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Month: June 2024

Milei’s radical overhaul passes Argentina’s Senate as protesters clash with police

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved President Javier Milei ’s sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his own powers on Thursday, handing the libertarian leader a much-needed first legislative victory even as opposition senators scrapped an income tax package and tweaked some contentious parts of

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Historically Black Coconut Grove in Miami nurtured young athletes. Now that legacy is under threat

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Amari Cooper’s football jersey hangs in the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame. So does Frank Gore’s, alongside tributes to Negro League baseball player Jim Colzie and football coach Traz Powell, whose name adorns perhaps the most revered high school football stadium in talent-rich South Florida.

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Bulgarian ex-prime minister Borissov offers a coalition. But he doesn’t want his old job back

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to hold talks on forming a new government. Borissov’s center-right GERB party emerged as the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. He told reporters Thursday at his party’s headquarters that he doesn’t want to be prime minister. But he cautioned that there

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UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power

By JON SUPER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time said Thursday he will lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore stability after years of economic and political turmoil. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said that if

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Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration pressure that has involved violence against Polish security officials. The ban taking effect Thursday is to be valid for 90 days. It imposes restrictions on movement along 60 kilometers or 37 miles of the

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‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential evidence

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — What would be the ultimate solution to the energy problems of an advanced civilization? Renowned British American physicist Freeman Dyson theorized it would be a shell made up of mirrors or solar panels that completely surrounds a star — harnessing all the energy it produces. “One should expect that,

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Chinese Premier Li and New Zealand’s Luxon hail close ties as they sign trade deals in Wellington

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang has met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington, where the two leaders played up the ability of “good friends” to respectfully disagree — while publicly diverging on little. Li, China’s No. 2 official, is the first Chinese premier

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