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Month: July 2023

‘Tengo muchas preguntas’: una amiga de Mónica De León Barba está incrédula por su regeso a salvo después de estar cautiva en México durante ocho meses

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Mónica De León Barba, ciudadana estadounidense que, según el FBI, fue secuestrada en México en noviembre, se reunió con su familia. De León Barba fue liberada por sus captores la semana pasada, aproximadamente ocho meses desde que fue secuestrada mientras caminaba a casa del trabajo con su perro, dijo el FBI

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Divisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-in

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union and Latin American leaders have concluded a summit that was supposed to be a  love-in after eight years of separation with a second full day of aggravation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Europe’s fervent support of Ukraine clashed with  the more distant approach pervasive in

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Russia targets Ukraine’s port of Odesa and calls it payback for a strike on a key bridge to Crimea

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa before dawn Tuesday in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula. The Russians first sought to wear down Ukraine’s

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‘They were disgusted. They were embarrassed’: Police commissioner tells CNN about Gilgo Beach suspect’s family

By Elizabeth Wolfe, John Miller and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Family members of the Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect were shocked, disgusted and embarrassed when they learned about the crimes he is accused of committing, police say. “It’s a very good thing that we got this animal off the streets,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner

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Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says

By Rachel Clarke, Ashley Killough, Sarah Moon and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department are

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Israeli protesters block highways, train stations as Netanyahu moves ahead with judicial overhaul

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of protesters have blocked highways and train stations and massed in central Tel Aviv during a day of countrywide demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul. The protests, now in their seventh month, have taken on a sense of urgency as Netanyahu and his

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German director of Florence’s Academy Gallery who defended David’s image fears for museum’s future

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Since she arrived in 2015, the German director of Florence’s Accademia Gallery has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David, while winning landmark court cases to protect the familiar image of the marble masterpiece against misuse. But even as Cecilie Hollberg highlights her

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Spain’s early election could put the far right in power for the first time since Franco

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s general election on Sunday could make the country the latest European Union member swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish Socialist Workers’

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Bill that would allow French police to locate suspects by tapping their devices is up for a vote

By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers are planning to vote on a justice reform bill that would allow law enforcement agents to obtain the locations of some criminal suspects by remotely tapping into digital cameras, microphones and other internet-connected devices. The proposed law stipulates that the procedure can be executed “without

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