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Month: March 2024

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Biden y Trump aseguran las nominaciones en sus partidos y se dirigen a una revancha en las elecciones generales

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Donald Trump aseguró la nominación republicana para presidente por el Partido Republicano, según proyecta CNN, preparando el escenario para una revancha contra Joe Biden, el presidente en ejercicio que aseguró la candidatura demócrata en la noche de este martes. Biden y Trump ganarán las primarias presidenciales de sus partidos en

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Europe’s world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here’s what happens next

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year. Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act, five years after regulations were first

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US envoy urges Kosovo, Serbia to take tough decisions to restart talks on normalizing ties

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official on Wednesday reassured top officials in Kosovo that the burdens of normalizing relations with longtime rival Serbia would be borne by both sides. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met with officials in Kosovo in the latest American

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Lebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the world’s biggest non-nuclear explosions, Lebanese and French officials have put forward a plan for reconstruction and reorganization of the port. The French government

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Chris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book “Countdown 1960”

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn’t only thinking about this year’s presidential election. The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The race was narrowly won by Kennedy and featured the first televised presidential debates. Dutton announced Wednesday that “Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes

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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

By MEGAN JANETSKY, VICTOR R. CAIVANO and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert. Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries climbing deep into the mountains of northern Argentina in search

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EU approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — European Union lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a landmark law governing artificial intelligence, leapfrogging the United States once again on the regulation of a critical and disruptive technology. The first-of-its-kind law is poised to reshape how businesses and organizations in Europe use AI for everything from health care

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Former Boeing whistleblower found dead from apparent ‘self-inflicted’ gunshot wound

By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A former longtime Boeing employee who had raised serious concerns about the company’s production standards was found dead in Charleston, South Carolina, over the weekend, according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. A news release from the Charleston County Coroner’s Office said John Barnett, 62, died

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UK will introduce legislation to quash convictions of those affected by a Post Office scandal

LONDON (AP) — The British government will introduce legislation to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers in England and Wales who were caught up in one of the U.K.’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday the legislation “marks an important step forward in finally clearing” the

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Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, has begun its annual tobacco-selling season with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon. Small-scale farmers who lack equipment and rely

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