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Month: July 2023

Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Aumentan los riesgos para las empresas occidentales en Rusia. Entonces, ¿por qué tantas compañías se están quedando?

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando Rusia lanzó su invasión a gran escala de Ucrania en febrero de 2022, una gran cantidad de empresas occidentales se marcharon en protesta. Pero algunas de las firmas más grandes del mundo, incluidas Nestlé, Heineken y el fabricante de refrigerios Mondelez, se quedaron. Más de un año después, las

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Thailand’s divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra readies return during political turmoil

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire populist who was ousted by a 2006 military coup, plans to return home next month from years of self-imposed exile, as Thailand grapples with the unexpectedly difficult task of naming a new prime minister. Thaksin’s planned Aug. 10 return

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She broke up with her boyfriend and moved in with a man she’d known for 3 weeks. Here’s what happened next

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Liesbet Collaert was about to blow up her life. She’d arrived in San Francisco, California just three weeks earlier, part of an overland journey across North America with her long-term boyfriend, Karl. Now, Liesbet was about to abandon her travels (unthinkable), abandon the plan (out of character), and abandon

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UK government is heavily criticized for underestimating Wagner group’s actions around the world

By Christian Edwards and Vasco Cotovio, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for underestimating the growth of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group, despite it posing a major threat to the country’s interests. In a damning report published Wednesday, the cross-party committee of lawmakers accused

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Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 2 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri blew ashore in a cluster of islands and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off rural houses, flooded low-lying villages and toppled trees, officials said.

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Deadly wildfires across the Mediterranean destroy homes, threaten nature reserves

By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press RHODES, Greece (AP) — Major fires raging in parts of Greece and in other Mediterranean countries advanced Wednesday, causing additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures. The summer wildfires have struck countries across the region, prompting the European

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Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Asia’s longest serving leader, says he’ll step down and his son will take over

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in August and hand the position to his oldest son, though Asia’s longest-serving leader is expected to continue to wield significant power. The widely anticipated move comes after the autocratic Hun Sen’s

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

ANÁLISIS | China está borrando la mención de su exministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Qin Gang. Pero todavía no ha dicho por qué

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hace cinco semanas, el mundo vio cómo el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Qin Gang, se reunía con el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, en Beijing para mantener conversaciones de alto nivel entre las dos potencias. Pero cualquiera que busque una referencia a ese importante evento en

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Security risks in Sweden rise due to Quran desecrations and protests, security agency says

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security service says the country’s security situation has deteriorated after recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world, both of which have negatively impacted the Nordic nation’s image. The agency, known by its acronym SAPO, said in an assessment Wednesday that the burnings and desecrations of

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Alabama’s redistricting fight heads for another court showdown – with control of US House potentially on the line

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A fight over congressional representation in Alabama is headed for another federal court showdown after the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved new district lines that critics say openly defy a US Supreme Court mandate to give Black voters more power in this Deep South state. The high-stakes battle – slated

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