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Month: September 2024

As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that an international response can turn the tide of violence. Thus far, a UN-backed force of 400 police from Kenya and about two

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Esta región de Japón se recuperaba de un terremoto mortal cuando lluvias torrenciales inundaron sus calles

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Una persona murió y varias están desaparecidas después de que lluvias récord causaran inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra en la costa de Japón, en la misma región que fue golpeada por un gran terremoto el día de Año Nuevo, dijeron las autoridades locales. La agencia meteorológica japonesa emitió el sábado su

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Several senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report

By Dianne Gallagher and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Several top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, just days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments the candidate made on a porn website. Robinson’s campaign announced Sunday evening that general consultant and senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director Heather

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Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Temporary spending bills generally fund agencies at

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Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican

Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced plans to transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state. On Sunday, he spoke at the United Nations, highlighting Albania’s history of saving Jewish refugees during World War II and sheltering Afghans after the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Rama mentioned Mother

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Up to $100,000 in rewards offered for tips to solve Birmingham shooting that left 4 people dead

WBRC, CNN By Michelle Watson, Paradise Afshar and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, are offering a combined reward of up to $100,000 dollars for information to help identify multiple people who opened fire in a bustling entertainment district Saturday night as part of what they called a targeted “hit” that left

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers and ask for more

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Under tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank the workers who are producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat who was among those who met

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