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Month: April 2024

Biden says US is considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Julian Assange

By Donald Judd and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Wednesday that his administration is “considering” a request from Australia to drop charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In February, the Australian Parliament approved a motion calling for Assange to be released to his home country of Australia. Asked

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Russia puts more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown on dissent reaches new levels

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have put more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown against dissent reaches unprecedented levels since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine more than two years ago. Independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reports that it found women’s rights activist Darya Serenko and prominent

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Cómo una ley contra los crímenes de odio que pretendía proteger contra los prejuicios atrajo a JK Rowling y Elon Musk, provocando una mayor división

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un feroz debate que se ha propagado por las redes sociales, los despachos de abogados, las comisarías de policía y la política escocesa también llegó a las calles de Edimburgo este fin de semana. La semana pasada entró en vigor en Escocia la Ley sobre Delitos de Odio y Orden Público,

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Investigators focus on electrical system of ship in Baltimore bridge collapse

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal safety investigators are focusing on the electrical power system of the massive container ship that veered off course and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said her agency is gathering data with assistance from Hyundai, the

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Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the capital’s Tidal Basin. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement as President Joe

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Tennessee Senate OKs a bill that would make it illegal for adults to help minors seeking abortions

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee on Wednesday advanced legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, sparking objections from Democrats who counter that doing so could result in young victims needing approval from their parents who may have raped them

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Ship’s power system and circuit breakers are focus of Key Bridge collapse probe, investigators say

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The investigation into why a cargo ship lost power and struck a Baltimore bridge last month, causing it to collapse, is currently focused on engine room equipment, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. Hyundai, the equipment’s manufacturer, has sent employees to the Dali ship to help “download data from

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‘There is no joy:’ Palestinians mark Eid in destroyed mosques and homes, as Israel’s war in Gaza rages

By Rob Picheta, Zeena Saifi, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Sawalhi and Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad sits on the back of a donkey-drawn cart, trundling down what is left of a road, alongside the few belongings he managed to retrieve from his flattened home. Wednesday should have marked the celebration

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David Hume Kennerly resigns from Gerald Ford foundation board over refusal to honor Liz Cheney with top award

By Avery Lotz and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer-prize-winning photographer who served in the Ford White House, announced his resignation on Tuesday from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation board over its “short-sighted” rejection of former Rep. Liz Cheney for the organization’s yearly award. “Today I am resigning from the Gerald

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