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Month: August 2024

A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and will the virus spread?

AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the increasing spread of mpox in Africa a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. The announcement came Wednesday after a meeting of the U.N. health agency’s emergency committee. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared

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Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll finds Vice President Kamala Harris is going into the last stretch of the presidential campaign as the candidate more likely to be perceived as honest, committed to democracy and disciplined. Meanwhile, similar shares of Americans say Harris and former President Donald Trump have the right vision for the

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Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border advance into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming that they took more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a bomber in attacks on military airfields. Assault troops advanced 1 to 2 kilometers (about a mile) farther into

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French prosecutors investigate gender-based cyber harassment of Algerian Olympic champ Imane Khelif

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil Boudi filed a legal complaint Friday with a special unit

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La tormenta tropical Ernesto se acerca a la fuerza de huracán mientras bordea Puerto Rico, y genera preocupaciones por inundaciones y cortes de energía

Julia Hernández (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Ernesto está cada vez más cerca de convertirse en un huracán peligroso a primera hora de este miércoles, mientras bordea Puerto Rico, liberando lluvias torrenciales y vientos fuertes que podrían dar un golpe devastador a la deteriorada infraestructura eléctrica de la isla. Ernesto, la quinta tormenta nombrada de

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Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand’s politics

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethics violation. It’s the second major court action shaking up Thai politics after the main opposition party was ordered dissolved last week. Wednesday’s ruling involved Srettha’s appointment of a Cabinet member who had been jailed over an

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As Justice Gorsuch rails against federal rules, some profiled in his new book embrace more measured view

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is using a new book to lament what he sees as an explosion of government rules he fears is having serious consequences for the “lives and liberties of every American.” But some of the people the conservative justice portrayed in the book as victims have a more nuanced

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Vinícius Jr. habría recibido una oferta por más de US$ 1.000 millones para jugar en Arabia Saudita, según reportes

Sofía Benavides (CNN) —  Según varios reportes, incluidos los de Reuters y ESPN, a la estrella del Real Madrid Vinícius Jr. le ofrecieron un lucrativo contrato por más de US$ 1.000 millones para jugar en Arabia Saudita. Reuters, citando fuentes anónimas, informó que Vinícius fue contactado por funcionarios saudíes que le ofrecieron un contrato de

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The Taliban are celebrating 3 years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are celebrating their third year as rulers of Afghanistan at a former U.S. air base. But they’re not talking about Afghans. Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts in the country are gravely underfunded and that economic collapse and climate change are destroying livelihoods. A grand military parade

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