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1. Trump says he has 'absolute right' to declare emergency, faces 16-state lawsuit

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump declares he will prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

2. Venezuela's defence minister offers defiant response to Trump speech

   

   Venezuelan troops will remain stationed along the country's borders to prevent territorial violations, the defence minister said Tuesday, ahead of the opposition's plan to bring in humanitarian aid to alleviate an economic crisis.

3. Voices from a Haitian hospital: Bullet wounds, shortages and frustration

   

   Since Feb. 7, protests have erupted across Haiti over billions of dollars in allegedly misappropriated government dollars and a devaluation of the Haitian currency, the gourde.

4. Trump aides ignored warnings on Middle East nuclear power plan, report says

   

   Top White House aides ignored repeated warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials and a close friend of President Donald Trump to advance a multibillion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, Democratic lawmakers alleged in a report released Tuesday.

5. Swiss rescuers find 4 people alive after avalanche, but fear more may be buried

   

   Swiss mountain rescue teams have pulled out four people who were buried in a mid-afternoon avalanche at the popular ski resort of Crans-Montana and are searching for others still alive, police say.