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Former prominent BBC news anchor gets suspended sentence for indecent images of children on phone

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison sentence for indecent images of children on his phone. Edwards, once one of the most prominent media figures in Britain, was sentenced Monday to a six-month prison term suspended for two years. Edwards pleaded guilty in Westminster Magistrates’

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A French member of the European Commission resigns and criticizes President von der Leyen

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An influential French member of the European Union’s powerful executive branch has resigned. Thierry Breton posted his resignation letter on social media on Monday. He called into question the leadership of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Breton’s resignation comes just as von der Leyen is trying to assemble

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Lo mejor de los Emmy: ‘Shōgun’ hace historia, sorprende y se escucha un ‘maullido’ en todo el mundo

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Si tuviste una “noche histórica” en tus predicciones para los Emmy, felicitaciones. Fue, sin duda, una noche para los libros de historia y para quienes aman los discursos de aceptación llenos de lágrimas, acompañados de comentarios sutiles y en su mayoría guionados. Desde ganadores históricos hasta menciones a gatos y perros,

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A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia’s’s biggest casino

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian union leader freed from prison after serving time for her part in a strike against the country’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done. Chhim Sithar was sentenced in connection with the strike against the NagaWorld casino, the longest such

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Islamic State claims responsibility for weekend bombing that killed 2 police officers in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing that killed two police officials in restive southwestern Pakistan. Analysts said Monday the latest violence is a sign of increasing coordination between Islamic militants and separatists who for years have been targeting security forces and civilians in the oil- and

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Autoworkers demonstrate in Brussels to protest layoff threats across the EU industrial base

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Trade unions and thousands of disgruntled workers are demonstrating in the Belgian capital to protest the threat of massive layoffs in a state-of-the-art Brussels car factory and other key industries. The trigger for Monday’s protest was the announcement by the German carmaker Audi that it would phase out production at

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ANÁLISIS | El nuevo intento de magnicidio de Trump es otro momento oscuro con consecuencias políticas impredecibles

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — No existe un manual político que indique cómo abordar otro aparente intento de magnicidio contra un candidato presidencial de un partido importante a pocas semanas de una elección. Sin embargo, ahí es donde se encuentran ahora las campañas rivales después de lo que parece un segundo intento de magnicidio contra el

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UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

Associated Press ROME (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The center-left British leader says he wants to learn how her nationalist conservative government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores by boat. The visit on Monday came after at least

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El detenido en aparente intento de magnicidio contra Trump criticó al expresidente en redes sociales

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un hombre de 58 años detenido este domingo en relación con un aparente intento de magnicidio contra Donald Trump en Florida es un constructor de viviendas asequibles autónomo en Hawai que recurrió a las redes sociales para opinar sobre política y acontecimientos actuales, a veces criticando al expresidente. Ryan Wesley Routh,

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