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Boy Returns Home, US Warms to Venezuela, Epstein's Libyan Scheme Unfolds

US Embassy in Venezuela to Reopen as Relations Thaw

CARACAS – The United States is taking steps to normalize relations with Venezuela, reopening its diplomatic mission in Caracas after seven years of closure. Laura Dogu, the US chargé d'affaires for Venezuela, arrived in the South American country on Saturday to lead the reopening, Euronews reported.

The move comes almost a month after a US military operation deposed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to Euronews. The embassy's reopening signals a thaw in relations following the partial release of political prisoners.

The US embassy was closed in 2019.

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In other news, Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, 26, who was arrested during protests on January 8, has been released on bail, Sky News reported. Soltani's family had been informed that he faced the death penalty, according to Kurdish and Iranian human rights organization Hengaw. US President Donald Trump had previously warned he would take "strong action" if any protesters were executed.

The death toll in the Swiss bar fire at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day has risen to 41, Sky News reported. An 18-year-old Swiss national died in a Zurich hospital on Saturday from injuries sustained in the blaze, according to the Swiss public prosecutor. More than 100 others were injured in the fire.

Al Jazeera reported that a five-year-old boy and his father, asylum seekers from Ecuador, who were detained as part of President Trump's immigration policies, have returned to their home in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian, spent 10 days in the Dilley detention center until US District Judge Fred Biery ordered their release on Saturday.

Additionally, a newly released document shows that an associate of late US financier Jeffrey Epstein had outlined plans to pursue access to Libya's frozen state assets, Al Jazeera reported. The document, an email sent to Epstein, was released by the United States Department of Justice on Friday. The email outlined financial and legal opportunities linked to political and economic uncertainty in Libya.

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