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Month: July 2023

No credible security threats ahead of 47th annual Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show, NYPD says

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — New York officials say there are no credible threats ahead of Tuesday’s annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Manhattan, but there will be heightened security, including thousands of police officers, across the city. “Currently there are no specific credible threats directed towards the July Fourth

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Biden nominates controversial former Trump-appointee to Public Diplomacy Commission

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Elliott Abrams, who has served in three Republican administrations, most recently acted as the Trump

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Christophe Galtier, entrenador del PSG, irá a juicio por supuesto acoso psicológico y discriminación racial

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El entrenador del Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Christophe Galtier, enfrentará un juicio en Niza, Francia, por presunto acoso psicológico y discriminación racial, según el fiscal del caso Xavier Bonhomme. El viernes pasado, Bonhomme, fiscal del tribunal judicial de Niza, publicó en su cuenta de Twitter una foto del comunicado de prensa que

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Senegalese President Macky Sall says he won’t seek a third term in 2024 elections after protests

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. Top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko already had called for

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What’s open and closed on July 4

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans across the country will celebrate Independence Day with barbeques, fireworks and — for many — a day off from work. The Fourth of July marks the birth of American independence, the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776. This year, the Fourth of July

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Emaciated and imprisoned, former Georgian President Saakashvili tells court he is spiritually fit

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. Speaking from the

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Wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge

UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington has grown to 533 acres, prompting evacuations and burning structures. Skamania County firefighters responded to reports of the wildfire on Sunday just after 11 a.m. near Highway 14 in Underwood, an unincorporated community across the river from Hood River,

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Mexican president tells Americans not to vote for DeSantis because of Florida’s tough migrant law

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has called on U.S. citizens not to vote for Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis because of his state’s enactment of a tough immigration bill. The comments about the Florida law, which the Mexican government has said is likely to cause discrimination against migrants, marks President Andrés

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