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Month: July 2023

Palestinian factions meet in Egypt seeking reconciliation as violence surges in the West Bank

CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions have met in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts amid surging violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. With the main groups, Hamas and Fatah, split since 2007 and with repeated reconciliation attempts having failed, expectations were low for the one-day meeting. Participants at the closed-door meeting

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Constitutional referendum to remove presidential term limits divides Central African Republic

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA and ZANE IRWIN Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday in a highly anticipated vote on a new constitution, which could remove presidential term limits. The new constitution would replace the one adopted at President Faustin Archange Touadera’s inauguration in 2016,

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At least 5 dead and 7 wounded in clashes inside crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least five people have been killed and seven others wounded during clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. The officials say fighting broke out in Ein el-Hilweh on Sunday after an unknown gunman tried to kill Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion

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Salvage crews begin towing a burning cargo ship to a new location off the Dutch coast as smoke eases

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews have started towing a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of new cars to a temporary anchorage location off the northern Dutch coast after smoke from the stricken vessel eased. On Saturday night, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management had said the Fremantle Highway was unlikely

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A la Antártida le falta una cantidad de hielo marino del tamaño de Argentina, y los científicos se esfuerzan por descubrir por qué

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — A medida que el hemisferio norte se sofoca bajo una ola de calor de verano sin precedentes, mucho más al sur, en pleno invierno, se está rompiendo otro récord climático aterrador. El hielo marino antártico ha caído a niveles sin precedentes para esta época del año. Cada año, el hielo marino

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Call to arms: Thousands of Revolutionary War stories are waiting to be told. A new project asks the public to help uncover them

By Carly Breland and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence. The Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription Project aims to transcribe

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Kenya ofrece desplegar 1.000 policías en Haití para combatir la violencia de las pandillas

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Kenya ofreció desplegar 1.000 policías en la nación caribeña de Haití, en medio de enfrentamientos armados entre grupos criminales y la policía, dijo en Twitter el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Kenya, Alfred Mutua. “A pedido del Grupo de Naciones Amigos de Haití, Kenya aceptó considerar positivamente liderar una Fuerza Multinacional

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