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US wins release of Venezuela-held Americans in swap with Maduro

President Joe Biden’s administration said Venezuela freed seven detained Americans, including several U.S. oil executives, in a prisoner swap involving two members of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s family.

Tribune News Service

Biden announces release of ‘CITGO 6’ US executives held prisoner in Venezuela

Executives held since 2017

The Independent UK

Aukus will lock in Australia’s dependence on US, intelligence expert warns

Clinton Fernandes argues in provocative new book the security pact will make it impossible to have an independent defence policy

The Guardian - AU

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Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans in prisoner swap

Venezuela on Saturday freed seven jailed Americans, including five oil executives, in exchange for Washington's release of two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, U.S. officials said.

Reuters

Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners

Venezuela’s government has freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions

The Independent UK

Devastation caused by Hurricane Ian among worst in US history, Biden says

President Joe Biden said the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida is likely to rank among the worst in U.S. history and pledged aid “for as long as it takes.”

Tribune News Service

Danes: Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking

The Danish Energy Agency says one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped leaking natural gas

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Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? Experts share their predictions for 2023

Three scholars of different parts of U.S. society affected by the pandemic — public health, education, and the economy — evaluated how “over” the pandemic is in their worlds.

Inverse

Joe Biden says US ‘will not be intimidated’ by Vladimir Putin

It comes after Mr Putin pledged to use “all means” to defend four new territories that he declared part of Russia

Evening Standard

Students scammed by for-profit schools will benefit most from Biden’s loan forgiveness plan

For-profit colleges enroll only 8% of college students, yet they account for 30% of all student loan defaults. These schools often lure in first-generation students, those from low-income communities, and veterans, through aggressive marketing and federal loans and grants.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cha-ching! Biden embraces his election-year fundraising role

President Joe Biden is picking up the pace of his high-dollar fundraisers for Democratic candidates and party committees in the closing weeks before Election Day in November

The Independent UK

Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case

The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers leader is relying on an unusual strategy with Donald Trump at the center

The Independent UK

Supreme Court's top cases for new term, new Justice Jackson

The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday and will hear arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson among its nine members

The Independent UK

‘Turn on the lights’: Cubans protest post-Hurricane Ian blackouts

Power outages have reportedly led Havana to make rare request to US for emergency assistance.

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The Guardian - US

DeSantis’s pleas for hurricane aid raise hackles amid vast partisan divide

The Florida governor passes the hat for disaster relief.

WEKU

How local and national leaders are tested by major natural disasters

If handled well, storms like Hurricane Ian can cement politicians' images as community leaders — competent and trusted to help constituents get what they need. If mishandled, they can mar legacies.

The Guardian - US

Gun reformers feel history is on their side despite bleak outlook in Congress

The few Republican supporters of gun restrictions have faced backlash from the party faithful

Salon

Trumpers trolled Biden with son's photos

In the final days of his presidency, Trump’s team allegedly took steps to sabotage their successors

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Salon

Trump says McConnell has "a death wish"

The statements against McConnell were made during yet another of Trump's Truth Social rants

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden warns tyrant Vladimir Putin 'every inch' of NATO territory will be defended

Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked the world on Friday by announcing the the biggest annexation in Europe since World War 2 with four regions of Ukraine declared as Russian

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 220

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 220th day, we take a look at the main developments.

ABC News

As Russia's President Vladimir Putin announces the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, what happens now?

Moscow says four occupied Ukrainian territories will become part of Russia in a move dismissed by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Here's a quick look at what could unfold next.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

Tribune News Service

Gov. Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke spar in debate. Will it affect the governor’s race?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Democrat Beto O’Rourke may have outperformed Republican Greg Abbott in Fridays gubernatorial debate, but it’s unlikely to be enough to cause major changes in the race’s final weeks, experts say.

ABC News

‘We have let this drift’: US says further work to do after signing Pacific Islands partnership

The United States concedes it let its relationship with Pacific Island nations "drift" before reaching a historic new partnership agreement with the region.

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