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Month: May 2023

Zelenskyy barred from addressing ‘nonpolitical’ Eurovision Song Contest

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will have Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans — but not the country’s wartime leader. Organizers rejected a request from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a video address to the final of the pan-continental music competition on Saturday. He was expected to urge the world

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Zelenskyy barred from addressing ‘nonpolitical’ Eurovision Song Contest

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will have Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans — but not the country’s wartime leader. Organizers rejected a request from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a video address to the final of the pan-continental music competition on Saturday. He was expected to urge the world

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Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions — and habits

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Situationships. “Sneaky links.” The “talking stage,” the flirtatious getting-to-know-you phase — typically done via text — that can lead to a hookup. High school students are having less sexual intercourse. That’s what the studies say. But that doesn’t mean they’re having less sex. The language

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A Venezuelan dad made a dangerous trek to the US to provide for his kids. Here’s what he encountered at an El Paso detention center

CNN By Gloria Pazmino and Norma Galeana, CNN “Welcome to the United States.” This was the greeting Enderson Amaya Blanco dreamed of hearing after trekking thousands of miles through dangerous and deadly terrain to take his chances at freedom in the US. The young father is one of thousands of migrants who turned themselves in

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US border communities declare disasters as Title 42’s expiration sets the stage for a migration rush

By Jason Hanna, Ray Sanchez and Rosa Flores, CNN With tens of thousands of migrants massed in northern Mexico, the expiration overnight of the US Covid-era border restriction policy known as Title 42 has American border communities on edge, worried an already challenging humanitarian crisis will worsen as crossings climb. “We’re boarding up like there

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