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Month: August 2023

Florida’s already-volatile insurance industry is bracing for Hurricane Idalia

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — As it churns toward the disaster-prone Sunshine State, Hurricane Idalia could be a litmus test for Florida’s increasingly volatile and expensive insurance landscape. Despite several insurance companies exiting Florida, experts say the state’s residents are still mostly covered this hurricane season. But insurers are keeping a wary

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No hay una “solución milagrosa”: Ucrania enfrenta muchos desafíos para lograr que los aviones F-16 entren en combate

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de meses de intenso lobby, el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, está entusiasmado con la próxima transferencia de aviones de combate F-16 holandeses, noruegos y daneses a la fuerza aérea ucraniana. En muchos sentidos, el F-16 fabricado en Estados Unidos es la plataforma ideal para los ucranianos. Tiene múltiples

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Germany presents plans for a German-Polish House to commemorate Polish victims of World War II

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has presented plans for a “German-Polish House” in Berlin to serve as a memorial to Polish victims of World War II and detail Germany’s brutal occupation of its neighbor between 1939 and 1945. The documentation center is intended to inform visitors about the past,

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Vatican seeks to tamp down outrage over pope’s words of praise for Russian imperial past

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperialist past. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said Francis merely wanted to praise the positive aspects of Russia’s spiritual and cultural history when he praised Russia’s imperial rulers Peter and Catherine

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Vivek Ramaswamy raps along to Eminem's "Lose Yourself" following his Fair Side Chat with Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair Grounds on Saturday

Eminem asks Ramaswamy to stop using his music after ‘Lose Yourself’ performance

By Aaron Pellish and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — After performing his rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been asked by the Real Slim Shady to stand down. BMI, a performing rights organization, has informed Ramaswamy’s campaign at Eminem’s request that it will no longer

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Massive wildfire in northeastern Greece persists for 11th day despite European firefighting efforts

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A massive wildfire is burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft. After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in

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Nigerian army rescues children among dozens who were abducted by Islamic rebels in the northeast

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army says its troops have rescued dozens of captives mostly women and children held by Islamic extremist rebels in the country’s northeastern region where jihadi violence has raged for years. The army says the 25 hostages were rescued during clearance operations in Borno state’s

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