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U.S. authorities have charged 20 people with ‍rigging college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games, according to a federal indictment released on Thursday, including some individuals previously charged in an NBA-related ‌gambling probe.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to escalating protests in Minneapolis following a series of confrontations between demonstrators and federal immigration officers.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump warned Minnesota leaders to rein in the unrest, writing, "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State."

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Iran has appeared to bow to pressure from the United States after postponing the execution of a 26-year-old clothes shop owner who was scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday, January 14.

Erfan Soltani became the first protester in the latest wave of unrest in Iran to receive a death sentence after taking part in demonstrations last week. His family had publicly appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene.

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Republicans in the U.S. Senate have effectively blocked a rare war powers resolution that sought to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force in Venezuela.

The measure had advanced in a procedural vote last week after five Republican senators joined Democrats in support, marking a surprising setback for Trump following a U.S. operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a White House meeting on Thursday, citing his commitment to her country’s liberation. During their first face-to-face encounter since U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Machado hailed the occasion as a "historic day." While Trump celebrated the act on social media as a "wonderful gesture of mutual respect," the Nobel committee issued a statement clarifying that the prize is legally non-transferable.

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday, intensifying tensions in the Minnesota city just days after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman during an enforcement operation.

The Department of Homeland Security said federal officers began pursuing the man after a targeted traffic stop, alleging he was in the United States illegally after arriving from Venezuela. According to DHS, the pursuit ended when the man exited his vehicle and became involved in a physical altercation with an ICE officer.