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🔮 Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are expected to face new criminal charges in the US over the alleged torture of Americans held in the South American country, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
🔮 Under the proposal, non-immigrant students with F-1 visas would be required to pay US$70,000 to a certified institution for on-the-job training, known as Optional Practical Training (OPT), and US$30,000 for any additional work training.
🔮 Brazil's Bolsonaro pledges broad review of Lula-era taxes
BRASILIA, Oct 7 - Brazil presidential candidate Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Wednesday his team was studying constitutional amendments to revise parts of a planned consumption-tax reform — alongside other fiscal measures — arguing the current design would leave the country with an excessively high tax burden.
🔮 Kotlikoff released a video statement over the weekend in which he said "we must do better" and the school would take "a serious look at the role of fraternities and sororities in campus life."
🔮 Trump says he may ask FBI to look into Nolan Wells death
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was considering asking the FBI to look into the death of an 18-year-old Black man whose body was found on a Mississippi barrier island following a Fourth of July trip with friends.
🔮 The World Health Organisation said on Oct 7 it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not yet have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of a laboratory technician.
🔮 Mexico's reform to block dual citizens from running for president will take effect on Wednesday, amid criticism that the ruling party designed the move to block opposition candidates.
🔮 Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will launch a joint motion with the small far-left BSW party in a regional parliament calling for an end to military support for Ukraine, an AfD spokesperson said on Wednesday.
🔮 Trade unions in Spain on Wednesday announced a nationwide general strike over housing issues for November 11, a protest that will take place a few weeks before a snap election in which rising rents and evictions have become campaign topics.
🔮 Asked for comment, a Hezbollah official said an amount had been secured and a plan for distributing it would be announced in the coming days, without elaborating on the source of the funds.
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