The United States seeks to ease some energy sanctions against Venezuela.
Mexico officially counts more than 100,000 people missing since 1964. The FDA authorizes the booster vaccine against covid-19 for children 5 to 11 years old.
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He was tortured by Russian soldiers, shot in the face and buried alive
On the side of a remote road in the northern Chernihiv region of Ukraine, Mykola Kulichenko shows the unmarked grave in which he and his two brothers were buried three and a half weeks after the war began, on land occupied by the Russian forces.
Mykola struggles to tell a story that he shouldn't be alive for and believes he was allowed to cheat death so he could speak for all those who can't.
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US seeks to ease some energy sanctions against Venezuela
The government of Joe Biden will ease some energy sanctions against Venezuela to favor political discussions between the questioned President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition, two senior administration officials told CNN.
The first step will allow Chevron ––the last major US oil company still operating in Venezuela––to negotiate its license with the state oil company PDVSA to continue its activities in the country.
What implications will the relief of US sanctions have on Venezuela?
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They authorize reinforcement against covid-19 for children from 5 to 11 years old
The US Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for children ages 5 to 11 to receive a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster at least five months after completing the first vaccination schedule.
The company's data shows that a third dose increases antibodies against the omicron variant 36-fold in this age group.
Booster dose in children increases antibodies against omicron, says Pfizer 0:46
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17 people arrested in relation to the murder of prosecutor Pecci
At least 17 people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in Colombia last week, according to authorities in that country.
Among those arrested are citizens of Colombia, Venezuela, Italy, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands and Albania.
The police highlighted the capture of Diego Mauricio Blanco, the alleged head of one of the largest cocaine trafficking operations in Brazil, known as 'Clan Rocha'.
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The body of anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci arrived in Paraguay 0:31
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Shanghai declares a milestone in its fight against covid-19, but residents hesitate
Shanghai officials said they achieved "zero COVID-19 at the community level," in what appeared to be the turning point of a heavy-handed and costly campaign to control an outbreak of the omicron variant.
However, many residents remain skeptical that the city will reopen soon.
Meanwhile, a total of 860,000 people remain under the strictest quarantine level.
The strictest quarantine in the world becomes more extreme 4:41
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They warn that UFOs are "a potential threat to national security"
"Unidentified aerial phenomena are a potential threat to national security. And they should be treated that way," Democratic Congressman André Carson warned during a public hearing in the US House of Representatives on a controversial issue that it has long been relegated to the fringes of public policy.
US Congress analyzes classified videos on UFOs 2:33
The third round of orders for free covid-19 tests opens in the US
The Biden administration opens CovidTests.gov for a third round of orders, while reiterating its calls for Congress to act on additional Covid-19 response funding.
Families will be able to request eight additional tests, bringing the total to 16.
How to get free covid-19 tests in the US 2:19
A grandson at all costs? Parents sue their only child for not making them grandparents
Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad, who live in northern India, filed an application this month for 50 million Indian rupees (about $643,000) in damages against their son, 35, and daughter-in-law, 31, for not give them grandchildren after six years of marriage.
Parents sue their 30-year-old son for refusing to leave home 0:39
Elon Musk puts conditions on the agreement by Twitter
Elon Musk has escalated his public dispute with the Twitter CEO, stating that his acquisition of the social media company "can't move forward" until he sees more information on the prevalence of spam accounts.
Without citing a source, Musk said that Twitter has 20% of such accounts and suggested that Twitter's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission were misleading.
Why was the Twitter purchase deal paused?
What Elon Musk Says 0:52
Why the fashion world has a toe fetish
In the last year, a number of couture designers have taken inspiration from toes.
"Designers love to take on a challenge," said Maria Bobila, Nylon's fashion editor.
"They want to turn something super polarizing and 'ugly' into fashion, making it a coveted piece."
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Mexico officially counted more than 100,000 disappeared persons since 1964, according to data from the National Registry of Disappeared and Unlocated Persons of the Ministry of the Interior.
The cry of mothers looking for their missing children 3:21
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“White supremacism is poison, it is a poison… that runs through our body politic”
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, did not hesitate to describe the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, as an act of domestic terrorism and condemned the racist ideology of the man accused of perpetrating the massacre.
Furthermore, he said that silence in the face of supremacism is "complicity."
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A businessman from Turkey lives with his particular family made up of animals
Mert Akkök is a businessman from Istanbul, Turkey, who lives with almost 70 rescued animals.
With him live 18 dogs, 46 seagulls, three cats, a horse and a donkey.
See what a day is like at his house.
This man from Turkey lives with nearly 70 rescued animals 1:01
