as tensions with US rise

Hundreds hospitalised in Indore after public toilet built above water pipeline appears to have let sewage into supply

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/02/sewage-in-drinking-water-deaths-india-cleanest-city-indore

10 dead as sewage mixes with drinking tap water in India

Ukraine’s secret service warns of a staged high-casualty attack, potentially targeting a church in the run-up to Russian Orthodox Christmas. 


https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-warns-russia-putin-plans-false-flag-attack-disrupt-peace-talks/

Ukraine warns Putin plans false flag attack inside Russia to derail peace talks

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-us-will-intervene-if-iran-violently-suppresses-peaceful-protests-2026-01-02/

Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests

China imposes taxes on condoms and contraceptives to combat declining birth rates amid ongoing population challenges.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-taxes-condoms-contraceptive-drugs-in-bid-to-spur-birth-rate/article70462667.ece

China taxes condoms, contraceptive drugs in bid to spur birth rate

It would mark the first time the Chinese firm has outpaced its American rival for annual sales.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rjwpvmpzo

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