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Venezuela offers $100,000 reward for exiled opposition candidate
Venezuela’s controversial presidential election led to the country’s government offering a $100,000 reward for help capturing the exiled opposition candidate. Edmundo Gonázlez Urrutia claimed fraud in July 2024 and insisted he beat President Nicolás Maduro. The National Electoral Council, aligned with Maduro, declared him the winner with approximately 51.2% of the vote. Gonázlez claimed he won… -
What’s behind Elon Musk’s call for UK prisoner Tommy Robinson’s release?
Elon Musk, a key figure in U.S. politics and a member of President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle, is making waves in the United Kingdom. Through a series of posts on X, Musk has called for government intervention in the ongoing “grooming gangs” scandal. His remarks began Wednesday, Jan. 1, with a call for the release… -
Tesla fails to grow sales in 2024 for the first time in more than a decade
Tesla has been on a tear to close out 2024, but its annual sales are telling a different story. Tesla deliveries on the year declined for the first time since 2011, according to company data released Thursday, Jan. 2. Tesla delivered about 1.79 million cars in 2024, down from about 1.81 million in 2023. That’s about… -
Japan’s Nippon makes last-minute promise to close US Steel deal
Japan’s Nippon Steel reportedly told the White House it would give the U.S. government veto power over any reduction in U.S. Steel’s production capacity if the merger is approved. The eleventh-hour promise comes as President Joe Biden must decide the fate of the $15 billion deal by Jan. 7. Nippon guaranteed it wouldn’t reduce production… -
Americans will need a REAL ID to board domestic flights in 2025
Before people start to plan their 2025 vacations, they need to make sure their driver’s license or state ID complies with a federal law set to take effect in May 2025. The REAL ID law, which has faced multiple delays over two decades, will take effect for passengers boarding domestic flights. Congress passed the REAL… -
Smoking one cigarette takes 20 minutes off a person’s life: Study
A new study is offering new statistics about smoking ahead of 2025. As many people set New Year’s resolutions, whether it’s losing weight or saving money, there’s one goal that consistently tops the list but proves to be the hardest: quitting smoking. While giving up smoking isn’t easy, researchers at a UK-based study said that… -
Arbor Day Foundation to replant 10M trees in 6 hurricane-ravaged states
Hurricanes killed hundreds of people and caused damage across large swaths of the United States in 2024, including the destruction of countless trees in the South. The Arbor Day Foundation vowed to replant 10 million trees to replace those lost in the six most storm-ravaged states. The Nebraska-based nonprofit organization told The Guardian on Tuesday,… -
Parents of alleged school shooter in Serbia sentenced to prison
In Serbia, the parents of a teenage boy who allegedly carried out a school shooting in 2023 were convicted and sentenced in connection with the crime on Monday, Dec. 2024. Police said the boy, Kosta Kecmanovic, committed the first mass school shooting in the country’s history. The suspected killer was 13 years old when he… -
Nantucket nonprofit says wind farm will harm whales, petitions Supreme Court
A Massachusetts non-profit is standing up against a project bringing wind turbines to the Nantucket coast. ACK For Whales is challenging the federal approval granting the Vineyard Wind project, turning to the U.S. Supreme Court for help. The federal government gave the green light in 2021 to develop wind energy 15 miles from Nantucket and… -
Taliban to shut down all NGOs employing women
The Taliban announced it plans to close all non-governmental national and foreign groups in Afghanistan that employ women. This comes two years after the group told NGOs to stop employing Afghan women, allegedly because women weren’t wearing their Islamic headscarves correctly. In a letter posted to X on Sunday, Dec. 29, the Taliban-run Economy Ministry… -
Social media could use facial recognition to root out underage users in UK
Social media platforms in the U.K. could be tasked with using facial recognition technology to “drive out” underage users. Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, will officially lay out plans next month to keep kids off social media, as research shows an increased number of young children on the sites. “The sort of thing that we might… -
Trump open to keeping TikTok ‘around for a little while’ after 2020 sanctions
President-elect Donald Trump is rethinking his opposition to TikTok with less than a month before it faces an outright ban in the U.S. Trump’s comments come after his electoral victory in November, which saw significant gains with young voters. “I’m going to have to start thinking about TikTok,” Trump said at a conservative conference in… -
North Korea providing additional military aid to Russia
Satellite images show North Korea is increasing its supply of arms to Russia. Russia’s war with Ukraine is now approaching the three-year mark. According to The Wall Street Journal, North Korea is expanding its arms production and then shipping them to Russia. The article states millions of artillery shells have allowed Russia to fill the…
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