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Early Saturday morning, the Trump administration demonstrated that it could, with enough preparation, potentially kidnap or kill just about any leader that it wants. Turning that power into effective control over how foreign countries govern themselves is a much rougher test. The raid on Caracas was an unsettling demonstration of the effectiveness of U.S. air and sea power. With no American casualties and no significant damage to equipment, U.S. air and special forces assets were able to crack open Venezuelan air defenses and abscond with President Nicolás Maduro. Early Saturday morning, the Trump administration demonstrated that it could, with enough…

In any principles of economics class, students learn the difference between accounting profit and economic profit. Accounting profit, which is what one typically understands when discussing “profit,” is total revenue minus your monetary costs. It is what appears on the bottom line of an accounting statement as “profit.” Economic profit is a broader term. Recall that, for economists, “cost” is a term of art: it is the highest-valued alternative not undertaken. This includes both monetary costs and alternative uses of your resources, often called implicit costs. Economic profit, thus, is total revenue minus total costs (both your monetary and your…

Africa Cup of Nations7:00 PMJanuary 4, 2026Round of 16Al-Medina StadiumReferee: Peter Waweru, Kenya Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. South Africa World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Cameroon World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing444 (86%)Accurate passes193 (74%) Turn off spoiler to view match events Substitutes 5 M Talent Mbatha 24 F Shandre Campbell 11 F Have mercy on me 12 F Elias Mokwana 13 M We have found refuge 3 D Talk Ndamane 2…

The pull of social media and the internet has become too big to ignore in modern sports franchises. In the case of major American sports leagues like the NBA, the influence has been immense. By helping to unlock new markets and fanbases all over the world, social media and the worldwide appeal of viral content […] The post The Top 3 Viral NBA Moments That Defined 2025 appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Avalanche search and rescue canines like Hank help keep people safe on the slopes of Big Sky Resort in Montana. Big Sky has 8 dog teams, including Hank, that train for years to be qualified to be avalanche dogs. TRUCKEE, Calif. – A snowmobiler lost his life on Monday when an avalanche occurred in Truckee, California.A 911 call was received by the Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center at 2:19pm PT as a transfer call from Washoe County’s 911 center. The caller reported a possible avalanche that unfolded among a group of snowmobilers, with one unaccounted for. DANGERS OF AVALANCHES, AND…

by AI | 06.Jan 2026 | Europe in brief AI According to the responsible EU Commissioner, the proportion of deportations among people who entered the EU illegally rose significantly in 2025. In his opinion, that is still not enough. An airplane takes off at BER Airport behind a fence with NATO wire. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Berlin (dpa) – The EU Commission assumes there was a significant increase in deportations from the European Union in the past year. “The deportation rate rose in the first three quarters from 19 percent in 2023 to 27 percent in 2025. This means that in…

Further deceleration. Figure 1: Final sales to private domestic purchasers (bold black), Nov SPF (tan), GDPNow of 1/5 (light blue square), 2023-24 stochastic trend (gray), in bn.Ch.2017$ SAAR. Source: BEA, Atlanta Fed, Philadelphia Fed, and author’s calculations. This entry was posted on January 5, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Kevin Durant revelled in hitting the winning shot against the Phoenix Suns, claiming afterwards he had been “booted out” by his former team last summer. Durant joined the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster trade that involved seven teams in July. And on his first appearance against his old employers he had the last laugh, sinking a 27-foot shot with 1.1 seconds remaining to give the Rockets a 100-97 win. It capped a strong performance from the 37-year-old, who scored 26 points to help Houston move to 22-11 for the season. Durant enjoys winning moment Durant admitted it was a sweet…

Flash Flood threats and alerts remain in effect for portions of California, as torrential rain inundated parts of the region yesterday, causing two major highway closures. More rain is expected today, with snow for higher elevations.SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A man has died after being swept away during flooding on the West Coast this weekend, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.Multiple public safety agencies responded to a storm-related water rescue on North San Marcos Road in Santa Barbara, California, just before noon on Saturday.Family members called police to report that a man had been swept into Maria Ygnacio…

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges Jan. 5 in New York federal court. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country,” Maduro told the judge. U.S. troops captured Maduro and Flores at their home in Caracas, Venezuela, in the early hours of Jan. 3 and transferred them to the U.S. The Justice Department first indicted Maduro in 2020 for alleged drug-related actions dating to 1999. A newly unsealed and updated indictment filed in the Southern District of New York charges Maduro…