Firefighters began to slow the spread of deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles area Thursday after the ferocious winds that drove the fast-moving flames diminished, but the largest blazes still burned out of control.
The United States issued new Venezuela-related sanctions on Friday, including measures targeting state oil company PDVSA chief Hector Obregon, according to a notice on the Treasury Department's website.
The government of President Nicolás Maduro says he did not. The stakes for Friday’s swearing-in of the man who will govern Venezuela for the next six years have never been higher in this century. González had never imagined he would be carrying the weight of the main opposition faction,
Former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia. Artist Luke Jerram during the unveiling of his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, at the Bath Assembly Rooms in England.
The fires in the Los Angeles area have consumed about 45 square miles — roughly the size of the city of San Francisco.
President Joe Biden's administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections.
Uncontrolled wildfires are sweeping through California and the suburbs of Los Angeles while more than ... country had faced since a 2010 earthquake. Venezuela also suffered record-breaking numbers ...
The USMNT is currently training at Inter Miami’s training facility in preparation for their Jan. 18 match against Venezuela at ... the ongoing threat of the Los Angeles wildfires.
Also, Los Angeles firefighters worked to contain the city’s largest fires. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are serious about defending their World Series title, now boasting three pitchers—Sasaki and two more Japanese aces—as they aim to build the most lethal pitching staff in the MLB for 2025.
President Joe Biden's administration has extended by 18 months the temporary protected status for migrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela due to "extraordinary and temporary conditions" in those nations.