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Month: July 2023

The UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished Caribbean nation. He told reporters Thursday that a U.N. expert’s call for between 1,000 and 2,000 police officers trained to deal with

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Drum-beating ‘monkeys’ and dancing ‘parrots’ celebrate 100th anniversary of Mexico City zoo

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people in Mexico City have to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Chapultepec Zoo, founded in 1923 in a city park of the same name. The celebrations featured a costumed parade of “animals”, including troupes of acrobatic zebras, drum-beating monkeys, dancing parrots and butterflies and a marching band of

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A father preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle and a young man who ran out for a snack were among those killed in the Philadelphia mass shooting

CNN By Jillian Sykes and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Moralis was supposed to walk his daughter down the aisle this weekend. Instead, less than a week before one of the most important days of his life, he was shot dead by a gunman who started firing randomly at vehicles and nearby pedestrians in

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Los feminicidios en República Dominicana aumentan en mas de un 20% el primer semestre de 2023, según cifras oficiales

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — En República Dominicana, los feminicidios aumentaron un 23,5% durante los primeros seis meses de este año en comparación con el mismo periodo de 2022, según cifras oficiales. Al menos 42 feminicidios se han registrado en lo que va de año en el país, señaló el Ministerio de la Mujer. Expertos

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Tourist who allegedly carved names into Rome’s Colosseum says he didn’t know the ‘antiquity of the monument’

By Sharon Braithwaite and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum late last month has sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, his defense lawyer told CNN on Thursday. “I admit with the deepest embarrassment that only after

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Exclusive: Special counsel prosecutors question witnesses about chaotic Oval Office meeting after Trump lost the 2020 election

By Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Sara Murray and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has signaled a continued interest in a chaotic Oval Office meeting that took place in the final days of the Trump administration, during which the former president considered some of the most desperate proposals to

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El turista que supuestamente talló su nombre en el Coliseo romano dijo que no sabía la”antigüedad del monumento”

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El turista que fue captado en video cuando aparentemente tallaba su nombre en una pared del Coliseo romano, lugar que tiene 2.000 años de antigüedad, le envió una carta de disculpa a la Fiscalía local, dijo su abogado defensor a CNN este jueves. “Admito con la más profunda vergüenza que solo

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