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Month: August 2023

Australian prime minister will set a referendum date for Indigenous Voice to Parliament

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament will grow after he focuses the nation’s minds on the issue by setting a date for Australia’s first referendum in a generation. Albanese will announce on Wednesday a date

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10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden touted the potential cost savings of Medicare’s first-ever price negotiations for widely used prescription drugs on Tuesday as he struggles to convince Americans that he’s improved their lives as he runs for reelection. The drugs include the blood thinner

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Florida’s already-volatile insurance industry is bracing for Hurricane Idalia

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — As it churns toward the disaster-prone Sunshine State, Hurricane Idalia could be a litmus test for Florida’s increasingly volatile and expensive insurance landscape. Despite several insurance companies exiting Florida, experts say the state’s residents are still mostly covered this hurricane season. But insurers are keeping a wary

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No hay una “solución milagrosa”: Ucrania enfrenta muchos desafíos para lograr que los aviones F-16 entren en combate

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de meses de intenso lobby, el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, está entusiasmado con la próxima transferencia de aviones de combate F-16 holandeses, noruegos y daneses a la fuerza aérea ucraniana. En muchos sentidos, el F-16 fabricado en Estados Unidos es la plataforma ideal para los ucranianos. Tiene múltiples

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Germany presents plans for a German-Polish House to commemorate Polish victims of World War II

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has presented plans for a “German-Polish House” in Berlin to serve as a memorial to Polish victims of World War II and detail Germany’s brutal occupation of its neighbor between 1939 and 1945. The documentation center is intended to inform visitors about the past,

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Vatican seeks to tamp down outrage over pope’s words of praise for Russian imperial past

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperialist past. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said Francis merely wanted to praise the positive aspects of Russia’s spiritual and cultural history when he praised Russia’s imperial rulers Peter and Catherine

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La muerte de la exnadadora estadounidense en las Islas Vírgenes fue causada por una intoxicación accidental de fentanilo, según la autopsia

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La muerte a principios de este año de la excampeona de natación estadounidense Jamie Cail fue declarada accidental y relacionada con el fentanilo, según una publicación en Facebook del Departamento de Policía de las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos. El informe de la autopsia realizada por la Oficina del Médico

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The Jacksonville gunman’s dad called 911 after the deadly rampage started. Here’s what he said about his son

By Jennifer Henderson, Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have released details from a 911 call made by the father of Ryan Christopher Palmeter – the gunman who killed three people in what authorities called a racially motivated rampage at a Dollar General store in Florida. Palmeter, 21, opened fire

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Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is buried in private, ending his tumultuous journey

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A private burial was held for Yevgeny Prigozhin, ending a tumultuous journey from St. Petersburg street thug to Kremlin-financed mercenary leader, following a suspicious plane crash two months after his brief mutiny that challenged the authority of President Vladimir Putin. His spokespeople said Tuesday a service took place behind closed

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Nigerian army rescues children among dozens who were abducted by Islamic rebels in the northeast

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army says its troops have rescued dozens of captives mostly women and children held by Islamic extremist rebels in the country’s northeastern region where jihadi violence has raged for years. The army says the 25 hostages were rescued during clearance operations in Borno state’s

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Advertising is missing Black women. This photographer is on a quest to change that, both in front of and behind the lens

By Kaito Au, CNN (CNN) — Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images will likely have a common theme. That’s by design. By highlighting Black women, she seeks to bring an often-underrepresented demographic to the forefront. “I feel like Black people are always shown

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