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Month: October 2023

Colombia y Chile llaman a consulta a sus embajadores en Israel tras devastadores ataques en Gaza

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Colombia y Chile llamaron a consultas a sus embajadores en Israel debido a los ataques israelíes contra Gaza. “He decidido llamar a consulta a nuestra embajadora en Israel. Si Israel no detiene la masacre del pueblo palestino no podemos estar allá”, dijo el presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, en una publicación

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Estados Unidos anuncia sanciones adicionales a integrantes del Ministerio Público de Guatemala

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció este martes que impondrá sanciones adicionales de restricción de visa a “más de una docena” de personas en respuesta por lo que calificó como “acciones antidemocráticas en Guatemala”. En un comunicado, el portavoz de ese departamento, Matthew Miller, agregó que el Gobierno de

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Joran van der Sloot regresa a Perú a terminar de cumplir su condena por asesinato

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El neerlandés Joran van der Sloot ––quien confesó a mediados de octubre ante una corte estadounidense haber matado a Natalee Holloway, una joven desaparecida en Aruba en 2005–– aterrizó este martes en Lima procedente de EE.UU., de acuerdo con una publicación de la Policía Nacional de Perú en X, antes Twitter.

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Settlement over lack of girls’ locker rooms at Hawaii high school includes independent evaluator

HONOLULU (AP) — A 2018 class-action lawsuit over a lack of locker rooms for female athletes at Hawaii’s largest public school has reached a settlement that attorneys say will ensure athletic gender equity at the high school. The lawsuit alleged disparate treatment including stand-alone locker rooms only for boys and a failure to provide coaches

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Bend Sustainability Fund invites community to vote for their favorite grant proposals

(Update: Adding video, interview) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Sustainability Fund, a Visit Bend project, announces the opportunity for the community to help determine funding decisions for this year’s grant cycle by submitting a ballot HERE from Nov. 1-12. Five ballots will be drawn at random, with each of those participants given the opportunity

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Three years after voters’ OK, some Bend GO Bond projects are are nearly done or under way, others still in planning

 The Bend transportation GO bond is headed into its 3rd year of a 10 year plan. It’s designed to improve safety, traffic flow, and East-West connections. Voters passed measure 9-135 in 2020 also known as the transportation bond which provided funding for 29 projects which will impact drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. “We would primarily be

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UN forum says people of African descent still face discrimination and attacks, urges reparations

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its first report that they continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks.” The forum calls for reparations, saying they are essential to

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Orsted scraps 2 offshore wind power projects in New Jersey, citing supply chain issues

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Danish energy developer Orsted is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry the Biden administration is counting on to help transition away from the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels. The company said Tuesday

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La segunda persona en recibir un trasplante de corazón de cerdo muere casi seis semanas después de la cirugía

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Lawrence Faucette, la segunda persona en recibir un trasplante de corazón de cerdo modificado genéticamente, falleció seis semanas después del procedimiento experimental. El Centro Médico de la Universidad de Maryland (UMMC), donde se realizó la cirugía, dijo que el corazón comenzó a mostrar signos de rechazo en los últimos días. “El

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