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Month: February 2024

Tornadoes in February? In the Great Lakes? Storms leave a trail of destruction

By RICK CALLAHAN and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Severe thunderstorms that appear to have spawned a rare February tornado outbreak sent sleeping Midwesterners scrambling for safety and left a trail of damage and power outages across four Great Lakes states, including the Chicago suburbs, ending a spell of summerlike, sometimes record temperatures. Tornadoes or suspected

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Wildfire grows into 2nd-largest in Texas history and briefly shuts down nuclear weapons facility

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press A fast-moving wildfire burning through the Texas Panhandle grew into the second-largest blaze in state history Wednesday, forcing evacuations and triggering power outages as firefighters struggled to contain the widening flames. The sprawling blaze was part of a cluster of fires that burned out of control and threatened rural towns,

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Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s $2.4 billion sale of assets in deeply polluted Niger Delta

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Local activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria’s government to delay approving the $2.4 billion sale of oil company Shell’s onshore assets. They claim the London-based Shell is trying to shirk its environmental and social responsibilities in the highly polluted Niger Delta. The company is trying

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Juicio a Juan Orlando Hernández: un exlíder del cartel Los Cachiros asegura que pagó US$ 250.000 a la hermana del expresidente para la campaña presidencial

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) –– Un exlíder del cartel hondureño Los Cachiros, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, dijo este martes que entregó US$ 250.000 para la campaña presidencial de Juan Orlando Hernández, en una nueva declaración que apunta al entorno cercano del expresidente de Honduras en el juicio que se realiza en Nueva York por narcotráfico. Rivera

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Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s sale of assets in polluted region over environmental worries

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Local activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria’s government to delay approving the $2.4 billion sale of oil company Shell’s onshore assets. They claim the London-based Shell is trying to shirk its environmental and social responsibilities in the highly polluted Niger Delta. The company is trying

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Open letter urges Venice Biennale art show to exclude Israel. Italy’s culture minister pushes back

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Thousands of artists, curators and critics have signed an open letter calling on the Venice Biennale to exclude the Israeli national pavilion from this year’s contemporary art fair due to the war in Gaza. But Italy’s culture minister has firmly backed Israel’s participation.  The online letter was

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Biden is having his annual physical exam. The results will be closely watched as he seeks reelection

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for his annual physical exam — and the results are sure to be closely watched as the 81-year-old president seeks reelection. Biden is already the oldest president in U.S. history

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El primer debate presidencial en Panamá se realizó con el podio del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli vacío

José Álvarez (CNN Español) —  El primer debate presidencial en Panamá para las elecciones generales del próximo 5 de mayo, se hizo con un sitio vacío: el del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli. El candidato por el partido Realizando Metas se encuentra en condición de asilado en la Embajada de Nicaragua desde el pasado 7 de febrero.

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