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Continue ReadingMonth: August 2023
Voting delays mark Zimbabwe’s election as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second term
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delays of up to 10 hours in mostly opposition strongholds marked voting in Zimbabwe on Wednesday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed elections. Long lines continued after sunset at some polling stations
Continue ReadingHow Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Ron DeSantis ’ path to national prominence started in Florida’s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war passions and deployed them in education policies. In the name of “parental rights,” the Republican governor has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and limited what Florida schools can teach about
Continue ReadingTaliban carried out hundreds of extrajudicial killings after seizing power, UN says
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Taliban fighters have committed hundreds of extrajudicial killings since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021, despite a “general amnesty” meant to protect the previous government, according to the United Nations. In a reported released Tuesday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) counted at least 218 extrajudicial killings
Continue ReadingReportan un raro virus transmitido por mosquitos en Alabama y Nueva York, con una muerte
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Los funcionarios de salud de dos estados advierten a la gente que tome precauciones contra las picaduras de mosquitos debido a la presencia del virus de la encefalitis equina del este, que se propaga a través de la picadura de mosquitos infectados. Se han notificado dos casos en personas de Alabama,
Continue ReadingIn deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
By REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety. And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by
Continue ReadingHow Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as they dangled precariously hundreds of feet in the air. With little to drink and some of them drifting in and out of consciousness, the six children and two
Continue ReadingHeavy flooding near Grand Canyon’s southern rim prompted power outages and over 100 evacuations
By Joe Sutton, Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Heavy flooding just south of the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park prompted shelter-in-place orders, power outages and more than 100 evacuations of residents and guests, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said. About 70 students from the nearby Grand Canyon Unified School District who
Continue ReadingTsai renews her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense during her visit to war memorial
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense as she visited a war memorial from the last time Taiwan and China battled. Tsai, visiting the outlying islands of Kinmen where the conflict was fought, commemorated those who had died in the conflict.
Continue Reading5 formas de identificar a un narcisista
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No todos los narcisistas son CEO, famosos o personajes de una serie policíaca. De hecho, pueden estar más cerca de lo que crees. Según el Dr. W. Keith Campbell, profesor de Psicología de la Universidad de Georgia, existe el trastorno narcisista de la personalidad, que es poco frecuente y afecta a
Continue ReadingAt least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing. The storm began to slowly spin away late
Continue ReadingMLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have A Dream” is one of American history’s most famous orations and most inspiring. On Aug. 28, 1963, from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Martin Luther King
Continue ReadingProsecutor says 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start a civil war
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves “the new founding fathers” and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. “They didn’t like the U.S. government. They didn’t like the state
Continue ReadingAt March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. The historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom remains a marker by which progress is measured. But that progress
Continue ReadingAt March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. The historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom remains a marker by which progress is measured. But that progress — namely civil
Continue ReadingAllies say Guatemala election winner is a highly qualified peacebuilder, but opponent’s still silent
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo’s experience in peacebuilding and diplomacy eminently qualify him to lead Guatemala as the conflict-riven country’s next president, those who know him say. But first he will have to overcome forces that could keep him from taking power. Guatemalans voted for
Continue ReadingWho takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary so far. Former President Donald Trump won’t participate Wednesday night. But Trump’s absence offers the other candidates opportunity.
Continue ReadingRepublican candidates fight each other, and mostly line up behind Trump, at the first debate
By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought — sometimes bitterly – over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign. But on
Continue ReadingThaksin moved from prison to a hospital less than a day after his return to Thailand from exile
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s divisive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been transferred from prison to a hospital less than a day after he returned from 15 years of exile and started serving an 8-year sentence. He returned to Thailand on the same day that a party linked to him
Continue ReadingChinese-backed port project in Peru to be the ‘gateway from South America to Asia,’ official says
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the regions. The port of Chancay, 60
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