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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, following accusations that he abused his influence to facilitate drug trafficking into the U.S. and sponsored gangs that have contributed to instability in the Caribbean country. Treasury’s Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Bradley
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mondemanola (CNN Español) –– La polémica que desencadenó la visita de seis diputados oficialistas a militares presos por crímenes perpetrados durante la dictadura de los 70 en Argentina tendrá este martes un nuevo capítulo en la Cámara de Diputados. La Comisión de Peticiones, Poderes y Reglamento de la Cámara Baja, presidida por la legisladora Silvia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange County court on Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift backlash
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange County court on Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift backlash
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to extend the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism. The court also refused to transfer their case to a different court, even as the defense alleged a conflict of interest. Vadim Kobzev,
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los Estados miembros de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) rechazaron este lunes la resolución de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) que llama al Gobierno venezolano a publicar las actas de la elección presidencial del 28 de julio desglosadas
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, viajará a Ucrania, según anunciaron las autoridades el lunes, semanas después de que realizara su primer viaje a Moscú desde que Rusia lanzó su invasión a gran escala. Su próxima visita a Ucrania —la primera desde el inicio de la guerra— se produce en
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Taylor Swift aún no ha respaldado a ningún candidato presidencial en este ciclo electoral. Sin embargo, el expresidente Donald Trump dice que acepta el respaldo inexistente de la superestrella. Trump publicó “¡Acepto!” en su cuenta Truth Social, junto con un carrusel de imágenes (de Swift), al menos algunas de las cuales
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attempted in a new interview to soften previous comments he made about exerting direct control over the Federal Reserve, including setting rates. “A president certainly can be talking about interest rates because I think I have very good instincts,” Trump said in an interview Monday with
Continue ReadingFLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A jury has found a sheriff in South Carolina not guilty of violating a jail inmate’s civil rights when he ordered a deputy to shock the man several times with a Taser. Prosecutors say Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon ordered a deputy to use his Taser to shock the inmate with
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A high-profile spat between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis over reopening an Illinois factory complex has made its way into the race for U.S. president and could bring a strike against the automaker. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, union President Shawn Fain accused
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama has deported 29 Colombians on a flight that the government says is the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July. The Colombians had entered Panama illegally through the Darien jungle, a path used by more than 500,000 migrants headed north last
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say authorities closed down the last language institute certified by the German Embassy in retaliation for the shuttering of Islamic centers in the European country. A report by Nournews.ir, believed to be close to Iran’s security bodies, published a photo of police forces taking down the sign showcasing the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A superyacht that sank off the Sicilian coast during a storm left six passengers missing, including British tech kingpin Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah. Lynch was acquitted in June in a U.S. fraud case and was apparently aboard the yacht with some of the people who stood by
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in a move that many are celebrating. Christopher Columbus’ three ships — the Pinta, the Niña and the Santa María — will
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En vísperas de la Convención Nacional Demócrata, nuevos datos sugieren que los intentos iniciales de la campaña de Trump para enmarcar la conversación sobre la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris han ganado hasta ahora relativamente poca tracción. En cambio, la atención del público se ha mantenido en gran medida centrada en torno a
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Si hubo una lección que Kamala Harris aprendió de la Convención Nacional Demócrata de 2004, fue la de recargar energías para unas jornadas largas. “Definitivamente tienen que comer sus Wheaties”, dijo la entonces fiscal de distrito de San Francisco, de 39 años, a una multitud en Boston antes de dirigirse a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It was initially news to Maya Rudolph when it was announced she would be returning to “Saturday Night Live” to play Vice President Kamala Harris. That’s according to Rudolph, who appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday, where guest host RuPaul asked her ,“Will we be seeing Kamala
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution. Final treaty negotiations take place in South Korea in November. Yet most of the people who have been closely tracking the negotiations — environmentalists, tribal leaders and residents from communities
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says that about 25,000 police officers will be deployed every day in Paris and beyond to watch over the Paralympic Games, in line with the security implemented during the Olympics. The Paralympics are to be held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 in the French capital and nearby sites.
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