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WASHINGTON / CARACAS — U.S. troops captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores during a coordinated assault that struck multiple sites in Venezuela shortly after 2 a.m. local time on 3 January 2026. The pair were removed from the country within hours and are now in U.S. custody facing federal narcotics-related charges, […]
Micron Technology Inc. is entering 2026 with higher expectations for revenue growth and profitability, driven by firmer pricing for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash components. The U.S. chipmaker has reacted to the favorable backdrop by expanding its investment program, signaling confidence that the current demand cycle for memory products will persist well beyond […]
Analysts anticipate only modest movements in crude benchmarks following President Donald Trump’s removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, concluding that ample global supply should mute any immediate shock to energy markets. Production Constraints Temper Market Reaction Venezuela, an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) founding member, holds the world’s largest proven crude reserves. Despite […]
Western Digital Corporation’s stock has climbed sharply in 2025 as expanding cloud budgets and larger artificial-intelligence (AI) workloads lift demand for the company’s high-capacity hard disk drives. The storage manufacturer, traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker WDC, now sits among the 20 best-performing dividend stocks of the year after gaining more than 280 percent […]
Major U.S. carriers restored service to Puerto Rico and other Caribbean destinations early Sunday after the Federal Aviation Administration ended a short-lived airspace restriction prompted by U.S. military strikes in Venezuela. The ban, imposed late Saturday, had required commercial aircraft to avoid wide sections of the region, leading to hundreds of cancellations and stranding thousands […]
Two of the most recognizable figures in American finance, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, have separately reiterated that putting time, money and effort into personal development delivers the greatest long-term payoff. Although the two investors employ different approaches in the markets, both emphasized in recent interviews that enhancing one’s own skills […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado lacks the nationwide support needed to assume power following the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. His remarks came hours after U.S. forces conducted a series of air and ground strikes inside Venezuela, apprehending Maduro and his […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a U.S. military raid that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power has ignited an immediate clash on Capitol Hill, with Republicans largely applauding the action and Democrats insisting the move violated constitutional limits on the use of force. The operation, carried out earlier in the week and announced […]
IonQ Inc. has entered 2026 standing at a pivotal moment for both its technology and its shareholders. The Maryland-based quantum-computing company reported triple-digit revenue growth in its most recent quarter and revised full-year guidance sharply upward, yet its share price remains volatile after a dramatic peak in 2025. Over the next five years, IonQ’s ability […]
ABC News Live started the new year with a brief but notable installment of its ongoing feature “America Strong,” a 1-minute-58-second video released on Jan. 2, 2026 that highlighted “bright moments that warm the heart.” The segment aired as part of an otherwise crowded news lineup dominated by a high-profile U.S. military operation, severe weather, […]
Washington says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was taken into custody during a pre-dawn operation on Saturday, 3 January 2026, after U.S. forces carried out what President Donald Trump described as a “large-scale strike” in and around Caracas. Witnesses in the Venezuelan capital reported several explosions shortly after 2 a.m. local time. Photographs circulating on social […]
Hundreds of commercial flights across the Caribbean were grounded on Saturday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instructed carriers to avoid specific regional airspace in the wake of overnight U.S. strikes on Venezuela. The directive disrupted travel at the height of the post-New Year return rush, leaving thousands of passengers stuck at airports from Puerto […]