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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has been awarded a prestigious leadership prize, in a move that could infuriate Beijing, and following reports of attempted interference by Ottawa. Tsai is the 2020 recipient of the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service, the Halifax International Security Forum (HFX) announced late Monday. Though now independent, the Washington
Continue Reading The Philippine foreign minister on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced Twitter message that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over the South China Sea. The comments by Teodoro Locsin, known for blunt remarks, follow Manila’s protests for what it calls the “illegal” presence of
Continue Reading The search for a missing Air Force member who was last seen swimming near Freeport, Texas, on Sunday has been suspended by the US Coast Guard. Elijah Posana, 22, was swimming approximately 100 feet from shore at Surfside Beach when an individual saw him pulled away by a rip current, according to a news release
Continue Reading A man who says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him in the 1980s when he was 14 must identify himself within 10 days so that a civil case against the actor can proceed, a judge ruled Monday. The man, only identified in court documents as “C.D.,” says he met the actor around 1981 when he was
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(CNN Español) — La representante de Wyoming Liz Cheney, la tercera republicana más importante de la Cámara de Representantes, rechazó públicamente las acusaciones falsas más recientes del expresidente Donald Trump, quien dijo que habría ganado las elecciones de 2020 si no fuera por los votos «fraudulentos». Se trata de la última de sus reprimendas al
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) informaron recientemente que casi el 8% de las millones de personas que recibieron la primera inyección de la vacuna contra el covid-19 no habían vuelto a ponerse la segunda dosis que necesitaban, surgió
Continue ReadingA judge will decide if the Justice Department must provide media access to all videos presented as evidence in US Capitol riot criminal cases. CNN and 13 other major news outlets went to the chief judge of the DC District Court on Monday requesting access to videos that have become evidence in many of those
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — La economía de Estados Unidos está volviendo a la vida a medida que la pandemia del siglo se aleja. La economía de EE.UU. acaba de registrar el crecimiento más rápido del PIB en el primer trimestre en casi cuatro décadas. Armados con cheques de estímulo y créditos fiscales, los estadounidenses
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said on Monday her party cannot accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen and should not “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riot — and Donald Trump’s role in fomenting it. “We can’t embrace the notion the election is stolen. It’s a
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The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place. “I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year,” Biden said in a
Continue ReadingSamantha Power was sworn in as the new head of the US Agency for International Development on Monday, taking the helm as the Biden administration is faced with humanitarian crises around the globe and the ongoing threat from the coronavirus pandemic. Power, who becomes the latest member of the Obama administration to join President Joe
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Palm Springs city officials say the amount of Covid-19 in wastewater samples is back to low levels after an alarming spike was reported last week. This comes as the city is expected to remove its mask mandate – but there is some concern about the virus being spread by out-of-town visitors. City Manager Justin Clifton
Continue Reading A Missouri woman found more than weeds poking out of the soil in her yard this weekend. Pamela Coffey told CNN that she was just about to take lunch break from doing yard work on Saturday when she spotted a small metal object jutting out from the soil under her feet. That’s when she discovered
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Lisa Vargas, 53, who is wanted by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has been identified as 36-year-old Fabian Herrera’s mother. Palm Springs Police confirmed to News Channel 3 that Vargas was at scene of the crime. Authorities have previously said she helped Herrera, but it’s unclear how. Herrera pleaded not guilty to murder and other
Continue ReadingSince the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have said how crucial it is to reach some level of herd immunity. But now some say full herd immunity may not be necessary for life to look more normal. Herd immunity, or as some experts now call it, “population” or “community” immunity, is when most of
Continue ReadingA legal adviser to Rudy Giuliani said he hopes former President Donald Trump will join in a court fight to attempt to block federal prosecutors from accessing seized material Giuliani believes is protected by attorney-client privilege. Lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who is not formally representing Giuliani but acting in an advisory capacity, said the former New
Continue ReadingA suspect was shot and wounded by law enforcement just outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in McLean, Virginia, Monday evening, according to the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “The FBI is reviewing an agent-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, May 3, 2021. An individual involved in a security incident outside Central
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