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Mourners gather at mass for Swiss bar fire victims

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Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Crans Montana Reuters Laetitia Brodard, whose teenage son Arthur died in the fire, was comforted by friends In the snow-dusted street outside St Christopher’s Church, hundreds joined a special Sunday Mass for the victims of the fire that tore through Le Constellation bar on New Year’s Eve. Many hugged … Read more

Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day

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Rubio’s statements on TV talk shows seemed designed to temper concerns about whether the assertive American action to achieve regime change might again produce a prolonged foreign intervention or failed attempt at nation-building. They stood in contrast to Trump’s broad but vague claims that the U.S. would at least temporarily “run” the oil-rich nation, comments that suggested … Read more

Odds Trust Shakur Stevenson. Teofimo Lopez Never Does

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This makes sense, at least on the surface. Stevenson is reliable. He does what he does. He controls space. He limits exchanges. He wins rounds in a way that leaves very little residue. From a betting perspective, that is comforting. Chaos is expensive. Stevenson is anti-chaos. Lopez, meanwhile, has been priced like an inconvenience. Not … Read more

Venezuela’s capital Caracas is unusually quiet with stores and gas stations closed, a day after Maduro was deposed by U.S.

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A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, one day after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation. Venezuela’s capital Caracas was unusually quiet Sunday with few vehicles moving around. Convenience stores, gas stations and other businesses were mostly closed. A day before, lines wound through stores and outside gas stations as uncertain … Read more