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Month: August 2023

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices

By AMANCAI BIRABEN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices. Picket lines went up before dawn Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and other locations. A large rally

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India’s opposition targets Modi in their no-confidence motion over ethnic violence in Manipur state

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing silence while a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence. Parliament began debate Tuesday on a no-confidence motion against his government that’s certain to be defeated. Modi has been largely silent on the bloodshed

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Niger’s junta rejects a diplomatic visit by regional and UN officials over ‘atmosphere of menace’

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to get the ousted president freed and reinstalled. A letter seen by The Associated Press says the junta rejected a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union and United Nations on

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Colombia no para: venció a Jamaica y ya está en los cuartos de final del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por primera vez en su historia, Colombia avanzó a los cuartos de final Mundial Femenino de Fútbol tras vencer este martes a Jamaica por 1 a 0, en un encuentro disputado en Melbourne, Australia. Catalina Usme, en el minuto 51, anotó el único tanto del encuentro. Colombia, único representante sudamericano

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Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli security forces say they demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack earlier this year. Tuesday’s operation was the latest military incursion to fuel tensions in the occupied territory. Israel’s decades-old tactic of leveling the

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Arrestan a primo de 17 años del tirador de Uvalde, acusado de amenazar con “hacer lo mismo” a una escuela

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El primo adolescente del pistolero que disparó en la escuela de Uvalde fue arrestado este lunes por presuntamente amenazar con “hacer lo mismo” a una escuela, según documentos judiciales obtenidos por CNN. El primo es identificado como Nathan James Cruz, de 17 años, y fue acusado de amenazar en un lugar

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Japanese political leader Taro Aso calls for peace in the Taiwan Strait as Tokyo expands defense

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A senior Japanese politician is advocating for increasing his country’s deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region, and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally — particularly in China. The vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, spoke Tuesday in

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