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Month: May 2023

Ugandan president signs one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law

By David McKenzie and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international pressure, including from the United States which said it was “deeply troubled.” The bill includes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality’ which includes sex

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Lukashenko ofrece armas nucleares a países dispuestos a “unirse al Estado de la Unión de Rusia y Belarús”

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, afirmó que los países que estén dispuestos a “unirse al Estado de la Unión de Rusia y Belarús” recibirán armas nucleares. Las declaraciones llegan días después de confirmar que la transferencia de algunas armas nucleares tácticas desde Moscú a Minsk comenzó. Lukashenko, un aliado

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Thousands evacuated as Philippines warns of flooding, landslides from approaching Typhoon Mawar

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country’s northern provinces a week after battering the U.S. territory of Guam. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kpm (96

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Uganda’s president signs into law tough anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ, a key

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IAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a plan that has been strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries.

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