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Month: September 2024

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of its tycoons who has been implicated in forced labor, human trafficking and lucrative online scams. Cambodia’s foreign ministry expressed “deep regret over the unjust decision” to sanction Ly Yong Phat and suggested that the action could hurt bilateral

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey’s special congressional election

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. In the race, Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, Republican small business owner Carmen Bucco and two minor-party candidates are running to serve out the remaining 15

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Takeaways from AP’s story about a Ferguson protester who became a prominent racial-justice activist

After Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, several nationally prominent Black religious leaders arrived, thinking they could help lead the protest movement that had surfaced. But the religion-focused ideas they were proposing didn’t mesh with the energy and the pent-up frustrations of the mostly youthful protesters. To

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Canelo Álvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga: cartelera, previa, a qué hora y cómo ver en vivo el combate

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez regresará al ring durante el fin de semana de la Independencia de México para defender al menos uno de los cinturones de campeonato de peso supermediano. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Se medirá el sábado 14 de septiembre ante Edgar Berlanga, boxeador estadounidense de 27

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Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding forecast over the weekend

Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Central European nations are bracing for severe flooding forecast to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over the weekend. Czech authorities erected metal barriers or protective walls from sandbags, while water was released from dams to make space in reservoirs. Residents have been warned to get

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Jill Biden and the defense chief visit an Alabama base to highlight expanded military benefits

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are traveling to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs the administration is rolling out to improve the quality of life and early childhood education in the military. At Maxwell on Friday, the first lady and Austin will visit a pre-kindergarten

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How a common hearing impairment helped Terry Crews master the art of physical comedy

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — While filming a scene for the 2004 slapstick comedy “White Chicks,” Terry Crews sat in a parked convertible and jubilantly sang along to famed pop-song-of-the-aughts “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton. Smiling ear-to-ear, Crews animatedly belted out the lyrics in a now-classic scene that highlighted his knack for physical

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Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the assault, which took place Thursday and targeted people as they traveled between the Shiite-majority provinces of Ghor and

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Ex-European lawmaker and wife charged with influence peddling and corruption in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Poland have charged a former European Parliament lawmaker and his wife with corruption and influence peddling as part of a larger probe into irregularities in the operations of a private university in Warsaw. Ryszard Czarnecki is a prominent member of Law and Justice, Poland’s former ruling conservative party.

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Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility before the Taliban acknowledged the shootings, which took place Thursday and targeted people as they traveled between the Shiite-majority

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Tunisian authorities escalate pre-election crackdown and arrest Islamists en masse

Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party have been arrested this week ahead of the formal start this weekend of the campaign season for the country’s presidential election. Ennahda officials reported Friday that at least 80 members were apprehended. The arrests were part of a countrywide sweep. Ennahda

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