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Month: August 2023

Hundreds rally in Niger, denouncing France, as the country’s new junta seeks to justify its coup

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied in support of Niger’s ruling junta in the capital on Thursday, denouncing France and others who have criticized a recent coup — as the country’s military leaders sought to exploit anti-Western sentiment to shore up their takeover. As numbers began to swell

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¿Por qué hay un nuevo aumento de covid-19 en EE.UU. y qué hacer? Una experta médica te explica

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Datos recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., CDC, sugieren que podría estar en marcha un aumento repentino del covid-19 este verano, aunque no tan significativo como en veranos anteriores. Según algunas medidas, la cantidad de infecciones por coronavirus está aumentando, junto con

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ANÁLISIS | Trump está listo para regresar a Washington para una cita monumental en la corte, pero es poco probable que haya una catarsis nacional

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se espera que este jueves el expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump regrese al epicentro de su supuesto intento de derrocar las elecciones de 2020 para responder a cargos históricos, incluida el de conspiración para defraudar a Estados Unidos. Trump será procesado luego de ser acusado de una serie de

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An uneasy calm settles over Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camps after overnight clashes

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A cautious calm returned to Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camp in south Lebanon after a night of renewed clashes. Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp is home to about 50,000 people. It has been racked since Sunday by fierce battles between President Mahmoud Abbas’

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Banks from 4 Arab countries are in talks to invest in struggling Lebanese banks, official says

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Banks from four Arab countries are interested in investing in Lebanon’s struggling banking sector, which has been hard-hit by the small nation’s three-year economic meltdown. That’s according to Wissam Fattouh, the Secretary General of the Union of Arab Banks, who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday

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Stock market today: Global stocks decline after the US government’s credit rating was cut

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures declined Thursday after Fitch Ratings cut the U.S. government’s credit rating. London and Paris opened lower. Tokyo lost 1.7% and Hong Kong also declined. Shanghai advanced. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street turned in its biggest one-day decline in months

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooter is formally sentenced to death after victims’ families call him ‘vile’ and ‘worthless’

CNN, POOL, FAMILY PHOTOS, KDKA, DAVID KLUG By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Andrea Wedner, whose 97-year-old mother was killed, called the mass shooter “worthless” and a “pathetic human being.” Carol Black cried out the name of her brother, Richard Gottfried, and said she feels guilt that somehow she survived, hidden in

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Russia adds Norway to its list of unfriendly countries for allegedly targeting its diplomats

By The Associated Press Russia has added Norway to its list of “unfriendly countries” for allegedly targeting Russian diplomats abroad, further worsening its relations with the West. Under the order published Thursday, the number of local staff the Norwegian diplomatic mission can hire in Russia is limited to 27 people. In April, Norway expelled 15

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