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Month: May 2024

The Latest | Closing arguments continue into the late hours in Trump’s hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial have begun, giving prosecutors and defense lawyers one final opportunity to convince the jury of their respective cases before deliberations begin. Arguments are expected to last all day Tuesday, even stretching into the evening hours, with jury deliberations starting as early as

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Cohen’s credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial’s closing arguments

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JILL COLVIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors made their final pitches Tuesday to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, squaring off over the strength of the

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Venezuela revokes invitation for EU mission to observe presidential election in July

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s election authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election. Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council. On Tuesday, he cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The European Union had not yet accepted the

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European-Japanese climate research satellite launched from California aboard SpaceX rocket

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance was launched into orbit from California on Tuesday. The EarthCARE satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:20 p.m. The satellite was successfully deployed about 10 minutes later,

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European-Japanese climate research satellite launched from California aboard SpaceX rocket

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance was launched into orbit from California on Tuesday. The EarthCARE satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:20 p.m. The satellite was successfully deployed about 10 minutes later,

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Venezuela revokes invitation to EU’s mission to observe presidential election in July

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s election authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election. Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council. On Tuesday, he cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The European Union had not yet accepted the

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El reconocimiento del Estado de Palestina eleva la tensión entre Israel y España

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — El reconocimiento del Gobierno español al Estado de Palestina anunciado este martes no ha sido bien recibido por las autoridades israelíes. Desde hace una semana, cuando el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, anunció en el Parlamento la intención de llevar adelante este reconocimiento, diferentes altos cargos israelíes se han

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Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position. The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorize the capital of

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