Carrie Kahn

There isn't one glass window still intact.

You see furniture strewn about, clothes everywhere, and people are just looking around, seeing if they can recognize anything of what these apartment buildings look like.

Dubai reporting heavy explosions there as its air defense systems engaged incoming missiles and drones.

An oil refinery in Kuwait was also hit today.

And Qatari officials tallied damage estimates from an Iranian strike yesterday.

to a major natural gas complex there.

They say it will top $20 billion in lost revenue.

Yes, it does snow in parts of Brazil's far south occasionally, but Lucas Pinheiro Brathen credits his childhood in Brazil playing soccer for building his passion for sports, not skiing.

Until two years ago, he competed for Norway's team where his father's from, but in 2023 took up Brazil's flag.

After winning the giant slalom gold Saturday, he did a samba dance on the Olympic podium and in an interview with Brazilian press, credited his win to Brazilian strength.

Brazil's president congratulated Pinheiro, calling him an inspiration that, quote, widens the horizon for Brazilian sport.

And while the weather may be in the high 80s in Rio for Carnival weekend, many are celebrating Brazil's O Carro do Ski, its skiing dude.

Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

Secretary Wright was upbeat about recent Venezuelan oil sales, the loosening of U.S.

sanctions, and legislative changes opening Venezuela's oil industry to private investment.

He says the U.S.

and the Venezuelan people's goals are the same.

doubt the world.

Wright was greeted at the Mirror of Florida's presidential palace by interim president Delce Rodriguez.

He said he will visit oil fields and meet with oil executives, but said so far there have been no discussions about setting a timetable for democratic elections.