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Month: November 2023

Back in China 50 years after historic trip, a Philadelphia Orchestra violinist hopes to build ties

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Davyd Booth believes strongly that people everywhere are the same and that music touches the heart of everyone. The 73-year-old violinist returned to China this week with 13 fellow members from the Philadelphia Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s first visit and carry on

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La FDA aprueba el medicamento Zepbound de Eli Lilly para tratar la obesidad; es el mismo que Mounjaro, que se utiliza para la diabetes

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este miércoles el uso de la tirzepatida, un fármaco para la diabetes tipo 2, como tratamiento de la obesidad crónica, haciendo oficial el uso de un medicamento que ya se prescribía ampliamente para la pérdida

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CMA Awards 2023: See who won

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The 2023 Country Music Awards, known as the CMAs, took place Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee at the Bridgestone Arena, hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning. The CMA Award winners are determined by more than 6,000 industry professional members of the Country Music Association, according to the organization’s website. Find

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Israeli strikes pound Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas near major hospital

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight into Thursday as ground forces battled Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods near a hospital where tens of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering. Gaza’s largest city is the focus of Israel’s campaign to

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US diplomat assures Kosovo that new draft of association of Serb municipalities offers no autonomy

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The U.S. ambassador has urged Kosovo’s government to proceed with establishing an association of its Serb majority towns in order to unblock European Union-facilitated normalization talks with Serbia. U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey M. Hovenier said “there is no reason for the government of Kosovo

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Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1 million after boarding oil vessel

By Reuters (CNN) — Shell is suing Greenpeace for $2.1 million in damages after the environmental group’s activists boarded the company’s oil production vessel in transit at sea this year, according to Greenpeace and a document seen by Reuters. The British oil and gas major filed the claim in London’s High Court. Greenpeace activists boarded the vessel in January near

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Nigeria’s president signs controversial bill for a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has signed a controversial bill that earmarks $6.1 million for a presidential yacht and millions more for sport utility vehicles for his wife and other top government officials. Bola Tinubu’s signature on Wednesday came despite widespread anger and criticism over the move in a

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US carries out airstrikes in eastern Syria targeting IRGC and Iranian-backed groups’ weapons storage facility

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two US F-15 fighter jets conducted an airstrike on a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. “This precision self-defense strike is a response to a series of attacks against U.S. personnel

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The UK’s interior minister accuses the country’s police of favoring pro-Palestinian protesters

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister on Thursday accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other groups, deepening a political feud sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. In a highly unusual attack on the police, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said London’s Metropolitan Police force

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