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Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) – “We are called to rebuild a society in which we all participate. The Jubilee Year has ended, but hope has not; on the contrary, it remains alive in our hearts,” said Archbishop Polito Rodríguez of Barquisimeto during the Mass celebrated on January 14 in the town of Santa Rosa on the

By InSight Crime Tareck El Aissami is a high-profile Venezuelan politician who was arrested on corruption charges. Over the course of his political career, he held senior posts in the administrations of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, including Executive Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Petroleum — positions from which he laid the groundwork

By:Markus Schmidt Just hours before the Virginia General Assembly was set to convene, Democrats on Tuesday held onto two House of Delegates seats in special elections, extending a winning streak that has followed a wave of legislative departures to fill key roles in Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s incoming administration. By 8 p.m., Democrat Gretchen Bulova defeated Republican

By Rikard Jozwiak The European Union says it will start lifting sanctions this month first imposed on Kosovo in summer 2023, when Pristina implemented the results of controversial elections in the Serb-dominated north despite warnings from Brussels. The move could potentially resuscitate the Balkan country’s EU hopes, allowing this to be the year its EU membership

By Mikheil Gvadzabia Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has been sentenced to five years in prison in a high-profile money laundering case, as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday that Gharibashvili, who pleaded guilty, reached an agreement in exchange for a reduced jail sentence, which had been