Venezuela's Maduro dismisses US sanctions, mocks Trump #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

A defiant Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mocked the sanctions Washington slapped on him Monday after Sunday's election of a new legislative superbody that prompted the White House to call him a dictator for "seizing absolute power."

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LA to host 2028 Olympics with Paris set for 2024 Games #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

Los Angeles was formally chosen on Monday to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in a deal that virtually assures that the 2024 Summer Games will be held in the rival candidate city of Paris, Olympic officials announced.

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US Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Sam Shepard dies at 73 #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. He was 73.

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Trump removes Anthony Scaramucci from communications director role #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was forced out Monday after barely 10 days in his post, as Donald Trump's new chief of staff asserted his authority on his first day in office.

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