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Month: December 2023

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El “metro de Gaza”: la misteriosa red de túneles subterráneos utilizada por Hamas

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los innumerables túneles bajo Gaza son más conocidos como pasadizos utilizados para introducir mercancías de contrabando desde Egipto y lanzar ataques contra Israel. Sin embargo, existe una segunda red subterránea a la que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) se refieren coloquialmente como el “metro de Gaza”. Se trata de

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Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet? Well, you might find solace in discovering some of America’s biggest retailers are working to increase their shipping speeds to please shoppers expecting faster and faster deliveries. Walmart, Target and Amazon are all-in on

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Major cleanup underway after storm batters Northeastern US, knocks out power and floods roads

By PATRICK WHITTLE, LISA RATHKE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility crews worked Tuesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S., drenching communities and bringing windspeeds over 60 mph (96 kph) in

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Australian jury records first conviction of foreign interference against a Chinese agent

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of covertly working for the Chinese Communist Party. A Victoria State County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong on Tuesday on a charge

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Turkey links Sweden’s NATO bid to US approving F-16 jet sales and Canada lifting arms embargo

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is linking ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership by Turkey’s parliament to U.S. approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets. He also calls on Canada to lift an arms embargo on Turkey. Erdogan spoke while returning from a visit to Hungary, the only other country

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Serbia’s ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s ruling populists are insisting that weekend snap elections were free and fair, but international observers have noted multiple irregularities. Early results show victory for President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party in the parliamentary and local elections. But its main opponents, the Serbia Against Violence alliance,

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Meta’s initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by Oversight Board

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A quasi-independent review board has ruled that Facebook parent company Meta should overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war. In both cases, Meta ended up reinstating the posts — one showing Palestinian casualties and

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Meta’s initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by Oversight Board

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A quasi-independent review board has ruled that Facebook parent company Meta should overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war. In both cases, Meta ended up reinstating the posts — one showing Palestinian casualties and

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