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Pretending to help Donald Trump

Members of the Danish armed forces practise looking for potential threats during a military drill in September last year as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. PHOTO: REUTERS ARCHIVE

The alarming events of the past couple of weeks have made it clear that not one but several crises are likely to occur in the relatively near future.

Uncertainty hangs over Venezuela

Workers sort waste at a recycling centre in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday as daily life continues after the United States launched a strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. PHOTO: REUTERS

Here's what’s probably happening in Venezuela today.

Is Rubio leading the US towards a forever war?

US President Donald Trump (right) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all "sanctioned" oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela ports, which is technically an act of war.

Geoengineering for grown-ups

The Al-Nigazah forest in Khoms, Libya, which is exposed to drought due to climate change. PHOTO: REUTERS

A few days ago the European Union’s Earth Observation programme, Copernicus, made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate.

Venezuela: performative murder

A sign depicting Uncle Sam being kicked is displayed as supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attend a ceremony hosted by Maduro at Miraflores Palace to swear in new community-based organisations, as US President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up pressure on Maduro’s government, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 1, 2025. Photo: Reuters

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week "if you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to the United States".

Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges

The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images

Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting and they don’t take any more land", US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday

Ukraine: once more around the loop

An exhibition of military hardware and equipment said to have been destroyed and captured by Russian armed forces in the course of the conflict against Ukraine, at the Victory Museum, Moscow. PHOTO: REUTERS