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The skyline of Tokyo city, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Monday, after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, while oil prices edged lower amid uncertainty over the oil-rich country and risk premiums. Following the attack, Maduro and his wife,…

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Smith on Maduro capture: 'I don't think it fundamentally changed drug trafficking in America at all'

Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Sunday that he does not believe the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will have any significant impact on the scope of drug trafficking in the United States. “No, I don’t know,” Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,”…

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Trump warned by Denmark to stop threatening Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 28, 2025.  Nadja Wohlleben | Reuters Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned President Donald Trump to stop threatening to acquire Greenland just a day after the U.S. carried out a military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. “The…

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