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Tech titans unite

31 janvier 2026 à 05:22
Tech titans have mobilized against California’s proposed 5% billionaire tax —- and no wonder, as the tax could strip some of the state’s richest inventors of controlling interests in the companies they founded. The moguls’ effort, dubbed Building a Better California, points anew to state government’s failure to prioritize the public good over gluttonous special...

Venezuela announces mass amnesty plan for political prisoners dating back to Chavez era

31 janvier 2026 à 05:05

Delcy Rodríguez also plans to close notorious El Helicoide prison as opposition figures remain wary over new leadership

Venezuela’s acting president announced on Friday a proposal for mass amnesty in the country, in her latest significant reform since the US toppling of Nicolás Maduro just weeks ago.

In a speech at the Venezuelan supreme court attended by top government officials, Delcy Rodríguez said she would propose a “general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present”.

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© Photograph: Leonardo Fernández Viloria/Reuters

© Photograph: Leonardo Fernández Viloria/Reuters

© Photograph: Leonardo Fernández Viloria/Reuters

Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Epstein island, files show

30 janvier 2026 à 23:26

Newly released documents reveal Lutnick sent email to ‘Jeff’ and floated plan for ‘Sunday evening for dinner’

Howard Lutnick, currently serving as Trump’s US secretary of commerce, arranged to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s island in 2012, according to Epstein-related files released by the Department of Justice on Friday.

According to the newly released documents, on 20 November 2012, Epstein’s longtime assistant emailed Lutnick saying that “Jeffrey Epstein understands you will be down in St Thomas some over the holidays” and that “Jeffrey requested I please pass along some phone numbers to you so the two of you can possibly get together.”

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© Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

© Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

© Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

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