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• US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

  03-01-2026 23:44 via smh.com.au
  
  A plane carrying the deposed leader landed late on Saturday afternoon (Sunday morning AEDT) in New York.
  
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• Venezuela strikes live updates: Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York after being captured by US government; Trump reveals US will ‘run’ Venezuela

  03-01-2026 23:32 via smh.com.au
  
  After taking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into US custody, US President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ‘run’ the country and tap its vast oil fields. Follow for live updates.
  
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• Trump ‘doesn’t have an exit plan’ after capturing Venezuelan president

  03-01-2026 22:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Former White House advisor Laura Schwartz said Donald Trump doesn’t appear to have an “exit plan” after capturing Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
  
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• In claiming American strength, Trump also highlights weakness

  03-01-2026 22:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The US appears to have completed a bold act of regime change in unseating Nicolas Maduro, but what unfolds next for Venezuela and the world is not so clear-cut.
  
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• How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro

  03-01-2026 22:09 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump has disclosed how US forces spent months rehearsing operations against Venezuela, mapping every move of Nicolas Maduro, including his safe house.
  
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• US takes control of Venezuela after capturing Nicolas Maduro

  03-01-2026 21:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States has taken control of Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a late-night military operation.
  
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• US captures Venezuela’s leader and his wife in stunning operation and plans to prosecute them

  03-01-2026 20:51 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump has insisted the US government will run the country at least temporarily and tap Venezuelan’s vast oil reserves to sell to other countries.
  
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• Swiss bar managers under investigation for ‘negligent homicide’ after deadly inferno

  03-01-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The French couple are suspected of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing fire by negligence, Swiss police said in a statement.
  
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• Venezuela strikes live updates: Nicolas Maduro ‘captured’ as Trump reveals US will ‘run’ Venezuela

  03-01-2026 19:16 via smh.com.au
  
  After taking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into US custody, US President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ‘run’ the country and tap its vast oil fields. Follow for live updates.
  
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• Trump says Venezuela's president and wife captured after 'large-scale strike'

  03-01-2026 11:27 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and removed from the country.
  
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• Why is the US attacking Venezuela?

  03-01-2026 11:20 via smh.com.au
  
  After months of build up the US has attacked Venezuela, and claims to have taken President Nicolas Maduro and his wife into US custody. How did it get to this?
  
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• Trump claims US carried out strikes on Venezuela and captured president

  03-01-2026 10:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has been flown out of the country, Donald Trump claimed on his social media platform.
  
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• Venezuela strikes live updates: Nicolas Maduro ‘captured’ after Trump confirms bombings in Caracas

  03-01-2026 10:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Smoke was seen rising from sites in Caracas. US officials told CBS that President Donald Trump had ordered strikes inside Venezuela.
  
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• Venezuela crisis LIVE: Caracas accuses US of attacking civilian and military targets

  03-01-2026 09:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Smoke was seen rising from sites in Caracas. US officials told CBS that President Donald Trump had ordered strikes inside Venezuela.
  
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• Explosions and low-flying aircraft in Venezuela’s capital amid US tensions

  03-01-2026 08:53 via smh.com.au
  
  People in various neighbourhoods rushed to the streets, while soldiers have been seen guarding the presidential palace.
  
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• Teen arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired NYE plot

  03-01-2026 08:39 via smh.com.au
  
  US authorities say they thwarted an ISIS-inspired terror plot planned for New Year's Eve.
  
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• Reports of explosions in Venezuela's capital

  03-01-2026 08:24 via smh.com.au
  
  At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft have reportedly been heard and seen in Venezuela's capital Caracas.
  
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• How Ukrainian spies tricked Russia into paying a $US500,000 bounty

  03-01-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  As far as the Russians were concerned, they had got their man. And they unwittingly delivered the money on his head straight into Ukraine’s hands.
  
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• Elon Musk’s Grok AI floods X with sexualised photos of women and minors

  03-01-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  One expert says he warned that the AI chatbot was “a nudification tool waiting to be weaponised”.
  
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• ‘Ready to go’: Trump threatens Iran over protest crackdown

  03-01-2026 03:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The president and top Iranian officials have exchanged threats as widening protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.
  
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• Art of the deal: Melania is the first of White House ladies to milk it for millions

  03-01-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Unlike first ladies before her, Melania Trump manages to turn her official role into content for money-making ventures.
  
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• A flashover probably occurred during the Swiss nightclub fire. Here’s what that means

  03-01-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Soaring temperatures in enclosed-space fires mean the entire contents of a room can ignite almost simultaneously, with unsurvivable consequences for those inside.
  
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• A flashover likely occurred during the Swiss nightclub fire. Here’s what that means

  03-01-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Soaring temperatures in enclosed-space fires mean the entire contents of a room can ignite almost simultaneously, with unsurvivable consequences for those inside.
  
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• Teen arrested in US in alleged ISIS-inspired NYE attack plot

  03-01-2026 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  An 18-year-old was arrested after allegedly intending to carry out a terror attack using knives and hammers on New Year's Eve.
  
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