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Month: June 2024

South Korea resumes broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda at border in response to trash balloons

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks. The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded by warning

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Macron gambles on snap election after crushing loss to French right in EU vote

By Niamh Kennedy, Christian Edwards and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the country’s parliament, the National Assembly, and called a snap election after an exit poll showed his Renaissance party is set to be trounced by the far-right opposition in European parliamentary elections on Sunday. After initial projections, the

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Macron disuelve el parlamento de Francia tras la aplastante derrota por parte de la ultraderecha en las elecciones europeas

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, disolvió el parlamento del país, la Asamblea Nacional, después de que una encuesta de boca de urna mostrara que su partido Renacimiento será derrotado por la oposición de ultraderecha en las elecciones parlamentarias europeas del domingo. Según las proyecciones iniciales, el partido de

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Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican. Chuck Hand tells reporters he left Sunday’s debate because he believed his opponents were unfairly attacking his wife. Hand and

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

ANÁLISIS | Modi y su partido nacionalista tendrán otros cinco años en el poder en la India: ¿qué significa esto para el mundo?

Paulina Nares (CNN) — Narendra Modi elevó la estatura de la India en la escena mundial como ningún otro dirigente reciente del país más poblado del mundo. El primer ministro, que esta semana se aseguró un inusual tercer mandato, situó a la India y a su economía en rápido crecimiento como un actor crucial en

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Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

By RAF CASERT, LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron. On a night where the 27-member bloc palpably shifted to the right, Italian Prime

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