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America's Coast Guard reportedly boarded a second oil tanker this weekend off the coast of Venezuela, although details remain sketchy. On Saturday, Christy Noem, America's Secretary

of Homeland Security, said that another ship had been boarded that was operating as part of the

Venezuelan shadow fleet to traffic stolen oil.

Donald Trump has ordered a complete blockade of oil tankers under sanctions that enter or

leave Venezuela.

A week after the killing of 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, Australia's

Prime Minister announced a review of the

police and intelligence agencies. Anthony Albanese was attending a memorial event in Sydney,

when he was met with booze and jeers. Many Australians think he could have done more to prevent

the attack by Islamic State and to curb the spread of anti-Semitism. North Korea rebuked an

unnamed Japanese official who suggested on Thursday that the country should possess nuclear weapons.

The government in Pyongyang said that fulfillment of that ambition should be prevented at any

cost, and claimed that it will bring mankind a great disaster.

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