Skip to Content

Month: April 2024

Ordenan “evacuación masiva” en la ciudad de Orenburg mientras empeoran las inundaciones en Rusia y Kazajstán

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Una evacuación masiva en la ciudad rusa de Orenburg se está llevando adelante mientras graves inundaciones arrasan varias partes del país y el norte de Kazajstán. “Se está llevando a cabo una evacuación masiva”, dijo en Telegram el alcalde de la ciudad, Sergei Salmin, instruyendo a los residentes en múltiples áreas

Continue Reading

Drug shortages reach record high in US

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — There are more active drug shortages in the United States than ever, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the University of Utah Drug Information Service. The organizations first started tracking drug shortages in 2001. Active shortages previously peaked in 2014, with 320 drugs in active

Continue Reading

Former US diplomat sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to spying for Cuba

By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia who acted as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges Friday – a judge telling him, “you turned your back on this country.” Rocha, 73, pleaded guilty in Miami to

Continue Reading

Tennessee governor signs bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in the the country illegally. The bill signed by the Republican would also broadly mandate cooperation in the process of identifying,

Continue Reading

Dead whale in New Jersey had a fractured skull among numerous injuries, experts find

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island found that the animal had sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center on Friday released observations from a necropsy done

Continue Reading

Belgium to investigate suspected Russian interference in EU elections

By Eve Brennan and Luke McGee and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Belgium will investigate suspected Russian meddling in European Parliament elections after the country’s intelligence services found evidence of “pro-Russian interference networks,” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. Moscow’s objective “is to help elect more pro-Russian candidates to the European Parliament” in order

Continue Reading

US and Philippines step up strategic partnership as China threats loom in South China Sea

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again reassuring the Philippines the U.S. commitment to the islands’ defense is steadfast amid increasing concerns about provocative Chinese actions in disputed areas of the South China Sea. The U.S. and Filipino foreign and defense ministers and national security advisers met to

Continue Reading

US consumer sentiment falls slightly as outlook for inflation worsens

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy has ticked down but remains near a recent high, with Americans’ outlook largely unchanged this year.  The University of Michigan’s index, released in a preliminary version, showed that sentiment is about halfway between its all-time low, reached in June 2022

Continue Reading