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Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoUnited States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has met with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas, as part of a push from US President Donald Trump to ramp up oil and mineral production in the South American country.On Wednesday, the meeting culminated with the announcement that Rodriguez would submit a proposal to reform Venezuela’s mining laws to the country’s legislature in the coming days.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBurgum also expressed optimism that economic relations between the US and Venezuela would continue to tighten.“The opportunities for collaboration and synergy between our two…

Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana assisted several police officers in physically ejecting a man who interrupted a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday to object to the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran.The protester — Brian McGinnis, who describes himself as a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race — said shortly afterward that his arm was broken during the clash with police and the senator. The U.S. Capitol Police accused him of “violently” assaulting officers.The incident took place at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing that featured testimony from members of the Joint…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fire officials are investigating after a commercial building exploded Wednesday in Logan Township, New Jersey, injuring multiple people.Four Savita Naturals employees inside the building were injured, and remain in critical condition, according to officials.Witnesses told affiliate FOX 29 they felt the blast from hundreds of feet away.One witness told the outlet he called 911 after seeing someone on fire emerge from the building. Crews worked to put out a fire after a building exploded in New Jersey. Gloucester County Emergency Management officials said the explosion caused extensive damage to the facility, as…

Dozens of Canadians have managed to leave Iran on their own by crossing the border into neighbouring countries, government officials said late Wednesday, as Ottawa laid out its regional evacuation options amid a “rapidly” deteriorating situation. With airspace over much of the Middle East closed as the war between Iran, the U.S. and Israel expands, officials acknowledged during a technical briefing with reporters that “there is not much we can do at this very moment” to get people out of Iran.Global Affairs Canada is instead surging additional personnel to consulates in countries bordering Iran to provide visa assistance and other…

Republicans in the US Senate have backed Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, voting ‌to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war.

Other candidates for supreme leader include Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founder and a champion of the reformist faction sidelined in recent decades.The favourite, however, appears to be Mojtaba Khamenei, who has amassed power as a senior figure in the security forces and the vast business empire they control, the Iranian sources said. Choosing him would signal that hardliners remain in charge.Some Iranians have openly celebrated the death of the supreme leader, whose security forces killed thousands of anti-government demonstrators only weeks ago in the biggest domestic unrest since the era of the revolution.But Iranians angry with the government…

The US-Israeli assassination of Iran's top leadership has left a power vacuum in the country.

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Okta — Okta beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter expectations , leading shares of the identity security provider to add about 2%. Okta reported adjusted earnings of 90 cents per share on $761 million in revenue, exceeding analysts’ estimate of 85 cents per share in earnings and $749 million in revenue for the period, per LSEG. Broadcom — Shares of the heavyweight chipmaker flitted between gains and losses in the extended session. Broadcom reported strong results for its fiscal first quarter , posting revenue that grew 29% year over year. The company’s adjusted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 12-year-old Southern California girl has died days after she was struck in the head during what her family says was a bullying incident at school, prompting a homicide investigation and renewed concerns about student safety and pediatric head trauma protocols.Khimberly Zavaleta, a student at Reseda High School in Los Angeles, was injured in a hallway altercation during school dismissal, according to her family. They allege another student threw a metal water bottle that hit her in the head.Khimberly’s mother, Elma Chuquipa, told ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC that her daughter had…

A majority of Canadians say members of Parliament should not be allowed to cross the floor to another party and should face an “immediate” byelection if they do so, a new poll suggests. However, Wednesday’s Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found Canadians’ displeasure with floor-crossing MPs has not hurt the overall approval for Prime Minister Mark Carney or his Liberal government.In fact, those approval numbers have gone up since last year, with over one-third of Canadians saying they are even more supportive of Carney after three MPs left the Conservatives to join the Liberals in recent months.“They’re prepared…