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Month: September 2023

India’s devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sanjay Chauhan witnessed monsoon rains lash down over his home and farm in the Indian Himalayas this year with a magnitude and intensity he’s never experienced before. “Buildings have collapsed, roads are broken, there were so many landslides including one that has destroyed a large part

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Rishi Sunak needs to rally his flagging Conservatives. He hopes a dash of populism will do the trick

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party is gathering for its annual conference. And U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a triple challenge. He has to cheer up a party that’s trailing in opinion polls, sideline rivals who are eyeing his job and persuade the voting public that a party

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Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is taking effect. The new law first proposed by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont includes a ban on openly carrying guns and takes effect Sunday. Proponents plan to pursue

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Político prorruso gana las elecciones parlamentarias de Eslovaquia

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El partido del ex primer ministro de Eslovaquia, Robert Fico, un político abiertamente prorruso, ganó las elecciones parlamentarias del país, aunque necesitará un socio de coalición para gobernar. Los resultados preliminares publicados por la Oficina de Estadística de Eslovaquia a primera hora de la mañana de este domingo mostraron que con

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Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

By SOPHIA TAREEN and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population of asylum-seekers arriving by plane. Hundreds of migrants, from babies to the elderly, live inside a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International

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Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of now-homeless people have streamed into Armenia from the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by its emboldened adversary, Azerbaijan. Swarms of protesters are filling the streets of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, demanding the prime minister’s ouster. Relations with Russia, an old ally and protector, have frayed amid

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Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Shaun “Buge” Saribay felt like giving up. Hours of makeshift firefighting with garden hoses and buckets of water across Lahaina didn’t stop flames from consuming his house, his rental properties and thousands of other structures in his beloved hometown. Drained, dirty and delirious, he continued

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