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Month: September 2024

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of its tycoons who has been implicated in forced labor, human trafficking and lucrative online scams. Cambodia’s foreign ministry expressed “deep regret over the unjust decision” to sanction Ly Yong Phat and suggested that the action could hurt bilateral

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Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffers concussion after collision with Damar Hamlin in loss to Bills

By Jacob Lev and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion during his team’s 31-10 loss Thursday night to the visiting Buffalo Bills, the Dolphins said – marking another head injury for a player who previously expressed concern about his history of them. Tagovailoa left the game in the

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CNN verifica: Trump afirma falsamente que todas las encuestas dicen que él ganó el debate

Belén Liotti Washington (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump regresó a una de sus antiguas tradiciones: citar encuestas online basura para afirmar que era el claro ganador de un debate presidencial que, según encuestas científicas, perdió. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Lo hizo en 2016, después de sus debates contra Hillary Clinton. Lo hizo en

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey’s special congressional election

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. In the race, Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, Republican small business owner Carmen Bucco and two minor-party candidates are running to serve out the remaining 15

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Takeaways from AP’s story about a Ferguson protester who became a prominent racial-justice activist

After Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, several nationally prominent Black religious leaders arrived, thinking they could help lead the protest movement that had surfaced. But the religion-focused ideas they were proposing didn’t mesh with the energy and the pent-up frustrations of the mostly youthful protesters. To

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33,000 Boeing union members begin strike

KING, CNN By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — About 33,000 union members at Boeing have started to walk off the job on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed four-year contract with the troubled aircraft manufacturer. The strike, the first at the company in 16 years, will virtually stop commercial

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Adekunle Gold on sickle cell advocacy: ‘It’s time to learn my voice – people are dying’

By Larry Madowo and Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Award-winning Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold rose to international fame when his debut album “Gold” reached number seven on the Billboard World Charts. Since then, the 37-year-old has released four more albums, amassing hundreds of millions of streams worldwide. Behind the scenes, however, he has been quietly

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Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding forecast over the weekend

Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The nations of Central Europe are bracing for severe flooding forecast to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over the weekend. Czech authorities were erecting metal barriers or protective walls from sandbags, while water was released from dams to make space in reservoirs. Residents have been

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