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Month: September 2023

Minnesota church commemorates 52nd anniversary of US’s first legally-recognized same-sex marriage

By JASON RANTALA Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Sunday marks the 52nd anniversary of the first known same-sex marriage in the country, performed in Minneapolis. Michael and Jack McConnell got married Sept. 3, 1971. They were honored on their anniversary at the church that sponsored their wedding — Hennepin

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Un tártaro de Crimea será ministro de Defensa ucraniano en un momento crítico del conflicto

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, nombró a Rustem Umerov, un tártaro de Crimea, como su próximo ministro de Defensa, en sustitución de Oleksii Reznikov, en un momento crítico para la contraofensiva ucraniana. Umerov tendrá una abultada bandeja de entrada si el Parlamento ucraniano aprueba su nombramiento. El cambio de

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Northern Ireland police chief resigns after controversies including huge data breach

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s top police officer has resigned following a series of controversies that plagued the police force, including what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach. The Northern Ireland Policing Board confirmed that Simon Byrne has resigned as chief constable. Byrne has faced growing pressure to

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‘Let’s give it a try,’ recalls Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine in his military helicopter

By Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence. The pilot, named by Ukrainian officials as Maxim Kuzminov, explained in

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Pope wants to keep big Vatican meeting on the church’s future behind closed doors, ideology-free

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors, saying Monday the three-week conference was a religious moment for the church and “not a television program” that was open

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Protesters in southern Syria smash statue as they mark 2015 assassination of anti-government leader

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syrian have destroyed the statue of the country’s late president as they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader. The protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze community represents the majority of the population, entered their third week on Monday. They

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Elecciones en Argentina: ¿Por qué la participación de los inmigrantes es tan baja en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires?

Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN en Español)- – En las últimas elecciones Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas Y Obligatorias (PASO) que se llevaron a cabo el 13 de agosto en Argentina, la cifra de participación electoral fue una de las más bajas desde el regreso de la democracia al país. Solo el 69,62% del electorado habilitado para emitir

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