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Month: April 2024

Ukraine’s military chief warns of ‘significantly’ worsening battlefield situation in the east

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military chief on Saturday warned that the battlefield situation in the country’s industrial east has “significantly worsened in recent days,” as warming weather has allowed Russian forces to launch a fresh push along several stretches of the more than 1,000-km long frontline. Also on Saturday, Germany announced on that it

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Trump’s extreme rhetoric is a mainstay of his 2024 campaign. Much of it could become a reality if he wins another term

By Phil Mattingly and Andrew Seger, CNN (CNN) — In the more than 370 days between his first indictment and his first criminal trial, Donald Trump unleashed rhetorical warfare as predictable as it was extreme. The familiar slash and burn playbook, sharpened over decades in business and eight years in politics, has shaped an overlapping

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Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern.

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Small private colleges are struggling to keep their doors open as declining enrollment leads to financial instability

By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Cabrini University hoped to save itself. Enrollment at the small, Catholic liberal arts college in Radnor, Pennsylvania, had fallen more than 60 percent since 2016, putting the tuition-dependent school with a small endowment under serious financial pressure. When Helen Drinan arrived to serve as interim president in June 2022,

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¿Cuántas empresas tiene Jeff Bezos?

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — El empresario estadounidense Jeff Bezos es la segunda persona más rica del mundo, según los rankings de Forbes y Bloomberg, con más de US$ 200.000 millones, pero ¿cómo está compuesta esa fortuna? Las empresas de Bezos pueden dividirse en cinco grandes grupos. Amazon Bezos fundó Amazon en 1994 en Seattle, inicialmente

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Trump will juggle appearances in courtroom and on campaign trail as hush money trial begins

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s appearance in a New York courthouse Monday for jury selection in his criminal hush money trial will kick off a weekslong juggling act between the courtroom and the campaign trail during a crucial period for his general election bid. The presumptive Republican

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Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. A military spokesman said the launches numbered more

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