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The date has been set for the biggest royal wedding of the year, with Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein marrying businessman Leopoldo Maduro
Nine
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July 29, 2025
Wedding bells will soon be ringing with the date for the biggest royal wedding of the year officially set. Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein, the daughter of Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie, has announced the date of...
Middle East Crude-Oman hits six-month peak; Dubai, Murban steady
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 30, 2025
The Middle East crude benchmark spot premium of Oman jumped on Wednesday to a six-month high, while that of Dubai and Murban were largely steady. The market has been underpinned by supply-demand tightness and rising interest as some Indian buyers...
‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison
The Guardian
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July 29, 2025
Arturo Suárez struggles to pinpoint the worst moment of his incarceration inside a prison the warden boasted was “a cemetery of the living dead”. Was it the day inmates became so exasperated at being beaten by guards that they threatened to hang...
Venezuela: Political Persecution a Year After Elections
Human Rights Watch
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July 28, 2025
(Washington, DC) – Venezuelan authorities are carrying out widespread abuses against critics through politically motivated arrests, a year after the presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. Hours after polls closed on July 28, 2024,...
Oil rises on US-EU trade deal, hopes of China truce
Azzet
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July 28, 2025
Oil prices rose on Monday as optimism around global trade improved following a new trade deal between the United States and the European Union, while hopes for an extended truce in U.S.-China tariff tensions also supported sentiment. By 3 pm AEST...
"Eugenio Suarez's value just plummeted" - Fans gutted as MLB's most coveted trade chip exits game following scary HBP
Sportskeeda
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July 29, 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez is arguably the most coveted player ahead of the trade deadline. Teams pursuing the All-Star infielder received a setback on Monday after Suarez exited the game against the Detroit Tigers with an...
Human Rights Watch: Venezuela's Maduro regime employs 'systematic' repression against critics
WLRN - Florida
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One year after Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election, the government of President Nicolás Maduro is continuing to kill, detain, torture and disappear critics in a “systematic” campaign of repression, according to a new report by Human Rights...
Man Accused of $1.88 Billion Fraud in Jalisco Deported from Las Vegas to Venezuela
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 29, 2025
Carlos Lazo, the Venezuelan executive accused of defrauding thousands of investors, has been deported from Las Vegas to Venezuela. There, he faces charges for his role in a $1.88 billion fraud scheme. The fraud has impacted 3,675 individuals who...
Eugenio Suárez, potential Tigers trade target, leaves game after being hit by pitch
MLive - Michigan
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July 29, 2025
DETROIT -- Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez threw a brief jolt into the trade market when he left Monday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit in the right hand. Suárez was struck by a 96 mph fastball from Detroit Tigers...
Eugenio Suarez Leaves Game After Being Hit By Pitch As Trade Speculation Swirls
Sports Illustrated - New York
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July 29, 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez is baseball's consensus top trade candidate this season, as the Diamondbacks appear primed to rent out their slugger ahead of his free agency. However, a wrench was thrown into their plans Monday....
MLB Trade Deadline Target Eugenio Suarez Exits Game After Being Hit On Hand By Pitch
Fox Sports
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July 29, 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suarez hopes he avoided major injury when he was hit in the right index finger by a pitch late in Monday night's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Suárez, who is a candidate to be traded to a...
Maduro Consolidates Criminal Power in Venezuela Municipal Elections
InSight Crime - Washington D.C.
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July 28, 2025
Venezuela held municipal elections on July 27 to mark the end of this election cycle, which the regime of President Nicolás Maduro used to consolidate its control over key territories where the country’s primary criminal economies are...
Venezuelan Migrants Describe Hellish Stay in El Salvador Jail
Tico Times
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July 27, 2025
Mervin Yamarte left Venezuela with his younger brother, hoping for a better life. But after a perilous jungle march, US detention, and long months in a Salvadoran jail surviving riots, beatings and fear, he has returned home a wounded and changed...
Red Sox 'Who Says No?' Trade Idea Gets 18 HR 1sr Baseman For No. 2 Prospect
Newsweek
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July 28, 2025
Since May 2, when Triston Casas stumbled over the first base bag running out a grounder, tore the patellar tendon in his left knee and was lost for the season, the Boston Red Sox have been in need of a first baseman. Journeyman Abraham Toro has...
Venezuela Municipal Elections 2025: A Triumph of Peace, Participation, and Democratic Resilience
teleSUR
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Venezuela municipal elections 2025: Venezuela celebrates a peaceful, high-turnout electoral process as over 21.5 million citizens vote in the 2025 municipal elections and National Youth Consultation—proving the strength of participatory democracy....
False Anti-imperialism and the Class Struggle in Venezuela
Marxism-Leninism Today
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July 28, 2025
July 9, 2025 Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal An interesting debate has opened up in the prestigious online media outlet LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal regarding the character of the Venezuelan government and the...
Twins trade starting pitchers Chris Paddack and Randy Dobnak to Detroit for catching prospect
KNOX Radio - North Dakota
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July 28, 2025
With four days remaining until the MLB trade deadline, the Twins made their first move Monday when they traded pitchers Chris Paddack and Randy Dobnak to the Detroit Tigers. Paddack, the 29-year-old righthander who will reach free agency at the...
Eugenio Suárez trade package: What Tigers could give up to get him from D-Backs
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez is the hottest name in baseball as the trade deadline approaches, set for 6 p.m. Thursday, July 31. The 34-year-old is the best bat available in a thin market, ahead of Ryan O'Hearn and Marcell...
Global Oil Prices Rise Amid Trade Optimism and Supply Uncertainty
Jordan News
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July 28, 2025
Oil prices rose on Monday following signs of easing global trade tensions, as the United States reached a trade agreement with the European Union and talks progressed toward extending tariff suspensions with China. These developments helped ease...
Tigers trade for pitchers Chris Paddack, Randy Dobnak from Twins
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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The Detroit Tigers have made a trade. The Tigers acquired right-handers Chris Paddack and Randy Dobnak from the Minnesota Twins on Monday, July 28 — just three days before the MLB trade deadline, which is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Although...