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Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

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Anatoly Kurmanaev， Julian E. Barnes and Julie Turkewitz
Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

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A statue of a hand holding a drilling rig near the headquarters of Venezuela’s state oil company in Caracas.

Mexico’s President Is Popular. So Is Her Professional Lookalike.

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James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, has recent approval ratings as high as 79 percent. An actress with a startling resemblance, Tamara Henaine, is taking advantage of the moment.

© Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times

Tamara Henaine, a Mexican actress who resembles President Claudia Sheinbaum, has been impersonating her for six years.

As Winter Nears, Russian Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Cause Blackouts

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Andrew E. Kramer
Every fall since the war started in 2022, Russia has targeted electricity and heating infrastructure in an effort to weaken Ukrainians’ will to continue fighting.

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Central Kyiv on Friday after a huge Russian missile and drone strike cut power to swathes of the city. It was the second large attack on Ukraine’s grid this week.

Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned

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Sopan Deb
Thirty canvases, many created for viewers of Ross’s PBS series, “The Joy of Painting,” will be sold to benefit public television stations grappling with funding cuts.

© Bob Ross Inc., via Associated Press

Ross became a beloved pop culture figure through “The Joy Of Painting,” which ran for more than a decade beginning in 1983.
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