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Rusia propone un gasto récord en defensa mientras persigue la victoria en Ucrania
Julia Hernández (CNN) — El Gobierno ruso quiere destinar el 32,5% de su gasto a defensa en 2025, una cantidad récord y superior al 28,3% de este año, mientras Moscú intenta imponerse en la guerra de Ucrania. El proyecto de presupuesto del Gobierno publicado este lunes propone gastar algo menos de 13,5 billones de rublos
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Continue ReadingA former hostage fought for her own life in Gaza. A year on, she fights for her husband’s freedom
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has found herself begging for her husband to be set free from his own ongoing captivity. Siegel has come to embody the disaster that befell Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports in what could become the country’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.
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State Rep. Emerson Levy, challenger Keri Lopez face off on issues from schools to abortion, housing in KTVZ debate
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon House District 53 Democratic incumbent Emerson Levy and Republican challenger Keri Lopez faced off on a variety of issues in Monday night’s live Decision 2024 debate on NewsChannel 21, with Levy pointing to progress she’s made and Lopez saying she’d help restore needed balance in Salem. Lopez, a two-term Redmond
Continue ReadingWikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange testified Tuesday to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, which includes lawmakers from 46 European countries, on his detention and
Continue ReadingHow one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy
AP Education Writer ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.” In a heated primary, the
Continue ReadingClaudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of violence. After a smiling Sheinbaum took the oath of office on the floor of Congress, legislators shouted the feminine form
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Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday
Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime friends, family and fans of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the Depression-era farmer’s son to the White House
Continue ReadingNavigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the U.S. brought him face to face with the American leaders who will help decide his country’s future. After a brief diplomatic misstep, Zelenskyy met with the U.S. presidential candidates, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Still, Ukraine’s long-term strategic aim remains
Continue ReadingWho is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first female leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise of continuity, of protecting and expanding the signature initiatives of her mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the four months between her
Continue ReadingTrump rallies in Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of the vice presidential debate
Associated Press WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is spending the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate campaigning in Wisconsin. Trump stopped in a critical Democratic county where he’d never been before that is crucial to Democrat Kamala Harris’ hopes for winning the key battleground state. Before the presidential rivals’ running
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Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns’ vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over
Continue Reading5 things to watch for at the vice presidential debate
By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance are set to meet Tuesday night in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election – and in what might be the last time the two campaigns square off onstage. The matchup between Walz, the 60-year-old Minnesota governor,
Continue ReadingTaiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoon
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island ahead of a strong typhoon expected to hit its heavily populated western coast. More than 500 people were moved from mountainous regions prone to landslides, and nearly 40,000 troops were
Continue ReadingKnife attack in Shanghai supermarket kills 3, injures 15 others
BEIJING (AP) — A knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai has killed three people and injured 15 others. Local police took a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin into custody at the scene of the attack late Monday evening. Eighteen people were sent to hospital for treatment, and three later died. Police said in a statement
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Decision 2024 debate: Oregon House District 53, Emerson Levy vs. Keri Lopez, Pt. 3
In the third and final segment of Monday evening’s Decision 2024 debate, House District 53 Democratic incumbent Emerson Levy and Republican challenger Keri Lopez give their closing statements and ask for voters’ support.
Continue Reading Decision 2024 debate: Oregon House District 53, Emerson Levy vs. Keri Lopez, Pt. 2
In the second segment of Monday night’s Decision 2024 debate, Oregon House District 53 candidates Democratic incumbent Emerson Levy and Republican challenger Keri Lopez answer questions about transgender high school athletes, abortion and public school funding.
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Decision 2024 debate: Oregon House District 53, Emerson Levy vs. Keri Lopez, Pt. 1
In the first segment of Monday night’s Decision 2024 debate, Oregon House District 53 candidates Democratic incumbent Emerson Levy and Republican challenger Keri Lopez give opening statements and answer questions about high housing costs, funding ODOT and the “kicker” law.
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