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Month: April 2024

FOTOS | Marchas universitarias en Argentina por ajuste presupuestario

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — Este martes, miles de estudiantes, graduados, docentes y organizaciones políticas marcharon en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en reclamo al recorte de financiamiento que el Gobierno nacional está aplicando a las universidades públicas. Como parte de su política de déficit fiscal, la administración del presidente de Argentina Javier Milei decidió

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Grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing Palestinian-American with aggravated assault despite calls for hate crime charges

By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with the stabbing of a Palestinian-American was indicted by a Texas grand jury Tuesday on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, despite calls from Muslim civil rights advocates to have him charged with a hate crime. Austin police arrested

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Maduro acepta la reapertura en Venezuela de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los DD.HH.

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — En una presentación pública desde el Palacio de Miraflores y junto al fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional, Karim Kham, el presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, afirmó que recibió la propuesta del funcionario internacional para reabrir en Caracas la oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos

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El Senado de Estados Unidos aprueba un paquete de ayuda de US$ 95.000 millones para Ucrania, Israel y Taiwán tras meses de retraso

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El Senado aprobó este martes por la noche, con un amplio apoyo bipartidista, el paquete de ayuda exterior de US$ 95.000 millones. La votación final fue de 79 a 18 y ahora se enviará al presidente Joe Biden para su firma. Quince republicanos y tres demócratas votaron en contra. 48 demócratas

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Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on

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Biden scores major union backing as its leaders attack Trump

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden landed a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it. In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 members in the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin

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Progressive ‘squad’ member Summer Lee will win Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg and Andrew Menezes, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Summer Lee will win an expensive race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel, who hammered the progressive freshman over her response to Israel’s war in Gaza. After condemning Hamas’ deadly October 7 raid, Lee emerged as

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NASA leaders discuss global challenges, solutions with Mexico president, lawmakers and students

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a frequently tense relationship often defined by a shared border, the United States sent two officials with a different perspective to Mexico this week for a bit of space diplomacy. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy – both former astronauts — spent two hours chatting with President

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World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. The human rights organization’s annual report, released Wednesday, said the most

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