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Month: December 2023

Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Qué es y dónde queda Guayana Esequiba? Lo que debes saber sobre la región rica en petróleo que Venezuela disputa con Guyana

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La centenaria controversia entre Venezuela y Guyana por la soberanía del Esequibo, el territorio del noreste de Sudamérica de casi 160.000 km2 con salida al océano Atlántico, ubicado entre las desembocaduras de los ríos Orinoco y Esequibo, ha reavivado en las últimas semanas las tensiones entre Caracas y Georgetown.

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Donald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert who sees no evidence of accounting fraud

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to spotlight his defense, renewing his complaints that the case is baseless and heaping praise on an accounting professor’s testimony that backed him up. With testimony winding down after more than

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What we know about rape and sexual violence inflicted by Hamas during its terror attack on Israel

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Simchat Greyman had to pause several times when describing the evidence of sexual violence he saw when recovering bodies of victims of the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel. One body was so severely brutalized that he and his colleagues from ZAKA, the ultra-orthodox Jewish human remains recovery organization, couldn’t tell whether it

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Javonte Williams’ relatively quick recovery from knee injury has helped shape Broncos’ offense

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Joe Lombardi expected exactly the tough yards and gritty offensive identity that running back Javonte Williams has provided the Denver Broncos this season — only he envisioned it happening in 2024. The Broncos offensive coordinator arrived in Denver this spring along with new coach

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UN to hold emergency meeting at Guyana’s request on Venezuelan claim to a vast oil-rich region

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed meeting Friday at the request of Guyana following Venezuela’s weekend referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered Venezuela’s state-owned companies to immediately begin exploration in the disputed region

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Some Californians released from prison will receive $2,400 under new state re-entry program

By CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of Californians released from prisons could receive direct cash payments of $2,400 — along with counseling, job search assistance and other support — under a first-in-the-nation program aimed at easing the transition out of incarceration and reducing recidivism. Recipients will get the money over a series

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Liz Cheney says she was disgusted by school leaders’ testimony to Congress on antisemitism

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday weighed in on controversial comments from university leaders on antisemitism and genocide, calling their testimony on Capitol Hill this week “disgusting” and “stunning.” “To see the lack of willingness of these leaders of what are supposed to be the best educational

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