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Month: January 2024

Modi’s beach visit to a remote Indian archipelago rakes up a storm in the Maldives

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The relationship between India and the Maldives is facing challenges after officials in the tiny island nation made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posts that promoted the pristine beaches of India’s Lakshadweep archipelago. In India, government officials, Bollywood stars and cricketers are urging people

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As House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas, senators want to strike a border deal with him

By LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marching ahead with multiple impeachment plans, House Republicans set their sights Wednesday on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they intend to prove is “derelict in his duty” over handling the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The chairman of the Homeland Security

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A spiritual leader in Nepal known as ‘Buddha Boy’ arrested on charges of rape and kidnapping

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial Nepalese spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and involvement in the disappearance of at least four of his followers from his camps, police said Wednesday. Ram Bahadur Bamjan is believed by many Nepalese to be

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Tailandia toma medidas para prohibir el consumo recreativo de cannabis, 18 meses después de una despenalización histórica

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El nuevo gobierno de Tailandia está avanzando para aprobar una nueva legislación que prohíbe el cannabis para uso recreativo, en un importante retroceso 18 meses después de que el país se convirtiera en el primero de Asia en despenalizar la planta. Las leyes relajadas hicieron crecer una lucrativa industria del cannabis

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‘It’s outrageous’: Toronto Raptors head coach goes on furious rant at officials after 132-131 defeat to LA Lakers

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković let rip at the referees following his team’s narrow 132-131 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. Rajaković was left furious by the free throw disparity between the two teams, with the Lakers shooting 36 free throws in the game compared to

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ADN vincula a un hombre que murió en 2017 con 3 asesinatos en Virginia en los años 80, dice la policía estatal

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando Alan W. Wilmer Sr., de 63 años, murió en diciembre de 2017, las autoridades de Virginia necesitaban identificarlo y tomaron una muestra de ADN: seis años después, ese material genético lo vinculó con los asesinatos de tres personas en la década de 1980, dijeron las autoridades este martes. El

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Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate change

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation. Representatives from 70 countries, the World Health Organization, and other international organizations are attending

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia can be stopped but Kyiv badly needs more air defense systems

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukraine has shown the world that Russia’s military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help for his country against the Kremlin’s larger and better-supplied forces in the 22-month-old invasion. Speaking in

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