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Portugal’s presidential election draws 11 candidates, making a later runoff vote likely 01/04/2026 04:32am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A record number of 11 candidates in Portugal's upcoming presidential election kicked off their campaigns on Sunday. The official two-week campaign period preceding the Jan. 18 election will see the contenders competing to capture voters' support. However, the broad field m 49ers' offense goes silent against Seahawks, costing them NFC's No. 1 seed 01/04/2026 12:28am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The game started with the San Francisco 49ers unable to generate a single first down in the first quarter. It ended with Brock Purdy on his back after a crushing hit on a fourth-down incompletion. It wasn't much better in between for the 49ers. An offense that was nearly Seahawks secure No. 1 seed in NFC and division title with dominant 13-3 win over 49ers 01/04/2026 12:02am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are heading into the playoffs with the NFC's No. 1 seed, and even more important, a defense that proved it can stop even the most potent offenses in the league. Zach Charbonnet scored on a 27-yard run in the first quarter and Seattle shut down the h US military operation in Venezuela disrupts Caribbean holiday travel, hundreds of flights canceled 01/03/2026 11:38pm • The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela that day, according to FlightRadar24.com. And major airl Seahawks clinch No. 1 seed with dominant 13-3 win over 49ers 01/03/2026 11:00pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Zach Charbonnet scored on a 27-yard run in the first quarter and Seattle shut down the high-powered San Francisco offense in a 13-3 victory over the 49ers on Saturday night that secured the No. 1 seed for the Seahawks in the NFC playoffs. Seattle (14-3) won its first div In their words: Survivors and others talk about fatal Swiss Alpine bar fire 01/03/2026 09:01pm • CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English Littler wins back-to-back world darts titles at 18 01/03/2026 08:53pm • LONDON (AP) — Luke Littler is a back-to-back world darts champion at the age of 18. The English phenom beat Gian van Veen of the Netherlands 7-1 in the final at Alexandra Palace on Saturday to secure a record winner’s prize of 1 million pounds ($1.35 million) and underline his status as a genera The Latest: Trump says US will run Venezuela at least temporarily after military option 01/03/2026 08:48pm • Hours after a dramatic military operation ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said the United States would “run” Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. U.S. operation FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims as he discusses US raid to extract Venezuela's president 01/03/2026 06:45pm • President Donald Trump on Saturday held an extended news conference to explain the U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, at times veering off topic and repeating false claims around his initiatives. In praising the military, Trump highlighted National Guard deploy How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro 01/03/2026 04:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the U.S. military had been amassing a presence off Venezuela's coast and conspicuously blowing up alleged drug trafficking boats and killing the occupants. At the same time, U.S. intelligence agencies were carefully studying the country's authoritarian President Nicol Security advisers discuss peace proposals in Ukraine ahead of leaders' summit 01/03/2026 02:43pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — National security advisers from Europe and other allies visited Kyiv on Saturday to discuss security guarantees and economic support as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine intensifies. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, preparing to travel to Par Venezuela operation planning began months ago with intelligence officials tracking Maduro's movements, US general says 01/03/2026 12:15pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela operation planning began months ago with intelligence officials tracking Maduro's movements, US general says. A timeline of the US military's buildup and strikes against Venezuela leading to Maduro's capture 01/03/2026 10:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations What happened in Venezuela? Breaking down the U.S. military operation 01/03/2026 10:08am • President Donald Trump confirmed early Saturday in a social media post that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been taken into U.S. custody, just hours after reports of multiple explosions ringing out across Caracas surfaced. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the U.S. carried out a "large- From bus driver to president: Venezuela's Maduro never escaped his predecessor's shadow 01/03/2026 08:53am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolás Maduro, who rose from unionized bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country’s democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured Saturday during an attack by U.S. forces on his capital. U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early morning soci