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Chimney up, Sistine Chapel primped as cardinals prepare to elect next pope

The complex and secretive election process is set to begin this week following the death of Pope Francis.

  • Rob Harris

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Venezuelan immigrant Ricardo Prada Vásquez in 2021. 

Ricardo took a wrong turn after picking up a McDonald’s delivery. It was a fateful error

Delivery driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez was heading to a customer’s address in Detroit when he found himself on a bridge that leads to Canada. What happened next upended his life.

  • Miriam Jordan
Trump thinks this battleground will play to his strengths. Australians will recognise the territory

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants, for now

The court issued the order after the men’s lawyers asked it to intervene on an emergency basis, saying they faced imminent deportation without the judicial review the justices previously ordered.

The US deportees are marched into the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca. The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy is a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed.

‘Most extreme measure yet’: Trump invokes wartime law to deport migrants to infamous mega-prison

The law requires a president to declare the US is at war. It has only been invoked three times, and not for about 80 years.

  • Iona Cleave
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Six foreigners arrested over alleged ‘CIA-led plot’ to kill Venezuela’s president

The US says any claims of its involvement in a plot to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro are “categorically false”.

  • Manuel Rueda
The president has declared an early Christmas, but many Venezuelans are in no mood to celebrate.

This country will have Christmas in October. People are not happy

With a nationwide blackout, a broken economy and a widely contested election result there are only so many things a leader can do to win popular support.

  • Julie Turkewitz
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Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope

As China continues to extend its programs of global reach, even into Latin America, democracies need to be alert to Beijing’s active exploitation of chaos.

  • Peter Hartcher
The British ship HMS Trent has been sent to the waters off Guyana as tensions rise after Venezula revived a claim over part of Guyana’s territory.

Maduro orders drills to counter ‘threat’ after British warship sent to Guyana

In national address, the Venezuelan president committed 6000 troops, air and naval forces to conduct operations near the territory he wants to take from Guyana.

  • Manuel Rueda
A woman sells fruit in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included and the words “All of Venezuela. Vote yes five time on December 3”, in Caracas.

Another land grab attempt is underway, this time on the other side of the world

Following massive offshore oil discoveries in the region and with elections coming, the Venezuelan president appears to have taken a leaf out of Putin’s playbook.

  • Regina Garcia Cano and Jorge Rueda
A Mauritanian migrant who crossed the US southern border shows the address of a Manhattan shelter he kept in the compartment of a ring during his journey.

‘Looking for Pedro’: Smugglers send migrants to specific locations in New York City

At the airport in Nicaragua, the migrants all knew in advance to ask for a man who is featured in a popular TikTok video thanking Mauritanians who come to the United States for trusting him.

  • Jay Root

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