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Month: January 2024

It’s primary time in New Hampshire. Here’s a snapshot of the Granite State’s economy

By Alicia Wallace and Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — New Hampshire, the “first-in-the-nation” primary state (which will hold those elections Tuesday), has been a relatively “better-off” state than most others nationally. Unemployment is low, economic growth is strong, but that doesn’t mean life in the Granite State is without its bumps. Here’s a

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Against a backdrop of rebel attacks and border closures, Rwanda and Burundi trade accusations

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan authorities accused Burundi’s leader of making “incendiary allegations aimed at inciting division among Rwandans,” raising tensions that persist after Burundi closed all border crossings with Rwanda earlier this month. Relations between Rwanda and Burundi have deteriorated in recent weeks after Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye renewed

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Las condiciones heladas para viajar persisten en el centro de EE. UU. mientras el sur se prepara para la amenaza de inundaciones

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La lluvia helada y la posible nieve seguirán creando condiciones peligrosas para los viajes en partes del centro de Estados Unidos este martes, ya que las fuertes lluvias amenazan con inundaciones repentinas en el sur. Aquí están las últimas actualizaciones: • Cientos de personas rescatadas en inundaciones en California: La limpieza

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Hungary’s Orbán takes step toward breaking deadlock over Sweden’s NATO membership

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden’s accession into the NATO military alliance. The invitation comes as Hungary and Turkey remain the only NATO members not to have ratified Sweden’s bid

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Trial starts in Amsterdam for 9 suspects in the 2021 slaying of a Dutch investigative journalist

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Suspects accused of involvement in the fatal 2021 shooting in Amsterdam of prominent Dutch investigative reporter Peter R. de Vries have repeatedly refused to answer questions from judges and lawyers as their trial opened. The nine suspects who went on trial Tuesday are accused of gunning down

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Churches, temples and monasteries regularly hit by airstrikes in Myanmar, activists say

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country’s sole Christian-majority state. The 10 reported attacks on churches in the western state of Chin examined by the researchers

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