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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Mara Corina Machado is free and “in a safe place” in a bizarre episode that capped a day of protests she led seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power. In a post on her official account on X, she said “I am now in... More determined than ever before to continue with you UNTIL THE END!”. Machado, 57, is a hard-liner and former lawmaker who stayed and fought against Maduro even after many of her allies among opposition leaders went into exile in the face of repression. In a last minute move, she backed unknown outsider, retired diplomat Edmundo González, who crushed maduro by a more than two-to-one margin. US President-elect Donald Trump has also weighed in, in a post on his own González has been in Spain in self-imposed exile since early September. He fled Venezuela following a month of hiding as Maduro's forces cracked down on dissent.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 05:04:41

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Nicolás Maduro will extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he is sworn in on Friday. On Thursday, aides to opposition leader Mara Corina Machado said she was briefly detained by security forces and coerced into recording videos. She had emerged from months of hiding to join the rally to demand that opposition candidate Edmundo González be reworn in as president. Leaders in the Americas and Europe condemned the government for the opposition collected tally sheets from more than 80% of electronic voting machines. The court reaffirmed Maduro’s victory without providing thorough evidence. But neither the council nor the ruling party produced any evidence that the opposition-published tallies had won. González says his son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped in Caracas. His daughter suggested the government was behind her husband's disappearance.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it would scrap third-party fact-checking. In many ways, he cast the decision as reflecting the zeitgeist. The re-election of United States President-elect Donald Trump signalled a “cultural tipping point” towards free speech. Fact-checking efforts can have a positive effect on countering misinformation. The effect appears to be modest, not least due to the vast quantity of information online. A 2023 mega-study involving 33,000 participants in the US found that warning labels and digital literacy education enhanced the ability of participants to correctly rate headlines as true or false. Wihbey said the history of media is littered with new forms of journalism that came and went in response to changing societal, cultural and political circumstances. "Perhaps the fact-checking movement will be reinvented in new ways, but the precise media form and branding will change," he said.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jimmy Carter was honoured with a stated funeral and the National Cathedral in the US capital on Thursday. President-elect Donald Trump visited Carter’s casket, which laid in the middle of the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects. US President Joe Biden was tasked with delivering the eulogy, less than two weeks before he leaves office. Jimmy Carter's casket was loaded once more on a plane after state service. The late president was due to receive one final honouring, a private funeral. Biden said he learned that “strength of character” is more important that titles or power.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Conflict is threatening cultural heritage through intentional destruction, looting, and damage during wars. Both conflict and neglect result in the loss of irreplaceable history, traditions, and cultural identity.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jesus Medina Ezaine spent 16 months in a Venezuelan military prison accused of crimes he said were related to his work as a photojournalist. But another prison stint seemed imminent, especially after the contested re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “The media is scared,” Medina said. “The Venezuelan regime does not tolerate any comments or information against them,” he added. He spent two months holed up in different locations in the capital Caracas. A wave of repression As many as 2,500 people were ultimately detained in the post-election protests, according to government statistics. Another 25 people were killed, in what independent investigators for the United Nations called “unprecedented levels of violence” A UN fact-finding mission announced earlier this month that at least 56 political opposition activists, 10 journalists and one human rights defender were among the arrested between August and December. "Maduro is not going to leave on his own, we must make him leave with the strength of a population that never gives up," Machado says. The Maduro government has ramped up security and deployed more than 1,200 military personnel to cities across the country. In turn, the government has also detained more than 12 human rights defenders, political activists, and relatives of opposition figures. "They will try to put an end to everything that they consider the opposition," he added. "What I have decided is that, no matter what, I’ll fight for my country"

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Carter built houses for the poor, helped eradicate lethal diseases and spoke out about thorny political issues. As president from 1977 to 1981, historians say Carter also placed a rhetorical emphasis on human rights that set a new standard for other leaders around the globe. Historians also note that Carter showed a willingness to discard human rights concerns during his presidency when faced with abuses committed by US allies in countries like South Korea and Indonesia. Amnesty International has popularised the language of human rights on the world stage. Foreign policy hawks saw the language as a tool that could be wielded against adversaries such as the Soviet Union in the global contest for influence and legitimacy. Carter’s national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dismissively said in an internal memo that he wanted recommendations based on “serious” policy. The administration met what was perhaps the most serious test of its commitment to human rights in East Timor, which had sought independence. Instead, the administration increased support to Indonesia’s military government. The Carter Center, a human rights nonprofit founded by the late President Carter, was not able to respond to inquiries from Al Jazeera before publication. In South Korea, historians say Carter adopted the messaging of a military government facing human rights criticism. Journalist Timothy Shorrock says the Carter administration was wary of losing a useful Cold War ally. He says the US supported the South Korean leadership by freeing up military resources that allowed troops to put down the uprising. He adds that when a US aircraft carrier was sent to the region, protesters convinced of US rhetoric on democracy and human rights believed the US was coming to intervene on their behalf. Carter asserted that the US was helping South Korea maintain its national security against a threat of “communist subversion” it was the kind of rhetoric that South Korean leaders had long used to justify repressive and antidemocratic measures.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Since its opening on 21 December 2024, the Harbin Ice and Snow World has welcomed 846,200 visitors, an increase of 24.7% compared to last year.

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Published on: 09/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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The United States House of Representatives votes in favor of a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The bill now heads to the Senate, where a Republican majority was sworn in earlier this month. It proposes sanctions for any foreigner who helps the ICC in its attempts to investigate, detain or prosecute a US citizen. United Nations experts denounce Israel’s methods in Gaza as “consistent with the characteristics of genocide” US legislators threatened retaliation against the ICC. In a letter sent to outgoing US President Joe Biden in May, dozens of human rights groups urged him to reject calls for punitive action. The ICC, based in The Hague, is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression. Israel has been a member since 2015, and the court first announced an investigation of crimes committed there by both Israeli and Hamas officials in 2019. The US has supported the court at times, for example, when the ICC’s top prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

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Published on: 09/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo strike to earn Real Madrid a 3-0 win over Mallorca. Madrid have the chance to earn revenge for their heavy Clasico defeat in LaLiga in October. Real Madrid made the early running against last season's Copa del Rey runners-up. Kylian Mbappe appealed for a penalty after going down under pressure from Dani Rodriguez. Madrid lost Aurelien Tchouameni early in the second half after he hurt his head. Madrid must wait on the availability of Luka Modric for Sunday’s final. Modric became Madrid’s oldest goalscorer when he netted last week against Valencia in LaLiga. Mallorca struggled to find a way back in and ended up contributing.

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Published on: 09/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Maria Corina Machado is arrested after re-appearing in public for the first time in months a day before the third inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro. She has been in hiding in recent months, following a government crackdown on dissent in the wake of the contested July 28 presidential election. Alessandro Rampietti said Machado defied previous threats and attempts to detain her. “The government has repeatedly promised that they would arrest her if she tried to show up at one of these protests”. There was a relatively small turnout for Thursday’s protests as riot police were deployed in force.

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Published on: 09/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Elon Musk live-streamed his conversation with AfD candidate Alice Weidel via his social media platform X on Thursday. More than 190,000 X accounts tuned into the chat, which saw Musk introducing weidel as “the leading candidate to run Germany”. The United States technology billionaire is set to have a role in the administration of Donald Trump. Musk and Weidel agreed that Germany was hamstrung by a “crazy” energy policy, excessive bureaucracy and uncontrolled immigration. “People love to censor things they don’t agree with,” said Musk. Meloni's government is weighing up a possible communications security contract relying on Starlink, part of Musk’s SpaceX business. Italy is facing a dilemma over how to protect its sensitive communications.

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