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forces apprehended the tanker Tuesday without incident.

The seizure is part of the Trump administration's effort to control Venezuela's oil.

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The Japanese public broadcaster NHK says a man who admitted to assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison.

Abe was fatally shot about three and a half years ago during a campaign event.

New York's Metropolitan Opera has announced layoffs and other measures to try to save $40 million over the next two years.

The Met Opera is the largest performing arts organization in the United States.

NPR's Anastasia Siolkas reports.

President Trump's tariff threats over Greenland are fueling a global sell-off in stocks.

Stocks in Europe losing ground and the financial markets in Asia were mixed at the close.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei down four-tenths of a percent and the markets in South Korea, Australia, and Taiwan fell.

Investors waiting to hear from President Trump, who was preparing to deliver remarks at the World Economic Forum.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is making it clear that mutual cooperation among allies is the only way to ensure global economic stability.

Macron speaking Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, amid President Trump's push to take control of Greenland.

Trump is to deliver his own remarks Wednesday, but his flight aboard Air Force One got off to a rocky start.

Trump was forced to return to the D.C.

area to switch planes when Air Force One developed what the White House says was a minor electrical issue about an hour after takeoff.

The Justice Department's investigation into state and local officials in Minnesota is widening.