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Month: June 2024

Germany and Dutch-owned operator end talks on grid sale because of budget constraints

BERLIN (AP) — A state-owned Dutch company that is the biggest electricity grid operator in Germany says talks on selling its German business to the government in Berlin have been terminated due to the administration’s budget constraints. TenneT, one of four transmission network operators in Germany, announced plans for the talks in February 2023. The

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Malaysian leader Anwar says China a ‘true friend’ and not to be feared as Premier Li ends visit

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rejects the notion that China’s dominance is to be feared. He called China a “true friend” as Premier Li Qiang ended his visit Thursday to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between their countries. While the leaders raised some contentious bilateral issues, Anwar said they

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It’s hard to find treatment for snakebites in Kenya. Thousands of people are dying every year

By ZELIPHA KIROBI Associated Press MWINGI, Kenya (AP) — Antivenom for snakebites can be hard to find in Kenya, where about 4,000 snakebite victims die every year. About 7,000 others experience paralysis or other health complications. Residents fear the problem is growing. As the forests around them shrink due to logging and agricultural expansion, snakes

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Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia will provide a further $1.3 million to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month’s deadly landslide. The South Pacific island nation off Australia’s northern coast is still struggling with the aftermath of the disaster in Enga province in its mountainous interior. The

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Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement. Their future is unclear

By DITA ALANGKARA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press TANJUNGPINANG, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of refugees are living in community housing on an island in northwestern Indonesia while waiting for resettlement in a third country. Hotel Kolekta, a former tourist hotel there, was converted in 2015 into a temporary shelter that today houses 228 refugees from

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Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa. The effort comes after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to vaccines globally. The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator

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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found. Sizzling daytime temperatures that triggered cases of heat stroke in parts of the

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“Armado y peligroso”: buscan a un hombre que fue visto por última vez en Arkansas en relación con múltiples homicidios y robos de coches en Oklahoma

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades están buscando a un hombre “armado y peligroso” que se cree que está relacionado con múltiples homicidios y robos de coches en Oklahoma y fue visto al otro lado de la frontera estatal en Arkansas, según la Policía. Se cree que el sospechoso, Stacy Lee Drake, de 50

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