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Cuba on Jan 15 received the remains of its 32 soldiers killed in combat during the US attack on Venezuela and stunning capture of its president, Mr Nicolas Maduro, paying homage to the troops as national "heroes".

The remains of the soldiers, members of Cuba’s armed forces and intelligence agencies, arrived early on Jan 15 at Havana’s international airport, in caskets draped in the Cuban flag, Reuters reported. 

Cuba has provided some security for Mr Maduro since he came to power. It was not clear how many of the fallen Cubans were guarding the Venezuelan president when they died, or how many may have perished elsewhere.

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday that she was submitting a proposal to reform the country's hydrocarbon law, as investors in the U.S. push for easier access to the South American country's oil industry, Reuters reported. 

Rodriguez said the reforms would "allow these investment flows to be incorporated into new fields, fields where no investment has ever been made and into fields where there is no infrastructure."

Rodriguez said funds from oil would go to workers and public services, according to Reuters. 

A small French military contingent has arrived in Greenland's capital Nuuk, officials say, as several European states deploy small numbers in a so-called reconnaissance mission, BBC reported. 

The limited deployment, which also involves Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK, comes as US President Donald Trump continues to press his claim to the Arctic island, which is a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the initial contingent would be reinforced soon with "land, air, and sea assets".

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has told reporters that she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it, BBC reported. 

"I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans," she said after meeting Trump, the first time the two have met in-person. 

In the weeks after US forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Trump has declined to endorse Machado, whose movement claimed victory in 2024's widely contested elections, as its new leader, according to BBC.