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Month: January 2023

Biden adviser meets Netanyahu amid unease over his govt

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, the highest level meeting between the two allies since Israel’s most right-wing government ever took power last month. Sullivan’s visit comes amid unease in Washington over Netanyahu’s policies and over several members of his ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox governing

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UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders seeking to prevent the trafficking of looted cultural objects from Ukraine amid Russia’s war against its neighbor. UNESCO partnered with Poland’s Culture Ministry to hold three days of

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60% de las personas que sufren hambre en América Latina y el Caribe están en Sudamérica; Venezuela y Ecuador, los países más afectados

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — En América Latina y el Caribe, 56,5 millones de personas padecieron hambre en 2021, unos 13,2 millones más que en 2019, antes de la pandemia. De esa cifra, 34 millones de personas vivían en Sudamérica, según un reporte de las Naciones Unidas. Las cifras sobre el hambre, desnutrición y seguridad

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Dallas Cowboys sign kicker Tristan Vizcaino as insurance after Brett Maher’s historically poor playoff performance

By Ben Morse, CNN The Dallas Cowboys signed Tristan Vizcaino to their practice squad after starting kicker Brett Maher endured a historically inaccurate playoff performance on Monday. Maher missed an NFL-record four extra point attempts in the Cowboys’ blowout 31-14 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The

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Striking French workers lead 1 million people in protest over plans to raise retirement age

By Joseph Ataman, Marguerite Lacroix and Hanna Ziady, CNN Strikes disrupted train services, flights, schools and businesses in France on Thursday as more than one million people protested against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age for most workers. Protests in major French cities, including Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes and Nice, brought many transport

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Climate misinformation ‘rocket boosters’ on Musk’s Twitter

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New research shows climate misinformation has been flourishing on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform last year. Analysts at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue find searches for information about climate change turned up recommendations for content that denied the reality of climate change or made misleading

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